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🇩🇪 German · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Calling Grandma

Call your grandmother from Hamburg and tell her you have found the family village, with wollte, the simple past of wollen.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

A bench outside the emigration museum, Max's phone to his ear and his grandmother in Milwaukee picking up.

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Hallo Oma! Hier ist Max.HAH-loh OH-mah, heer ist mahxHello Grandma! It's Max.
Max! Wie schön! Wo bist du?mahx, vee shurn, voh bist dooMax! How lovely! Where are you? To a friend.
Wie geht es dir, Oma?vee gayt es deer, OH-mahHow are you, Grandma? To a friend.
Oma, ich habe das Dorf gefunden!OH-mah, ikh HAH-beh dahs dorf geh-FOON-denGrandma, I found the village!
Das Dorf? Welches Dorf?dahs dorf, VEL-khes dorfThe village? Which village?
Ich wollte anrufen.ikh VOL-teh AHN-roo-fenI wanted to call.
Das Dorf von Johann Becker. Im Schwarzwald.dahs dorf fon YOH-hahn BEK-er, im SHVARTS-vahltJohann Becker's village. In the Black Forest.
Im Schwarzwald! Das wollte ich immer wissen.im SHVARTS-vahlt, dahs VOL-teh ikh IM-er VIS-enIn the Black Forest! I always wanted to know that.
Es heißt Schonach. Johann war Uhrmacher.es hyst SHOH-nahkh, YOH-hahn vahr OOR-mahkh-erIt's called Schonach. Johann was a clockmaker.
Ein Uhrmacher! Jetzt muss ich weinen.ine OOR-mahkh-er, yetst moos ikh VYE-nenA clockmaker! Now I have to cry.