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🇩🇪 German · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Back in Berlin

Tell Nina what you found in Hamburg and why you are so happy, with deshalb and the verb right after it.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Monday morning at the radio, Nina at the coffee machine and Max back from Hamburg with a smile he cannot hide.

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Max! Warum bist du so froh?mahx, vah-ROOM bist doo zoh frohMax! Why are you so happy? To a friend.
Ich habe das Dorf gefunden!ikh HAH-beh dahs dorf geh-FOON-denI found the village!
Ich bin froh.ikh bin frohI'm happy.
Das Dorf? Was hast du gefunden?dahs dorf, vahs hahst doo geh-FOON-denThe village? What did you find? To a friend.
Das Dorf von meinem Urgroßvater. Im Schwarzwald.dahs dorf fon MY-nem OOR-grohs-fah-ter, im SHVARTS-vahltMy great-grandfather's village. In the Black Forest.
Deshalb bin ich müde.DES-hahlp bin ikh MUE-dehThat's why I'm tired.
Toll! Und hast du Oma angerufen?tol, oont hahst doo OH-mah AHN-geh-roo-fenGreat! And did you call Grandma? To a friend.
Ja, gestern. Oma hat geweint.yah, GES-tern, OH-mah haht geh-VYNTYes, yesterday. Grandma cried.
Geweint? War sie traurig?geh-VYNT, vahr zee TROW-rikhCried? Was she sad?
Nein, froh. Deshalb bin ich auch froh.nine, froh, DES-hahlp bin ikh owkh frohNo, happy. That's why I'm happy too.