Speaker 1: An American is driving in the city in Germany and
starts to ask a passer by where main street is
the halpstrasa main street, pretzo and.
Speaker 2: Schuligin the quantbe helven is surussee. In the hobstrasa listen
see Woody hopstrasa ist.
Speaker 3: The haupstrasa does is the hobstrasi here clich yeah, waggin Mazurnzi,
then Arton swansei i klodynuma arten Swansi is drm.
Speaker 2: Filind dunk emanz and schuli. The quintimbete helvenagana is suruhansee
in the hobstrasa isn't see Woody hopstrasa ist.
Speaker 3: The hobstraser does is t hopestraser herelich yeah, vegin Mazurnzi,
then arten swansi, ikhlavidy numa artan swansei ism filin dank I.
Speaker 1: Suppose you were driving in a German city and they're
looking for main street see.
Speaker 2: Far and mid anam auto and ANADOI changed.
Speaker 1: That you stop a passer by and say excuse me, please, and.
Speaker 2: Truly can see bitter.
Speaker 1: Wesak man help or to help.
Speaker 4: Heaven?
Speaker 1: Could you help me.
Speaker 2: Con healthen cont heaven, defrau fragged, How can I.
Speaker 1: Help you.
Speaker 4: Becan in heaven? Becan in heaven.
Speaker 2: Zagzi dasid hopstrasa zen Isu Woody hobstrasad hobchtraser.
Speaker 1: Franzi do you know where main Street is?
Speaker 2: Listen see Woody Hobstrasist. Listen see Woody hobstrasist.
Speaker 4: Lisa de frau.
Speaker 1: Main Street is not here.
Speaker 4: The hopstras is snich here.
Speaker 1: It's not here and also not over there.
Speaker 4: Thee is niched here on arnist Rum is snitched here
on room.
Speaker 1: Unfortunately, I cannot help.
Speaker 4: You lighter kind in heaven. Lighter can in heaven.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Danka.
Speaker 1: You stop the car and ask another person, say, excuse me.
Speaker 2: In truly in the.
Speaker 1: Defraud, How can I help you.
Speaker 4: Be kind of he in heaven?
Speaker 1: From the Could you tell me where main Street is?
Speaker 2: Conzimyazang woody hoptrasast Cantanzimyazang woody hoptrasai ist de fraus acht, Yes,
of course, yeah, Naturelich.
Speaker 1: Main Street is not here.
Speaker 4: D hopttras is nicht hered hopttras is nicht here.
Speaker 3: It's far away from here, white wag the istrid vacfon here,
the is tried vacfon.
Speaker 1: Here, rather far away viteho and the rather.
Speaker 4: Simles lesch seem simles.
Speaker 1: Be that man rather.
Speaker 3: Simles rather far away, simly white vec, simly white vec.
Speaker 1: How far.
Speaker 2: Be fed.
Speaker 1: The unvoted. Perhaps three or four kilometers.
Speaker 4: Feel like triora fa kilometer.
Speaker 1: If you take the correct road, be careful of the word.
Speaker 3: Order benzidrichtigestramen venzidrichtigen.
Speaker 1: If you take the road over there.
Speaker 3: Benzi distrasa, rummen benzi distrasa, rummen.
Speaker 2: Fragzi. How must I go use pharan be mussish fahn
be mussish farhan defras act, take.
Speaker 1: This road.
Speaker 4: Nimansi diisa straso.
Speaker 1: And drive three or four kilometers.
Speaker 3: Un farrenzi dry dra fia kilometa, un farrenzi dry dra
fia kilometa.
Speaker 1: Always straight.
Speaker 4: Immer grada os imma gradas, she.
Speaker 1: Says, and then ask again, just listen.
Speaker 3: Un dan franzin reinmeier done franzininmei, she continues. From there,
fundt from there main street is not far. Watch the
word order fuondot is the hoped trast Fundt is the
hoped trastt.
Speaker 1: Zangzi, thanks a lot and goodbye.
Speaker 2: Filindans.
Speaker 1: In Now, suppose you and a German acquaintance are discussing
how fast people drive in America and in Germany. She says,
one drives slowly. In America Vido huenzi. One drives manfeard.
Speaker 4: Man man man feared.
Speaker 1: And now slowly du z langsam.
Speaker 4: S lung lang Sam.
Speaker 1: One drive slowly.
Speaker 4: Manfiat Langsam.
Speaker 1: One drive slowly in America.
Speaker 4: Manfred Langsam. In America.
Speaker 1: Rather slowly.
Speaker 4: Seamless langsam.
Speaker 1: Zangzi. But in Germany one drives fast.
Speaker 2: Aby. In Deutschland fetman schnell Abyen Deutschland, fetmanchnell very fast, schnell,
much faster than we don't wann the Finlischneller elves, alves,
Schneller elves, finlish Neller.
Speaker 1: Elves much faster than in America.
Speaker 2: Finlish neller in America, Finlischneller in America, Zangzi.
Speaker 1: Faster than.
Speaker 2: Schneller.
Speaker 1: As in Germany one drives faster. Watch the word order.
Speaker 2: In Deutschland, freedman Schneller.
Speaker 1: Than in America.
Speaker 2: It's in America.
Speaker 1: Gas is more expensive in Germany, say the gas.
Speaker 2: Do spenzenes toure in Deutschland do spenzenes toira theise acht.
Speaker 1: Yes, we drive fast in Germany.
Speaker 4: Yeah, vi faranchnell Indultgeland.
Speaker 1: We could drive more slowly.
Speaker 3: Vida and Ze the countin Langsama Pharan Langsama Zama lang Zama,
the countin Langzama.
Speaker 1: Pharan wizakt man more slowly Langsama slowly.
Speaker 4: Lang sam.
Speaker 1: In America, one drives slowly.
Speaker 4: In America. He had man lang sam. In America, he had.
Speaker 1: Manlang more slowly than in Germany.
Speaker 3: Lankzama Elsendortschland Lankzama Elsendorschland.
Speaker 1: Wexact man less.
Speaker 2: Breeniger, Breeniger less expensive, Eni got toyer, WEENI got Toyer,
and gas is less expensive in America, say the gas
who has been seen ASTREENI got toyer in America? Weenigatoya?
Who does been seen? Astwenigatoya in America? Zangxi does in
America they're.
Speaker 1: Goods and.
Speaker 4: Distra in America? Isn't they're good?
Speaker 2: Wesachtmann The roads tistrassen Zangxi, Yes, the roads are good. Yeah,
Distrassen is good.
Speaker 1: How fast may one drive in Germany.
Speaker 2: Ischnel Daufmann indutschandfarm ishnel Daufmann indutschandfarm.
Speaker 1: In the city.
Speaker 4: Indostadt Indiastadt.
Speaker 1: These act in the city perhaps fifty.
Speaker 3: Kilometers indostatfelight twinkilometer in the statfelit finkilometer not much faster, nnella.
Now listen to what she says, hour of the auto
ban come on ininhunda trimetafaran urdafuchnella. Hour of the auto
ban come on ininhunda tres kilometer paran urdafuchnella.
Speaker 1: After autoban means on the expressway and posn means per hour.
How does she say one can drive one hundred and
thirty kilometers?
Speaker 3: Mancan einhunda trisikilo meta farn, mancan ainhunda.
Speaker 4: Trisi kilo meta pharn.
Speaker 1: Or much faster.
Speaker 4: Uda fuchnella.
Speaker 1: How does your acquaintance? Then ask how much does gas
cost in America? Remember to say the gas.
Speaker 3: If you cost it does been seen in America. If
you cost it does been seen in America, you.
Speaker 1: Make a rapid conversion of gallons to leaders in your
head and say gas costs one mark per leader.
Speaker 2: Does been scene cost it? An mak does been scene
costed a mac.
Speaker 1: Of course, prices will vary, but for any Now, let's
say it's one marked per leader. Now say one marked
per leader perhaps.
Speaker 2: And a mack politaphilaged, and a Mack politaphilaged not much
more mid junzi nilma miyama, visact man not more visact
man much or a lot feel on vis act man.
Speaker 1: More miya not much more than one mark.
Speaker 2: Nich trimia, it's an a mark, nirimia, it's an a mark.
Speaker 1: Now say the two together much more.
Speaker 4: Fieu miya, fieu miya.
Speaker 2: Yet sag the little nich very little nich wunder exact
man less weenigag much less fil vinegger.
Speaker 1: And do you remember how to say more slowly.
Speaker 4: Langsama much more slowly, feel langsama.
Speaker 1: Very much more slowly, say I.
Speaker 4: Feel langsama zaya feel langsama.
Speaker 1: Mizak dirabicante. In America, the roads are very beautiful.
Speaker 3: In Americas and distras, and they're shun in amir distras zereshun.
Speaker 1: But in Germany one drives faster.
Speaker 3: Abba indulge land fed man schnella Abba indulge land fed manchnella,
And the.
Speaker 1: Gas costs more.
Speaker 3: Un does benzene costed mere un does benzeen costed mere.
Speaker 1: Now suppose you and a German friend are driving to
a restaurant for lunch. Use the familiar doo form. Say
to your friend Erica, you're driving very fast. Jerka du firste.
She says, I'm not driving fast. Add dah for emphasis.
Ifar doornic ifarro doornic contradict her. Yes, yes, you are
driving very fast.
Speaker 2: Tortor to first, schell tortor to first.
Speaker 1: You're driving one hundred and twenty kilometers or more.
Speaker 2: To first. I know that swans kilometerdma. I know that
swansish to first. I know that swansih kilumadama.
Speaker 1: She says, if you would like, bendu mershtist, if you
would like, I could drive more slowly.
Speaker 3: Bendu meershtes cond to Islazamafaran. Bendumershtes cond to islazama.
Speaker 1: Faran, say yes, please, could you drive a little bit
more slowly?
Speaker 2: Yah bita kundus to mbisi Langzamafan. Yah bita kundus to
mbisim Langzamafan.
Speaker 1: She asks, how fast may I drive?
Speaker 4: Bishnel davis Fan.
Speaker 1: Say just a little bit slower.
Speaker 2: Unbisim langsama, She.
Speaker 1: Says, okay, but we're already late.
Speaker 4: Good abbavis Entian speed.
Speaker 1: We have little time.
Speaker 4: Beham Vini side.
Speaker 1: If I drive faster, finish nellafarre, then we have more time.
In the restaurant, meat sight goes at the end.
Speaker 3: Don Ham VM restaurant out side, donehm VM restaur outside.
Speaker 1: Say Erica. It's better.
Speaker 2: Rika is a spissa.
Speaker 1: If you drive more slowly.
Speaker 2: Endulangzama first.
Speaker 4: Good. If aregaan lanzama, this is the end of Unit
twenty