🇩🇪 German · Fluency Level 2
PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
Welcome to the Rhine
Meet Jan on the banks of the Rhine, ask what the roll is called there, and count four words for one Broetchen across Germany.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
The riverbank in Cologne on a Sunday morning, Jan waiting with two coffees and a boat going by.
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Max! Willkommen am Rhein!mahks, vil-KOM-en ahm rynMax! Welcome to the Rhine!
Jan! Der Rhein ist ja riesig.yahn, dair ryn ist yah REE-zikhJan! The Rhine is huge.
Das Schiff fährt bis Düsseldorf.dahs shif fairt bis DUES-el-dorfThe boat goes to Duesseldorf.
Komm, wir frühstücken am Wasser.kom, veer FRUE-shtuek-en ahm VAHS-erCome on, we'll have breakfast by the water. To a friend.
Gern. Was isst man hier? Weck?gairn, vahs ist mahn heer, vekGladly. What do people eat here? Weck?
Weck? Hier sagen wir Brötchen.vek, heer ZAH-gen veer BRURT-khenWeck? Here we say Broetchen.
Semmel, Weck, Brötchen. Drei Wörter!ZEM-el, vek, BRURT-khen, dry VER-terSemmel, Weck, Broetchen. Three words!
Und in Berlin sagt man Schrippe.oont in bair-LEEN zahkt mahn SHRIP-ehAnd in Berlin people say Schrippe.
Ein Land, vier Wörter für ein Brötchen.eyn lahnt, feer VER-ter fuer eyn BRURT-khenOne country, four words for a roll.