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🇩🇪 German · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Money Is Short

Hear Lukas add up the house money at the kitchen table and say how much is still missing, with es fehlen noch.

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THE STORY

A late evening at the kitchen table in the back house, the bank's letter and a calculator between two cups of tea.

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Max, ich habe gerechnet. Es reicht nicht.mahx, ikh HAH-beh geh-REKH-net, es RYKHT nikhtMax, I've done the sums. It isn't enough. To a friend.
Wie viel fehlt denn noch?vee feel FAYLT den nokhHow much is still missing, then?
Es fehlen noch hundertfünfzigtausend Euro.es FAY-len nokh HOON-dert-FUENF-tsikh-TOW-zent OY-rohThere are still a hundred and fifty thousand euros missing.
Hundertfünfzigtausend? Das ist zu viel.HOON-dert-FUENF-tsikh-TOW-zent, dahs ist tsoo feelA hundred and fifty thousand? That's too much.
Die Bank gibt nicht mehr. Der Bezirk auch nicht.dee bahnk gipt nikht mair, dair beh-TSEERK owkh nikhtThe bank won't give more. The district won't either.
Dann schaffen wir das nicht, Lukas.dahn SHAHF-en veer dahs nikht, LOO-kahsThen we won't manage it, Lukas.
Doch. Uns fehlt nur eine Idee.dokh, oons faylt noor EYE-neh ee-DAYYes we will. We're only missing an idea.
Eine Idee und drei Wochen Zeit.EYE-neh ee-DAY oont dry VOKH-en tsiteAn idea and three weeks' time.