B: I still remember that I basically didn’t think about it at all.
B: SELBST1A
B: selbst
B: GEWISSEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: UNBEWUSST1*
B: ICH1*
B: UNBEWUSST1*
B: [MG]
B: I was working, organizing things.
B: ARBEITEN4
B: VERWALTUNG2A
B: At the last minute, someone approached me.
B: LETZTE1B*
B: letzte
B: MINUTE1*
B: minute
B: ||BESCHEID1A*
B: “Come on, it’s the last chance, we’re going to Dresden.”
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: LETZTE1B
B: letzte
B: MINUTE1*
B: minute
B: DORT1
B: nach
B: DRESDEN1*
B: dres{den}
B: I asked, ”To Dresden, why?”
B: ICH2
B: BEOBACHTEN3*
B: dresden
B: DRESDEN1*
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: $INDEX1*
B: VORSTELLUNG1A||$GEST-OFF^*
B: WARUM1
B: warum
B: “Because of the Culture Days.”
B: $INDEX1
B: kulturtag
B: KULTUR1B*
B: TAG1B
B: I had never heard of that, not even of the word ‘Culture Days‘.
B: $INDEX1
B: BEDEUTUNG1
B: kenn nicht
B: KENNEN-NICHT1
B: WORT2
B: kulturtag
B: KULTUR1B
B: TAG1B*
B: I had absolutely no clue.
B: KEINE-AHNUNG1*
B: NICHT3B
B: nichts
B: I said, “I don’t know what you mean.”
B: ICH2*
B: ||$GEST-OFF^*
B: WISSEN2B
B: weiß
B: SEIN-IHR1
B: du meinst
B: WAS1B
B: [MG]
B: I was told that one could exchange experiences there and that deaf people from all over Germany came there.
B: $INDEX1
B: WICHTIG1
B: [MG]
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: gehörlose
B: ERFAHRUNG6A*
B: erfahr
B: WELT1*
B: deutschland
B: DEUTSCH1*
B: LAND1A*
B: REISE1B*
B: [MG]
B: KOMMEN1*
B: I was impressed and had to think first, but agreed last minute.
B: ICH1
B: BEOBACHTEN3*
B: $GEST-UNGLAUBLICH1^
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: LETZTE1B
B: letzte
B: MINUTE1*
B: minu{te}
B: Someone had canceled and they quickly needed a replacement, because the hotel had already been booked.
B: DURCH2B
B: durch
B: $INDEX1
B: abgesagt
B: AB2*
B: ABSAGEN1
B: $INDEX1
B: muss
B: MUSS1A
B: ICH1
B: schnell
B: SCHNELL3A
B: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
B: verlust
B: $INDEX2*
B: $INDEX1
B: HOTEL3*
B: hotel
B: I thought about it because I really did want to join.
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN2^
B: will
B: WOLLEN8*
B: ICH2
B: DABEI1A
B: dabei
B: However, I wasn’t sure how I was going to organize everything with my daughter.
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1
B: wie
B: MEIN1
B: mein
B: TOCHTER1*
B: toch{ter}
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1
B: wie
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: Luckily I was able to leave her with a deaf person that I knew well.
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: gehörlos
B: WERFEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: ERFOLG1
B: WERFEN1^*
B: ICH1
B: KENNEN1B*
B: ICH1
B: KENNEN1B
B: [MG]
B: So I drove there, but I had no idea about the Culture Days.
B: ICH1
B: DORTHIN-GEHEN1*
B: aber
B: kulturtage
B: KULTUR1B
B: TAG1A*
B: ICH2*
B: KRATZEN-HAUT1^*
B: It didn’t matter, I went there anyway.
B: LASSEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: DORTHIN-GEHEN1*
B: I walked around with my group from Nuremberg; people with whom I’m always together.
B: ZWISCHEN1B^*
B: [MG]
B: gruppe
B: STAMM4B
B: GRUPPE1A*
B: ICH2*
B: [MG]
B: stamm
B: STAMM4B*
B: MEIN1*
B: WAS1B*
B: was
B: nürnberg
B: NÜRNBERG3*
B: GRUPPE1A*
B: STAMM4B
B: stamm
B: [MG]
B: ICH2
B: GRUPPE1A*
B: We always walked around together and looked at everything.
B: ZUSAMMEN-GRUPPE1
B: BESICHTIGEN1*
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: [MG]
B: vorstell
B: VORSTELLUNG1A
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: ZUSAMMEN-GRUPPE1
B: The group has existed for forever.
B: STAMM4B*
B: stamm
B: FRÜHER1*
B: When I got to Dresden, I was immediately drawn in by everything.
B: ICH1
B: DENKEN1B*
B: ICH1
B: DORTHIN-GEHEN1*
B: [MG]
B: dres{den}
B: DRESDEN1*
B: ICH1
B: DORTHIN-GEHEN1*
B: ICH1
B: GEFÜHL2A
B: fühl
B: FASZINIEREND3
B: [MG]
B: I told my friends that I would like to walk around by myself.
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: BITTE1B
B: ICH1*
B: UNABHÄNGIG1
B: HÄNDE-WEG1^
B: I wanted to be able to look at all of the culture things.
B: ICH2
B: WÜNSCHEN1A*
B: wün{sch}
B: ICH2*
B: ANSCHAUEN3*
B: kultur
B: KULTUR1A
B: ICH2
B: ART1*
B: There were also a lot of interesting seminars.
B: INTERESSE1A*
B: [MG]
B: SEMINAR1
B: seminar
B: So many different topics were on offer.
B: WISSEN2B*
B: weiß
B: VERSCHIEDEN1
B: verschie{den}
B: VIELFALT1
B: [MG]
B: For example on deaf blindness, identity, then also/ Oh, there were so many.
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: taubblind
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: BLIND1B*
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: ||$LIST1:1of2d
B: IDENTITÄT1A*
B: identität
B: THEMA1*
B: thema
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:3d
B: ||$LIST1:1of3d*
B: WISSEN2B^*
B: viel
B: VERSCHIEDEN1*
B: VIELFALT1*
B: I thought all of that was so interesting.
B: ICH1
B: INTERESSE1A
B: [MG]
B: I went downstairs; they were talking about something there.
B: GEHEN1A*
B: $INDEX1
B: ERZÄHLEN4*
B: erzähl
B: I felt like people quickly opened their eyes to things.
B: ICH1
B: GEFÜHL2A
B: fühl
B: SCHNELL3A
B: schnell
B: MEHR1*
B: mehr
B: BEWUSST1
B: bewusst
B: JA1A*
B: ja
B: They were talking about the topic of cochlear implants.
B: $INDEX1
B: GEBÄRDEN-ZURÜCK1
B: erzähl
B: ÜBER1*
B: über
B: THEMA1
B: thema
B: CI1
B: implantat
B: I looked at that for a while.
B: ICH2*
B: BEOBACHTEN3*
B: A woman told us that she didn’t even want her implant.
B: WENN1
B: wenn
B: $INDEX1
B: GEBÄRDEN-ZURÜCK1
B: erzähl
B: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
B: CI1
B: implantat
B: ICH2*
B: WÜNSCHEN1B
B: wünsch
B: NICHT3A
B: nicht
B: Her husband, however, insisted on it and said she needed to have one.
B: EHEMANN1*
B: mann
B: verlangt
B: FRAGE1^*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ICH2*
B: muss
B: MUSS1A
B: CI1
B: I got goose bumps; it was so horrible.
B: ICH2*
B: GÄNSEHAUT1
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: SEHR6*
B: [MG]
B: GESCHICHTE2^*
B: [MG]
B: SCHWITZEN1A^*
B: grau{sam}
B: I immediately had to cry.
B: ICH2
B: SOFORT1A*
B: sofort
B: WEINEN3*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: In Nuremberg I had my group that I would always meet up with and talk to.
B: ICH2*
B: GRUPPE1A*
B: ICH2*
B: $INDEX1*
B: $INDEX1
B: von
B: NÜRNBERG3
B: nürnberg
B: LUFT3A*
B: STAMM4B
B: stamm
B: $INDEX1
B: WENN1
B: wenn
B: nürnberg
B: NÜRNBERG3
B: GRUPPE1A*
B: GEBÄRDEN1E
B: [MG]
B: I didn’t care about culture then.
B: ICH1*
B: INTERESSE-NICHT1
B: kultur
B: KULTUR1B
B: $INDEX2
B: There [in Dresden], I was separated from the group, walking around by myself.
B: MEIN1
B: mein
B: UNABHÄNGIG1
B: ICH2
B: ALLEIN4*
B: allein
B: I looked at so many things.
B: GEHEN1A
B: BESUCHEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: It was so interesting and opened up a lot of perspectives for me.
B: INTERESSE1A*
B: AUF-OFFEN1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: It was really nice.
B: SCHÖN1A*
B: schön
B: That was great for me.
B: FÜR1*
B: für mich
B: TOLL1A
B: I will never forget that.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: wie
B: NICHT6*
B: nicht
B: ICH1*
B: vergessen
B: VERGESSEN1*
B: ICH1
B: I kept walking around and checked out things that I didn’t know.
B: UND2A*
B: ICH1
B: SPAZIEREN2
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: KENNEN-NICHT1
B: kenn nicht
B: $INDEX1
B: SCHAUEN3
B: But it was nice.
B: schön
B: SCHÖN1A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: Marco and Susanne put on their play about cleaning.
B: BESTELLEN1C^||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: marco
B: $LIST1:1of2d
B: und
B: GRÜBCHEN1^*
B: susanne
B: MIT1A
B: mit
B: putzen
B: FEGEN1B^*
B: PUTZEN-BODEN1
B: The play they put on was nice.
B: ICH1
B: SCHAUEN3
B: [MG]
B: SCHÖN1A*
B: schön
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^*
B: SPIELEN2
B: spiel
B: ZEIGEN1A
B: zeig
B: She was cleaning and he was the macho.
B: PUTZEN-BODEN1*
B: $PROD*
B: I really enjoyed that.
B: ICH1*
B: GUT1*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: I told one of the deaf people next to me that I would like to meet them.
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: gehörlos
B: ||ICH2
B: ||BESCHEID1A*
B: ICH2
B: schön
B: SCHÖN1A
B: ICH1
B: TREFFEN1
B: [MG]
B: But surely, I wouldn’t have the chance to meet them. How would I?
B: ICH1
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: ICH1*
B: AUSSICHTSLOS3A
B: [MG]
B: TREFFEN2B
B: treff
B: AUSSICHTSLOS3A
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: He said, “Sure! A lot of people would want that, but running after them? No one does that.”
B: $INDEX2
B: KLAR1A*
B: klar
B: viele
B: VIEL1A*
B: MEHR3
B: extra
B: EXTRA1
B: $INDEX1*
B: HINTERHERLAUFEN1
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: auf
B: NIEMALS2A
B: niemals
B: I thought, right, well, doesn’t matter.
B: ICH1
B: $ORAL^
B: stimmt
B: STIMMT1B*
B: stimmt stimmt stimmt
B: [MG]
B: LASSEN1^*
B: ICH2*
B: $ALPHA1:O-K
B: okay
B: They finished their play and the next topic started.
B: $INDEX1*
B: SPIELEN2
B: spiel
B: FERTIG3A
B: DANN1A*
B: dann nächste
B: THEMA1
B: thema
B: Then, the next thing, and I stayed seated to look at it.
B: DANN1A
B: {d}ann
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: ANDERS3
B: ander
B: thema
B: THEMA1*
B: ICH1
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: Suddenly, someone bumped into me.
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: I turned around because I really was angry.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ärger
B: ÄRGERN-SICH2
B: AUF-PERSON1*
B: But to my surprise, it was Susanne!
B: SEHEN-AUF3*
B: ÜBERRASCHUNG2*
B: [MG]
B: susanne
B: GRÜBCHEN1^*
B: $INDEX2
B: She nagged, “Come on, get up!”
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: LOS-START3*
B: auf
B: AUFSTEHEN2
B: $PROD*
B: Completely deliberately!
B: absicht
B: ABSICHT1
B: $INDEX1
B: I was speechless.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: She just touched me.
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: HIER-JETZT1^*
B: ENDLICH3
B: endlich
B: [MG]
B: ANFASSEN1
B: ||$INDEX2
B: I was delighted, but also shocked.
B: ICH1
B: SEHEN-AUF3*
B: JA1A*
B: ja
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: SCHRECK1*
B: erschrock
B: We teased each other a little more and then she left.
B: ICH2*
B: $INDEX1
B: VERSPOTTEN1*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: SCHÖN3*
B: schön
B: WEGGEHEN1*
B: Yes, when she touched me, I got goose bumps.
B: JA1A*
B: UND2B*
B: und
B: kontakt
B: KONTAKT2B
B: $PROD*
B: ICH2
B: GÄNSEHAUT1
B: [MG]
B: I can’t really describe it.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: BESCHREIBUNG1A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: Then I left again and looked for a talk on a different topic.
B: ICH2*
B: FERTIG1A
B: ICH2
B: [MG]
B: WIMMELN1^*
B: SPAZIEREN2
B: ANDERS1
B: ander
B: thema
B: THEMA1
B: ICH1
B: BESUCHEN1A*
B: That was special, too, because the president, Ulrich Hase, held a presentation.
B: $INDEX1
B: MERKWÜRDIG1
B: [MG]
B: HASE1B
B: ulrich hase
B: PRÄSIDENT1
B: präsident
B: AKTIV1
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: I imagined what it would be like to meet him and thought I wouldn’t stand a chance.
B: ICH2
B: VORSTELLUNG1B*
B: vorstell
B: ICH1
B: TREFFEN2B
B: [MG]
B: AUSSICHTSLOS3A
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: Still thinking about it now, how amazingly he signed and how much I admired that.
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: VORSTELLUNG1B*
B: vorste{llen}
B: $INDEX1
B: toll
B: TOLL1A
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: MASSE-PERSON-PASSIV1^*
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: ICH2
B: FASZINIEREND1*
B: [MG]
B: I observed him for ages.
B: BEOBACHTEN3*
B: beobacht beobacht beobacht
B: Wow!
B: TOLL1A
B: wow
B: Then there was the break, and everyone was running around.
B: ES-GIBT2*
B: [MG]
B: PAUSE1
B: pause
B: WIMMELN1
B: [MG]
B: I went outside and looked at a book.
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: GEHEN1A
B: BUCH1B
B: buch [MG]
B: Suddenly, Ulrich Hase walked past me!
B: KOMMEN3*
B: ulrich hase
B: HASE1B*
B: $INDEX2
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^*
B: ja
B: A deaf person joined and went, “Hey, I know you!
B: ||TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: gehörlos
B: zufall
B: ||ZUFALL1
B: ||KOMMEN3*
B: ||SPRINGEN2^*
B: ICH2
B: kennen
B: KENNEN1A
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: Come on, let’s take a picture!“
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1
B: foto
B: FOTO1*
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1*
B: I thought, that’s enough now!
B: ICH1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: hör auf
B: MEHR1^
B: FERTIG1B
B: ICH2
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: Suddenly, I was standing next to Ulrich Hase.
B: PASSIERT1^*
B: ulrich hase
B: JA1A*
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^*
B: I didn’t even know him.
B: $GEST^*
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: KENNEN-NICHT1
B: kenn nicht
B: ulrich hase
B: HASE1B*
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: And suddenly, he is standing next to me and I really felt like he was my lucky charm.
B: $PROD*
B: SCHAUEN3*
B: ICH1*
B: GEFÜHL2A
B: fühle
B: JA1A*
B: ja
B: GLÜCK1
B: glück
B: BRINGEN1B*
B: bring
B: AUF-PERSON1*
B: auf
B: ANFÜHRUNGSZEICHEN2^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: I was completely delighted and looked at him again.
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: ICH2*
B: BEOBACHTEN3*
B: BEOBACHTEN6
B: $PROD*
B: One of the people sent me the photos after the event.
B: FERTIG3A
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: GRUPPE1A*
B: grupp
B: AUFLÖSUNG1A
B: [MG]
B: später
B: SPÄTER2
B: $INDEX1
B: PERSON1*
B: ||SCHICKEN2
B: But I’m really glad that I was there, and I kept the photo.
B: ICH1*
B: FROH1
B: froh
B: ICH1*
B: DOKUMENT1^*
B: Those memories are so nice.
B: SCHÖN1A
B: schön
B: erinnerung
B: ERINNERUNG3B
B: $INDEX1*
B: Alright, enough of that.
B: ||BEISEITE1B
B: Then, I saw Jürgen Stachlewitz from Sehen statt Hören [German TV show for the deaf, literally: Seeing instead of hearing].
B: ICH1
B: SCHAUEN3*
B: [MG]
B: jürg{en} stachlewitz
B: $PMS*
B: $NAME-STACHLEWITZ1
B: sehen statt hör
B: SEHEN1*
B: STATT1
B: HÖREN1*
B: I knew him, but I would’ve never had the chance to meet him.
B: ICH1
B: [LM:ah]
B: kenn
B: KENNEN1A
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1
B: aber
B: AUSSICHTSLOS3A
B: [MG]
B: TREFFEN2B
B: Never!
B: niemals
B: NIEMALS2A
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: I went somewhere else, sat down and chatted, when suddenly he came over and sat down next to me.
B: woanders
B: ANDERS2*
B: ||WOANDERS2*
B: ICH2
B: LAUFEN9A
B: [MG]
B: GEBÄRDEN4*
B: [MG]
B: ||KOMMEN3*
B: ||SITZEN1A*
B: I mean, what?
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: $ORAL^
B: wie bitte
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: Everyone talked casually and I was really surprised.
B: GEBÄRDEN4*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ÜBERRASCHUNG3*
B: überrasch
B: That’s my fondest memory of the Culture Days in Dresden.
B: $INDEX1
B: SCHÖN5*
B: schönste
B: ERINNERUNG2
B: erinnerung
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: DRESDEN1
B: dresden
B: KULTUR1A*
B: kultur
B: tag
B: TAG1B
B: $INDEX1*
B: I had always seen him on TV but never met him.
B: IMMER1B
B: immer
B: EINBLENDUNG1^*
B: fernseher
B: [MG]
B: ICH2
B: INTERESSE1A*
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: nicht einmal
B: EINMAL1*
B: TREFFEN2B
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: It was just a coincidence on that day.
B: ZUFALL1*
B: zufall
B: DIESE2*
B: TAG1B
B: tag
B: It really was a lovely time.
B: ICH1*
B: SCHÖN1A
B: schön
B: ZEIT5A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ZEIT1*
B: zeit
B: Usually, I‘d just sit at home and be a single mother. I had zero contact to other deaf people.
B: WARUM7
B: warum
B: ICH1
B: ZUHAUSE1B
B: zu hause
B: alleinerzieh{end}
B: ALLEIN4*
B: ERZIEHUNG1A
B: PHASE3^*
B: SITZEN1A
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: gehörlos
B: KONTAKT2A
B: kontakt
B: NULL6B*
B: null
B: SITZEN1A
B: My husband had left me, and I had been sitting at home alone for four years.
B: GRUND4B
B: grund
B: ||$GEST-OFF^*
B: MEIN1
B: mein
B: EHEMANN1*
B: mann
B: verlassen
B: WERFEN1^*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: GRUND4B
B: grund
B: SITZEN1A
B: [MG]
B: $NUM-JAHR-NACH-JETZT1:4
B: vier jahr
B: SITZEN1A
B: [MG]
B: And then, last minute, I was asked if I wanted to go to the Culture Days.
B: LETZTE1B
B: letzte
B: minute
B: MINUTE1*
B: BESCHEID1A*||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: SCHICKEN1*
B: schicken
B: gehörlosenkultur
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: KULTUR1A
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: And wouldn’t you know it, I got to meet Susanne. What a surprise.
B: $GEST-NM^
B: DANN1A||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: und dann
B: susanne
B: GRÜBCHEN1^*
B: TREFFEN2B*
B: ICH2*
B: überraschung
B: ÜBERRASCHUNG3*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: And Ulrich Hase and Jürgen Stachlewitz, all of them at once!
B: DANN1A*
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:3d
B: ulrich hase
B: HASE1B*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:4d
B: DANN1A*
B: jür{gen} {stach}lewitz
B: $PMS*
B: $NAME-STACHLEWITZ1*
B: ICH2
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: It really was lovely.
B: SCHÖN5*
B: schön
B: When I went back home, I had a lot of amazing memories and experiences to take with me.
B: NACH-HAUSE1
B: ab
B: SCHÖN1A
B: schön
B: viel
B: VIEL1A*
B: VORTRAG1*
B: VIEL1A
B: viel
B: ERFAHRUNG6B*
B: VERINNERLICHEN1*
B: [MG]
B: Until today, I still feel that culture is very valuable.
B: BIS-HEUTE2*
B: WOHL1*
B: wohl
B: KULTUR1A
B: kul{tur}
B: WERTVOLL1B
B: wertvoll
B: Next was Munich; I definitely had to go there, too.
B: FERTIG1A*
B: dann
B: DANN1A
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: MÜNCHEN1A*
B: münchen
B: KOMMEN1
B: komm
B: ICH1
B: AUFREGEN1
B: [MG]
B: MUSS1A*
B: muss
B: I told my boyfriend that he definitely had to come with me.
B: IRGENDWANN1^
B: MEIN1
B: FREUND-FEST1*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: [MG]
B: empfehlen
B: EMPFEHLEN1B*
B: DORTHIN-GEHEN1*
B: My boyfriend just gave me a blank look and said, “I’m in the sports club in Munich.
B: $INDEX1
B: MEIN1
B: mein
B: FREUND-FEST1*
B: freund
B: BEOBACHTEN3*||$GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: ICH2
B: MÜNCHEN1A*
B: sportverein
B: SPORT1
B: VEREIN2*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: The Culture Days don’t interest me whatsoever.“
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: kulturtag
B: KULTUR1A
B: TAG1A
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: SPRICHT-MICH-AN-NICHT1*
B: So I told him a lot of interesting things.
B: ICH2
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: NEIN1B*
B: ERZÄHLEN4*
B: erzähl erzähl erzähl
B: INTERESSE1A*
B: intere{ssant}
B: About CIs, identity, deaf blindness and all the topics there are.
B: THEMA1
B: über
B: CI1||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: implant{at}
B: WISSEN2B^*
B: IDENTITÄT1A*
B: iden{ti}tät
B: $LIST1:3of3d
B: taubblind
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: BLIND1A*
B: [MG]
B: SACHE2*
B: VIELFALT1*
B: Long story short, it’s like going to seminars.
B: WIE3B*
B: THEMA1*
B: WIE3B*
B: wie
B: ANFÜHRUNGSZEICHEN2
B: seminar
B: SEMINAR1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: He looked at that and then went to Munich with me.
B: BEOBACHTEN3*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: KOMMEN5*
B: $INDEX1
B: münchen
B: MÜNCHEN1A*
B: FAHREN1*
B: Once there, he was so thankful for all the interesting things that one could see there.
B: HÄNDE-WEG1^
B: $INDEX1
B: ||$GEST-OFF^*
B: MEIN1
B: FREUND-FEST1
B: dankbar
B: DANKE2*
B: AUF-PERSON1*
B: [MG]
B: INTERESSE1A||$INDEX4*
B: BESICHTIGEN1*||$NUM-EINER1A:1d*
B: VIEL1A
B: viel
B: KULTUR1A*
B: kult{ur}
B: There was a huge queue of people, but I just walked past and chatted.
B: SCHLANGE-PERSONEN1A
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: sofort
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^*
B: ÜBERHOLEN1*
B: egal
B: EGAL3
B: ICH2
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: Everything else wasn’t interesting.
B: INTERESSE-NICHT1*
B: I just chatted in the huge queue and gathered more and more experiences.
B: SCHLANGE-PERSONEN1B
B: schla{nge}
B: ICH2*
B: GEBÄRDEN1D*
B: [MG]
B: MEHR1
B: mehr
B: ERFAHRUNG6A*
B: erfahrung
B: “Where are you from?”
B: DU1*
B: woher
B: KOMMEN1*
B: DU1*
B: “Oh, from Dresden, aha, from Düsseldorf.”
B: AUS8
B: aus
B: DRESDEN1
B: dresd{en}
B: $INDEX1*
B: AUS8
B: aus
B: DÜSSELDORF2*
B: düsseldorf
B: I chatted the entire time and felt so good and free.
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
B: GEBÄRDEN1G
B: HANDSCHUH3^*
B: wohl
B: FREI2A
B: frei
B: Everybody was deaf and everyone talked to one another.
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: WIMMELN1
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1B
B: [MG]
B: alle
B: ALLE1A*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: To me, it felt like a new life.
B: WOHL1*
B: w{ohl}
B: SAGEN1*
B: s{age}
B: KLAR1A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: für mich
B: FÜR1*
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
B: NEU1A
B: neu
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
B: wie
B: LEBEN1C
B: leben
B: It wasn’t just a small group of deaf people that you meet again and again.
B: MEISTENS1A*
B: meist
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: GRUPPE1A*
B: [MG]
B: ZUSAMMEN-GRUPPE1*
B: DISKUSSION1A*
B: NEIN1B*
B: There were so incredibly many deaf people from different groups, and everyone chatted.
B: VIELFALT1
B: [MG]
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: ORT1A^*
B: stand stand stand
B: [MG]
B: BEREICH1D
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1B
B: GEBÄRDEN1G*
B: ICH2*
B: SEHEN-AUF7*
B: That was just great.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: SUPER1*
B: Culture is so valuable to me.
B: KULTUR1A
B: kultur
B: FÜR1*
B: für mich
B: WERTVOLL1B
B: wertvoll
B: And everyone in that queue fought for subtitles, as well.
B: AUCH3A
B: und auch
B: SCHLANGE-PERSONEN1A
B: [MG] schlan{ge}
B: PROTEST1
B: [MG]
B: UNTERTITEL2
B: un{terti}tel
B: It was incredible, the amount of deaf people standing there.
B: unglaub{lich}
B: ICH1
B: GLAUBEN2B
B: GLAUBEN3*
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: SCHLANGE-PERSONEN1A
B: [MG]
B: I just couldn’t believe it.
B: kann nicht
B: GLAUBEN2B||$GEST-OFF^*
B: KANN1*
B: glauben
B: GLAUBEN2B
B: ICH2
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: It was a feeling for me, like, yes/
B: GEFÜHL4A*
B: fühl
B: FÜR1^*
B: für
B: WAS1B
B: It’s true. I love being deaf, period!
B: STIMMT1B*
B: stimmt
B: ICH2||$GEST-OFF^*
B: MÖGEN2
B: [MG]
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1B
B: FERTIG4
B: [MG]
B: Everyone in the queue talked, everyone was signing.
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: SCHLANGE-PERSONEN1A
B: GEBÄRDEN1G
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: It was so impressive.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: SEHR-VIEL1^*
B: I just thought it was lovely there.
B: ICH2
B: FÜR1*
B: schön
B: SCHÖN1A
B: $INDEX1
B: And one always takes happiness back home.
B: MITBRINGEN2*
B: mitbring
B: GLÜCK2*
B: glück
B: immer
B: IMMER1B
B: $GEST-OFF^*