In 1974 IKEA opened its first German store, in Eching near Munich. Its furniture comes flat in a box, and the work is yours: unpack, start, build. Hear why that saves money, why people love what they built themselves, and how separable verbs split in two.
What you’ll practise
Separable verbs. Describe two steps of building furniture.
How to listen
Try it twice. The first time, turn on Listen first in the player: each line stays hidden until it’s spoken. The second time, read along.
Everything you hear is German. Turn on Translation to see the English meaning of the sentence being spoken.