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🇩🇪 German · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Proposal

Hear the editor in chief take Max's concept apart in three questions and Max answer each, with die Umsetzung, die Finanzierung, der Zeitplan.

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THE STORY

The editor in chief's office a week later, Max's two-page concept on the desk with pencil marks in the margin.

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Ich habe Ihr Konzept gelesen.ikh HAH-beh eer kon-TSEPT geh-LAY-zenI've read your concept.
Und? Was halten Sie davon?oont, vahs HAHL-ten zee dah-FONAnd? What do you think of it? Politely.
Das ist mein Vorschlag.dahs ist mine FOR-shlahkThat is my proposal.
Gut. Aber drei Fragen. Erstens: die Umsetzung.goot, AH-ber dry FRAH-gen, AIRS-tens, dee OOM-zet-soongGood. But three questions. First: the realisation.
Gespräche, Briefe, und Oma liest vor.geh-SHPRAY-kheh, BREE-feh, oont OH-mah leest forInterviews, letters, and Oma reads aloud.
Zweitens: die Finanzierung. Was kostet das?TSVY-tens, dee fee-nahn-TSEE-roong, vahs KOS-tet dahsSecond: the financing. What does it cost?
Eine Reise nach Milwaukee. Und in den Schwarzwald.EYE-neh RY-zeh nahkh mil-VAW-kee, oont in dayn SHVARTS-vahltA trip to Milwaukee. And to the Black Forest.
Drittens: der Zeitplan. Bis wann?DRIT-ens, dair TSYT-plahn, bis vahnThird: the timetable. By when?
Bis zum Sommer. Das schaffe ich.bis tsoom ZOM-er, dahs SHAHF-eh ikhBy the summer. I can manage that.