PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

Reading the Letter

Read the new owner's letter out loud with Lukas and hear how an official letter opens, with sehr geehrte and hiermit teilen wir mit.

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Lesson 2 · Reading the Letter

German · 30 minutes

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THE STORY

Max's kitchen table late in the evening, the letter open between two beers, Lukas reading over his shoulder.

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In this lesson, you’ll learn to

Open a letter with sehr geehrte Mieterinnen und Mieter, sehr geehrter Herr Krause
Announce in writing with hiermit teilen wir Ihnen Folgendes mit, so redet kein Mensch
Hear the plan with das ganze Haus wird modernisiert, das heisst, es wird teurer

The words and phrases of this lesson, one card each. Best after you’ve listened.

Hear a sentence from the lesson, then put its words in order.

The lesson is for your ears. Open this afterwards, to see what you learned.

Lies mal vor, Max. Was schreiben die?lees mahl for, mahks, vahs SHRY-ben deeRead it out, Max. What do they write? To a friend.

Sehr geehrte Mieterinnen und Mieter.zair geh-AIR-teh MEE-ter-in-en oont MEE-terDear tenants.

Sehr geehrter Herr Krause.zair geh-AIR-ter hair KROW-zehDear Mister Krause.

Sehr geehrte. Das fängt ja gut an.zair geh-AIR-teh, dahs fenkt yah goot ahnDear tenants. That's a fine start.

Hiermit teilen wir Ihnen Folgendes mit.HEER-mit TY-len veer EE-nen FOL-gen-des mitWe hereby inform you of the following.

Hiermit. So redet kein Mensch.HEER-mit, zoh RAY-det kine menshHereby. Nobody talks like that.

Das ganze Haus wird modernisiert.dahs GAHN-tseh hows virt moh-dair-nee-ZEERTThe whole house is being modernised.

Modernisiert? Das heißt, es wird teurer.moh-dair-nee-ZEERT, dahs hyst, es virt TOY-rerModernised? That means it gets more expensive.

Ja. Neue Fenster, neue Heizung, neue Miete.yah, NOY-eh FEN-ster, NOY-eh HY-tsoong, NOY-eh MEE-tehYes. New windows, new heating, new rent.