The Vote

Run the tenants' vote on buying the house and count the hands, with dafuer and dagegen, da plus the preposition.

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THE STORY

The cellar room under the back building, folding chairs in rows and every tenant in the house on one of them.

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Wir stimmen ab. Wer ist dafür?veer SHTIM-en ahp, vair ist dah-FUERWe're voting. Who is for it?

Ich bin dafür. Natürlich.ikh bin dah-FUER, nah-TUER-likhI'm for it. Of course.

Was spricht dagegen?vahs shprikht dah-GAY-genWhat speaks against it?

Ich bin dagegen. Das wissen Sie.ikh bin dah-GAY-gen, dahs VIS-en zeeI'm against it. You know that. Politely.

Gut. Wer ist dagegen? Eine Stimme.goot, vair ist dah-GAY-gen, EYE-neh SHTIM-ehGood. Who is against it? One vote.

Noch eine Frage dazu.nokh EYE-neh FRAH-geh dah-TSOOOne more question about that.

Nur eine? Und Enthaltungen?noor EYE-neh, oont ent-HAHL-toong-enOnly one? And abstentions?

Zwei Enthaltungen. Alle anderen dafür.tsvy ent-HAHL-toong-en, AHL-eh AHN-der-en dah-FUERTwo abstentions. All the others for it.

Dann habe ich wohl verloren.dahn HAH-beh ikh vohl fair-LOH-renThen I suppose I've lost.

Fast einstimmig. Wir kaufen das Haus!fahst INE-shtim-ikh, veer KOW-fen dahs howsAlmost unanimous. We're buying the house!