🇩🇪 German · Advanced Level 3
PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
A Difficult Letter
Hear the historian read the hardest letter in the box, slowly and with care, and follow a relative clause with its verb at the end.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
The historian's office late in the afternoon, the lamp on, one letter set apart from the others.
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Words and phrases
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Dieser Brief ist schwer. Ich lese langsam.DEE-zer breef ist shvair, ikh LAY-zeh LAHNG-zahmThis letter is hard. I'll read slowly.
Möchten Sie eine Pause?MURKH-ten zee EYE-neh POW-zehWould you like a break? Politely.
Ja. Ich höre zu.yah, ikh HUR-eh tsooYes. I'm listening.
Das Kind, das wir verloren haben, hieß Anna.dahs kint, dahs veer fair-LOH-ren HAH-ben, hees AHN-ahThe child that we lost was called Anna.
Ein Kind. Wie alt war es?eyn kint, vee ahlt vahr esA child. How old was she?
Zwei Jahre. Sie schreibt: Wir trauern.tsvy YAH-reh, zee shrypt, veer TROW-ernTwo years. She writes: We grieve.
Das ist schwer zu hören.dahs ist shvair tsoo HUR-enThat is hard to hear.
Ja. Aber sie schreibt auch: Der Herr gibt Kraft.yah, AH-ber zee shrypt owkh, dair hair gipt krahftYes. But she also writes: The Lord gives strength.
Dieser Brief bleibt in der Familie.DEE-zer breef blypt in dair fah-MEE-lee-ehThis letter stays in the family.