B: So you know Gunter was in my class, right?
B: ||DU1*
B: du
B: ||WISSEN2A*
B: weiß
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: gunter puttrich
B: ||MEIN1
B: mein
B: klasse
B: ||KLASSE2*
B: KLASSE8
A: In your class or in your parallel class?
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: NAHE1^*
A: klasse
A: ODER4A
A: oder
A: parallelklasse
A: AUSSEN1B^
B: In the parallel class.
A: DU1*
B: ||AUSSEN1B^*
B: parallel
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: ||KLASSE2*
B: klasse
B: That was like/
B: $GEST^
B: wie
A: So like two separate units?
B: AUCH1A*
B: auch
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
A: $GEST^
B: $GEST^*
A: $NUM-EINER1A:2*
A: zwei
A: AUFTEILEN3^
B: We had classes like arts and crafts or physical education together.
B: BASTELN1C
B: basteln
B: SPORT1*
B: sport
B: ZUSAMMEN1C*
B: zusammen zusammen
B: They were in class A and we were in class B, so we were parallel classes but I was often taught together with Gunter Puttrich.
B: ||SAGEN1
B: sagen
B: ||$ALPHA1:A
B: a
B: ||$ALPHA1:B*
B: b
A: Okay, got it.
B: PARALLEL2
B: paralell
A: JA2
A: VERSTEHEN1^*
B: $GEST^
B: aber
B: OFT1B*
B: oft
B: ZUSAMMEN1C
B: immer
B: gunter puttrich
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: ||AUSSEN1B^*
B: After we graduated from school, everyone would still meet up often, but after a while everyone went their separate ways until one of the students from our former class had her silver wedding anniversary.
B: schulentlassung
B: ||SCHULE1C*
B: ||ENTLASSEN1
B: ROLLEN1A^*
B: [MG]
B: ||OFT1B*
B: oft
B: $PROD*
B: treffen
B: ||EIGEN1B*
B: eigen
B: WEG2A*
B: weg
B: ||BIS1*
B: bis
B: ||MEIN1
B: mein
B: ||KLASSE2
B: klasse
B: silberhochzeit
B: SILBER1A*
B: ||HOCHZEIT2A
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: MANNSCHAFT1^
B: The entire class was invited, so naturally Gunter Puttrich was as well.
B: klasse
B: ||KLASSE2*
B: KLASSE8
B: EINLADEN1B*
B: einladen
B: ||ALLE1A*
B: alle
B: gunter puttrich
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: ||SCHICKEN4A*
B: ||EINLADEN1B*
B: auch einladen
B: He was typically always late.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||TYPISCH1*
B: typisch
B: gunter puttrich
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: IMMER4A*
B: immer
B: ||SPÄT1
B: spät spät
B: Of course everyone was a big fan of Gunter Puttrich.
B: ALLE2A^*
B: gunter puttrich
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: KOMMEN3*
B: FAN2^*
B: [MG]
B: HALLO2*
B: Everyone had dressed up elegantly.
B: ||ALLE1A*
B: alle
B: fein
B: FEIN1
B: KLEIDUNG3^*
B: Gunter had a lot of fans and they ran up to him when he arrived, but he acted completely normally and there were no signs that he was very ill.
B: gunter puttrich
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: FAN2^
B: SEHEN-AUF6^*
B: KOMMEN3*
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter puttrich
B: NORMAL1
B: normal
B: ||$INDEX2*
B: SCHLIMM3B*
B: so schlimm
B: ||KRANK1
B: krank
B: ZEICHEN1^*
B: ??
B: Gunter had always had problems with asthma.
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter
B: ||IMMER4A*
B: schon immer
B: ||ASTHMA2
B: asthma
B: ||PROBLEM1
B: problem
B: schon immer
B: ||IMMER4A*
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: But during our class reunion he was still doing fine and kept on duping us into having more and more alcohol, I think it was Malteser [German akvavit flavored spirit].
B: ||ICH1
B: ||KANN2B*
B: kann
B: BEREICH1A^*
B: $GEST^
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter puttrich
B: immer sehr gut
B: GUT1*
B: VERFÜHREN1^
B: ||ALKOHOL2*
B: alkohol
B: ||GIESSEN5B*
B: ||GLAUBEN2A*
B: glaube
B: ||$ALPHA1:M-A-T
B: malteser
B: ||GIESSEN5B*
B: Gunter always managed to create a fantastic mood.
B: gunter puttrich
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: ||GUT1*
B: AUF2^*
B: [MG]
B: ||STIMMUNG1
B: stimmung
B: I was also happy to see my old classmates again.
B: FROH1
B: auch froh
B: KLASSE1
B: klasse
B: wiedersehen
B: WIEDERSEHEN1
B: ALLE1A^
B: We had done it, we were celebrating a 25 year silver wedding anniversary. Hats off!
B: ||MEIN1
B: mein
B: ||KLASSE2*
B: klasse
B: ||SCHAFFEN1B*
B: schaffen
B: fünfundzwanzig
B: ||$NUM-EINER1B:5
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: ||JAHR1A
B: jahr
B: silberhochzeit
B: ||SILBER1A
B: ||HOCHZEIT2A
B: ||HUT-AB1*
B: Gunter said, “I’m also proud of myself, I have managed to remain faithful during my five years of marriage!“
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter
B: ICH1
B: stolz
B: STOLZ1
B: ICH1
B: BALD1^
B: schaff
B: ICH1*
B: SCHAFFEN1B*
B: fünf jahr
B: JAHR1A*
B: ICH2
B: HEIRATEN3A*
B: verheiratet
B: TREU3
B: treu
B: We congratulated him on managing to continue his long lasting relationship.
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: APPLAUS1
B: WIE-FRAGE1
B: wie
B: SCHAFFEN1A
B: geschafft
B: LANG-ZEIT4A*
B: lang
B: BEZIEHUNG3*
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1
B: mit
B: Back in the day he tended to be unlucky with relationships.
B: FÜR1*
B: für
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter
B: oft
B: OFT1B*
B: ||VERGANGENHEIT1^
B: ||PECH1*
B: [MG]
B: AB1A^*
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST^
B: He talked to everyone from our old class and asked about their lives.
B: ||DANACH1A^*
B: und auch
B: frage
B: ||FRAGE1*
B: ALLE1A^
B: LEBEN1A*
B: leben
B: KLASSE2*
B: meine klasse
B: AUSTAUSCHEN1*
B: [MG]
B: NEIN3B^*
B: At the end he kissed and hugged everyone. He was a big role model for a lot of us, so that was a bit weird, but it seemed to be a special moment for him.
B: SCHLUSS3
B: zum schluss
B: ||IRGENDWANN1^*
B: viele
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter
B: ||EINMAL1
B: einmal
B: VORBILD1
B: vorbild
B: komisch
B: MERKWÜRDIG3
B: GEFÜHL3*
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter
B: ||JEDER1B*
B: jede
B: ||KÜSSEN1*
B: [MG]
B: ||JEDER1B*
B: jede
B: ODER4B
B: od{er} oft
B: SCHMUSEN1*
B: wie schmusen
B: SEHEN1^*
B: also
B: WIE4A^
B: ob
B: BESONDERS1A*
B: besonders
B: FÜR1*
B: für
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter
B: GUT1*
B: [MG]
B: Then one of my old class mates brought me home.
B: ||APPLAUS2^*
B: AUTO1*
B: ||FORT1*
B: AUTO1*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d*
B: ein
B: ||FREUND1*
B: freund
B: ||BEDEUTUNG1^*
B: ||ICH2^
B: ||MEIN1
B: mein
B: ||KLASSE2*
B: klasse
B: ||ICH1
B: ||BRINGEN1A*
B: nach hause bringen
B: Gunter was also brought home.
B: ||ICH1
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: ||$GEST^
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter
B: BRINGEN1A*
B: bringen
B: “We’ll see each other next time, right?“
B: sehen wir uns
B: ||SEHEN1*
B: ||NÄCHSTE1
B: So next time we had our thirtieth class reunion coming up.
B: NÄCHSTE1
B: nächst
B: ||PLÖTZLICH4^*
B: [MG]
B: ||NÄCHSTE1
B: nächst
B: JETZT2*
B: und dieses
B: ||JAHR1B*
B: jahr
B: ||$NUM-ZEHNER2A:3d*
B: dreißig
B: ||JAHR1A
B: jahr
B: klassentreff
B: KLASSE1*
B: TREFFEN2A
B: Gunter was supposed to organize a trip on the Spree [river in Berlin].
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter puttrich
B: GEBEN1A^*
B: [MG]
B: ORGANISIEREN2A
B: [MG]
B: ||SOLL1*
B: soll
B: ||BERLIN1C
B: berlin
B: spree
B: SPREE1*
B: ORGANISIEREN2A*
B: $GEST^
B: ||NÄCHSTE1*
B: ||$INDEX2
B: “For next time,“ Gunter said, “of course, I’ll do that, it’s going to be so special in Berlin, 30 years!“
B: NÄCHSTE1*
B: nächst
B: gunter puttrich
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: ||JA1A
B: ||ICH1
B: ||MACHEN1*
B: machen
B: ||BESONDERS1A*
B: besonders
B: ||BERLIN1C
B: berlin
B: ||$NUM-ZEHNER2A:3d*
B: dreißig
B: ||JAHR1A
B: jahr
B: ||NEIN3B^*
B: Then everyone went home.
B: ||ICH1
B: ||BEREICH1A^
B: FORT1^*
B: [MG]
B: NEIN3B^*
B: A few days later I was sitting at my desk in the company and received an email:
B: ||NÄCHSTE1
B: nächst
B: ||AUFZÄHLEN1C^*
B: ein paar
B: ||TAG1A*
B: tag
B: $GEST^
B: ||FIRMA1B*
B: firma
B: TIPPEN4^*
B: E-MAIL1
B: e-mail
B: ||E-MAIL1*
B: e-mail
B: “You’ll never see Gunter Puttrich again.“ I couldn’t believe it.
B: DU1*
B: du
B: SEHEN1
B: sehen
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter puttrich
B: nie wieder
B: NIE-WIEDER1*
B: ||ICH1
B: FALL1A^*
B: I had just seen him last Sunday night.
B: gewesen
B: ||GEWESEN1
B: ||ICH1
B: sonnabend
B: ||SAMSTAG1
B: ||VOR-KURZEM1
B: ||GEWESEN1
B: gewesen
B: gunter puttrich
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: TREFFEN2A
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
B: Now Gunter wasn’t there anymore.
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter puttrich
B: NICHT-MEHR1A
B: nicht mehr
B: DA1*
B: da
B: Suddenly our company received a ton of emails and I got messages on my phone non-stop.
B: ||AUF-EINMAL1C*
B: auf einmal
B: E-MAIL1*
B: [MG]
B: FIRMA1B*
B: firma
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: arbeiten
B: E-MAIL1*
B: e-mail
B: $GEST^
B: HANDY3
B: handy
B: WERFEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: Gunter really wasn’t there anymore, that was unbelievable.
B: gunter puttrich
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: ||NICHT-MEHR1A
B: unglaublich
B: ||UNGLAUBLICH2
B: $GEST^
B: I couldn’t concentrate on the company or my work anymore.
B: NICHT-MEHR1A
B: WIRKLICH2
B: ||ICH1
B: KANN2A*
B: kann nicht
B: firma
B: ||FIRMA1A
B: KONZENTRIEREN1
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: arbeiten
B: Gunter Puttrich had died, just like that? Impossible!
B: WIRKLICH2
B: gunter puttrich
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: ||TOD2*
B: ||EINFACH1
B: einfach
B: SO1
B: so
B: ES-GIBT3*
B: gib nicht
B: I went home and met up with my former classmates, “Can you imagine? That’s nonsense!“
B: ||ICH1
B: ||NACH-HAUSE1*
B: nach hause
B: ||MEIN1
B: ||KLASSE2*
B: mein klasse
B: HANDLUNG2^*
B: ||KANN1*
B: kann
B: ||VORSTELLUNG1A*
B: vorstellen
B: ||UNSINN1
B: HANDLUNG2^*
B: That’s when I saw the headline on Taubenschlag [German online forum for the deaf and hard of hearing]: ‘Gunter Puttrich is dead.’
B: LOS-START2^
B: taubschlag
B: ||TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: FACH2A^
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: TITEL-ÜBERSCHRIFT1^*
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter puttrich
B: TOD2*
B: Should it really be true? I had just seen him not too long ago and he hadn’t seemed ill or troubled in any way.
B: WIRKLICH2*
B: [MG]
B: ||VOR-KURZEM1*
B: klappt
B: ||KLAPPT1
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: BEDEUTUNG1^*
B: oft
B: KRANK1*
B: krank
B: PROBLEM1*
B: problem
B: NICHTS1B
B: nichts
B: My friends and I had talked about the fact that he had kissed everyone, especially since that was something he normally wouldn’t have done.
B: GERÜCHT1
B: [MG]
B: MERKWÜRDIG3*
B: komisch
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter
B: ||LETZTE1D*
B: letzte
B: KÜSSEN1*
B: [MG]
B: ||NORMALERWEISE1*
B: normalerweise
B: IRGENDWANN1*
B: irgendwann
B: $GEST^*
B: [MG]
B: Everyone supposedly already had a feeling and knew it hadn’t been a coincidence.
B: ||JEDER1B*
B: jede
B: SO4*
B: so
B: SPÜREN1
B: spüren
B: SCHON1B*
B: schon
B: ||ZUFALL1
B: zufall
B: GERÜCHT1*
B: [MG]
B: SAGEN1*
B: NEIN1A
B: During the European Football Championship he supposedly took pills.
B: EUROPA1
B: europameister
B: ||FUSSBALL1A
B: fußball
B: TECHNIK1^
B: soll er wieder
B: ||TABLETTE1^
B: genommen
B: Many more theories surfaced.
B: ALLE2A^*
B: [MG]
B: GERÜCHT1
B: [MG]
B: DAZU1^*
B: [MG]
B: NICHT3B
B: But the real reason was made public by his husband.
B: wer
B: ||WER2*
B: ||PERSON1*
B: ||STIMMT1^*
B: ||DIREKT1B*
B: direkt
B: ||AUF-PERSON1*
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter
B: EHEMANN1
B: mann
B: $INDEX1*||SCHICKEN2^*
B: ||GEHÖREN1^
B: wo
B: ||STERBEN2*
B: gestorben
B: STIMMT1^*
B: OFFIZIELL1
B: offiziell
B: He said that Gunter had had a heart attack and collapsed at home.
B: HERZ1C
B: herz
B: ZU3^*
B: [MG]
B: sagen
B: SAGEN1
B: ENDE1^
B: ||IN1*
B: in
B: ZUHAUSE1A
B: zu hause
B: ||FALLEN2B
B: [MG]
B: Many deaf people reacted to these news with countless messages and more and more false information got around.
B: ||TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: gehörlos
B: DAZU1^*
B: MASSE-PERSON-AKTIV1^*
B: AUS-ZU1^*
B: [MG]
B: MASSE-PERSON-AKTIV1^*
B: We had expected that Gunters funeral would be happening soon.
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: ||ALLE2C^
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: gunter puttrich
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: BEERDIGUNG1
B: beerdigung
B: But nothing happened.
B: NICHTS1A*
B: nichts
B: Even #Name1 who was organizing the funeral didn’t contact anyone.
B: $INDEX1
B: #name1
B: ORGANISIEREN2A*
B: organisieren
B: NICHTS1A*
B: nichts
B: So the class got together and asked about it.
B: mein klasse
B: KLASSE2*
B: MANNSCHAFT1^*
B: SCHICKEN4A^*
B: That meant that Gunter had basically led a double life: on the one hand he was active in the public eye, on the other hand he had a another, more private life.
B: ||BEDEUTUNG1*
B: bedeuten
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter puttrich
B: ||VERSTECKEN1A*
B: warum
B: $INDEX1*
B: ||GEHÖREN1^*
B: LEBEN1A*
B: leben
B: BEREICH2A^*
B: The public didn’t know that Gunter was often present at our class reunions.
B: WIR1A*
B: wir
B: AUSWEICHEN1^*
B: KLASSE2*
B: klasse
B: TREFFEN1*
B: treff treff treff
B: gesellschaft
B: GESELLSCHAFT1
B: MASSE-PERSON-PASSIV2^
B: WISSEN2B
B: weiß
B: NICHTS1B*
B: nichts
B: AUSWEICHEN1^*
B: Still, nothing happened.
B: NICHTS1A*
B: nichts
B: ABHAUEN1A^*
B: We asked again and were told that we had nothing to do with the burial, which we couldn’t understand.
B: FERN1^*
B: $GEST^
B: nichts zu tun
B: NICHTS-ZU-TUN1
B: WIR1A
B: FADEN-VERLIEREN2^
B: They didn’t know we had been a part of Gunter’s life.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: bedeuten
B: ||WISSEN2A
B: weiß
B: NICHT1*
B: nicht
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter
B: leben
B: LEBEN1C
B: ||DAZUGEHÖREN1*
B: nichts zu tun
B: NICHTS-ZU-TUN1*
B: MASSE-PERSON-AKTIV1^*
B: We just had to give up, they didn’t want us to come to the funeral service.
B: MUSS1A
B: muss
B: LASSEN1^*
B: trauerfeier
B: TRAURIG1*
B: FEIERN1*
B: ||ALLE2A
B: KOMMEN1*
B: kommen nicht
B: MASSE-PERSON-AKTIV1^*
B: [MG]
B: Oh well, that’s the way it was.
B: ||ALLE2C^*
B: LASSEN1^*
B: There was a gay bar in Hamburg which Gunter loved.
B: hamburg
B: HAMBURG1*
B: HIER1*
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter
B: LIEBLING1
B: in hamburg
B: HAMBURG1*
B: HIER1*
B: SCHWUL1
B: schwul
B: lokal
B: LOKAL-GASTSTÄTTE1*
B: DA1^*
B: So I thought we could hold a small memorial service there.
B: ||ICH1
B: erinnern
B: ||ERINNERUNG3A
B: GRUPPE3A^
B: FÜR1*
B: für
B: gunter puttrich
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: BEREICH1D^*
B: MASSE-PERSON-AKTIV1^*
B: FEIERN1*
B: [MG]
B: STRÖMUNG1^*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: A couple of months later we drove to the bar, only this time Gunter just wasn’t with us anymore.
B: ||DANN1A*
B: und dann
B: ||AUFZÄHLEN1C
B: ein paar
B: ||MONAT1*
B: monat
B: FAHREN3*
B: NICHT-MEHR1A
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter puttrich
B: nicht mehr
B: NICHT-MEHR1A
B: ||ICH1
B: Anytime I met Gunter, like during our class reunions, he’d spread a fantastic mood.
B: ||IMMER7*
B: immer
B: klassentreff
B: ||KLASSE1*
B: TREFFEN2A
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter
B: immer stimmung
B: ||STIMMUNG3
B: STIMMUNG5*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: [MG]
B: Now it’s almost been a year since he died.
B: ||SCHON1A*
B: schon
B: ||FAST2
B: fast
B: ||EBEN-ZEIT1^*
B: ||FAST2*
B: fast
B: ||JAHR1B*
B: ein jahr
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: NICHT-MEHR1A*
B: nicht mehr
B: This of all years would’ve been the one when Gunter would’ve turned 50.
B: $INDEX1
B: AUSGERECHNET2*
B: ausgerechnet
B: DIESE2
B: diese
B: JAHR1B
B: im jahr
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter
B: ||WERDEN1*
B: wird
B: fünfzig alt
B: $NUM-ZEHNER1:5
B: ||ALT8B
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: His 50th birthday is the first that Gunter can’t celebrate with us.
B: ICH1
B: ERSTENS1A*
B: erste
B: LETZTE1B^*
B: [MG]
B: ||ERSTES-MAL1
B: ersten mal
B: OHNE1*
B: ohne
B: fünfzig
B: $NUM-ZEHNER1:5
B: ALT8B
B: OHNE1
B: ohne
B: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter puttrich
B: NICHT-MEHR1A
B: nicht mehr
B: Something was lacking and I really missed him and the mood that he always used to spread.
B: VERRINGERN1A^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: VERMISSEN1
B: vermissen
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter
B: stimmung
B: ||STIMMUNG1
B: STIMMUNG5*
B: Do you want to continue on the topic?
B: thema
B: THEMA1
B: $INDEX2*
B: ||VERKNÜPFEN1B
A: Yes, I wanted to add to that.
B: $INDEX2*
A: $INDEX1
A: VERKNÜPFEN1B
A: WAS1B*
A: was
A: I also know Gunter Puttrich from school.
A: STIMMT1A
A: stimmt
A: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
A: gunter puttrich
A: ICH1
A: KENNEN1A
A: schule
A: SCHULE1A
A: SEHEN1*
A: I always saw him as a very lively person that loves to be the center of attention.
A: $INDEX1*
A: FREI1^
A: immer
A: AUFFALLEN1A
A: auffallen
A: MITTELPUNKT1B
A: mittelpunkt
A: LEBHAFT1
A: [MG]
A: WIE-IMMER1*
A: BEOBACHTEN3
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: Yes, so Gunter is famous, of course.
A: AUFWICKELN1^
A: $INDEX1
A: KLAR1B
A: klar
A: $INDEX1*
B: How did you find out about his death?
A: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
A: gunter puttrich
B: ||WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
A: BERÜHMT1A
A: berühmt
B: erfahren
B: ||ERFAHREN1A
B: $INDEX1*
A: I also found out on my computer.
A: $INDEX1
A: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1
A: wie
A: ERFAHREN1A
A: erfahren
A: EINFACH1
A: einfach
A: DURCH2B*
A: durch
A: COMPUTER2
A: computer
A: AUCH3A
A: auch
A: At first I received an email, but I ignored it because I thought it was nonsense.
A: ICH2
A: e-mail
A: E-MAIL1
A: AUF-PERSON1*
A: ICH1
A: KOMMEN1*
A: ICH1
A: GEFÜHL2A*
A: fühlen
A: WIE4A*
A: wie
A: QUATSCH1
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1*
A: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
A: After all I knew that you guys had just had your class reunion.
A: warum
A: WARUM1*
A: ICH1
A: weiß
A: WISSEN2A
A: $INDEX1*
A: EBEN-ZEIT1
A: [MG]
A: gewesen
A: GEWESEN1
A: DU1*
A: klassentreffen
A: KLASSE1*
A: TREFFEN1
A: Of course #Name2 had told me about your class reunion, so/
A: KLAR1B
A: klar
A: #name2
A: ERZÄHLEN1
A: erzählen
A: KLAR1B
A: klar
A: klassentreffen
A: KLASSE1*
A: TREFFEN1
A: BEIDE2A
A: ERZÄHLEN1
A: auch erzählen
A: BEDEUTUNG1*
A: bedeuten
A: No, wait!
A: NEIN1B||STOPP1
A: FALSCH3*
A: falsch
A: I had gotten the email that Gunter Puttrich had died and thought it was nonsense.
A: mail
A: E-MAIL1*
A: ICH1
A: SEHEN-WEG-HIN1*
A: gunter puttrich
A: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
A: TOD2*
A: ICH1
A: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: quatsch
A: So I didn’t take it seriously until after a while when I received another email.
A: WIE4A*
A: wie
A: ||HIRN1A^*
A: [MG]
A: ||ERNST1A*
A: ernst
A: NEHMEN1A*
A: genommen
A: ICH1
A: NICHT4
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: ICH2
A: BESCHÄFTIGEN1^
A: schon wieder
A: ||WIEDER1B
A: ||E-MAIL1*
A: $GEST^
A: I was taken aback and thought, ‘wait a second’.
A: ICH2
A: MOMENT2*
A: [MG]
A: Because his name is Putte, right?
A: $INDEX1*
A: warum
A: GRUND4A
A: grund
A: NAME1A*
A: name
A: $ALPHA1:P-U-T-T-E
A: putte
B: No, Puttrich.
A: STIMMT1A
A: stimmt
B: $ALPHA1:P-U-T-T-R-I-C-H
B: putterich
A: Puttrich, right!
A: $ALPHA1:T-U-T-T-E-R-I-C
A: tutteric
A: $INDEX1*
A: I hadn’t realized.
A: ICH1
A: UNBEWUSST1
A: He got married and then his new name was?
A: SEIN-IHR1*
A: HEIRATEN3A
A: verheiraten
A: NOCH-EIN2
A: noch ein
B: Trube.
A: NAME1A*
A: name
B: $ALPHA1:T-R-U-P-B-E
B: trube
A: WORT1^
A: name
A: Yes, exactly. That was the main reason why I ignored the email at first.
A: ||$INDEX1*
A: [MG]
B: $ALPHA1:T-R-U
B: trube
A: hauptgrund
A: ||$WORTTEIL-HAUPT4*
A: $WORTTEIL-HAUPT4
A: GRUND4A*
A: $INDEX1*
A: ICH1
A: IGNORIEREN1*
A: [MG]
A: I read it again, more closely this time, and saw that his second name was also mentioned in the email.
A: SPÄTER3*
A: später
A: noch mal
A: NOCHMAL2A*
A: SEHEN-AUF1*
A: RUND-UM-DIE-UHR5*
A: vor
A: $NUM-ORD1:2
A: zweite
A: name
A: NAME1A*
A: WORT1^
A: I opened that mail again and it was true, I couldn’t believe it.
A: ICH1
A: NOCHMAL2B*
A: noch mal
A: KLICKEN1*
A: WIRKLICH2
A: ICH1
A: KANN1*
A: kann nicht
A: GLAUBEN2A*
A: glauben
A: $GEST^
A: Via videophone I was told that it was really true.
A: BILDTELEFON1
A: bifon
A: BESCHEID1A*
A: ERZÄHLEN1
A: erzählen
A: WIRKLICH2*
A: $GEST^
A: I was completely in shock as well as surprised.
A: ICH1
A: BLACKOUT1
A: [MG]
A: BEDEUTUNG1*
A: bedeuten
A: ÜBERRASCHUNG2*
A: überraschung
A: Life can be full of surprises sometimes.
A: LEBEN1A
A: leben
A: MANCHMAL2
A: manchmal
A: ÜBERRASCHUNG2*
A: überraschung
A: $GEST^
A: Why is it that it’s always the well-known, good or nice people that pass away?
A: IMMER4A*
A: immer
A: BEKANNT1A
A: bekannt
A: ODER1*
A: oder
A: NETT1
A: nett
A: ODER1*
A: oder
A: GUT1
A: gut
A: LEUTE2*
A: leute
A: GEHEN2A*
A: gehen
A: $GEST^
B: Maybe it was good for Gunter Puttrich.
B: VIELLEICHT3*
B: vielleicht
B: GUT1*
B: gut
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter puttrich
B: SELBST1A*
B: muss selbst
B: At the time Gunter had just dropped out of the Gebärdenwerk [production company of sign language videos] and was unemployed.
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter
B: zeit
B: ||ZEIT7C*
B: PHASE3^
B: gebärdenwerk
B: GEBÄRDEN3A*
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: ||WERFEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: arbeitslos
B: ||$WORTTEIL-LOS1
B: $INDEX1*
B: That meant that his nearer future was completely unclear.
B: FÜR1*
B: NÄCHSTE1*
B: WISSEN2B
B: weiß
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: nicht wie
B: SOLL1
B: soll
B: MACHEN2*
B: machen
B: PHASE1C^*
B: Maybe a fast death was Gunter’s best solution.
B: vielleicht
B: VIELLEICHT3
B: TOD2*
B: VIELLEICHT3*
B: vielleicht
B: FÜR1*
B: für
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter
B: SCHNELL1A*
B: schnell
B: BESSER1*
B: besser
B: LÖSUNG3
B: lösung
B: It’s just sad that his life was so short, it was just too short.
B: ABER1*
B: aber
B: NUR2A
B: nur
B: SCHADE1*
B: schade
B: KURZ3B
B: zu kurz
B: leben
B: LEBEN1C
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: KURZ3B
B: zu kurz
B: ||ENDE1^
B: It’s been more than a year now since we could last sit down with him and talk about anything and everything.
B: MEHR1*
B: mehr
B: JETZT1*
B: ||SCHON1A
B: schon
B: ||ÜBER1*
B: über
B: ||JAHR1A*
B: ein jahr
B: MEHR1*
B: mehr
B: KANN1*
B: kann nicht
B: DISKUSSION1A*
B: diskussion
B: PERSON1^*
B: über
B: gunter puttrich
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: PERSON1^*
B: We made our farewells, it’s over now. Life goes on.
B: SCHON1A*
B: schon
B: verabschieden
B: ||VERABSCHIEDEN1*
B: ||EBEN-ZEIT1^*
B: VORBEI3*
B: LEBEN1A*
B: leben
B: weiter
B: ||WEITER1A
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: When you were just talking about Gunter I got goosebumps.
A: DU1
A: du
A: EBEN-ZEIT1
A: eben
A: ERZÄHLEN1
A: erzählen
A: ÜBER1*
A: über
A: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
A: gunter
A: schon
A: SCHON1B*
A: ICH1
A: GÄNSEHAUT1
A: [MG]
B: I know, it’s horrible.
B: $ORAL^
B: ich weiß
B: SCHLIMM3B*
B: schlimm
B: We had just been celebrating and three, four days later he’s dead.
B: ||EBEN-ZEIT1^*
B: FEIERN1
B: [MG]
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:4
B: vier
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:3d
B: drei
B: ||TAG1A*
B: tag
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:4
B: vier
B: TAG1A*
B: tag
B: ||TOD2*
B: tod
B: That’s impossible.
B: ||ES-GIBT3*
B: gibt nicht
B: ||ICH1
B: Although he drank a lot of alcohol, cracked jokes and told us that everything was okay, that he was fine and just had some trouble with his asthma and should be losing weight, three days later he died.
B: $ORAL^
B: obwohl
B: alkohol
B: ||ALKOHOL2*
B: ||ALLE-LEER3
B: ||BIER1^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: ||ALKOHOL2*
B: [MG]
B: BESOFFEN1*
B: [MG]
B: ||WITZ1*
B: witze
B: $GEST^
B: ORDNUNG1B*
B: ordnung
B: ORDNUNG1B*
B: ordnung
B: GUT1*
B: gut gut gut
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: ASTHMA2*
B: asthma
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: ||SAGEN1*
B: will
B: ABNEHMEN1*
B: abnehmen
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:3d
B: drei tage
B: ||TOD2*
B: [MG]
B: ||ENDE1^
B: $GEST^