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🇩🇪 German · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Gives and Takes

Ask the fisherwoman how long she has done this and hear her husband's forty years at sea, told with fuhr and nahm.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The fish market in Hamburg in a quiet hour, the Frisian fisherwoman leaning on her stall.

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Sie sind Fischerin. Seit wann?zee zint FISH-er-in, zyt vahnYou're a fisherwoman. Since when? Politely.
Immer schon. Mein Mann fuhr zur See.IM-er shohn, myn mahn foor tsoor zayAlways. My husband went to sea.
Seit wann machen Sie das?zyt vahn MAHKH-en zee dahsHow long have you been doing that? Politely.
Fuhr? Fährt er nicht mehr?foor, fairt air nikht mairWent? Doesn't he go anymore?
Nein. Vierzig Jahre waren genug.nyn, FEER-tsikh YAH-reh VAH-ren geh-NOOKNo. Forty years were enough.
War es manchmal gefährlich?vahr es MAHNKH-mahl geh-FAIR-likhWas it sometimes dangerous?
Einmal nahm sie das Boot. Ihn nicht.EYN-mahl nahm zee dahs boht, een nikhtOnce it took the boat. Not him.
Dann hatten Sie Glück.dahn HAHT-en zee gluekThen you were lucky. Politely.
Glück? Die Nordsee gibt und nimmt.gluek, dee NORT-zay gipt oont nimtLucky? The North Sea gives and takes.