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Speaker 1: Listen to this German conversation.

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Speaker 2: Inchruligenzi frestian zi English.

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Speaker 3: Nine Ifristiacan English, ifrishtiaan bisin Deutsche, Cincia Americana, Yeah, Americana.

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Speaker 1: In the next few minutes, you learn not only to

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understand this conversation, but to take part in it yourself.

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Imagine an American man sitting next to a German woman

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in someone's home or on a train. He wants to

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begin a conversation, so he says, excuse me, inchrudigen zi.

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The German speaker is going to repeat this part by part,

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starting from the end. You were to repeat each part

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after him, trying to make your pronunciation sound exactly like his.

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Let's start with the last part. Be sure to repeat

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aloud z Z did you repeat? Try it again after

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the speaker z.

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Speaker 2: Z.

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Speaker 1: Now try this.

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Speaker 2: Digan digen.

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Speaker 1: Schure schure.

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Speaker 2: Schuigen schuigen schordigen z chordigen z.

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Speaker 1: Now let's add the first part. Continue repeating and and.

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Speaker 2: Rodigan rodigan rodigen z rodigen z.

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Speaker 1: How do you say excuse me in German?

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Speaker 2: And troldigen z H.

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Speaker 1: Say excuse me again.

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Speaker 2: In trillion z.

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Speaker 1: Now he wants to ask her if she understands English.

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First the word English. Listen and repeat.

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Speaker 2: Englishlishlish ng, ng English English.

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Speaker 1: Pay attention to the beginning of the word it's ng

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and not ing how do you say English in German English.

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Speaker 2: English?

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Speaker 1: Say excuse me.

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Speaker 2: In trillion z.

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Speaker 1: You should repeat after the speaker gives the right response,

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trying to make your pronunciation sound like.

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Speaker 2: His in trulligenzi in trudigen zy.

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Speaker 1: Now he wants to ask, do you understand. Here's the

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word understand. Just listen Firstian, repeat part by part.

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Speaker 2: Schteen schteen fair fair.

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Speaker 1: Fechtian, Fechtian, say understand.

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Speaker 2: Fechtian.

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Speaker 1: Here's how to say you understand. Listen and repeat.

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Speaker 2: See Frechtian c z.

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Speaker 1: C Firstian C Firstian, say you understand.

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Speaker 2: C Firstian.

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Speaker 1: Do you remember how to say English?

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Speaker 2: English?

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Speaker 1: And now try to say you understand English.

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Speaker 2: See Firstian English C Firstian English.

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Speaker 1: Say again you understand.

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Speaker 2: See Firstian.

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Speaker 1: Many statements can be made into a question simply by

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turning them around and giving them a rising intonation. Once again,

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say you understand.

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Speaker 2: Z Firstian.

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Speaker 1: Now try to ask do you understand.

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Speaker 2: Frestian z firstian Z.

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Speaker 1: Say excuse me in Trudian z, Ask me if I understand.

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Speaker 2: Freshtian z.

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Speaker 1: Ask me if I understand English.

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Speaker 2: Freshian z English Firstian the English.

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Speaker 1: The woman answers, no, listen and repeat nine.

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Speaker 2: Nine.

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Speaker 1: How do you say no?

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Speaker 3: Nine?

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Speaker 1: How would you ask someone if he understands.

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Speaker 2: Freshtien z freshtian z.

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Speaker 1: The man says, I understand, just listen is freshtiar. The

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German word for I is ch and it contains a

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sound that we don't have in English. It's something like

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the beginning of our word. Hugh, say it after me,

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exaggerating the age a little, Hugh. Hugh, now put the

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sound and in front of it, as in hue, and

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leave off the end. H continue repeating after the German speaker.

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Speaker 2: Ish ish.

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Speaker 1: Ish, and now the word understand.

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Speaker 2: Fresh dear steer stea fresh dear, fresh dear is fresh

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dea is fresh dea?

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Speaker 1: Say I understand.

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Speaker 2: Is fresh dea?

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Speaker 1: Try to say, I understand English.

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Speaker 2: Is fresh dear English ishfreshtia English.

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Speaker 1: Listen to the words I understand and you understand together.

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Speaker 2: Ish freshtia c Frestian ishfreshtia z Frestian.

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Speaker 1: Say you understand c Frestian, Say I understand ishfreshtia say

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excuse me.

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Speaker 2: And schwordigen Zi.

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Speaker 1: Ask do you understand.

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Speaker 2: Freshtian Z.

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Speaker 1: Ask the young woman do you understand English?

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Speaker 2: Firstian the English?

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Speaker 1: How does she answer?

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Speaker 3: No?

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Speaker 1: Nine?

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Speaker 2: Nine?

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Speaker 1: Now she wants to say, I understand no English.

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Speaker 3: Listen and repeat, ifs do your kind English, kine kine

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kind English kind English, I firs do your kind English?

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If firs to your kind English.

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Speaker 1: Say I understand Firstia, say I understand no English.

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Speaker 3: If fest your kind English, say.

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Speaker 1: No English.

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Speaker 3: Kind English, I understand no English. If fest your kind English,

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efest your kind English.

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Speaker 1: Ask do you understand.

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Speaker 2: Christian Zi.

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Speaker 1: Ask me if I understand English.

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Speaker 2: Fristian Zi English.

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Speaker 1: Answer no, I understand no English.

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Speaker 3: Nine if first your kind English.

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Speaker 1: Now here's the name of the German language. Listen and

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repeat Deutsch, Deutsche, Deutsche say German meaning the German language. Deutsche,

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say I understand first Year, say I understand German.

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Speaker 2: Is firschta Deutsche.

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Speaker 1: Now tell me that you understand German.

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Speaker 2: Ifrechtia Deutsche.

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Speaker 1: Now tell me that you understand no German.

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Speaker 2: Ifreshta kind Deutsche kinduche ifreshta kind.

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Speaker 1: Deutsche, say you understand German.

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Speaker 2: C Frechtian Deutsche z Frechtian Deutsche.

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Speaker 1: Ask me if I understand German.

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Speaker 2: Fustian ze Deutsch. Fristian ze Deutsch.

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Speaker 1: Here's how to say a little bit. Listen and repeat, I'm.

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Speaker 2: Bistion chin chin bis bisi bistion, i'mbistion, i'm bistion.

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Speaker 1: Biscian has the same sound in it as ish say

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a little, meaning a little bit, i'mbistion only a little.

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Repeat the word for only nuah nuah nuah, say only

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a little nuenbiscan, I understand only a little ishfrestian nuenbiscim

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say I understand German.

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Speaker 2: Isfreshtia doorge ishfreshtija douche.

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Speaker 1: Only a little German.

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Speaker 2: Nuenbiscian doorge.

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Speaker 1: Now the young woman wants to ask him, are you

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an American? Listen and repeat the word for an.

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Speaker 3: American Americana Khanna, khanna amri amri americana, americana, say an

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American Americana.

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Speaker 1: Here's how to say you are. Listen and repeat.

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Speaker 3: Thez in't dezn't dezn't.

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Speaker 1: Say you are.

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Speaker 3: Des in't.

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Speaker 1: Say you are an American.

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Speaker 3: Decent Americana these and Americana.

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Speaker 1: And now try to ask are you an American?

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Speaker 3: Cinc The Americana cinci Americana.

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Speaker 1: Ask do you understand German.

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Speaker 3: Feshtiansi doorge festiansi doorge.

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Speaker 1: Ask are you an American?

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Speaker 3: Cinc The Americana.

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Speaker 1: Here's how to say yes, listen and repeat yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 3: Cinci Americana, cinc The Americana.

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Speaker 1: Answer yes, an American.

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Speaker 2: Yeah Americana, Yeah Americana.

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Speaker 1: Now sit back and listen to a German conversation, the

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same one you've heard just a few minutes ago.

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Speaker 3: In truligan z frestian the English nine ifchtia kind English

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freshtian bissin Deutsche, since the Americana.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Americana.

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Speaker 1: Listen to it again in truligan z frestian ze.

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Speaker 3: English nine ichestia kind English freshtian bissin Deutsche, since the Americana,

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Yeah Americana.

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Speaker 1: Now imagine that you are the person sitting next to

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the German woman. You want to begin a conversation, So

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what do you say.

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Speaker 2: In tchuldigen zi in tchrudigen zi.

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Speaker 1: She doesn't answer, So try asking her if she understands.

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Speaker 2: Freshtien z freshtian z.

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Speaker 1: Ask her if she understands German.

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Speaker 2: Freshtian zi Deutsch freshtian zi Deutsch.

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Speaker 1: Still no answer. Now ask her if she understands English.

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Speaker 2: Freshtian ze English, firstianzie English? Nine?

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Speaker 1: How does she tell you that she doesn't understand English?

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Speaker 3: Ifristia kind English? Ifstia kind English?

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Speaker 1: How does she ask you if you understand German?

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Speaker 3: Firstinsie Deutsch firstin zie Deutsche.

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Speaker 1: Tell her you understand a little German.

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Speaker 2: Fristia ambisiandusche is frishtia ambisian douge.

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Speaker 1: Tell her only a little.

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Speaker 2: Nu Ambisian.

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Speaker 1: She wants to ask you if you are an American.

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How does she say it?

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Speaker 3: Cincia americana, cinci Americana.

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Speaker 1: Tell her, yes, an American, Yeah, Americana. She'll ask you

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a question, Try to answer it truthfully.

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Speaker 3: Fashtinsi English. Fashtinsi English, Yeah, is freshdie English?

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Speaker 1: She'll ask you another question. Answer it using the expression

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only a.

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Speaker 3: Little festinsi doorge festinsi doutge huhenbisian freshtian when bisien Deutsche.

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Speaker 1: And that's true. Now you do understand German a little,

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and you've just had your first conversation in German. Don't

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be concerned if you've not made every response correctly. All

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that you have learned here will be reviewed in future units.

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If you have mastered about eighty percent of the material

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in this lesson, you're ready to move on to the

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next tomorrow. Otherwise you should invest another half hour or

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so in doing this unit over again