From 6373c9ead6a222d33a3e0fb2fe3ac1efbd2b4e93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: amir amini Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:47:03 +0330 Subject: [PATCH] Add Lektion 1 (combined course book + workbook + audio transcripts) --- A1.1/INDEX.md | 2 +- A1.1/_template.md | 60 +++++++-- A1.1/lektion-01.md | 321 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ README.md | 71 ++++++---- 4 files changed, 411 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-) create mode 100644 A1.1/lektion-01.md diff --git a/A1.1/INDEX.md b/A1.1/INDEX.md index 70e9f52..9767f8c 100644 --- a/A1.1/INDEX.md +++ b/A1.1/INDEX.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Running summary of every lesson covered so far, for quick context loading. | Lektion | Title | Key grammar | Vocab count | Status | |---|---|---|---|---| -| 1 | | | | not started | +| 1 | [Hallo! Ich bin Nicole ...](lektion-01.md) | Verb conjugation (kommen/heißen/sein), W-Fragen, du vs. Sie | ~45 | done | | 2 | | | | not started | | 3 | | | | not started | | 4 | | | | not started | diff --git a/A1.1/_template.md b/A1.1/_template.md index efee008..1604e92 100644 --- a/A1.1/_template.md +++ b/A1.1/_template.md @@ -1,36 +1,68 @@ # Lektion XX — [Title] -Source: [ ] Course book [ ] Workbook +Kursbuch S. [XX–YY] · Arbeitsbuch S. [XX–YY] -## Vocabulary +## Overview -| German | English | Notes (gender, plural, irregularities) | +- Topic: [e.g. Begrüssung, Befinden] +- Communicative goals: [Hören/Sprechen/Lesen/Schreiben aims, from Kursbuch INHALTE] +- Characters/context introduced: [recurring characters, story thread] + +## Vocabulary (official Lernwortschatz) + +Grouped by category, from the Arbeitsbuch's Lernwortschatz page. Regional +variants (A = Austria, CH = Switzerland) noted where given. + +### [Category] +| German | English | Notes | |---|---|---| -| | | | ## Grammar -### Topic name -- Explanation +### [Topic, e.g. Verb conjugation] +| | verb1 | verb2 | verb3 | +|---|---|---|---| +| ich | | | | +| du | | | | + +- Explanation / rule - Example sentences (DE → EN) -## Key phrases / Dialogues +## Communication patterns -- German phrase — English meaning +- Situation — phrase(s) used -## Exercise types practiced +## Course book exercises (Kursbuch) -- e.g. fill-in-the-blank conjugation, matching, listening comprehension +Brief summary of what each exercise practices — not full instructions. -## Audio / Listening +1. [skill practiced] +2. ... -Transcript source: [ ] Official (Hueber Transkriptionen) [ ] ASR (faster-whisper — review for errors, especially names/numbers) +## Workbook exercises (Arbeitsbuch) -### Track [X.X] — [short description, e.g. "Anna and Ben introduce themselves"] +1. [skill practiced] +... + +## Audio / Listening (official Hueber Transkriptionen) + +Transcript source: Official (Hueber Transkriptionen), unless marked ASR. + +### Kursbuch audio ``` -[transcript text or path to transcripts/lektion-XX/trackname.txt] +[dialogue transcript] ``` +### Arbeitsbuch audio +``` +[dialogue transcript] +``` + +## Answer key highlights + +Selected answers useful for self-checking or for Claude to verify exercise +answers against — not necessarily exhaustive. + ## Notes / gotchas - Anything tricky, false friends, exceptions worth flagging in future practice diff --git a/A1.1/lektion-01.md b/A1.1/lektion-01.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3ccb1d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/A1.1/lektion-01.md @@ -0,0 +1,321 @@ +# Lektion 1 — Hallo! Ich bin Nicole ... + +Kursbuch S. 9–12 · Arbeitsbuch S. 6–11 + +## Overview + +- Topic: Begrüssung, Befinden (greetings, wellbeing) +- Communicative goals: Hören/Sprechen — sich begrüßen/verabschieden (greet/say + goodbye); nach dem Befinden fragen (ask how someone is); sich und andere + vorstellen (introduce self and others) +- Characters introduced: Nicole (from Austria), Paco Rodriguez (from Mexico), + Frau Wachter — these three recur through the course as the running story. +- Regional grammar focus: Konjugation Singular (ich/du/Sie/er-sie); W-Fragen + (Woher...? / Wie...?) + +## Vocabulary (official Lernwortschatz, Arbeitsbuch S. 11) + +### Begrüßung und Abschied (greeting & farewell) +| German | English | Notes | +|---|---|---| +| Hallo | Hi / Hello | A: also Servus / Grüß dich; CH: also Hoi / Sali / Salü | +| Guten Morgen | Good morning | | +| Guten Tag | Good day/afternoon | A: Grüß Gott; CH: Grüezi | +| Guten Abend | Good evening | | +| Gute Nacht | Good night | | +| Auf Wiedersehen | Goodbye (formal) | CH: also Adieu | +| Tschüs | Bye (informal) | A: also Servus / Baba; CH: also Adieu / Ade / Adie | + +### Name +| German | English | Notes | +|---|---|---| +| Ich heiße .../Ich bin ... | My name is .../I am ... | | +| Mein Name ist ... | My name is ... | | +| Das ist ... | This is ... | introducing someone else | +| Wer ...? | Who ...? | | +| Wie ...? | How/What ...? | used for "Wie heißen Sie?" | + +### Personalien (personal details) +| German | English | Notes | +|---|---|---| +| die Frau, -en | woman / Mrs./Ms. | | +| der Herr, -en | man / Mr. | | +| der Name, -n | name | | +| der Vorname, -n | first name | | +| der Familienname, -n | family name/surname | | + +### Herkunft (origin) +| German | English | Notes | +|---|---|---| +| Woher ...? | Where ... from? | | +| kommen aus ... | to come from ... | | +| aus ... | from ... | | + +### Länder (countries) +| German | English | Notes | +|---|---|---| +| das Land, -̈er | country | | +| Deutschland | Germany | no article: "aus Deutschland" | +| Österreich | Austria | no article: "aus Österreich" | +| die Schweiz | Switzerland | takes article: "aus **der** Schweiz" | + +(Lesson also uses, from Kursbuch exercise 4/5: Iran, Spanien, Frankreich, +Türkei — see grammar note on "aus dem/der" below.) + +### Befinden (wellbeing) +| German | English | Notes | +|---|---|---| +| Wie geht's? | How's it going? | informal | +| sehr gut | very good | | +| gut | good | | +| es geht | so-so / it's ok | | +| nicht so gut | not so good | | + +### Weitere wichtige Wörter (other key words) +| German | English | Notes | +|---|---|---| +| das Alphabet, -e | alphabet | | +| buchstabieren | to spell (out loud) | | +| auch | also/too | | +| danke | thanks | | +| ja | yes | | +| nein | no | | +| sehr | very | | +| und | and | | + +## Grammar (Kursbuch S. 12) + +### Verb conjugation — Singular +| | kommen | heißen | sein | +|---|---|---|---| +| ich | komme | heiße | bin | +| du | kommst | heißt | bist | +| Sie | kommen | heißen | sind | +| er/sie | kommt | heißt | ist | + +### W-Fragen: wer, wie, woher (question word in position 2... actually position 1, verb in position 2) +| Question word | Position 2 (verb) | | +|---|---|---| +| Wer | ist | das? | +| Wie | heißen | Sie? | +| Woher | kommst | du? | + +### Aussage (statement) — verb always in position 2 +| Subject | Position 2 (verb) | | +|---|---|---| +| Ich | heiße | Paco. | +| Ich | komme | aus Österreich. | +| Mein Name | ist | Valerie. | + +### du vs. Sie — addressing people +- **Sie** → address by Familienname: *Herr Rodriguez*, *Frau Wachter* +- **du** → address by Vorname: *Nicole*, *Paco* + +### "aus" + country — article rule +- Most countries: **aus** + country, no article — *aus Deutschland/Spanien/Wien/...* +- Exceptions that take an article: **aus der** Schweiz, **aus der** Türkei, + **aus dem** Iran + +## Communication patterns (Kursbuch S. 12) + +| Situation | Sie-form | du-form | +|---|---|---| +| Ask name | Wie heißen Sie? | Wie heißt du? | +| Ask name (alt.) | Wer sind Sie? | Wer bist du? | +| Ask origin | Woher kommen Sie? | Woher kommst du? | +| Ask wellbeing | Wie geht es Ihnen? / Wie geht's? | Wie geht es dir? | +| Answer wellbeing | Sehr gut. / Gut, danke. / Es geht. / Nicht so gut. | (same) | +| Introduce self | Ich bin/heiße Nicole. / Mein Name ist Paco Rodriguez. | | +| Introduce someone else | Das ist Paco / Frau Walter. Er/Sie kommt aus Mexiko. | | +| Ask for repetition | Wie bitte? | | + +## Course book exercises (Kursbuch, S. 9–12) + +1. Listening warm-up — song, recall German names known +2. Kettenspiel (chain game) — practice "Hallo! Ich bin ... / Und wer bist + du?"; also: draw a seating plan and note names +3. Listening — match who says what (Paco/Nicole dialogue: origin questions) +4. Grammar discovery — fill in "du komm__" / "ich komm__" conjugation +5. Listening — match country flags to music heard (Iran, Österreich, + Spanien, Frankreich, Türkei) +6. Listening — match statements to speaker (Paco/Nicole/Frau Wachter) +7. Fill-in-the-blank — completing "Woher kommst du?" dialogue with Sie-form +8. Fill-in-the-blank with word bank — reconstructing the Nicole/Frau + Wachter/Paco introduction dialogue +9. Speaking — "Wer ist das?" with famous people (Angela Merkel, Mother + Teresa shown as examples) +10. Listening — match wellbeing questions/answers (du vs Sie forms) +11. Speaking practice — asking about wellbeing, partner work +12. Sprechtraining: Das Alphabet — hear and repeat the German alphabet, + including Umlauts (Ä, Ö, Ü) and ß (Es-Zett); dictate your own name +13. Hallo oder tschüs? — sort greeting/farewell expressions by + Begrüßung/Abschied +14. Practice saying goodbye at end of class + +## Workbook exercises (Arbeitsbuch, S. 6–11) + +1. Fill-in-the-blank — "Hallo! Ich bin ... / Und wer bist du?" exchanges +2. Sort a jumbled dialogue into correct order (Roberto/Melanie intro) +3. Match sentence halves (Wie heißt du? / Ich komme... / etc.) +4. Fill-in-the-blank — two full introduction dialogues +5. Match country names to landmark photos (Brandenburger Tor→Deutschland, + Eiffelturm→Frankreich, Stephansdom→Österreich, Matterhorn→Schweiz, + Hagia Sophia→Türkei) +6. du oder Sie? — classify situations (photos) as formal/informal; compare + du/Sie translation to English "you" and to student's own language +7. du oder Sie? — mark correct choice in 5 short dialogues +8. Fill in correct verb endings (komm-/heiß-) in 3 dialogues +9. Write sentences about famous people from photos (Philipp Lahm, Mozart, + Prinz Felipe, Martina Hingis) using "Das ist X. Er/Sie kommt aus Y." +10. Full conjugation table to complete: heißen/kommen/sein × ich/du/Sie/er-sie +11. Multiple choice — correct verb form (bist/ist/sind, komme/kommst/kommt...) +12. Match wellbeing emoji to phrase (Sehr gut/Gut/Es geht/Nicht so gut) +13. Fill-in-the-blank — completing two "Wie geht's" mini-dialogues +14. Listening (audio) — identify names heard +15. Sort scrambled greeting/farewell words and match to pictures (Guten Tag, + Gute Nacht, Tschüs, Auf Wiedersehen, Hallo, Guten Abend...) + +### Training: Hören +1. Listening comprehension — fill in wie/woher/wer in questions, then match + answers +2. Listening (audio, tracks 1.03–1.05) — multiple choice: Frau Talipa's + origin, Laura's wellbeing, correct spelling of a name (Aljoscha) + +### Training: Aussprache (Satzmelodie — sentence intonation) +1. Listen & repeat — rising/falling intonation on statements vs. questions +2. Fill in the intonation rule: statements ↘, W-questions ↘, Rückfragen + (echo questions like "Und wer bist du?") ↗ +3. Practice a short dialogue with a partner, marking intonation + +### Test (self-check, with point values) +1. Match greeting word fragments (4 pts) +2. Multiple choice on question words / verb forms (6 pts) +3. Fill in correct verb form: heißen/kommen/sein (9 pts) +4. Complete two short dialogues (7 pts) +5. Reorder scrambled dialogue lines into two conversations (8 pts) + +## Audio / Listening (official Hueber Transkriptionen) + +Transcript source: **Official** (Hueber Transkriptionen — Kursbuch and +Arbeitsbuch audio booklets, © 2012 Hueber Verlag). + +### Kursbuch audio + +**Aufgabe 2a/3** (Nicole & Paco meet): +``` +Paco: WINFRIED!! ... Baramm ... baraaa-aaah! +Nicole & Paco: WINFRIED!! ... Baramm ... bampam ... bampam ... baraaa-aaah! +Paco: Hmh? +Nicole: WINFRIED! +Paco: Hallo! Ich heiße Paco und wer bist du? +Nicole: Ich heiße Nicole. ... Baramm ... bampam ... +Nicole & Paco: bampam ... baraaa-aaah! + +Nicole: Woher kommst du, Paco? Aus Spanien? +Paco: Nein, ich komme aus Mexiko. +Nicole: Aus Mexiko? Wow! +Paco: Und woher kommst du? Nein, Moment! Du kommst aus Deutschland, hm? +Nicole: Nn-nn! +Paco: Aus der Schweiz? +Nicole: Nein, ich komme aus Österreich. +Paco: Ah, aus Österreich. +``` + +**Aufgabe 5 / 6c** (introducing Paco to Frau Wachter): +``` +Nicole & Paco: WINFRIED!! ... Baramm ... bampam ... bampam ... baraaa-aaah! +Frau Wachter: Ja, hallo! +Nicole: Hallo, Frau Wachter! Wie geht's? +Frau Wachter: Gut, danke! Und wie geht's Ihnen? +Nicole: Auch gut. Ähm, ach ja: Das ist Paco. Und das ist Frau Wachter. +Paco: Guten Tag, Frau Wachter. +Frau Wachter: Guten Tag, Herr ... ähm ... +Paco: Rodriguez +Frau Wachter: Rodriguez? Woher kommen Sie? Aus Spanien? +Paco: Nein, ich ... +Nicole: Er kommt aus Mexiko. +Frau Wachter: Aah! Aus Mexiko! +Paco: Ja. +Frau Wachter: Tja, also dann. Auf Wiedersehen, Herr Rodriguez! +Paco: Auf Wiedersehen, Frau Wachter! +Frau Wachter: Tschüs! +Nicole: Tschüs! +``` + +**Aufgabe 10** (greeting/farewell word list, audio only — see vocabulary +table above): Hallo, Guten Tag, Guten Morgen, Guten Abend, Gute Nacht, +Tschüs, Auf Wiedersehen. + +### Arbeitsbuch audio + +**Übung 14** (spelling dictation — Diktat): +``` +a Mein Name ist Lothar Müller. — Wie bitte? — Ich buchstabiere: L-O-T-H-A-R M-Ü-L-L-E-R +b Mein Name ist Lena Egger — Wie bitte? — Warten Sie, ich buchstabiere: L-E-N-A E-G-G-E-R +c Mein Name ist Yvonne Schuster. — Wie bitte? — Ich buchstabiere: Y-V-O-N-N-E S-C-H-U-S-T-E-R +d Mein Name ist Sebastian Wimmer — Wie bitte? — Moment, ich buchstabiere: S-E-B-A-S-T-I-A-N W-I-M-M-E-R +``` + +**Training: Hören, Übung 2**: +``` +a +Ramon: Guten Morgen, mein Name ist Barnuevo, Ramon Barnuevo. +Maria: Guten Tag. Ich bin Maria Talipa. Woher kommen Sie, Herr Barnuevo? +Ramon: Ich komme aus Spanien. Und Sie? +Maria: Aus Österreich. .... Ah, da kommt mein Kollege. Das ist Herr Zubenko. + Er kommt aus Russland. + +b +Laura: Hallo Paul. Wie geht es dir? +Paul: Danke, sehr gut. Und dir, Laura? +Laura: Danke, es geht. +Paul: Was ist denn los ... +Laura: Ach, weißt du ... +``` +(Dialogue b is left unresolved/cut off — a narrative hook, likely continued +in a later lesson's audio.) + +## Answer key highlights + +**Kursbuch:** +- 2a: Paco (heißt Paco); Nicole +- 3a: Paco comes from Mexico (not Spain); Nicole comes from Austria (not + Germany/Switzerland) +- 3b: du komm**st**; ich komm**e** +- 4: countries in order heard — 2 Spanien, 3 Türkei, 4 Frankreich, 5 Österreich +- 6a: "...kommen Sie?" (Sie-form completion) +- 6c: das; Tag; Guten; Er kommt; aus (fill-in order) +- 7: Nicole → "Auch gut."; Frau Wachter → "Gut, danke. Wie geht es Ihnen?" +- 10: Begrüßung (greeting): Guten Tag, Guten Morgen, Guten Abend. Abschied + (farewell): Tschüs, Auf Wiedersehen. + +**Arbeitsbuch:** +- 1: Hallo! Ich bin Wiebke. Und wer bist du? — Hallo, ich bin Stefan. / + Ich heiße René. Und wie heißt du? — Ich heiße Alfred. +- 8: a) kommst, komme, komme b) heiße, heißt, heiße c) kommen, komme +- 9: B — Das ist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Er kommt aus Österreich. + C — Das ist Prinz Felipe. Er kommt aus Spanien. + D — Das ist Martina Hingis. Sie kommt aus der Schweiz. +- 11: b ist, c kommen, d kommt, e kommt +- 12: a Sehr gut, danke. b Gut, danke. c Es geht. d Nicht so gut. +- 15: a Gute Nacht, b Guten Tag, c Tschüs, d Auf Wiedersehen, f Guten Abend + +**Test:** +- 1: Guten Morgen; Guten Abend; Gute Nacht; Auf Wiedersehen +- 3: a heiße, kommst b heißen, kommen, komme c bist, bin d ist, kommt + +## Notes / gotchas + +- **du vs. Sie** is the first big distinction — pay attention to which form a + dialogue uses; the workbook explicitly drills recognizing the situation + (formal photo vs. informal photo) before the grammar. +- **aus** normally takes no article ("aus Deutschland") but **die Schweiz**, + **die Türkei**, and **der Iran** are exceptions — "aus der Schweiz", "aus + der Türkei", "aus dem Iran". Worth flagging every time a new country name + turns up, since this exception list grows through the course. +- Verb endings for this lesson: **-e** (ich), **-st** (du), **-en** (Sie), + **-t** (er/sie) — sein is irregular (bin/bist/sind/ist) and worth + memorizing separately. +- Austrian (A) and Swiss (CH) greeting variants are introduced early — + useful to recognize even though standard German forms are the default to + produce. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1ede501..c7e4976 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ exact context on my vocabulary and grammar level when we study together. ## How to use this with Claude At the start of a study session, point Claude at the relevant lesson file(s) -under the current book folder (e.g. `A1.1/course-book/lesson-05.md` and -`A1.1/workbook/lesson-05.md`), or the whole `A1.1/INDEX.md` for a running +(e.g. `A1.1/lektion-05.md`), or the whole `A1.1/INDEX.md` for a running summary. Ask Claude to only use vocabulary/grammar that appears in those files (or earlier lessons) when creating exercises, example sentences, or corrections — this keeps practice within what I've actually learned. @@ -17,52 +16,68 @@ corrections — this keeps practice within what I've actually learned. ``` A1.1/ - course-book/lesson-XX.md ← vocab, grammar, dialogues from the course book - workbook/lesson-XX.md ← additional vocab/exercise types from the workbook - INDEX.md ← one-line summary of every lesson so far -A1.2/ ← added once I move on to the next book + lektion-XX.md ← everything for one lesson: vocab, grammar, communication + patterns, course book + workbook exercise summaries, + official audio transcripts, answer key highlights + _template.md ← template used to build each lektion-XX.md + INDEX.md ← one-line summary of every lesson so far +A1.2/ ← added once I move on to the next book ... +scripts/ + transcribe.py ← local ASR fallback (faster-whisper) for audio with no + official transcript ``` +Each lesson is one combined file rather than separate course-book/workbook +files, because *Menschen*'s workbook exercises constantly reference course +book sections (e.g. "KB 2b") and share the same grammar — splitting them +apart would just duplicate content. + ## Adding a new lesson -1. Upload photos or a PDF of the course book / workbook pages for that lesson. -2. Claude extracts content into `lesson-XX.md` using `_template.md`. +1. Get the course book pages, workbook pages, and (if available) the + official Hueber Transkriptionen PDF pages for that lesson — as PDFs, + photos, or a folder path. +2. Claude extracts/summarizes content into `lektion-XX.md` using + `_template.md`: vocabulary (from the workbook's Lernwortschatz page), + grammar boxes, communication patterns, a brief summary of what each + exercise practices (not full exercise text), audio transcripts, and + answer key highlights. 3. Review and correct anything Claude got wrong or over-summarized. 4. Update `INDEX.md` with a one-line entry for the lesson. 5. Commit. ## Audio (listening exercises) -Hueber (the publisher) releases official **Transkriptionen** PDFs for both -the Kursbuch (course book) and Arbeitsbuch (workbook) — these are the -primary source for audio content, not the *Lösungsschlüssel* (answer key, -found at the back of the workbook, which is a different thing). Raw audio -files are **not** stored in this repo (see `.gitignore`); only transcripts -(text) are, since that's what gives Claude context. +Hueber releases official **Transkriptionen** PDFs for both the Kursbuch +(course book) and Arbeitsbuch (workbook) — these are the primary source for +audio content, not the *Lösungsschlüssel* (answer key — a different +document). Raw audio files are **not** stored in this repo (see +`.gitignore`); only transcripts (text) are, since that's what gives Claude +context. Primary workflow — official transcripts: -1. Get the Kursbuch and Arbeitsbuch Transkriptionen PDFs for the relevant book - (A1.1, A1.2, ...) — search "Menschen [level] Kursbuch/Arbeitsbuch - Transkriptionen pdf Hueber", or check the publisher's site. -2. Send/upload the pages for a lesson the same way as course book/workbook - content — Claude extracts the per-track dialogue text into that lesson's - `.md` file under "Audio / Listening". +1. Get the Kursbuch and Arbeitsbuch Transkriptionen PDFs for the relevant + book (A1.1, A1.2, ...). +2. Extract the per-track dialogue text into that lesson's `.md` file under + "Audio / Listening", marked as official-sourced. 3. No review needed for accuracy — these are publisher-official text, not ASR. Fallback workflow — local ASR (only if no official transcript exists for a given track, e.g. supplementary listening material): -1. Get the audio files locally (publisher CD/app/download), any folder outside git. -2. Run `scripts/transcribe.py` (uses `faster-whisper` on GPU) to transcribe them: +1. Get the audio files locally (publisher CD/app/download), any folder + outside git. +2. Run `scripts/transcribe.py` (uses `faster-whisper` on GPU) to transcribe + them: ```bash pip install faster-whisper - python scripts/transcribe.py "" "A1.1/course-book/transcripts/lektion-XX" + python scripts/transcribe.py "" "A1.1/transcripts/lektion-XX" ``` -3. Skim the `.txt` output for ASR mistakes (names, numbers, fast speech) and fix them. -4. Reference/paste the transcript into the lesson's `.md` file under "Audio / Listening", - flagged as ASR-generated (the template already does this), or point at the - `transcripts/lektion-XX/*.txt` path — transcripts are small text files so - committing them is fine. +3. Skim the `.txt` output for ASR mistakes (names, numbers, fast speech) and + fix them. +4. Reference/paste the transcript into the lesson's `.md` file under "Audio + / Listening", flagged as ASR-generated — transcripts are small text + files so committing them is fine. ## Adding a new book (e.g. A1.2)