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🇩🇪 German · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Passenger List

Find your great-grandfather on an 1883 passenger list and learn the name of his village, with war, the simple past of sein.

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THE STORY

A reading room in the emigration museum, a long passenger list under glass and the guide's finger moving down the names.

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Die Passagierliste. Wie war der Name?dee pah-sah-ZHEER-lis-teh, vee vahr dair NAH-mehThe passenger list. What was the name?
Johann Becker. Er war zwanzig Jahre alt.YOH-hahn BEK-er, air vahr TSVAHN-tsikh YAH-reh ahltJohann Becker. He was twenty years old.
Was steht hier?vahs shtayt heerWhat does it say here?
Moment. Ja! Der Name steht hier.moh-MENT, yah, dair NAH-meh shtayt heerOne moment. Yes! The name is here.
Wirklich? Was steht dort?VIRK-likh, vahs shtayt dortReally? What does it say there?
Das Dorf heißt Schonach.dahs dorf hyst SHOH-nahkhThe village is called Schonach.
Johann Becker, zwanzig Jahre, aus Schonach.YOH-hahn BEK-er, TSVAHN-tsikh YAH-reh, ows SHOH-nahkhJohann Becker, twenty years, from Schonach.
Schonach? Wo ist das?SHOH-nahkh, voh ist dahsSchonach? Where is that?
Ein Dorf im Schwarzwald. Er war Uhrmacher.ine dorf im SHVARTS-vahlt, air vahr OOR-mahkh-erA village in the Black Forest. He was a clockmaker.
Ein Uhrmacher aus dem Schwarzwald! Unglaublich!ine OOR-mahkh-er ows daym SHVARTS-vahlt, oon-GLOWP-likhA clockmaker from the Black Forest! Unbelievable!