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🇩🇪 German · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Guide's Story

Ask the Saxon guide about his grandfather and hear, in the Praeteritum, what a boy of twelve saw in Dresden in February 1945.

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THE STORY

The Neumarkt in Dresden at the end of the tour, the guide and Max alone by the church.

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Ihr Großvater war damals hier?eer GROHS-fah-ter vahr DAH-mahls heerYour grandfather was here back then? Politely.
Ja. Er war zwölf, im Februar fünfundvierzig.yah, air vahr tsvuhlf, im FAY-broo-ahr FUENF-oont-FEER-tsikhYes. He was twelve, in February forty-five.
Erzählen Sie mir davon.air-TSAY-len zee meer dah-FONTell me about it. Politely.
Was hat er Ihnen erzählt?vahs haht air EE-nen air-TSAYLTWhat did he tell you? Politely.
Die Nacht war hell. Die Stadt brannte.dee nahkht vahr hel, dee shtaht BRAHN-tehThe night was bright. The city burned.
Und er? Wo war er?oont air, voh vahr airAnd him? Where was he?
Im Keller. Am Morgen sah er die Steine.im KEL-er, ahm MOR-gen zah air dee SHTY-nehIn the cellar. In the morning he saw the stones.
Die Steine der Frauenkirche?dee SHTY-neh dair FROW-en-keer-khehThe stones of the Frauenkirche?
Ja. Und heute steht sie wieder. Das ist Dresden.yah, oont HOY-teh shtayt zee VEE-der, dahs ist DRAYS-denYes. And today it stands again. That is Dresden.