Manual Preaching

The Preaching pattern will remain the same as before but we'll use new triggers as you might have noticed already.

Open Speechnotes on Chrome, set the language to "German" and click the "mic(crophone)" symbol to start speaking out loud the following pattern with every trigger below.

Remember that you have to choose one of the three articles einen, eine, ein for this Preaching. The pattern below only shows you a generic "ein-" and "groß-" without any ending. You will have to add those endings in your head when doing the exercise.
Let me also introduce that little word "lieber" (=rather) to you. Not much to understand here as it is merely vocab at this point. "lieber" never changes in this Preaching. It is always "lieber" no matter what gender a trigger has.
For orientation, first have a look at the Examples:

Examples
Teppich (m) - carpet
A: Kaufst du einen Teppich?
B: Ich kaufe einen Teppich.
A: Kaufst du einen kleinen Teppich?
B: Ich kaufe lieber einen großen Teppich.

Sofa (n) - sofa
A: Kaufst du ein Sofa?
B: Ich kaufe ein Sofa.
A: Kaufst du ein kleines Sofa?
B: Ich kaufe lieber ein großes Sofa.

Katze (f) - cat
A: Kaufst du eine Katze?
B: Ich kaufe eine Katze.
A: Kaufst du eine kleine Katze?
B: Ich kaufe lieber eine große Katze.

>>> Keep the pattern and the triggers always in front of you when you do the Preaching <<<

Pattern
A: Kaufst du ein- trigger?
B: Ich kaufe ein- trigger.
A: Kaufst du ein- klein- trigger?
B: Ich kaufe lieber ein- groß- trigger.

Triggers
The text in brackets gives approximate pronunciation:

  1. Teppich - carpet [tap "ich"]
  2. Sofa - sofa [so far]
  3. Katze - cat [cut say]
  4. Fahrrad - bike [far rut]
  5. Bett - bed [bet]
  6. Gitarre - guitar [gee-tar-re ]
  7. Blume - flower [bloom ma(y)]
  8. Hammer - hammer [hummer]
  9. Hund - dog [hoond]
  10. Brille - glasses (singular) [brill le]

>>> The pattern and the triggers are always in front of you when you do the Preaching <<<

If the text Speechnotes transcribed is different by a lot from the transcription below, don't worry about it. You will do this a couple more times and you will see an improvement. If Speechnotes doesn't understand you, try to speak slowly, more articulated and use an external microphone e.g. a headset.

Repeat your Preaching for up to 15 mins. If you feel that you are fine with your Preaching before the 15mins are over, feel free to move on with the next lesson.