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🇩🇪 German · Advanced Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Keeping the Peace

Hear Max keep the peace with the tenant who wants no part of it, with lassen Sie uns, the polite let us.

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THE STORY

The front house door the next morning, the tenant's shopping bag in one hand, Max on the step below.

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Ich verstehe Ihre Sorge.ikh fair-SHTAY-eh EE-reh ZOR-gehI understand your worry. Politely.
Keine Sorge.KINE-eh ZOR-gehDon't worry.
Wirklich? Das glaube ich nicht.VEERK-likh, dahs GLOW-beh ikh nikhtReally? I don't believe that.
Doch. Sie wollen Ihre Wohnung nicht verlieren.dokh, zee VOL-en EE-reh VOH-noong nikht fair-LEE-renI do. You don't want to lose your flat. Politely.
Ich auch nicht.ikh owkh nikhtMe neither.
Genau. Und ich will keinen Streit.geh-NOW, oont ikh vil KINE-en shtrytExactly. And I don't want a quarrel.
Trotzdem: Allein sind wir schwach.TROTS-daym, ah-LINE zint veer shvahkhStill: alone we are weak.
Und zusammen? Was dann?oont tsoo-ZAHM-en, vahs dahnAnd together? What then?
Lassen Sie uns zusammen reden. Nur einmal.LAHS-en zee oons tsoo-ZAHM-en RAY-den, noor INE-mahlLet's talk together. Just once. Politely.
Gut. Einmal. Am Donnerstag.goot, INE-mahl, ahm DON-ers-tahkFine. Once. On Thursday.