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Movies and Television by Edward Swick, M.A.

Other ways of enjoying a variety of entertainment types are at the movies or watching television. Here's some useful vocabulary for these venues.

MOVIE AND TELEVISION VOCABULARY

movie

der Film

dare film

feature film

der Spielfilm

dare SHPEEL film

to watch a movie

sich einen Film ansehen

zeech INE en film AHN zay en

movie theater

das Kino

duss KEE noe

showing

die Vorstellung/Vorführung

dee FORE shtell oong/

FORE fuer oong

seat

der Platz

dare plutz

television

das Fernsehen

duss FAIRN zay en

to watch

television

fernsehen

FAIRN zay en

die Fernsehsendung

television show

dee FAIRN zay zen doong

dubbed

synchronisiert

zuen kroe nee ZEERT

subtitled

mit Untertiteln

mit OON tuh tee teln
<B>Essential</B></h2> <p>The verb <B>fernsehen</B> is used differently from its English equivalent “to watch television.” The prefix <B>fern</B> is placed at the end of the sentence and the word “television” doesn't even appear in the sentence: <B>Wir sehen jeden Abend fern</B>. 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