Listening Exercise-German Da Compounds

Listen to the audio and try to answer the following questions.

Questions

1. What da-compounds were used and what are they referring to?
2. When is he going on vacation?
3. Where is he going and how is he going to get there. 
4. What will he do once he is there?
5. When is he packing and why?

Answers

1. darauf (to going on vacation), darauf (to being late), darüber (about the Colosseum) . “damit” in this case is used as a conjunction (so that)
2. He is going on vacation on Saturday.
3. He is going to Rome by train.
4. He will go and see the Colosseum.
5. He is packing on Friday night so that he has more time Saturday morning.

Transcript

Am Samstag fahre ich in den Urlaub. Ich freue mich schon sehr darauf. Am Freitagabend werde ich meinen Koffer packen, damit ich am Samstagmorgen mehr Zeit habe. Ich will nicht zu spät kommen und meinen Zug verpassen. Darauf habe ich keine Lust. Ich fahre nach Rom und werde das Kolloseum besichtigen. Darüber habe ich schon viel gelesen.

Vocabulary

der Urlaub – the vacation
verpassen – to miss
Lust haben – to feel like something
besichtigen – to view, to tour