Was machen Sie? [Deutsch--Warum nicht? #6]

This lesson “Was machen Sie?” (What do you do?) illustrates the use of the question word was ‘what’ and introduces a few more verbs. In German, the infinitive form of a verb ends with -en. Coincidentally, that’s also the ending of the conjugation for Sie, which is what’s used throughout this podcast.

Here are some examples:

Was machen Sie? : What do you do?

Warum sagen Sie “du”? : Why do you say “du”? (this is from podcast #5)

Was studieren Sie? : What are you studying?

Sie brauchen doch das Geld : You need the money.

Vocabulary
Guten Morgen : Good morning.
was : what
machen : to do
arbeiten : to work
neu : new
brauchen : to need
keine Manieren : no manners
interessant : interesting
die Journalistik : journalism
Sagen Sie mal : Tell me.
rauchen : to smoke
studieren : to study
recherchieren : to research
Reportagen schreiben : to write reports and articles
Auf Wiedersehen : Good bye.