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🇩🇪 German · Intermediate Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Leipzig Newsroom

Tell Kai on the phone what the small Leipzig newsroom is like, with man kennt sich and sich for each other.

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THE STORY

A desk by the window in the Leipzig newsroom at the end of Max's first day there, his phone in his hand.

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Na, Max? Wie ist die Redaktion in Leipzig?nah, mahks, vee ist dee ray-dahk-TSYOHN in LYPE-tsikhWell, Max? How's the newsroom in Leipzig?
Kleiner als in Berlin. Aber nett.KLY-ner ahls in bair-LEEN, AH-ber netSmaller than in Berlin. But nice.
Man sieht sich!mahn zeet zikhSee you around!
Kleiner? Und die Kollegen dort?KLY-ner, oont dee ko-LAY-gen dortSmaller? And the colleagues there?
Sehr nett. Man kennt sich hier.zair net, mahn kent zikh heerVery nice. People know each other here.
Man kennt sich? Nach einem Tag?mahn kent zikh, nahkh EYE-nem tahkKnow each other? After one day?
Ja! Man hilft sich. Man duzt sich.yah, mahn hilft zikh, mahn dootst zikhYes! People help each other. People say du to each other.
Schön. Und dein erster Beitrag?shurn, oont dine AIR-ster BYE-trahkLovely. And your first piece? To a friend.
Morgen. Ein Beitrag über den Bahnhof.MOR-gen, ine BYE-trahk UE-ber dayn BAHN-hohfTomorrow. A piece about the station.