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🇩🇪 German · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Live Blunder

Hear from the producer that one sentence from last night is all over the internet, and learn the difference between satt and voll.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The newsroom on a Saturday morning, the producer with her phone in her hand and a smile she is trying to hide.

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Haben Sie das Internet gesehen?HAH-ben zee dahs IN-ter-net geh-ZAY-enHave you seen the internet? Politely.
Nein. Warum? Was ist passiert?nyn, vah-ROOM, vahs ist pah-SEERTNo. Why? What happened?
Das passiert jedem mal.dahs pah-SEERT YAY-dem mahlThat happens to everyone sometime.
Der Satz, den alle gehört haben.dair zahts, dayn AHL-eh geh-HERT HAH-benThe sentence that everyone heard.
Welcher Satz? Ich habe viel gesagt.VEL-kher zahts, ikh HAH-beh feel geh-ZAHKTWhich sentence? I said a lot.
Ich bin voll, nicht satt.ikh bin fol, nikht zahtI'm voll, not satt.
Oh nein. Voll heißt betrunken, oder?oh nyn, fol hyst beh-TROON-ken, OH-derOh no. Voll means drunk, right?
Genau. Jetzt wird es ein Meme.geh-NOW, yetst virt es eyn meemExactly. Now it's becoming a meme.
Na toll. Ganz Berlin lacht über mich.nah tol, gahnts bair-LEEN lahkht UE-ber mikhGreat. All Berlin is laughing at me.