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🇩🇪 German · Advanced Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Frau Weber's Fear

Hear Frau Weber, forty years in the house, ask where she is supposed to go if the rent rises, with wohin soll ich, the modal standing alone.

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THE STORY

Frau Weber's doorway on the first floor, the letter in her apron pocket, Max on the stairs with his bag.

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Herr Becker, haben Sie das gelesen?hair BEK-er, HAH-ben zee dahs geh-LAY-zenMister Becker, have you read that? Politely.
Ja, Frau Weber. Gestern Abend.yah, frow VAY-ber, GES-tern AH-bentYes, Frau Weber. Yesterday evening.
Ich wohne hier seit vierzig Jahren.ikh VOH-neh heer zite FEER-tsikh YAH-renI've lived here for forty years.
Ich weiß. Keine Sorge, Frau Weber.ikh vice, KINE-eh ZOR-geh, frow VAY-berI know. Don't worry, Frau Weber.
Das kann ich nicht bezahlen.dahs kahn ikh nikht beh-TSAH-lenI can't pay that.
Wenn die Miete steigt, wohin soll ich?ven dee MEE-teh shtykt, voh-HIN zol ikhIf the rent goes up, where am I to go?
Noch steigt sie nicht, Frau Weber.nokh shtykt zee nikht, frow VAY-berIt isn't going up yet, Frau Weber.
Von meiner Rente? Das geht nicht.fon MY-ner REN-teh, dahs gayt nikhtOn my pension? That's not possible.
Sie sind nicht allein. Wir sind viele.zee zint nikht ah-LINE, veer zint FEE-lehYou're not alone. There are many of us. Politely.