🇩🇪 German · Beginner Level 3
PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The Emigration Museum
Tell a museum guide that your great-grandfather left Hamburg for America in 1883, and say a year in German.
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THE STORY
The emigration museum on the Hamburg waterfront, a guide at the entrance and the old passenger lists in the next room.
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Willkommen! Woher kommen Sie?vil-KOM-en, voh-HAIR KOM-en zeeWelcome! Where are you from? Politely.
Aus Amerika. Mein Urgroßvater war Auswanderer.ows ah-MAY-ree-kah, mine OOR-grohs-fah-ter vahr OWS-vahn-deh-rerFrom America. My great-grandfather was an emigrant.
Mein Urgroßvater.mine OOR-grohs-fah-terMy great-grandfather.
Interessant! Wann ist er ausgewandert?in-teh-reh-SAHNT, vahn ist air OWS-geh-vahn-dertInteresting! When did he emigrate?
Achtzehnhundertdreiundachtzig. Nach Amerika.AHKHT-tsayn-hoon-dert-dry-oont-AHKHT-tsikh, nahkh ah-MAY-ree-kahEighteen eighty-three. To America.
Aus Deutschland.ows DOYTCH-lahntFrom Germany.
Von Hamburg aus? Mit dem Schiff?fon HAHM-boork ows, mit daym shifFrom Hamburg? By ship?
Ja, von hier aus. Mit dem Schiff.yah, fon heer ows, mit daym shifYes, from here. By ship.
Kommen Sie mit. Hier sind die Listen.KOM-en zee mit, heer zint dee LIS-tenCome along. Here are the lists. Politely.
Die Listen? Mit allen Namen?dee LIS-ten, mit AHL-en NAH-menThe lists? With all the names?