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🇩🇪 German · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Archivist on the Phone

Hear the archivist in Freiburg call with further documents, a list of the emigrants of the year, with the genitive des Jahres.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

A phone call in the newsroom corridor, the archivist in Freiburg with the file open in front of her.

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Herr Becker? Hier ist das Archiv.hair BEK-er, heer ist dahs ar-KHEEFMister Becker? This is the archive.
Haben Sie etwas gefunden?HAH-ben zee ET-vahs geh-FOON-denHave you found something? Politely.
Ich schicke Ihnen eine Kopie.ikh SHIK-eh EE-nen EYE-neh ko-PEEI'll send you a copy. Politely.
Ja. Wir haben weitere Dokumente gefunden.yah, veer HAH-ben VY-ter-eh do-koo-MEN-teh geh-FOON-denYes. We have found further documents.
Weitere Dokumente? Was denn?VY-ter-eh do-koo-MEN-teh, vahs denFurther documents? What, then?
Eine Liste. Die Auswanderer des Jahres.EYE-neh LIS-teh, dee OWS-vahn-der-er des YAH-resA list. The emigrants of the year.
Steht meine Familie auf der Liste?shtayt MY-neh fah-MEE-lee-eh owf dair LIS-tehIs my family on the list?
Johann Becker, zwanzig Jahre, Uhrmacher.YOH-hahn BEK-er, TSVAHN-tsikh YAH-reh, OOR-mahkh-erJohann Becker, twenty years, clockmaker.
Zwanzig Jahre alt. Unglaublich.TSVAHN-tsikh YAH-reh ahlt, oon-GLOWP-likhTwenty years old. Unbelievable.