🇩🇪 German · Fluency Level 2
PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
Oma's Milwaukee German
Hear from Oma on the phone which words Milwaukee's Germans kept, with wir sagten, das ist altes Deutsch and man sagt heute.
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THE STORY
Sunday evening, Max on the sofa in Berlin and Oma on the phone from Milwaukee, the show playing on her computer.
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Max, ich höre deine Sendung im Internet.mahks, ikh HER-eh DY-neh ZEN-doong im IN-ter-netMax, I listen to your show on the internet. To a friend.
Oma! Und? Wie findest du sie?OH-mah, oont, vee FIN-dest doo zeeOma! And? How do you like it? To a friend.
Das sagt heute keiner mehr.dahs zahkt HOY-teh KY-ner mairNobody says that any more today.
Schön. Aber ihr sagt jetzt Handy.shern, AH-ber eer zahkt yetst HEN-deeNice. But you all say Handy now.
Ja. Und du? Was sagst du?yah, oont doo, vahs zahkst dooYes. And you? What do you say? To a friend.
Wir sagten Telefon. Und Automobil.veer ZAHK-ten tay-leh-FOHN, oont ow-toh-moh-BEELWe used to say Telefon. And Automobil.
Das ist altes Deutsch, Oma.dahs ist AHL-tes doych, OH-mahThat's old German, Oma.
Altes Deutsch? Was sagt man heute?AHL-tes doych, vahs zahkt mahn HOY-tehOld German? What do people say today?
Man sagt heute einfach Auto.mahn zahkt HOY-teh EYN-fahkh OW-tohToday people simply say Auto.