Two strangers, a couple, walk up to where Lisa Müller and John Smith are standing.
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% N5 y3 d, p4 Q* |% j' C/ _ Lisa:"Ja, und Sie? Wie hei?en Sie?". Y7 ?: |1 }0 @0 X0 |' z
Stranger 1:"Ich hei?e Lutz Schmidt."* ~$ t& p. A( w! P+ f7 L
Stranger 2:"Ich hei?e Christine Schmidt.") L2 c# C% c v) F
Lisa:"Angenehm."
& f9 S, W& _5 `2 a/ v* Y7 v- w Stranger 1:"Wo wohnen Sie?", H9 D' A' r1 P: V* Y. [7 U! k) e& [
Stranger 2:"Woher kommen Sie? Kommen Sie aus ?sterreich?"$ j; m8 n6 B$ v ^( [' k
Lisa:"Nein, ich komme aus Deutschland und ich wohne hier in Bern."8 v/ [& r; U. v- |8 a
Seeing that this isn’t the Lisa Müller they were looking for, the couple excuses themselves and walks away.
4 T$ T! l" H3 c" u+ a# g3 f$ [ GermanEnglish
+ q. T' R$ P/ z) \ suchento look for, search o7 P) k( }( o1 _8 i6 r
Sie / sieyou (formal) / theyWhen capitalised, this is the formal and polite way of saying "you".3 k) o5 B7 W+ B' B! Z0 r. {; [7 _
You should always address strangers as "Sie" Careful: when not capitalised, this word means "they".
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7 Q3 e' X; v& g6 w: [2 r wiehowQuestion word, but also used in other sentences, such as "Look how beautiful this is!"
7 a3 f e+ K1 K9 G3 _7 H R Angenehm (Sie kennenzulernen)Nice (to get to know you). Often used abbreviated like this.3 `! T) Y; ], N" s2 b
wowhere* ]/ {4 X+ y; a! B8 S" Q
woherfrom where, whence
, q$ \6 C7 _; ?6 m6 f ?sterreichAustriaThe "reich" part means "empire".
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GermanEnglish
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; a3 @, d" \5 N# s& Z& j waswhat
( Q9 U3 j- @% Q! ^6 H; F; T" m4 m wannwhen’
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warumwhy6 e- @7 Q" N. |4 n
wievielhow much
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