🇩🇪 German · Intermediate Level 3
PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
Where the Wall Stood
Walk with Oma and Lukas where the Wall once ran and say what had happened before, with hatte gesehen, the past before the past.
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THE STORY
A Sunday walk along the strip of park where the Wall once ran, Lukas as the guide, Oma between him and Max.
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Hier stand die Mauer. Genau hier.heer shtahnt dee MOW-er, geh-NOW heerHere stood the Wall. Right here.
Hier? Mitten in der Stadt?heer, MIT-en in dair shtahtHere? In the middle of the city?
Bevor ich geboren wurde, war sie weg.beh-FOR ikh geh-BOR-en VOOR-deh, vahr zee vekBefore I was born, it was gone.
Seit über dreißig Jahren ist hier ein Park.zite UE-ber DRY-sikh YAH-ren ist heer ine pahrkFor over thirty years there's been a park here.
Das hatte ich nicht gewusst.dahs HAHT-eh ikh nikht geh-VOOSTI hadn't known that.
Ich hatte sie nur im Fernsehen gesehen.ikh HAHT-eh zee noor im FAIRN-zay-en geh-ZAY-enI had only seen it on television.
Und jetzt stehst du hier.oont yetst shtayst doo heerAnd now you're standing here. To a friend.
Ja. Jetzt stehe ich hier. Unglaublich.yah, yetst SHTAY-eh ikh heer, oon-GLOWP-likhYes. Now I'm standing here. Unbelievable.
Komm, Oma. Da vorne ist ein Café.kom, OH-mah, dah FOR-neh ist ine kah-FAYCome on, Oma. Up ahead there's a cafe. To a friend.