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Speaker 1: In this episode, we'll venture into the warmth of family
Speaker 1: bonds found amidst the icy winds of change, where Lena
Speaker 1: discovers new joy and belonging in her uncle's quirky inventions.
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Speaker 5: De vint Wilbert Distilla foorstadt huba a lad descha de
Speaker 5: kleinen heuser in anam diza Heuser lipt by Irmnke Klaus
Speaker 5: Lena the enthisitionnairem eten leben erin freunden on iraschule de
Speaker 5: trenum iraelta and hata aliza Endat. Lena says, I'm fensta
Speaker 5: on sahiaus ziebo obarte de dekaine Boimer, I'm strassen rand
Speaker 5: on the glitzand and Stana, I'm kitened winter hime your
Speaker 5: uncle klauswa and a finder Sina wakshtadvafoil vanzel sam and
Speaker 5: grayton on meschanten Lena found in fastinier and abba Auschwerzzufashtin
Speaker 5: Klaus var oft in geduncanvazontan on fagaskan mile, das amityamande
Speaker 5: m raumvah hey Lena rev jonas Ya kuzem dermit zanam
Speaker 5: snowboard garade von anam kleinen who will harntafourva am I
Speaker 5: good gelowant on faut Lena zohefn the heinzuga wnen anest tagis,
Speaker 5: while Lena bezonder sneugerich i'd s in their wagstadt iris
Speaker 5: onkelstant vas as does praktisi on sykta of anger red
Speaker 5: metephiel in heben on schaitan as the auswa eensteulmet anam
Speaker 5: grosenhelm on lichtan oh this is my engadechtnz vabassara zakta
Speaker 5: klausmed anam stutzen lechen damad khmann and geduncan riizen. Lena
Speaker 5: was skeptish abba or fastiniet echmuchtez fazuhin zaktisimotich obwolzi and
Speaker 5: winich angstaate jonas there used harnge commenwa nichti sushtament fastia
Speaker 5: ein hartz a s marked pushtimsch bas klaushif Lena denheim
Speaker 5: avtozatsn ontirichtigen hebelt suzine dor prattsleys Baganda's great soroken on
Speaker 5: suknaren pladsleish thesis ann louden peepstone house lichta blinkedenveld om
Speaker 5: heir Lena klaus On Jonah's fafien and schyndescalechta at does
Speaker 5: geragele slich phyfen dingeist aufgap Lena to best jetst of
Speaker 5: itziel on the Rateste Pilo tin Lachte, klaus adzeterrauchlecht Yona's
Speaker 5: grandste ibenpheits plattslich Futilena nichtmer Aline the Kante does diseeltsam
Speaker 5: and a fenomen ires uncles and a tour so an
Speaker 5: annoying vldwaren ana veld follow barashumen aunt lachen throm erst
Speaker 5: mysad iram mzuglecier dezi werglech the fashtandt does ironoia familiar
Speaker 5: mid al iren magten genau dasva vassiet spraute declter draussen
Speaker 5: scheinert snichtmers okak on petratnt they aren't ended them at
Speaker 5: heiser schokolado on zebstka marten Pletzien and then in klaus
Speaker 5: heimi klina shoko chips are funtenhattter d endertasse Tansten Lena
Speaker 5: furted some est mile in dieza noenvelde engeful font sugo
Speaker 5: hurrichkaite on zou lande. Lena does familiar manchmail of unge
Speaker 5: vunlichevisat susaminfendit.
Speaker 1: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 1: may have missed.
Speaker 5: Their wind Wilbert de schneeflo still frostadt.
Speaker 1: The wind whirled the snowflakes through the quiet suburb.
Speaker 5: Uba al laendi decher de klinen heuser on taina dit
Speaker 5: schnee deck.
Speaker 1: Everywhere the roofs of the small houses lay under a
Speaker 1: thick blanket of snow.
Speaker 5: And an am deeza heuser libten on Lena by irom
Speaker 5: ononke Klaus.
Speaker 1: In one of these houses, Lena now lived with her
Speaker 1: uncle Klaus.
Speaker 5: Lena zenttizichna irm eitenleben iren freunden ant iraschule.
Speaker 1: Lena longed for her old life, her friends and her.
Speaker 5: School dietrenung ira eta an hata alis ferendet.
Speaker 1: Her parents separation had changed everything.
Speaker 5: Lena zas am fensta on sahinaus.
Speaker 1: Lena sat by the window and looked out.
Speaker 5: Zibo obarte de di kin boima am straisenrand onn diglitzend
Speaker 5: and shtana am kaiten winterhemeh.
Speaker 1: She watched the bare trees by the roadside and the
Speaker 1: glittering stars in the cold winter.
Speaker 5: Sky yooncle Klausva and Effinda.
Speaker 1: Her uncle. Klaus was an inventor.
Speaker 5: Zayena vak shtat va foufanzetsameningerreeten ant meschanieten.
Speaker 1: His workshop was full of strange devices and mechanics.
Speaker 5: Lina Fantine fassigner and abba auschwetzo fachtin.
Speaker 1: Lena found him fascinating but also hard to understand.
Speaker 5: Klaus va offt gedantin faizontu on fagas gen ma desse
Speaker 5: emtyemande m raum va.
Speaker 1: Klaus was often lost in thought and tended to forget
Speaker 1: that he had some one with him in the room.
Speaker 5: Heylena Heylena re fionas e couzen der mizzanim snowboard geradevon
Speaker 5: anem kleinen hugil gerna.
Speaker 1: Fourt called jonas her cousin, who was just coming down
Speaker 1: a small hill with his snowboard.
Speaker 5: Eva imma gut gelaunde on faszurte Lina sohefn sich einzogevernin.
Speaker 1: He was always in a good mood and tried to
Speaker 1: help Lena settle in.
Speaker 5: Anus tagis vallena bezondasneugirich atzi in der wakstadt iris ononkztandt.
Speaker 1: One day, Lena was particularly curious as she stood in
Speaker 1: her uncle's workshop.
Speaker 5: Rasistas, what is that praktisi on saykta of angerit metfien
Speaker 5: heben on schaiitan, she.
Speaker 1: Asked, pointing to a device with many levers and switches.
Speaker 5: Is sa ausvia enstulmtt anim grosenheim on t lichtan.
Speaker 1: It looked like a chair with a big helmet in lights.
Speaker 5: Oh des ist ma gdechhtnes favessarah zach de klausmadt anim stulzenlechen.
Speaker 1: Oh that's my memory and handswer, said Klaus with a
Speaker 1: proud smile.
Speaker 5: Dammit kharman ingedantnriizen.
Speaker 1: With it you can travel in thoughts.
Speaker 5: Lena vaskeptish abba al fastignet.
Speaker 1: Lena was skeptical, but also fascinated.
Speaker 5: Ichmerchte is fazurchen zaktsimurdich obvozi and venich angstat.
Speaker 1: I want to try it, she said, bravely, even though
Speaker 1: she was a little scared.
Speaker 5: Yonas de yustarnge komen vah nikte sustamentt.
Speaker 1: Yonas, who had just come in, nodded approvingly.
Speaker 5: Fastia and hats a smart pushtimchpas.
Speaker 1: Be brave, It's sure to be fun.
Speaker 5: Klaus, Helena dinhim alftosets anti richtigen Heibert Sutzin.
Speaker 1: Klaus helped Lena put on the helmet and pull the
Speaker 1: right levers.
Speaker 5: The pletzlichpegandaskerreso roken onsuknaren.
Speaker 1: Suddenly the device began to jerk and creak.
Speaker 5: Pletzl thesis an enlouten peepstone ouse.
Speaker 1: It suddenly emitted a loud beep.
Speaker 5: Licht blinked vet omher.
Speaker 1: Lights flashed wildly around.
Speaker 5: Lena, Klaus on Jona's ferfien and chindes kleechta atteskerchi slichpaif
Speaker 5: and din geist alfgap.
Speaker 1: Lena, Klaus, and Jonas burst into roaring laughter. As the
Speaker 1: device finally gave out with a whistle.
Speaker 5: Lena to Bestjett of fitziel onza test pilu.
Speaker 1: Tin Lena, you are now officially our test pilot.
Speaker 5: Lachte Klaus atzichter.
Speaker 1: Lichte, laughed Klaus.
Speaker 5: As the smoke cleared, Yona's grinste ibnfeitz.
Speaker 1: Yona's also grinned.
Speaker 5: Plea Slichfutisilena nichtmeh aline.
Speaker 1: Suddenly Lena no longer felt alone.
Speaker 5: The akante destseeza and fenomen iris onkt and turso annoyin
Speaker 5: vetvaren ana veltfo varashonen ant lachen.
Speaker 1: She realized that her uncle's strange inventions were a doorway
Speaker 1: to a new world, a world full of surprises and laughter.
Speaker 5: Som masad im zuglecher dezi werkleich.
Speaker 1: For the first time since moving, she truly smiled.
Speaker 5: Zi fashtandt does irenoye fami met al iren maten gna
Speaker 5: des va vassie.
Speaker 1: She understood that her new family, with all its quirks,
Speaker 1: was exactly what she needed now.
Speaker 5: De kee te draussen setnich mezokak on petratnt.
Speaker 1: The cold outside no longer seemed so stark and oppressive.
Speaker 5: There aren't ended met haiser schokolado on zebstge maarten pletschen
Speaker 5: and in and klaus heimich kleiner schoko chips a funtenhat
Speaker 5: d endertas tansten.
Speaker 1: The evening ended with hot chocolate and homemade cookies, in
Speaker 1: which Klaus had secretly invented little chocolate chips that danced
Speaker 1: in the cup.
Speaker 5: Lena futed some est mal indieza noenved andngufu fonsogrichkaite.
Speaker 1: Lena felt, for the first time in this new world
Speaker 1: a sense of belonging on.
Speaker 5: Soo Lantelena does familia man schmal of unge vun lichevisa
Speaker 5: suzaman find it.
Speaker 1: And so Lena learned that family sometimes comes together in
Speaker 1: unusual ways.
Speaker 3: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 3: Here are today's vocabulary words. It's first in German, then in.
Speaker 5: English devint devnt dea vint win, deforschda, deforch that, defosh
Speaker 5: that suburb, dastach dastach, d's dach roof, d schnideke, d schnidec, d.
Speaker 1: Schnideke, blanket of snow.
Speaker 5: D tren d trenon d trenong, separation, Carl Carl, Carl,
Speaker 5: bar der strassenrant, der strassenrant, der strassenrant roadside dereshdan dershtan,
Speaker 5: dershdan star deir finda definda, definder inventor, Devakstadt, divakshtat, di
Speaker 5: wakstadt workshop, desgerat, desgerat, dasgerat device di Meshanikin, di meshanikin,
Speaker 5: di meshahniken mechanics deir kuseng deir kuzm deir kuzen, cousin, dichtemung, dichtemung,
Speaker 5: dichtemung mood Neugirich, Neugirich, Neugirich, curious, dear hebel, deir hebel,
Speaker 5: dear hebel, lover de are schia the are schia de
Speaker 5: are schiter switch dear heim, dearhim, dear heim helmet dergaedechtnes fabssa,
Speaker 5: dergadeghnes fabassere der gedechtnes fabessara, memory and handser, skeptish, skeptish, skeptish, skeptical,
Speaker 5: sush diamant, sush diamant, soush diamont approvingly. Their peeps, tone
Speaker 5: their peeps, tone their peeps tone peep doeskeleshta, doeskeleshta, does
Speaker 5: glechta laughter, der raur, der raur, der raur smoke d
Speaker 5: macherd mache d mache quirk with drinkend the drinking the
Speaker 5: drinkened Oppressive, the iSER Schoco Ladder, the iSER Shoku Ladder,
Speaker 5: the Heer Shoko Ladder, Hot Chocolate. There's Plazion does Plasion
Speaker 5: does Platzion Cookie? Their Shogo Chip, their Shogo chip, their
Speaker 5: show coat chip, chocolate chip, the Sugo Hurrikite, detsuguhurrich Kite
Speaker 5: det Tsugu hourrich Kite Belonging.
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