Episode 3 Talk German

-Hallo.

-Guten Tag.

-Gruess dich.

Wie geht's?

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In this programme,

a revolution in organic shopping,

finding your way around historic Munich,

and the castle where King Ludwig used to live.

-Wo wohnen Sie?

-Ich wohne in Muenchen.

Ich wohne in Berlin.

Ich wohne in London.

I live in Munich.

I live in London.

Where do you live?

-Ich wohne in Weilheim.

-Ich wohne in Aachen.

Ich wohne in Utting am Ammersee.

Ich wohne in Muenchen.

In recent years, many companies and their employees have moved to Munich

and it's become difficult to find accommodation.

Rents are steep,

and students struggle to find an affordable home.

So where do they live?

Where do you live exactly?

I live near the town hall.

I live not far from the centre.

Ich wohne an der Muenchner Freiheit, das ist nicht weit vom Zentrum.

Ich wohne in der Naehe vom Bahnhof.

Ich wohne in der Naehe vom Englischen Garten.

Ich wohne nicht weit vom Deutschen Museum.

Ich wohne in Muenchen, in der Borstei.

The Borstei is a housing development in the north of Munich,

built by Bernhard Borst in the 1920s.

It was his vision to create an ideal living environment for the urban middle classes.

The architect tried to combine the luxury of a country house

with the practicality of a flat.

Each apartment had its own bathroom with hot water -

a revolution at the time.

Bernhard Borst was passionate about art.

Original sculptures are placed in the carefully designed gardens of the Borstei.

What he created here was an independent small town with its own shops,

post office and kindergartens.

His daughter, Gertraud Borst, still lives here today.

SHE SPEAKS GERMAN

Ich bin Student.

Ich bin Studentin.

Ich bin Elektriker.

Ich bin Aerztin.

I'm a student.

I'm a doctor.

What do you do for a living?

-Ich bin Aerztin.

-Ich bin Konditormeister.

-Ich bin Fischer.

-Ich bin Studentin.

Ich bin Pensionaer.

Ich arbeite bei BMW. Ich bin Elektriker.

BMW is one of the biggest employers in Munich.

11,000 people work at this site,

making 800 cars a day.

Their Four Cylinder Building is world famous.

Die Dreier Limousine, the 3 Series Saloon,

is one of BMW's top selling models.

Every car is made to order. The system makes sure the correct seat,

the right coloured door and the correct engine

are fitted to the right car at the right time.

Of course, the system has to be 100 percent reliable,

but for BMW the secret of its success is its workforce.

Mein Name ist Peter Pickert. Ich wohne in Muehrlau.

Ich arbeite bei BMW und bin Schweisser.

I work for BMW.

Ich heisse Bianca Gabler.

Ich wohne in Muenchen, ich arbeite bei BMW und bin Verkaeuferin.

Munich was founded in the 12th century and even today,

you can find traces of its medieval history.

At 11 o'clock each day, in the tower of the Rathaus, town hall,

a Glockenspiel re-enacts a 16th-century wedding.

Below, wooden figures dance a joyful jig,

that celebrates the end of the plague in 1517.

Still surrounded by the gates of the old Stadtmauer, the city wall,

the centre of Munich is small and it's easy to find your way around.

Entschueldigen Sie bitte, ist hier ein Geldautomat in der Naehe?

Ja, genau gegenueber vom Rathaus.

Ist das weit von hier?

Nein, fuenf Minuten zu Fuss.

Excuse me please, is there a cash point near here?

Is it far from here?

No, five minutes on foot.

Entschueldigen Sie bitte, ist hier ein Geldautomat in der Naehe?

Ja, Sie gehen bis zum Ende dieser Strasse, dann links,

immer geradeaus bis zum Marienplatz und der Geldautomat ist genau gegenueber vom Rathaus.

-Ist das weit von hier?

-Nein, etwa fuenf Minuten zu Fuss.

-Vielen Dank.

-Tschuess!

..to the end of this street...

..turn left...

..straight ahead...

..till you get to the Marienplatz...

..directly opposite the town hall.

The Viktualienmarkt is just around the corner from the town hall,

spreading out from a traditional Bavarian maypole.

Every day, flowers, fruit and vegetables are on offer here.

To find out how much something costs, ask:

Was kosten die Orangen?

Die Orangen kosten drei fuenfundneunzig pro Kilo.

Und wie teuer ist eine Ananas?

Vier neunzig das Stueck.

What do the oranges cost?

And how much is a pineapple?

Then I'd like four oranges and three apples.

-Hallo.

-Hallo.

-Was kosten die Orangen, bitte?

Die Orangen kosten drei fuenfundneunzig pro Kilo.

-Und was kosten die Aepfel?

-Fuenf neunzig pro Kilo.

Und wie teuer ist eine Ananas? Eine Ananas kostet vier neunzig das Stueck.

-Dann haette ich gern vier Orangen und drei Aepfel.

-Gerne.

If you want to find out how much you have to pay, ask:

How much is that all together?

-Was macht das zusammen?

-Sieben neunzig.

-Bitte schoen.

-Danke. Tschuess.

-Tschuess.

The supermarket Basic in Munich offers a new approach to organic shopping.

Basic is trying to get away from the traditional image that goes with organic produce in Germany.

Woolly jumpers, political slogans and dark, dingy shops

have put people off buying organic food in the past.

HE SPEAKS GERMAN

I'd like a piece of sheep's milk cheese.

How much would you like?

Three hundred grams, please.

Anything else?

-Hallo.

-Guten Tag, kann ich Ihnen helfen?

-Ja, ich moechte bitte ein Stueck Schafskaese.

-Wie viel moechten Sie?

-Dreihundert Gramm, bitte.

-Das sind dreihundertzwanzig Gramm.

-Das ist in Ordnung.

-Sonst noch etwas?

-Nein, danke.

Das sind neunzehn neunzig.

-Danke schoen.

-Auf Wiedersehen.

Ludwig the Second was the fairy-tale king of Bavaria.

Crowned in at 1864 at the age of 18, he ruled for over 20 years.

Ludwig's passion was building castles,

each one more extravagant than the last.

The greatest of all, Schloss Neuschwanstein.

But building castles was an expensive hobby for a 19th-century monarch,

and, in the end, Ludwig's ministers decided to curb his extravagance.

Finally, they declared him insane and locked him up near the Starnberger Lake.

King Ludwig asked for a walk by the lakeside.

His wish was granted, and, accompanied by his personal physician, he set out.

Nobody knows what happened next, but a few hours later,

the king and his doctor were found dead in the lake.

Was it suicide? Was it murder?

Historians are still as divided as popular opinion in Bavaria.

Today, King Ludwig memorabilia sells well in the Neuschwanstein souvenir shop.

How much is the toy snowstorm?

-Guten Tag.

-Guten Tag!

-Was kostet die Schneekugel, bitte?

-Dreizehn achtzehn.

Dann moechte ich gern den Mousepad und die Schneekugel. Was macht das zusammen?

Achtzehn Euro vierzig, bitte. Danke.

Und eins sechzig Wechselgeld.

King Ludwig may have died because he spent too much money building extravagant palaces -

a cruel irony of history,

for today, with two million visitors a year, no-one can say

Neuschwanstein isn't paying for itself.

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