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Speaker 1: In this episode, will follow Klaus's whimsical quest through Berlin's
Speaker 1: festive markets, all leading to a heartwarming and unexpected Christmas
Speaker 1: gift that becomes a cherished family tradition.
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Speaker 5: Mitten mhatsenfanbelin verant di carte, vinter luftrasen vite, wein arts
Speaker 5: mactas and alan faben mention, lachten kinda zang and wein
Speaker 5: arts Vida and their loft, Klaus iron at vasphagaslicha abbey
Speaker 5: Lebenswertamann Schlender, the Dutta Skeetringer Erva of the Zuhenati Imperfect
Speaker 5: and Wynards Gshenk Sina Frau Grete Klaus healed and aim
Speaker 5: stunt mate Hunt g Marten, Wynards Kugen, Phila tatsigazagt the
Speaker 5: mark Ronde Dinger Mormte air inate does aletston Winter shown,
Speaker 5: Wynards Kugen the calf tatte zuga Vita. They're marked with
Speaker 5: folforementioned dina einzig artiganershankton Aushau, Hitten, klauswa and Schlassen i'm
Speaker 5: byzonder raskashenk sofinten m nston Augenblik stand there for anam
Speaker 5: stunt my childs on hunt shoen wa SnCH ed vas vames,
Speaker 5: dassi voiter fraktesi klaus dorunziher obdaswerglich gezu te hin weisva
Speaker 5: and chet asiwaiats again platslishifieman sanenamen asva hans an alta,
Speaker 5: freund Hallo, Klaus vas mastuhir frakta hans wear and er
Speaker 5: ain and dampen and beja glue wine he it isura
Speaker 5: angershenkfe greater untwater the klaus aba inan vasi werglechweiter hans
Speaker 5: laughter nemes met humour ichpenzicha two finds das rechtige klaus
Speaker 5: sokwaiter fest and schlossen does perfect the gashenksofinten er pasie
Speaker 5: de standamt nosknakan leib koornherzen on hurtzn and spieltzhoegen bald
Speaker 5: abavode eervon an aseel sam and melody ungerlocked for imva
Speaker 5: and kleiner shtand mete ungewnen cookox urn the Zangenfreulich wynards
Speaker 5: leader and pratsley heagedonke shluk Klaus iron cook cook dere zinct.
Speaker 5: That's is einzig artech bush loos erspontan our venes nitenau
Speaker 5: daswa was greater void wa klaus seha. This is edvas
Speaker 5: besonders vere m Wynards aren't ubericht Klaus greater dezin and
Speaker 5: the cookox ur greater lach de hartzlech the uavazo un
Speaker 5: avadad on lustech does the ye deem lachen en skizich
Speaker 5: saubat the ganza familio m armta Klaus the kante does
Speaker 5: the gedanke on the leebe hintera dimshenk mer wadwaren at
Speaker 5: daskashenk zebst van decent tag unbleeped the kookoks who are
Speaker 5: entire the Familian traditionn yidis yatsa Wynards side. What is
Speaker 5: the harausko hold on prachte freude on lachen obvol Klaus
Speaker 5: does uspeshenkfa guesten hate hate et vas unashaffen inner roomfala
Speaker 5: lachen on libe onsvada's best de gashenk von allen.
Speaker 1: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 1: may have missed.
Speaker 5: Mitten m Hartzen van velin veranti, caylte winter, lufti strassen,
Speaker 5: vite funke, dich tes weinarts marktis and allen phamen.
Speaker 1: In the heart of Berlin. As the cold winter air
Speaker 1: blew through the streets, the lights of the Christmas market
Speaker 1: sparkled in all colors.
Speaker 5: Mention, lachten, kinda zang and weinartlida on duft von glue
Speaker 5: vine lac.
Speaker 1: In the loft, people were laughing, children sang Christmas carols,
Speaker 1: and the scent of glue vine lingered in the air.
Speaker 5: Klaus an et vas fergeslicha availibenswerta mann schlender Touchtestrene.
Speaker 1: Klaus, a somewhat forgetful but lovable man, strolled through the crowds.
Speaker 5: Eva aftezuchnacht imperfect and weyinart geschenk fuzeina Frau Grete.
Speaker 1: He was in search of the perfect Christmas gift for
Speaker 1: his wife Gretel.
Speaker 5: Klaus hired and anem standt meert handgemachten weinards Kugen.
Speaker 1: Klaus stopped at a stall with handmade Christmas bobbles.
Speaker 5: Phile tatzigezacht zima gronderding mormerte air.
Speaker 1: Maybe she said she likes round things.
Speaker 5: He muttered, do inate des eletstenvinter schan weinarts kugen kauf
Speaker 5: tate zogevita.
Speaker 1: But as he remembered that he had already bought Christmas
Speaker 1: bobbles last winter, he moved.
Speaker 5: On der mark t va folfunmentioned dina heinzichtigenshenk a'll show hiten.
Speaker 1: The market was full of people looking for unique gifts.
Speaker 5: Klaus va and Schlaussen and wanderus geshenksfinten.
Speaker 1: Klaus was determined to find a special gift.
Speaker 5: Mnesten augenblik stant for anem stand machildz ontanschen.
Speaker 1: In the next moment, he stood before a stall with
Speaker 1: scarves and gloves.
Speaker 5: Va et vas vamas de si vote.
Speaker 6: Wasn't it something warm that she wanted fraktsich Klaus. Klaus wondered,
Speaker 6: dounzicher OPTAs verklicht hin weisva and cheetasgin.
Speaker 1: But I'm sure if that was really the clue he
Speaker 1: was looking for. He decided to.
Speaker 5: Move on hemansanenamen.
Speaker 1: Suddenly someone called his name.
Speaker 5: Es va Hans and alta freund.
Speaker 1: It was Hans an old friend.
Speaker 5: Hallo Klaus, Hello, Klaus, vas mastuhre, what are you doing here?
Speaker 5: Fracta Hans veranda and dampenden becher gluevine.
Speaker 1: Yit, asked Hans, while holding a steaming cup of glue.
Speaker 5: Vine isura anger schenk fur greater antvotet Klaus.
Speaker 1: I'm looking for a gift for Gretel.
Speaker 5: Klaus answered, aberchichte inan vasi vergleichwete.
Speaker 1: But I can't remember what she really wanted.
Speaker 5: Hans lachte. Hans laughed, nimes mitomur ichpinzicha tu findestas rechtiger.
Speaker 1: Take it with humor. I'm sure you'll find the right thing.
Speaker 5: Klaus sookwata fest and schlossen tas perfecte geschenksofinten.
Speaker 1: Klaus kept going, firmly, resolved to find the perfect gift.
Speaker 5: Er pasie tishtende mit nosknakan lib kornhertzen, ont hertzen and spieltzheigen.
Speaker 1: He passed stalls with nutcrackers, gingerbread hearts and wooden toys.
Speaker 5: Balt abavode eerfon aase samen melu di angelocht.
Speaker 1: Soon, however, he was drawn by a strange melody for.
Speaker 5: Imvah en kleinershtand met ungewun lichhenko kox oren.
Speaker 1: Before him was a small stall with unusual cuckoo.
Speaker 5: Clocks zizangen Freulicherweinachtslida.
Speaker 1: They sang cheerful Christmas songs.
Speaker 5: And pletzlichergedanke shluk Klaus.
Speaker 1: A sudden thought struck Klaus.
Speaker 5: Iron ko kok der zinct.
Speaker 1: A cuckoo that sings.
Speaker 5: Dessist einzech hartech that's unique buschlos er spontane.
Speaker 1: He decided spontaneously.
Speaker 5: Alvenesnichtgenaud d'asvar vas greater voter va Klaus sicher dess is
Speaker 5: et vasperzondr resvere.
Speaker 1: Even though it was not exactly what Gretel wanted, Klaus
Speaker 1: was sure it would be something special.
Speaker 5: Am weinerts arbnd uber reich de Klaus greater de zingender
Speaker 5: ko kok's ouer.
Speaker 1: On Christmas Eve, Klaus presented Graetel with the singing cuckoo
Speaker 1: clock greater Lachtehertzlich. Gretel laughed heartily the u.
Speaker 5: Vaso unavat aunt loustech dessi ye deem lachen and Schzichzaubert.
Speaker 1: The clock was so unexpected and funny that it brought
Speaker 1: a smile to everyone's face.
Speaker 5: The ganza familio um amte klaus de arkante des de
Speaker 5: gedanka on dilibe hinta dimingshenk meh vietvaren at desgashenkseebst.
Speaker 1: The whole family embraced Klaus, who realized that the thought
Speaker 1: and love behind the gift were worth more than the
Speaker 1: gift itself.
Speaker 5: Van desentac and lipt kokuks ua ententai de familien tradizion.
Speaker 1: From that day on, the cuckoo clock remained a part
Speaker 1: of the family tradition.
Speaker 5: Yediesiatza weinertsaide vod isi haraus gohod on brate freuder ontlachen.
Speaker 1: Every year at Christmas time it was brought out and
Speaker 1: brought joy and laughter.
Speaker 5: Ovoi klaus doas ushpoche geshenk fa guesten hate hate et
Speaker 5: vas una zetches geshaffen in a roomfola lachen.
Speaker 1: Although Klaus had forgotten the original gift, he had created
Speaker 1: something irreplaceable, a memory full of laughter and love.
Speaker 5: On des va does bestegshenk fon islan, and.
Speaker 1: That was the best gift of all.
Speaker 3: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 3: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in German, then in English.
Speaker 5: Does hats, does hats, does hats? The heart deskadringe, doskadringer deskadreinge,
Speaker 5: the crowd, der shtunt, der shtuant der stant, the stall
Speaker 5: d kuge d kuge d kug the bubble, deir hin vice,
Speaker 5: there hin vice, dear hin vis, the clue, dere nos knacker,
Speaker 5: there nous kneker, the are nusknacker. The nutcracker does lip
Speaker 5: coran hats does lip coran hats does lip corhan hats.
Speaker 5: The gingerbread heart does spieldzoik, the spieltzoik does spieldzoik. The
Speaker 5: toy d melo d d melo d d melo d
Speaker 5: the melody. The cookooks over the kokook's er d cook
Speaker 5: cooks oer.
Speaker 1: The cuckoo clock.
Speaker 5: Does g a shank? Does a shenk? Does a shank?
Speaker 5: The gift, the advt the adovt de adft the scent.
Speaker 5: They are marked, They are marked, they are marked. The market,
Speaker 5: deir hanshu their hunsho dear hunt, shoe, the glove, divin
Speaker 5: CHT's leader, diviyn Art's leader, de vin CHT's Leader.
Speaker 1: The Christmas songs, Dear.
Speaker 5: Who more, dear who more, dear home more. The humor Deregadanka, deregadanka,
Speaker 5: dear gedanka, the thought that's lahen, that's lahen, that's lahen.
Speaker 5: The laughter they are abn't dere albn't dere albnt. The evening, defamiliar,
Speaker 5: Defamilia defamia, the family, de Freund, de freund, de freud,
Speaker 5: the friend Delft, Delft, delft there, d Minger, d Minger,
Speaker 5: d Minger, the crowd, d faber, d faber de faber,
Speaker 5: the color, distrasse, distrasse di strasse, the street, di um amum,
Speaker 5: dium al mum, di um al mum. The embrace de vinta,
Speaker 5: de venta, de vinta, the winter, diliba, dilibre de libre,
Speaker 5: the love dear shall, dear Shah, dear Shah. The scarf
Speaker 5: de uber raschium do uberrachium do uber rasum, the surprise.
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