# Menschen A1.1, Unit 3: An au pair's first evening

**Language:** German  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Listen in as Valentina and Sebastian talk about family and languages on her first evening as an au pair in real, everyday German, pairing with the themes of unit 3 of Menschen A1.1. By the end of this course their conversation will feel easy to follow, and you'll be ready to join in.

**Setting:** The kitchen of a family house in Dresden on a Sunday evening in September. Valentina arrived from Colombia this afternoon to spend a year as an au pair, and the children, Emil and Mia, are already in bed. Sebastian, the host father, asks about her family, and she shows him photos on her phone. They use du with each other from the first line.

## Lessons

### 1. Showing a family photo

Valentina shows Sebastian a photo on her phone, and he asks if it is her family.

### 2. Asking who someone is

Sebastian points at a boy in the photo, and Valentina tells him who he is and how old he is.

### 3. Asking about brothers and sisters

Sebastian asks Valentina if she has more brothers or sisters, and she asks him the same.

### 4. Correcting a wrong guess

Sebastian asks if Valentina's mother speaks English, then guesses wrong about her father.

### 5. Saying which languages you speak

Valentina asks Sebastian which languages he speaks, and his answer surprises her.

### 6. Asking about the children's languages

Valentina asks if Emil and Mia speak English, and Sebastian tells her what each of them speaks.

### 7. Saying where your family lives

Sebastian asks if Valentina's family all live in Cali, and he remembers her sister before she does.