B: If an African and a German person are together, the question is how well that can go.
B: BEISPIEL1*
B: AFRIKA1||$INDEX1
B: afrika
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1
B: zu{sammen}
B: ||DEUTSCH1
B: deutsch
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1
B: wie
B: GUT1*
B: [MG]
B: Different mentalities come together.
A: I don’t know about that.
B: KULTUR1A*
B: kultur
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: MENTALITÄT1
B: mentalität
A: ICH2*
A: KEINE-AHNUNG1*
B: SEIN-IHR1*
A: I’ve had little experience with that.
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
A: ERFAHRUNG6B
A: erfahrung
A: WENIG4
A: wenig
B: ‘The White Masai’, do you know that?
B: DU1
A: ICH2
A: ich
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: $ALPHA1:I
B: die
B: WEISS11
B: weiße
B: $ALPHA1:M-A-S-S-A-I
B: massai
A: I do know that!
B: DU1
A: KENNEN1A*
A: GUT1*
B: You know it.
B: KENNEN1A*
B: ||DU1
B: I haven’t read the book, nor seen the movie.
B: ICH1
B: KEIN8
B: [MG]
B: BUCH1B
B: buch
A: The DVD and the book are really good.
B: LESEN-BUCH2A
B: lesen
A: $ALPHA1:D-V-D
A: d-v-{d}
B: ABER1*
B: aber
B: FILM1
B: film
A: BUCH1B
A: buch
B: AUCH1A*
B: auch
A: GUT1*
A: [MG]
B: KEIN8
B: [MG]
A: I’ve seen the DVD as well.
A: $ALPHA1:D-V-D
A: d-v-{d}
B: ICH1
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: SEHEN1
B: I’ve only been told by someone about it.
A: $ALPHA1:D*
B: NUR2B
B: nur
B: ERZÄHLEN3A*
B: [MG]
A: The book was good, better than the DVD.
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
A: BUCH1B
A: buch
A: GUT1*
A: $INDEX1*
B: ||ICH1*
A: BUCH1B
A: buch
A: $INDEX1*
A: MEHR1
A: mehr
B: A big book is better.
A: GUT1
A: [MG]
B: ||GUT1*
A: ALS3*
A: als
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
A: $ALPHA1:D-V-D
A: d-v-{d}
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
B: Right.
B: The sign goes like this: DVD.
B: DVD1
B: d-v-{d}
A: DVD, right.
A: DVD1
A: d-v-{d}
A: STIMMT1A
A: stimmt
B: A man and a woman get married, no, do they get married?
B: ||MANN1*
B: ||FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||HEIRATEN3A
B: ||MANN1*
B: ||HEIRATEN3A
B: heiraten
B: ||KEIN8*
B: [MG]
B: Put your hand in front of your mouth!
B: ||$PROD*
B: [MG]
B: He’s yawning.
B: ||$PROD*
B: [MG]
B: It distracts me, I see everything.
B: ||ICH1
B: $PROD*
B: ||$GEST-OFF^
B: He’s a bad example.
B: ||SCHLECHT1
B: schlecht
B: ||VORBILD1*
B: vorbild
C: Just look at A.
B: I’m a deaf CODA, I have a huge field of vision.
B: ||ICH1
B: $PROD*
B: ||ICH1*
B: ||WISSEN2B
B: deaf coda
B: ||DEAF-ASL1
B: ||CODA1
B: $PROD*
B: But enough of that.
B: FEST1A^
B: ||LASSEN1*
B: You/
B: ||DU1*
B: Did he infect you with the yawning?
B: AUCH3A*
B: auch
B: GÄHNEN2*
B: ANSTECKEN1A*
B: an{stecken}
B: Are you gonna infect me now?
B: DANN3*
A: Yawning is contagious.
B: ANSTECKEN1A*
A: GÄHNEN2*
A: [MG]
B: ICH1
A: ANSTECKEN2*
A: Just let it be and start talking.
A: VORBEI4*
A: schluss
B: WAS1B*
A: DU1*
A: AUFHÖREN2A*
B: ICH1*
A: anfang
A: ANFANG1A*
A: ERZÄHLEN3A*
A: DU1*
A: So, the two of them get married in a church, as others would.
A: $ALPHA1:M
A: massai
A: $INDEX1
A: HEIRATEN3A*
A: WIE4A
A: wie
B: So.
A: ANDERS2
A: andere
A: KIRCHE1*
A: HEIRATEN3A
A: [MG]
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: The two are married?
A: Sure, they get married and then she becomes pregnant.
A: JA2*
A: ja
A: $INDEX1
B: $INDEX1*
A: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^
A: [MG]
A: HEIRATEN3A
A: [MG]
B: PAAR1*
A: DANN1B
A: dann
B: ||HEIRATEN3A
B: verheiratet
B: ||BEIDE2A
B: beide beide
A: HEIRATEN3A
A: KLAR1B
A: klar
A: HEIRATEN3A
A: [MG]
A: DANN1B*
A: dann
A: JETZT3*
A: jetzt
A: SCHWANGER1A*
A: [MG]
B: No.
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: NEIN1A
B: [MG]
B: They're from Germany or Switzerland, something like that, and they’re together and married?
B: $INDEX1*
B: AUSSEN1A^*||$INDEX1
B: DEUTSCH1*
B: deutsch
A: Yes, yes, yes.
B: SCHWEIZ1A
B: schweiz
A: JA1A
A: ja
A: DEUTSCH1*
B: ZUSAMMEN3A*
B: zusammen
A: JA2
A: ja ja ja ja
B: BEIDE2A
B: beide
B: PAAR1
B: HEIRATEN3A
B: verheirat
B: $INDEX1*
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^
B: They’re just together.
B: ODER1*
B: o{der}
B: [MG]
B: LEBENSPARTNER1
A: They were a couple and then/
B: PAAR1
A: [MG]
A: LEBENSPARTNER1
B: The two of them go on a trip together.
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1*
B: ||$PROD*
B: [MG]
A: DANN1A
A: dann
B: ||$PROD*
B: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: [MG]
B: She finds another man who charms her, she thinks he’s great.
B: GUT1*
B: [MG]
A: Yes, exactly, they were in a relationship.
A: JA1A
B: $INDEX1*
B: IN-BEDRÄNGNIS-SEIN1^
A: ZUSAMMEN3A
A: No, I think they were married.
A: NEIN1A*
A: GLAUBEN2B*
A: glaube
A: HEIRATEN3A
A: verheiratet
A: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN2^*
B: Doesn’t matter, it really doesn’t matter.
B: EGAL3*
B: egal
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: [MG]
A: Hm.
A: $GEST^
B: EGAL3
B: egal
A: Yes, right.
A: JA2
A: stimmt stimmt
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: [MG]
B: She meets somebody and leaves her entire life behind her.
A: STIMMT1B
B: $PROD*
B: DENKEN1B*
B: [MG]
B: AB8*
B: [MG]
B: She’s ready to give everything up, her job, everything she owned, and goes with this man.
B: ALLES1B
B: alles
B: BEREIT2B
B: bereit
B: VERZICHTEN1*
B: verzicht
B: BERUF1A*
B: beruf
B: AUFZÄHLEN1C^*
B: GUT1*
B: VERZICHTEN1*
B: verzicht
B: $PROD*
B: Once she’s with him, there are a couple of disappointments for her.
B: ABLAUF2^
B: ERNÜCHTERT-SEIN2*
B: aus aus aus
B: The culture is completely different and her husband and her can only hardly communicate.
B: $GEST^
B: KULTUR1A
B: kultur
B: GESPRÄCH2
B: [MG]
B: AUSSICHTSLOS3A
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: That’s really tough.
B: SEHR6
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: The question is whether she’ll be able to change anything.
B: ÄNDERN1
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: She has to endure a lot.
B: MUSS1A
B: muss
B: ||FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: AUSHALTEN1A
B: [MG]
B: She has to respect their culture.
B: [MG]
B: RESPEKT1A*
B: SEIN-IHR1
B: so
B: SO2*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: In the end, she can’t cope with it, puts an end to it and goes back home.
B: [MG]
B: WAS1B^
B: $INDEX1
B: SCHAFFEN1A*
B: schafft
B: NICHT3A
B: nicht
B: SCHLUSS1
B: [MG]
B: NACH-HAUSE1*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: That happens in other countries, as well. Someone moves there for their partner, but it doesn’t work out and they move back.
B: ES-GIBT3*
B: gibt
B: ANDERS1*
B: andere
B: LAND3A*
B: land
B: $INDEX1
B: TREFFEN2B*
B: ||AUSSICHTSLOS3A
B: [MG]
B: ||ZURÜCK1A*
B: zurück
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: It’s not because of the relationship but rather because of the circumstances.
B: GRUND4B
B: weil
B: [MG]
B: ZUSAMMEN3A*
B: GUT1*
B: $GEST^
A: The story is also about sex.
B: HINEINSTECKEN3^*
B: BEREICH1A^*
A: RICHTUNG1^*
B: KANN1*
B: kann nicht
A: $INDEX1
A: SEX2
A: sex
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: GESCHLECHTSVERKEHR2B^*
B: Yes, it’s really short and without emotions.
B: $INDEX1
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: SEX2
A: You’ve already said that it was emotionless.
B: GESCHLECHTSVERKEHR2B^
B: [MG]
A: ERZÄHLEN4*
A: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: gefühllos
A: DAS-IST-ALLES1
B: GEFÜHL3
B: $WORTTEIL-LOS1
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: gefühllos
A: GEFÜHL3
A: $WORTTEIL-LOS1
A: $GEST-OFF^*
B: If it’s so short, the woman is hurt.
B: MERKWÜRDIG2^*
B: WARM1C^*
B: ||GREIFEN1A*
B: GESCHLECHTSVERKEHR2*
B: ||FERTIG1B
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ||BETROFFEN2
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
A: She tries to explain it to him, but he gets really upset about it.
A: NEIN1B*
A: erklären
A: ERKLÄREN1*
A: GESCHICHTE1^*
A: $GEST^
A: [MG]
A: She doesn’t manage to explain to him that she’d prefer it to be different, cautious and tender.
A: FÜR1
A: für
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: BESCHEID1A*
A: ERKLÄREN1
A: er{klären}
A: $INDEX1
A: ||BITTE1B
A: [MG]
A: ANFASSEN1A^*
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: ZART1*
A: zärtlich
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: KLAPPT1
A: klappt
A: $GEST^
A: The man’s parents also complained about the woman.
A: AUCH3A*
A: ELTERN1A
A: eltern
A: BEREICH1A^*
A: AUCH1A||$INDEX1
A: auch
A: WARUM3A*
A: warum
A: $GEST^
A: [MG]
A: UNMÖGLICH1*
A: unmöglich
A: On the one hand because they were surprised by her clothes, on the other hand because she opened some kind of shop to sell food.
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: KLEIDUNG2
A: NICHT3A
A: darf
A: [MG]
A: NEHMEN1A^
A: WUNDERN1
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: [MG]
A: KLEIDUNG2*
A: $GEST^
A: LOKAL-GASTSTÄTTE1^*
A: $INDEX1
A: GRÜNDEN2*
A: [MG]
A: $GEST^
A: ZITAT1*
A: GESCHÄFT-ORT1
A: geschäft
A: GRÜNDEN2
A: ESSEN1
A: essen
A: VERTEILEN2*
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1*
A: There, she was in contact with costumers, some of them male.
A: KOMMEN3*
A: kontakt
A: KONTAKT2A
A: KOMMEN3*
A: $INDEX1*
A: Her husband is so jealous, too.
A: EIFERSÜCHTIG2
A: [MG]
A: But she claims she didn’t have contact with other men.
A: KONTAKT2A
A: kontakt
A: MANN1
A: mann
A: NEU1A*
A: neu
A: [MG]
A: ICH2
A: KEIN8*
A: He really isn’t nice to her.
A: FREUNDLICH2*
A: freundlich
A: $GEST^
A: SAGEN1^*
A: NICHT3B*
A: nicht
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: She experiences so much criticism there that it gets too much at some point and she travels back.
A: ??
A: TREIBEN1A^
A: AUF-PERSON1
A: $GEST^
A: BETROFFEN2*
A: [MG]
A: KRITISIEREN1A*
A: [MG]
B: She’s had enough and leaves.
A: $GEST^
A: [MG]
B: VORBEI4
B: [MG]
A: VORBEI4
A: [MG]
B: ||UM2B^*
B: ||ABHAUEN1A*
B: [MG]
A: ABWEICHUNG3^
B: ||ABHAUEN2
B: ab
B: ||VORBEI4*
B: [MG]
A: She takes her child with her.
A: KIND1*
A: kind
A: MITNEHMEN1
A: mitbringen
B: I just remembered something relating to that.
B: ||AUCH1A
B: auch
B: ||ICH1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||EINFALLEN1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: I want to talk about Judaism.
B: juden juden
B: ||JUDE1*
B: ||ICH1
B: A deaf person traveled to Israel.
B: ||TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: ||HIN1*
B: ||URLAUB8B*
B: urlaub
B: ||$INDEX1
B: He wanted to get to know the Jewish culture and the country.
B: WIMMELN1^
B: $INDEX1
B: WIMMELN1^
B: kultur
B: KULTUR1A
B: SEIN-IHR1
B: JUDE1
B: jüdisch
B: WIMMELN1^
B: At some point he gathered up his courage and asked what sex was like for them.
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: BESCHEID1A
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1
B: wie
B: WIE-SIEHT-AUS1*
B: {sieht} aus
B: GESCHLECHTSVERKEHR2
B: WIMMELN1^
B: WIE-SIEHT-AUS1
B: wie {sieht} aus
B: $INDEX1
B: Usually, that’s not a topic people talk about there, but he did get an answer.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: EIGENTLICH1A
B: eigentlich
B: THEMA1
B: thema
B: $GEST^*
B: FÜR1*
B: für
B: UNGEFÄHR1^
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: [MG]
B: AUF-OFFEN1
B: offen
B: THEMA1
B: thema
B: He told me this: the woman waits in the room, gets completely undressed and covers herself with the blanket.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||ERZÄHLEN4*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: ||BEISPIEL1
B: beispiel
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: ||UNTER1A^
B: ZIMMER1B
B: zimmer
B: WARTEN1A
B: FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: $PROD*
B: aus aus aus
B: FERTIG4
B: DECKE2*
B: $PROD*
B: DECKE2*
B: zu
B: Completely, not even the head peaks out at the top.
B: GESICHT1
B: SEHEN1
B: NICHT3B*
B: DECKE2*
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: Then, the man enters the room, gets undressed as well, the two have sex, I imagine him on top, while the woman has a blanket over her head the entire time.
B: DANN1A
B: MANN1
B: mann
B: KOMMEN3*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: JETZT3*
B: GESCHLECHTSVERKEHR2
B: FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: If she peaked out, she could get beaten by the man.
B: NEIN3A^
B: WENN1
B: wenn
B: $PROD*
B: KANN1^*
B: [MG]
B: SCHLAGEN4
B: [MG]
B: ||KANN2B
B: kann
B: $GEST^
B: They are not allowed to look into each others eyes.
B: [MG]
B: SEHEN-AUF-GEGENSEITIG1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: $GEST^
B: NEIN3B^*
B: It somehow must have something to do with their belief.
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^
B: wie
B: [MG]
B: GEFÜHL3^
B: $GEST^
B: NEIN3B^*
B: They have sex and then it’s over.
B: $PROD*
B: $INDEX1*
B: STREICHELN1A^*
B: GESCHLECHTSVERKEHR2
B: [MG]
B: ||FERTIG1B
B: fertig
B: VORBEI4
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: $GEST^
B: The man leaves and it’s done, weird.
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: DECKE2
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: No emotional touching, nothing.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||WIE3B
B: wie
B: gefühl
B: GEFÜHL3
B: $PROD*
B: NICHTS1A
B: nichts
B: $GEST^
B: I thought I must be seeing things when he told me that.
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||ICH1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: I thought it was bad for Muslims.
B: ||ICH1
B: ||DENKEN1A
B: dachte
B: OFT1B*
B: oft
B: ||ICH1
B: GLAUBEN2A
B: glaube
B: MOSLEM1*
B: muslim
B: ||SCHLIMM3D*
B: schlimm
B: But it’s really bad with the Jewish people.
B: ||ICH1
B: [MG]
B: ||WIRKLICH2*
B: [MG]
B: ||WIRKLICH1*
B: wirklich
B: ||JUDE1
B: juden
B: noch
B: NOCH4B*
B: ||DAZU1^*
B: ||SCHLIMM1*
B: schlimmer
B: Oh well.
B: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^||NEIN1B
B: That’s how it is.
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST^
B: Oh my, you look really shocked.
B: ||SCHOCK5
B: schock
B: ||AUSSEHEN2
B: ||DU1
A: I really can’t imagine that thing with the blanket.
A: DECKE2*
A: KANN1*
A: kann nicht
A: vorstellen
A: VORSTELLUNG3
A: $GEST^
A: It’s weird in Africa, it’s weird in Judaism.
B: Yes, all covered up like that.
A: afrika
A: AFRIKA1*
B: $PROD*
B: zu
A: $INDEX1
A: AUCH1A
A: auch
B: DECKE2*
A: $GEST^
A: $INDEX1
A: JUDE1*
A: juden
A: AUCH3A
A: auch
A: What about Muslims, what’s it like for them?
A: MOSLEM1*
A: muslim
B: They barely touch skin.
B: $INDEX1
A: WIE-SIEHT-AUS1
A: wie {sieht} aus
B: KANN1^*
A: How about the Muslims?
A: MOSLEM1*
A: muslim
B: HAUT1B
B: haut
B: STREICHELN1A^
A: WIE-SIEHT-AUS1
A: wie {sieht} aus
A: $INDEX1
A: MOSLEM1*
A: muslim
B: ETWAS4*
B: etwas
B: SEIN-IHR1*
A: WIE-SIEHT-AUS1
A: wie {sieht} aus
B: I think bodily contact during sex is normal for Muslims.
A: $INDEX1
B: $INDEX1
A: MOSLEM1*
A: muslim
A: WIE-SIEHT-AUS1
A: wie {sieht} aus
B: $PROD*
A: $GEST^
B: KÖRPER1
B: körper
B: KONTAKT2B
B: kontakt
B: KÖRPER1
B: körper
B: KONTAKT2B
B: kontakt
B: GESCHLECHTSVERKEHR5*
B: [MG]
B: OKAY1
B: okay
B: But that blanket, being completely covered, that really is weird.
B: $INDEX1
B: $PROD*
B: zu
B: $PROD*
B: DECKE3*
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
A: That really is worse.
A: schlimm
A: SCHLIMM3A*
A: $INDEX1
A: $GEST-OFF^*
B: What’s interesting as well is that, there, a woman gets pregnant, has a child, and then it just keeps going until she has a whole lot of kids.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||INTERESSE1A
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ZUSAMMEN3A*
B: $GEST^
B: DANN1A*
B: dann
B: $NUM-EINER1A^*||$INDEX1
B: SCHWANGER1B
B: GEBURT1A*
B: DANN1A
B: ZUSAMMEN3A*
B: $NUM-ORD1^*
B: KIND2*
B: Until the woman can’t have children anymore.
B: bis
B: ||BIS1
B: ||ICH1
B: ||SCHWANGER1B
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||AUSSICHTSLOS3A^
B: [MG]
B: SCHLUSS1
B: schluss
B: That’s what it’s like in their culture.
B: ||FERTIG1B
B: ||SEIN-IHR1
B: [MG]
B: ||KULTUR1A
B: kultur
B: $GEST^
B: SO2*
B: so
B: And then/
B: ||MUSS1A
B: muss
B: ||DANACH1A^*
B: Having sex just because you feel like it doesn’t really happen there.
B: ||DANN1A
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: LUST1A*||$INDEX1
B: lust
B: AUCH1A||$INDEX1
B: auch
B: OFT2B
B: [MG]
B: gibt nicht
B: NEIN1B^*
B: ES-GIBT3*
B: After a year, a child is born, then they have sex and the next baby is on the way.
B: GLEICH1A^
B: JAHR3A*||$INDEX1
B: ein jahr
B: GEBURT1A
B: FERTIG1B
B: DANN1A
B: ZUSAMMEN3A*
B: DANN1A*
B: GEBURT1A
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: Just for that.
B: BANAL1
B: FÜR1*
B: für
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: The relationship is completely normal, though.
B: ABER1*
B: BEIDE1*
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1
B: $GEST^
B: BEZIEHUNG3*
B: beziehung
B: NORMAL1
B: normal
B: SO1
B: so
B: They’d talk about the children, work, exchange thoughts.
B: ICH2*
B: EHEMANN1
B: mann
B: frau
B: EHEFRAU1
B: BEIDE1*
B: ICH1
B: DAS-IST-ALLES1^
B: BESPRECHEN1*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||KIND1*
B: kind
B: BESPRECHEN1*
B: ||DAS-IST-ALLES1^
B: $PROD*
B: BESPRECHEN1*
B: NEIN3B^
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: In the beginning I really couldn’t believe it, I mean, it is really weird.
B: MERKWÜRDIG1*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: MERKWÜRDIG2*
B: FADEN-VERLIEREN2*
B: ICH1
B: ich
A: Some couples from different cultures work out, others don’t.
A: PAAR1*
A: paare
A: $NUM-EINER1A^*
A: VORSTELLUNG1A*
A: vorstellen
A: AUSLAND2
A: ausland
A: ANDERS2*
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: [MG]
A: VERSCHIEDEN1
A: verschieden
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^*
A: HANDLUNG2^*
A: ÄNDERN1
A: [MG]
A: KLAPPT1*
A: klappt
A: ODER1*
A: oder
A: $INDEX1*
A: KLAPPT1*
A: klappt
A: NICHT3A*
A: nicht
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: It’s different.
A: VERSCHIEDEN1
A: [MG]
A: You can’t really generalize it.
A: KANN1*
A: kann nicht
A: SAGEN1*
A: sagen
A: ICH1||$GEST-OFF^
B: Yes.
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: JA2
B: Of course.
B: KLAR1B
B: klar
B: Something else.
B: EGAL3*
B: egal
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: There are many different ways to propose.
B: $INDEX1
B: heiratsantrag
B: HEIRATEN3C
B: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
B: ES-GIBT3
B: gibt
B: VIEL1A*
B: viel
B: VERSCHIEDEN1*
B: verschiedene
B: BEREICH1B^
B: heiratsantrag
B: HEIRATEN3C
B: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
B: For example, er/
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: BEISPIEL1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
A: At the swimming pool, or a restaurant, putting the ring in a glass as a surprise, or into a balloon and when it pops, the ring falls out.
A: schwimmbad
A: BADEN-SCHWIMMEN1*
A: RICHTUNG3^*
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: [MG]
A: restaurant
A: RESTAURANT1*
A: RICHTUNG3^*
A: $GEST-OFF^*
B: As a surprise.
B: ||ÜBERRASCHUNG3*
B: überraschung
A: wasser
A: BEHÄLTER1A^*
A: $PROD*
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: ÜBERRASCHUNG3
A: überraschung
B: Then the woman notices the ring when she drinks from the glass.
B: $INDEX1*
B: TRINKEN1*
B: [MG]
A: $PROD*
B: ||RING7
B: ring
A: $INDEX1
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
A: ballon
A: LUFTBALLON3*
A: $INDEX1
A: PLATZEN1
A: [MG]
A: ÜBERRASCHUNG3*
A: überraschung
A: $PROD*
B: What’s that about the balloon?
A: You blow up the balloon, put the ring inside and then when it gets popped, the ring falls out as a surprise.
B: ||WAS1B*
B: was
A: LUFTBALLON3
A: ballon
B: LUFTBALLON3*
B: ballon
A: AUFPUSTEN1*
A: [MG]
A: RING1
A: ring
A: $INDEX1*
A: STECHEN-SPIESS1C*
A: AUFPLATZEN1*
A: [MG]
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: SCHLAUER-WERDEN1^
A: [MG]
A: ||$INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: ||$GEST-OFF^*
A: There are many different ways.
A: ||VERSCHIEDEN1*
A: verschieden
A: ||$GEST-OFF^*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: $INDEX1
A: $GEST^
A: VIEL1A*
A: viel
A: VERSCHIEDEN1
A: verschieden
A: VERSCHIEDENES2*
A: ||VIEL1A*
A: viel
A: Or the man opens a jewelry box with a ring inside in front of the woman. She’s completely speechless.
A: ||$$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: ECHT1
A: echt
A: $GEST^
A: AUS-ZU1^
A: ODER1*
A: oder
B: A deaf person once told me a funny story.
A: $GEST-OFF^*
B: ||LUSTIG1*
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||BESCHEID1A*
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: A man wants to propose to a woman.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||MANN1
B: mann
B: [MG]
B: ||$GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^
B: ||DENKEN1B
B: ||WOLLEN2*
B: will
B: HEUTE1*
B: heiratsantrag
B: ||HEIRATEN3A
B: ||STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
B: FERTIG4
B: He tells her, “Go upstairs to the room.”
B: $INDEX1*
B: FRAU3A
B: frau
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: [MG]
B: BITTE2*
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: OBEN1*
B: oben
B: ZIMMER1B*
B: zimmer
B: It was in their house.
B: $INDEX1*
B: HAUS1A
B: haus
B: IN2*
B: im
B: MODERN1B^
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: The woman goes upstairs, wondering what that was about.
B: OBEN1*
B: FRAU3A
B: frau
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: OKAY1
B: okay
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: WAS1B*
B: WISSEN2B
B: was
B: GEHÖREN1^*
B: meint
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: She goes upstairs and waits.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: egal
B: SITZEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: WARTEN1A
B: [MG]
B: The man bustles about downstairs, it really takes quite a while.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: WIMMELN1^
B: [MG]
B: ||LANG-ZEIT1A*
B: The woman gets really tired and, with all the waiting, after a while she falls asleep.
B: EINSCHLAFEN1*
B: ||MUND2^*
B: ||SCHON3
B: schon
B: SCHLAFEN1A
B: TIEFSCHLAF1
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: ||KANN2A^
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: It was just too long, she couldn’t do it and fell asleep.
B: ||HINEINSTECKEN3^*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: WARTEN1A
B: GEHEN1A*
B: KANN1^*
B: TIEFSCHLAF1
B: They had agreed that she’d wait until the man called her, then she would come downstairs.
B: VERSTEHEN1*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: $INDEX1*
B: WARTEN1A
B: warten
B: BIS1
B: bis
B: SAGEN1*
B: ANRUFEN1*
B: anruf
B: $INDEX1*
B: GEHEN2A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: She had been waiting, fell asleep and then woke up when he called her.
B: WARTEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: EINSCHLAFEN1*
B: $GEST^
B: ANRUFEN1*
B: anruf
B: ICH1*||$GEST-OFF^
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: The woman walks down the stairs, already wondering about the situation, because on every step of the stairs there is a candle left and right.
B: $INDEX1*
B: GEHEN2A*
B: MERKWÜRDIG1*
B: [MG]
B: TREPPE1*
B: treppe
B: kerzen
B: KERZE2A
B: $PROD*
B: But not only there, the entire floor is full of candles.
B: ||GEHEN1A*
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||VIEL1A*
B: kerze
B: ||KERZE1*
B: ALLES2*
B: The man is kneeling in the middle, sweat streaming across his face, because it was just too hot with all those candles.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||MANN1*
B: mann
B: ||$GEST-OFF^*
B: HINKNIEN-SICH1
B: SCHWITZEN1C
B: ||HEISS2
B: ||KERZE2A*
B: BEREICH1A^*
B: It was really hot with all of the candles and he told her he loved her.
B: ||$GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: ||HEISS2
B: heiß
B: BEREICH1A^*
B: ||KERZE2A*
B: KERZE1*
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||WAS1A^
B: ||ICH1
B: ||LIEBE1B*
B: [MG]
B: ||AUF-PERSON1
B: Although, I don’t really know that anymore, they didn’t tell me that part.
B: [MG]
B: WAS1B^
B: ||$INDEX2
B: ERZÄHLEN4*
B: [MG]
B: He then asked, “Do you want to marry me?”
B: ||WOLLEN2
B: will
B: ||DU1
B: ||HEIRATEN3A
B: The woman didn’t even know what was happening.
B: ||FRAU1A
B: UNGEFÄHR2^*
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ||FADEN-VERLIEREN2
B: $GEST^
B: But she said “Yes“ and the two got married.
B: ||OKAY1*
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||JA1A
B: ||$GEST-OFF^
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^*
B: ||HEIRATEN3A
C: Imagining him kneeling there, sweating, ring in hand.
B: The sweat just running across his face.
B: SCHWITZEN1C
B: nass
B: Poor guy.
B: ||ICH1
B: ||SEHEN-AUF2*
B: ||ARMER1
B: ||AUF-PERSON1
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: He also had to/
B: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^||AUCH1A
A: Usually it’s always the man proposing, not the woman.
B: ||$INDEX1*
A: MANN1*
A: mann
B: ||MUSS1A
A: MUSCHELN1^
A: an{trag}
A: FRAU4A*
A: frau
A: UM12
A: um
A: KEIN8
A: [MG]
A: $GEST^
A: If the woman had knelt there, sweating.
A: VERGANGENHEIT1^
A: FRAU4A*
A: frau
A: VIELLEICHT3*
A: vielleicht
A: SCHWITZEN1C*
A: FRAU4A*
A: frau
A: SCHWITZEN1C
A: schwitzen
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: ICH2
A: weiß
A: NICHT1*
A: nicht
B: The entire room was filled with candles and all the windows were closed, otherwise they’d get blown out.
B: KERZE2A*
B: kerze
B: MIST2A
B: mist
A: If the woman had proposed and sweated like that, it would’ve been even worse.
B: RAUM1B
B: raum
A: STIMMT1A*
B: MUSS1A||$INDEX1
B: muss
A: DENKEN1B*
A: denke
B: $PROD*
A: MANN1
A: mann
A: WENN1*
A: wenn
A: MANN1
A: mann
B: $PROD*
A: FICKEN1*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: AUFLÖSUNG1A^*
B: [MG]
A: FRAU4A*
A: frau
A: antrag
A: ARBEITEN1^*
B: MÜHE1^
A: $PROD*
A: HEIRATEN1B*
A: frau
A: ANTRAG1B*
A: antrag
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: FRAU4A*
A: frau
B: The proposal, sure.
B: heiratsantrag
B: HEIRATEN3A
A: WIE4A*
A: wie
A: schweiß
A: SCHWITZEN2*
B: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
A: SCHWITZEN1C
B: klar
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: SCHLIMM3A*
A: noch schlimmer
B: KLAR1A*
A: ICH2*
A: And lighting all of those candles first, that must already be exhausting.
A: KERZE2A
A: kerze
A: ALLE1A*
A: DRÜCKEN-MIT-DAUMEN2^*
A: [MG]
A: AUCH1A*
A: auch
A: ANSTRENGEND1*
A: [MG]
A: DRÜCKEN-MIT-DAUMEN2^*
A: [MG]
A: $GEST^
A: [MG]
A: zu zu zu zu
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
B: Had he opened a window, the candles would’ve blown out.
B: AUF-OFFEN1*
B: fenster auf
B: AUFLÖSUNG1A^*
B: [MG]
B: KEINE-LUST1*
B: [MG]
B: But with the closed windows, it was too hot.
B: ZU7*
B: DAMPF1B^*
B: [MG]
B: VORBEI4
B: SAUNA2*
B: sauna
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: Hm, what did I want to say?
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||$GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^*
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: WIEDER1A^*
B: KURZ2^*
B: Give me a second.
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: ||MOMENT2*
B: There are so many different ways to propose.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^||$INDEX1*
B: $INDEX1*||$INDEX1
B: AUCH1A*||$INDEX1
B: auch
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: VIEL1A*
B: viele
B: heiratsantrag
B: HEIRATEN3A
B: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
B: VIEL1A*
B: viel
B: $GEST^
B: The husband of a friend of mine wanted to propose to her.
B: ICH1
B: FREUND7
B: freundin
B: $INDEX1
B: MANN1*
B: mann
B: WOLLEN2*
B: will
B: HEIRATEN3A
B: heiraten
B: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
B: But somehow, it never worked out.
B: $INDEX1*
B: ZEIT1
B: zeitpunkt
B: GEGEN5A^*
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: VERDAMMT1*||$INDEX1
B: scheiß
B: ABLAUF2^
B: [MG]
B: At some point he thought, “Alright, I’m just going to do it now.“
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^*
B: JETZT1*
B: jetzt
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: ABLAUF2^*
B: He prepared everything for the breakfast, then my friend joined him.
B: GEBEN1A^*
B: frühstück
B: FRÜH2*
B: ||ESSEN2
B: SITZEN1A*
B: ||KOMMEN1^*
B: FERTIG4*
B: ||DU1
B: du
B: The man knew that my friend had a favorite type of bread roll that she always ate.
B: ||STAMM2A*
B: stamm
B: ETWAS-LIEBEN1*
B: [MG]
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: ein
B: ||BRÖTCHEN1*
B: He knew that.
B: BRÖTCHEN2
B: brötchen
B: $INDEX1*
B: KENNEN1A||$INDEX1
B: kennt
B: AUF-PERSON1||$INDEX1
B: FERTIG4*
B: But on that day of all days my friend took a different bread roll.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: PLÖTZLICH4
B: [MG]
B: HEUTE1*
B: heute
B: TAG1A
B: tag
B: ||$GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: da
B: ANDERS1
B: anderes
B: BRÖTCHEN2
B: $INDEX1*
B: The man saw it and thought to himself, ‘Darn it!‘
B: SEHEN1*
B: $GEST^
B: SCHEISSE1A
B: scheiße
B: The two were talking about their rolls and at some point the man asked, “Don’t you want to take that roll over there, too?”
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: GREIFEN1A^*
B: UNTERHALTUNG2A*
B: [MG]
B: ESSEN2*
B: [MG]
B: UNTERHALTUNG2A
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: $INDEX1
B: SO1^*
B: [MG]
B: ||SPÄTER4*
B: ||BESCHEID1A
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: And my friend said, “No, I don’t feel like eating it today.“
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: heute
B: ICH1
B: HEUTE1*
B: LUST1A
B: lust
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: [MG]
B: Oh well, he couldn’t do anything about it and was already trying to find a new way to propose.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: AUSHALTEN1A
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: WOLLEN1B
B: will
B: HEUTE1*
B: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
B: antrag
B: WAS1B*
B: But he let it be.
B: WISSEN2B^*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: The next day, he prepared breakfast again, with less rolls this time.
B: TREFFEN2B
B: MORGEN1A
B: morgen
B: NOCHMAL2A*
B: noch mal
B: DECKEN-TISCH1^*
B: $GEST^
B: WENIG7B
B: He offered her the roll which she cut open only to find a small piece of paper inside.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||$GEST-OFF^*
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: ||$PROD*
B: [MG]
B: OKAY1*
B: okay
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: was
B: ||WAS1B*
B: $PROD*
B: PAPIER1
B: papier
B: $PROD*
B: AUFKLAPPEN1*
B: It said, “Do you want to be my wife?”
B: ||WOLLEN2*
B: willst
B: ||DU1
B: du
B: ||MEIN1
B: meine
B: FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: WERDEN1*
B: werden
B: ||$INDEX1
B: AUFKLAPPEN1*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: My friend was really surprised, went over to him, hugged him, was happy and said “Yes”.
B: FADEN-VERLIEREN2
B: ||HINKNIEN-SICH1*
B: UMARMEN3*
B: FROH1
B: froh
B: ||JA1A
B: ||KLAR1B
B: The way he wanted it to happen, however, wasn’t possible. Poor guy, he had to postpone the whole thing.
B: ||DARUM1
B: darum
B: ||GESTERN1B
B: ||WOLLEN2*
B: ||FUTSCH2
B: futsch
B: ||VERSCHIEBEN4
B: ||MÜHE1^*
B: ||AUF-PERSON1
A: That’s an idea, hiding it inside a bread roll.
A: INTERESSE1A*
A: VORSTELLUNG1A*
A: IN2*
A: SCHLECHT-NICHT2
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: Poor guy.
A: MITLEID2
B: I just remembered one more really good story.
B: $INDEX1*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: eins
B: PERFEKT1
B: $INDEX1
B: From a deaf guy in Hong Kong.
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A||$INDEX1
B: HONGKONG1
B: hongkong
B: $INDEX1*
B: GUT1
B: A man and a woman go to the theater together.
B: $INDEX1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: MANN1||$INDEX1
B: mann
B: FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: BEIDE2A*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: [MG]
B: THEATER6
B: theater
B: The play has already started.
B: ABLAUF2
B: The man had thought about wanting to marry the woman.
B: GUT1^*
B: MANN1*
B: mann
B: ÜBERLEGEN4
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: WOLLEN5
B: will
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: HEIRATEN1A*
B: MÖGEN4
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: Do you know the story?
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: KENNEN1A
B: kennst
B: GESCHICHTE8*
B: geschichte
B: ||DU1*
B: [MG]
B: Right, he wants to marry the woman.
B: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^||$INDEX1
B: $INDEX1*
B: WOLLEN5
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: The man talks to the children.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: GRUPPE1B*
B: BESPRECHEN1
B: KIND2*
B: kinder
B: The play is “Snow White and the seven dwarves”.
B: ||WOLLEN2*
B: will
B: SPIELEN2
B: spielen
B: THEMA1
B: thema
B: schneewittchen
B: SCHNEE3A*
B: PELZKRAGEN2^
B: $NUM-EINER1B:7d
B: sieben
B: ZWERG1
B: zwerge
B: FERTIG4
B: So, the man comes to an agreement with the kids.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: BESPRECHEN1
B: ||FÜR1*
B: ||ALLE1B
B: KIND2*
B: kinder
B: OKAY1*
B: okay
B: OKAY1*
B: okay
B: FERTIG4
B: The play continues and in the very end, the man gets down on one knee, surrounded by the dwarves and asks the woman whether she’d marry him.
B: SPIELEN1
B: spiel
B: WIMMELN1
B: ||LETZTE1A
B: letzte
B: ||HINKNIEN-SICH1
B: ||ZWERG1*
B: zwerge
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: WAS1A*
B: was
B: ||ICH1
B: will
B: ||WOLLEN2
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||ICH1*
B: ||HEIRATEN3A
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||$GEST-OFF^*
B: In front of all of those people!
B: MASSE-PERSON-PASSIV1^*
B: The woman is completely surprised, says “Yes” and the two kiss and hug.
B: ||FADEN-VERLIEREN2*
B: ||$GEST-OFF^
B: WIRKLICH2
B: ||$GEST^
B: JA2*
B: ||ERNST1A*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: ||FADEN-VERLIEREN1
B: ||JA2
B: ja
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2A^
B: KÜSSEN1
B: ||UMARMEN1*
B: $GEST^
B: And the whole theater cheers.
B: APPLAUS1
B: [MG]
B: HAND-HEBEN2^*
B: ||$GEST-OFF^
B: Incredible, right?
B: AUFFALLEN1A^
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: A deaf person told that story.
B: ||TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ERZÄHLEN3A*
B: Maybe it was on ‘Sehen statt Hören‘ [German TV show with sign language and subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, literally: Seeing instead of hearing] a long time ago.
B: ||ICH1
B: ||SEHEN-AUF3*
B: sehen
B: HÖREND1A
B: hören
B: ||DAMALS1
B: A beautiful story.
B: ||ICH1
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||SCHÖN1A
B: $INDEX1
B: ERZÄHLEN3B
B: In front of the entire audience.
B: MERKWÜRDIG1*
B: [MG]
B: MASSE-PERSON-PASSIV1^*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: Imagine if she’d said no?
B: DENKEN1B
B: WENN1*
B: wenn
B: PLÖTZLICH4*
B: [MG]
B: HEUTE1
B: heute
B: NACHDENKEN2*
B: [MG]
B: WOLLEN2*
B: will
B: NICHT3B
B: nicht
B: NICHT3B
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: Oh, you’re definitely under pressure to say “Yes” in that moment.
B: The man showing the box with the ring to the woman, hoping to hear a yes.
B: $PROD*
A: MUSS1A
A: muss
A: PFLICHT5*
A: WIE4A*
A: wie
A: ZWANG1*
A: zwang
A: MASSE-PERSON-PASSIV1^*
A: MUSS1A
A: muss
B: ||SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN2
A: JA3B*
A: ja
A: She can’t say ”No” then.
A: AUCH3A
A: auch
B: The “Yes” really is a relief then.
A: NEIN6
A: KANN1*
B: JA3B
A: Or she says “Yes” in the situation but later explains everything.
A: FERTIG1A*
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN2
A: $INDEX1
A: JA3B
A: ja
A: NEIN1B
A: BITTE1B*
A: SPÄTER10*
A: später
A: BETROFFEN2*
A: GEWESEN1*
A: gewesen
B: One should be very sure beforehand and have talked about it with their partner already.
B: WISSEN2B^*
B: [MG]
B: SICHER1
B: sicher
B: VORHER1*
B: BESPRECHEN1
B: VIELLEICHT3
B: vielleicht
B: MUSS1A*
B: muss
B: VOR1G
B: vor
B: ”Could you hypothetically imagine?”, stuff like that.
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: ||ÜBERLEGEN1*
B: ||ICH2*
B: ||MÖGEN4
B: ||BEREIT2A*
B: bereit
B: ||$INDEX1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: GUT1*
B: [MG]
B: There are also proposals that are more like an attack.
B: ||OKAY1
B: okay
B: ||SCHWEIGEN3^
B: ||ES-GIBT1
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ÜBERFALL1^
B: antrag
B: There are intrusive proposals, the man shoves the ring in the box towards the woman, but she doesn’t even want that.
B: ||SITZEN1B^*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: $PROD*
B: $GEST^
B: ||BESTELLEN1A
B: bestellt
B: ||NEIN6*
B: ||ABHAUEN2*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: Then it’s over, that’s tough of course.
B: KAPUTT3^
B: SEHR6
B: [MG]
C: Have you ever experienced a proposal gone wrong?
B: I personally have never experienced anything like that.
B: ||ICH1*
B: ich
B: ||SELBST1A
C: Maybe you have experienced a proposal gone wrong.
B: ||ERFAHRUNG1B
B: erfahrung
B: ||KEIN8
B: [MG]
B: ||ICH2
B: Let me think.
A: Usually, the women always say ”yes” and get excited about the prospect of wearing a beautiful wedding dress soon.
B: ||$GEST^
B: [MG]
A: FRAU4A*
A: frau
A: MUSS1A
A: muss
A: JA3B
A: ja ja
B: Gone wrong, no.
A: HEIRATEN3A
A: heiraten
B: SCHIEF1*
B: sch{ief}
A: FROH1
A: freuen sich
A: $GEST^
A: FRAU4A*
A: $PROD*
A: ||ENDLICH2A
A: endlich
A: $PROD*
A: $GEST^
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN3^*
B: I know it from movies.
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: FILM1
B: film
B: ||$INDEX1*
C: Sure, that’s always extreme.
B: $GEST-OFF^*||$INDEX1
B: Of course.
B: KLAR1B||$INDEX1
B: You can’t forget that.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: VERGESSEN1
B: vergessen
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: Other than that, I can’t think of anything?
B: NOCH5^*
B: SCHLAGEN1^*||$INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: KEIN8
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
C: Do you know that movie about the wedding, where the two people are standing there? No? I can’t talk about that now, you two are supposed to chat.
B: For example, there’s this couple.
B: BEISPIEL1
B: beispiel
B: PAAR1*
B: But the bride used to be in love with someone else and had to decide.
B: FRÜHER1||$INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: LIEBE1A||$INDEX1
B: liebe
B: $INDEX1*
B: ENTSCHEIDEN1A
B: entscheiden
B: As an example.
B: $GEST^
B: BEISPIEL1
B: beispiel
B: And during the wedding, as the couple is standing at the altar, the ex-boyfriend comes in, confesses his love and takes the bride with him.
B: DANN8*
B: $PROD*
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^*
B: $PROD*
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: ??
B: ||$PROD*
B: WERFEN1*
B: $PROD*
B: $GEST^
B: ABHAUEN2*
B: That’s a typical story, for example.
B: BEISPIEL1^
B: $GEST^
A: She accepts the proposal, but then realizes it was the wrong decision and runs away.
A: heiratsantrag
A: HEIRATEN3A*
A: ANTRAG1B*
A: $INDEX1*
A: HEIRATEN3A*
A: heirat
A: $INDEX1*
A: JA1A
A: ja
A: HEIRATEN3A
A: heiraten
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^*
A: $INDEX1*
A: VERZICHTEN1
A: verzicht
A: ICH1*
A: RICHTUNG1^*
A: LAUFEN4
B: A deaf woman once told me that she was in a relationship with a man, but somehow it didn’t go too well, so they split.
B: AUCH1A
B: auch
B: ||$INDEX1
B: $NUM-EINER1A^*||$INDEX1
B: $INDEX1*||$INDEX1
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A||$INDEX1
B: $INDEX1
B: SAGEN1*
B: [MG]
B: FRÜHER1
B: früher
B: KREUZ1B^*
B: LIEBE1A||$INDEX1
B: PAAR1*
B: ||MANN1*
B: mann
B: ||AUF-PERSON1*
B: ||NICHT3A
B: $GEST^
B: $PROD*
B: $GEST^
B: WOHL1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: UNGEFÄHR2^*
B: [MG]
B: VORBEI4
B: TRENNEN4B*
B: The woman had a new man by her side then, a hearing guy.
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*||HÖREND1A
B: hörend
B: PAAR1
B: After a while, he proposed.
B: ABLAUF2^
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||HEIRATEN3A
B: But the woman still had her other partner in mind and let him know that she had received a proposal.
B: [MG]
B: ||ABER1*
B: DENKEN1B
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: NOCH4A*
B: noch
B: UNGEFÄHR2^||$INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: ICH2
B: WERDEN1*
B: werde
B: ER-SIE-ES2
B: ihn
B: HEIRATEN3A
B: heira{ten}
B: He didn’t really react though, and the wedding day came closer until the couple stood in front of the altar.
B: $INDEX1
B: $PROD*||$INDEX1
B: SCHWEIGEN3||$INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: VORBEI4
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: ||SPÄTER4*
B: WIRKLICH2
B: hochzeit
B: HOCHZEIT2A
B: HOCHZEIT1
B: $PROD*
B: $INDEX1||$PROD*
B: The woman really had hoped that her ex would rush in through the doors and take her with him, it was like a dream for her.
B: FRAU4A*||$PROD*
B: frau
B: hofft
B: DENKEN1B
B: HOFFEN1A
B: WAS1A*
B: was
B: $PROD*
B: TÜR-AUF1A
B: $GEST^
B: ||$INDEX1
B: TRAUM1||$INDEX1
B: traum
B: She was hoping that the door would open and he’d stand there and say, “I want you, despite everything. Come with me. You can’t marry him!“
B: HOFFEN1A||$INDEX1
B: hofft
B: $INDEX1*||$INDEX1
B: TÜR-AUF1A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ICH1
B: will
B: WOLLEN2*
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: TROTZDEM2A*
B: trotzdem
B: will
B: WOLLEN5
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: HOLEN1A
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||HEIRATEN3A
B: [MG]
B: NICHT3A*
B: nicht
B: ||EINVERSTANDEN1
B: einverstanden
B: She had hoped that, but he didn’t come and thus she married the hearing guy. It stayed like that.
B: ||WIE3B*
B: wie
B: $INDEX1*
B: HOFFEN1A*
B: hofft
B: NOCH-NICHT2*
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||HEIRATEN3A
B: ||$GEST-OFF^*
B: ABLAUF2^*
B: SO1*
B: FERTIG1B
B: ||FERTIG4*
B: Now they have a child, they’re a family.
B: ||DANN1A
B: ||KIND1
B: kind
B: FAMILIE1*
B: fam{ilie}
B: [MG]
B: ||AB1C^
B: ||FERTIG1B
B: ||FERTIG4*
B: I was really surprised when she told me that.
B: ÜBERRASCHUNG3*
B: ICH2*
B: SEHEN-AUF1*
B: The other man doesn’t want her, but she still hopes that he’ll come to her.
B: $INDEX1
B: SAGEN1
B: [MG]
B: NICHT3B*
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: WOLLEN2*
B: NICHT3A
B: DARUM1
B: darum
B: $INDEX1*
B: HEUTE3*
B: heute
B: DENKEN1B
B: HOFFEN2B
B: hoffen
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: [MG]
B: SEHEN-AUF2
B: $GEST^
B: Things like that happen.
B: ES-GIBT3*
B: gibt
B: Just recently in the newspaper I read something about A-N, er, now I can’t remember the word, doesn’t matter/
B: $GEST^
B: AUCH1A*
B: auch
B: VOR-KURZEM1*
B: VOR-KURZEM2*
B: [MG]
B: ZEITUNG1B*
B: zeitung
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1
B: MERKWÜRDIG1*
B: [MG]
B: WISSEN2B*||$INDEX1
B: weißt nicht
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
B: WORT3||$INDEX1
B: a-n-d
B: $ALPHA1:A
B: $ALPHA1:N
B: $ALPHA1:D
B: NEIN1B*
B: nein
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: quatsch
B: WORT3
B: wort
B: WAS1A
B: was
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: A couple has been married for a longtime and they live together.
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2A^
B: ||LEBENSPARTNER1
B: PAAR1
B: ||HEIRATEN3A
B: verheiratet
B: PAAR1
B: paar paar
B: LEBEN1C*
B: lebt
B: ABLAUF1A
B: STIMMT1^*
B: [MG]
B: PAAR1
B: Suddenly the woman begins an affair with another man and regularly meets him.
B: FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: FÜR1*
B: ANDERS2
B: anderer
B: MANN1||$INDEX1
B: mann
B: AFFÄRE1
B: affäre
B: TREFFEN2B*
B: [MG]
B: ABLAUF2^
B: AFFÄRE1*
B: affäre
B: ||FERTIG1B
B: She is still together with her husband, though.
B: $PROD*
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||MANN1
B: m{ann}
B: ||VERHAFTEN2^
B: $GEST^
B: He gets wind of things and gets really angry, telling her she has to end the affair immediately.
B: $INDEX1
B: ZORN2
B: [MG]
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^
B: $GEST^
B: ||$INDEX1
B: The woman is completely torn, because she still has feelings for her affair.
B: FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: $GEST^
B: ICH1*
B: GEFÜHL3
B: gefühle
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: But her husband makes it very clear that she has to end it.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: SCHLUSS1
B: [MG]
B: So, heavy-heartedly, the woman ends her affair.
B: EINVERSTANDEN1*
B: einver{standen}
B: FRAU4A*
B: [MG]
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN2
B: [MG]
B: KONTAKT2A
B: kontakt
B: ENDE3^*
B: [MG]
B: MUSS1A*
B: muss
B: SCHLUSS1
B: She goes back to her husband and everything goes well for one or two years.
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^
B: ||$NUM-JAHR-NACH-JETZT1:1d
B: ||$NUM-JAHR-NACH-JETZT1:2d
B: zwei jahre
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^*
B: Then, she randomly runs into her affair and realizes she still has feelings for him.
B: DANN3*
B: zufall
B: ZUFALL1
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^
B: ||WIEDERSEHEN1
B: wiedersehen
B: $GEST^
B: ERZÄHLEN4*
B: erz{ählen}
B: $INDEX1
B: TROTZDEM2A
B: trotzdem
B: GEFÜHL3
B: gefühl
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST^
B: FÜR1*
B: [MG]
B: Technically, she’s happy with her husband and her family, too.
B: [MG]
B: ||WÜNSCHEN1B*
B: ||ICH1*
B: ||MEIN1*
B: ||MANN1
B: mann
B: ||ICH2*
B: ||KIND1
B: kind
B: FAMILIE1*
B: familie
B: $INDEX1
B: JA1A
B: ja
B: But it was just so good with the affair.
B: ABER1
B: aber
B: AFFÄRE1
B: affäre
B: $GEST^
B: PERFEKT1
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
B: The woman is torn and wants to tell her husband everything, saying that she’s sorry.
B: $GEST^
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST^
B: KANN1^*
B: MUSS1A*
B: mu{ss}
B: AUF-OFFEN1
B: offen
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: EHEMANN1
B: mann
B: TUT-MIR-LEID3
B: tut mir leid
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: “I can’t do anything.
B: ICH1
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: I had this affair that I ended, remember, but I still have feelings for him.
B: WISSEN2A^*
B: NEIN3B^
B: JETZT1*
B: jetzt
B: ICH1
B: gefühl
B: GEFÜHL3
B: ICH1*
B: WIE-IMMER1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: And the two of us could come to agreement.”
B: BEIDE1*
B: ICH1
B: KANN2B*
B: kann
B: ABMACHEN1*
B: The husband already starts getting angry.
B: ||MANN1
B: mann
B: EMPÖRT-SEIN1*
B: [MG]
B: “The two of us stay married, completely normal.
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: [MG]
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: BEIDE2B*
B: WIE3B
B: wie
B: ||ICH1
B: ||HEIRATEN3A
B: ||BEIDE1*
B: ||BLEIBEN3
B: bleib
B: The family keeps going as ever.
B: FAMILIE1*
B: familie
B: KONZENTRIEREN1
B: [MG]
B: WIE3B
B: wie
B: WIE-IMMER1*
B: ABLAUF2^
B: But from time to time I’ll meet this other man and spend time with him.
B: ABER1
B: aber
B: ICH1
B: $PROD*
B: bisschen
B: BISSCHEN2A
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: ZUSAMMEN3A*
B: $GEST^
B: Nevertheless, I’ll stay with you, and I love and respect you as I did before.”
B: ABER1
B: aber
B: $PROD*
B: ICH1
B: RESPEKT1A*
B: respekt
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: auf
B: LIEBE1B
B: liebe
B: [MG]
B: STREICHELN1A^*
B: FESTHALTEN1^
B: ICH1*
B: AUFPASSEN1A^*
B: [MG]
B: WIE-IMMER1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: The husband is a little unsure if that would work out.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||MANN1*
B: mann
B: ||$INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: But they agree that it must be clear for the affair that the other partner is married and will want to remain married.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||VERSUCHEN2
B: versuch
B: HABEN-EXISTIEREN1^*
B: ||KLAPPT1
B: klappt
B: FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^
B: ||ABER1*
B: aber
B: WAHR1
B: wahr
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: ICH1
B: DA1
B: da
B: frau
B: HEIRATEN3A
B: BEIDE2B*
B: NEIN3B^
B: There’s no secret cheating.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: AUCH1A*
B: GEHEIM2C||$INDEX1
B: ||UNGEFÄHR1^
B: ||FREMDGEHEN1
B: [MG]
B: NICHT3B
B: nicht
B: With that arrangement, both of them can meet up with other people.
B: ICH1*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: DA1
B: da
B: EHEFRAU1||$INDEX1
B: frau
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||ICH1
B: ||DASSELBE2B*
B: selbe
B: ||ICH1*
B: ||DA1*
B: da
B: ||EHEMANN1
B: mann
B: ABER1
B: aber
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: BEIDE1*
B: [MG]
B: If the affairs can’t accept that, then it has to be ended.
B: AFFÄRE1*
B: aff{äre}
B: $INDEX1*
B: NÄCHSTE1*||$INDEX1
B: DA1*||$INDEX1
B: da
B: MUSS1A*||$INDEX1
B: muss
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: GEHEIM2C
B: VERSCHWIEGEN2
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: AB1C
B: ENDE8
B: And that works well.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: ||KLAPPT1
B: klappt
B: The two of them stay together as a couple, but always have an additional affair.
B: ABLAUF1^
B: [MG]
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1^
B: ANDERS1^*
B: MIT1A*
B: ||UM2A^*
B: [MG]
B: ||BEKOMMEN1^
B: [MG]
B: UM2A^*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: WINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: ZUSAMMEN3A^*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^
B: ANDERS1^*
B: They still love each other and everything stays as it is.
B: $INDEX1||SAGEN1^
B: WIE-IMMER1*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1||AUF-PERSON1
B: auf
B: ||ICH1*
B: UMARMEN3*
B: festhalten
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: ||SAGEN1^
B: ||WIE-IMMER1*
B: That exists as well.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ES-GIBT3
B: gibt
B: I’m not sure that’s a good idea.
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: GUT1*
B: gut
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: OB2*
B: I think it’s pretty weird, both of them meeting with other partners.
B: MERKWÜRDIG3
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: GEHEN4*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: I read it in the newspaper and thought it was interesting, the way relationships between people can form.
B: ||ENDE1^*
B: [MG]
B: BIS-JETZT3B
B: HANDKUSS1^
B: [MG]
B: ZEITSCHRIFT1
B: zeitschrift
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: SEHEN-AUF3^*
B: [MG]
B: INTERESSE1A
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
A: What’s also fascinating is love at first sight.
A: AUCH1B
A: auch
A: spann
A: SPANNUNG4B*
B: INTERESSE1A
A: $INDEX1*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: WIE4A*
A: wie
A: $INDEX1
A: ERSTENS1B
A: erste
A: WIE4A*
A: wie
A: ERSTENS1B
A: erste
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^
A: blick
A: WIE4A*
A: wie
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^*
A: ERSTENS1B*
A: erste
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^*
A: [MG]
A: PRODUZIEREN2^*
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: [MG]
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^*
A: You don’t want anyone else, just this one person you have a crush on.
A: WINKEN2^*
A: ||AUSSICHTSLOS3A
A: [MG]
A: MEISTENS1A*
A: meist
A: ||AUSSICHTSLOS3A
A: [MG]
A: You only want to be together with that one person.
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^
A: WIE4A*
A: w{ie}
A: ALT5A
A: alt
A: $INDEX1
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^
A: NEIN3B^*
A: leben
A: LEBEN1A*
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^
A: Parents used to sometimes forbid relationships, maybe because the partner was too poor, and one had to marry someone else.
A: MUSS1A
A: muss
A: HEIRATEN3A*
A: WIE4A*
A: wie
A: $INDEX1
A: alt
A: DAMALS1*
A: ALT5A*
A: NICHT3A*
A: NEIN1B^
A: LIEBE1A^*
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: ||DU1*
A: du
A: ARMUT2*
A: arm
A: ||DARF-NICHT3*
A: darf nicht
A: $INDEX1||MUSS1A
A: muss
A: HEIRATEN3A
A: heiraten
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1^
A: Often, people were unhappy with that and wanted to go back to their other partner.
A: TROTZDEM2A
A: trotzdem
A: WISSEN2B^*
A: NICHT3A
A: nicht
A: ZUFRIEDEN4*
A: zuf{rieden}
A: $GEST^*
A: ALLEIN1A^
A: [MG]
A: ZURÜCK1A*
A: zurück
A: $GEST^
A: With that partner, one was happy and it worked out well.
A: KLAPPT1
A: klappt
A: GLÜCK1*
A: glück
A: stimmt
A: STIMMT1A*
A: GUT1*
A: The parents decided.
A: $INDEX1*
A: eltern
A: ELTERN1A*
A: BESTIMMEN1*
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: If a potential partner came along, maybe they didn’t agree with it.
A: DANN1A
A: dann
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: UNGEFÄHR1^
A: WEGEN2B
A: wegen
A: BEREICH1A
A: [MG]
A: Another person just earned more money.
A: $INDEX1*
A: GUT1*
A: [MG]
A: ENDE1^*
A: VERDIENEN1
A: verdienen
A: It was tough.
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: FRÜHER1*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: It’s interesting to think that it works out well during the first meeting and stays like that forever.
A: INTERESSE1A
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: ERSTENS1A
A: erst
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^
A: blick
A: LIEBE1A
A: liebe
A: BLEIBEN3*
A: bleibt
A: DENKEN1B*
A: [MG]
A: SCHON1A
A: schon
A: IMMER1A
A: für immer
A: $GEST^
A: That’s how it is.
A: BEISPIEL1^*
A: $GEST^
A: It’s not easy.
A: einfach
A: EINFACH1
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: And/ Yes, things like that get taken advantage of.
A: Love affairs were tough.
B: AUCH1A||$INDEX1
B: auch
A: liebesbeziehung
B: $INDEX1*
A: LIEBE1A*
A: BEZIEHUNG3*
A: SCHWIERIG1*
A: schwierig
B: AUCH1A||$INDEX1
B: auch
B: $INDEX1*
B: SAGEN1
B: AUSNUTZEN1
B: ausnutzen
B: For example, if the woman/
B: THEMA1
B: $INDEX1*
B: BEISPIEL1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: What?
C: Nothing.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: What was I saying again?
B: HAUS1A^
B: [MG]
B: ||SAGEN1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: $INDEX1*
B: Right, taking advantage.
B: AUSNUTZEN1
B: abzocken
B: BEISPIEL1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: A woman is married to a man.
B: PLÖTZLICH4*
B: [MG]
B: FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: ||MANN1*
B: mann
B: PAAR1*
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||HEIRATEN3A
B: verheiratet
B: ABLAUF2^*
B: NEIN3B^
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: She is unhappy and sad in the relationship but doesn’t talk about it.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: DEPRESSION3*
B: [MG]
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: ||TRAURIG1*
B: [MG]
B: SCHLECHT2*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ||$GEST^
B: ||STILL2
B: ABLAUF1^
B: Suddenly, she meets a good looking man who starts talking to her.
B: PLÖTZLICH4*
B: [MG]
B: MERKWÜRDIG1^
B: plötzlich
B: MANN1*
B: mann
B: $PROD*
B: hübsch
B: HÜBSCH1A
B: GESICHT1
B: ERBLICKEN2*
B: $PROD*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^*
B: The woman is surprised at first.
B: $GEST^
B: He says, “It’s sad to see a pretty woman like you so sad.”
B: ||$INDEX1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: ||SCHÖN1A
B: schön
B: FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: SCHADE1*
B: schade
B: traurig
B: ||AUSSEHEN2*
B: ||TRAURIG6
B: $GEST^
B: The woman doesn’t know how to react at first.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: $GEST^
B: He asks, “Do you want to go for a coffee?“
B: WAS1A^
B: [MG]
B: ||MÖGEN4
B: [MG]
B: ||ZUSAMMEN3A*
B: ||KAFFEE2A
B: kaffee
B: ||$INDEX1
B: The woman thinks, ”Sure, why not?
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: $GEST^
B: ||DENKEN1B
B: [MG]
B: ||BISSCHEN1A^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: ||WARUM1
B: warum
B: ||NICHT3A
B: nicht
B: I can experience things for once.”
B: BISSCHEN1A^
B: [MG]
B: ||MAL2
B: mal
B: BISSCHEN3*
B: ||NEU1A
B: neu
B: LEBEN1C*
B: erleben
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: That’s what she thinks to herself as she accepts going to a Café with him.
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^
B: ||ICH1
B: ich
B: ||DENKEN1B*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: OKAY1*
B: okay
B: $PROD*
B: Not with her husband, but with this stranger.
B: BISSCHEN3*
B: bis{schen}
B: warum
B: ||IN-BEDRÄNGNIS-SEIN1*
B: ||VERGANGENHEIT1
B: WIE-IMMER1*
B: MANN1*
B: mann
B: NICHT3B
B: IN-BEDRÄNGNIS-SEIN1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: The two talk and get along very well.
B: UNTERHALTUNG2A
B: UNTERHALTUNG3
B: GUT1*
B: SPRECHEN2^
B: MANN1*
B: mann
B: UNTERHALTUNG1
B: GUT1*
B: [MG]
B: So they start meeting again and again.
B: DANN3*
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2B^*
B: The woman is happy and content.
B: GLÜCK1*
B: glücklich
B: FROH1
B: froh
B: ABLAUF2^
B: At some point the man says, “Hey, I have problems, something happened and I need money, can you help?”
B: PLÖTZLICH4*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
B: mann
B: MANN1
B: UNGEFÄHR2^*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: [MG]
B: SCHEISSE1F
B: ICH1*
B: PROBLEM2A
B: problem
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: DREHEN8^*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: $INDEX1*
B: GELD1A
B: $GEST^
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: The woman feels sorry for the man and gives him money.
B: FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: TUT-MIR-LEID3*
B: $GEST-RUHIG-BLEIBEN1^*
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: ICH2
B: GELD1A
B: geld
B: GEBEN-GELD2A*
B: $GEST^
B: She gets something from the bank and gives it to him again and again.
B: BANK-GELD1
B: bank
B: GEBEN-GELD2A*
B: He’s deceiving her.
B: $INDEX1*
B: WIMMELN1^
B: [MG]
B: GUT1*
B: He still seems and looks nice.
B: ||AUSSEHEN2*
B: GUT1*
B: WIE3A*
B: wie
B: In any case, she gives him the money.
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: GUT1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: FÜR1*
B: GEBEN-GELD2A*
B: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
B: NEIN3B^
B: At some point, another woman sees the woman making out with the man in the Café.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||SPÄTER4
B: [MG]
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: ein
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||$PROD*
B: ||ERBLICKEN1
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: FRAU4A
B: frau
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ZUSAMMEN3A||$INDEX1
B: $INDEX1*
B: MANN1*||$INDEX1
B: mann
B: $INDEX1*
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1^
B: SCHMUSEN1*
B: [MG]
B: KÜSSEN1*
B: [MG]
B: The woman gets really angry about it.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||SEHEN-AUF2*
B: WÜTEND2
B: And as the woman exists the Café, the other woman follows her, until it gets noticeable.
B: DANN1A*
B: frau
B: FRAU4A*
B: $PROD*
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||ICH1
B: ||FOLGEN1B
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: She asks, “Why are you following me?”
B: ||WARUM1*
B: warum warum
B: ||DU1*
B: du
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||FOLGEN1A
B: warum
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: The other woman says, ”What are you doing, why are you meeting my partner?”
B: ||FRAU4A*
B: ||WAS1B
B: was
B: ||WOLLEN2*
B: will
B: ||AUF-PERSON1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: ||KRITISIEREN1A*
B: [MG]
B: ||DU1
B: ||WARUM1*
B: warum
B: ||DU1
B: du
B: ||ZUSAMMEN3A*
B: ||MEIN1*
B: ||FREUND-FEST1
B: [MG]
B: ”No, that’s my partner.”
B: ||NEIN1A*
B: nein
B: ||ICH1*
B: ||SCHON1A
B: schon
B: ||EBEN-ZEIT2*
B: ||FREUND-FEST1
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: And so the two of them talk and realize that the man had asked both for money and told both of them the same story.
B: BESPRECHEN1
B: $GEST^
B: gleich
B: GLEICH1A
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ABLAUF2^*
B: JETZT1*
B: jetzt
B: $INDEX1*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: GELD1A
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: PROBLEM2B
B: problem
B: $INDEX1*
B: familie
B: WIMMELN1^*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: The one woman is really shocked that the other woman has given money to the man, while being relieved at the same time that she hasn’t given him anything yet.
B: $INDEX1
B: ||SCHON1A*
B: schon
B: LEIHEN1^*
B: GEBEN-FESTHALTEN1A*
B: ||ICH1
B: GLÜCK1
B: glück
B: NOCH-NICHT2*
B: noch nicht
B: They are angry.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: WÜTEND2
B: Sadly I can’t remember what came after and how it ended.
B: $INDEX1*
B: AUFLÖSUNG1C
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: ABLAUF2^*
B: $INDEX1
B: It’s mostly about the fact that there is this trap where woman are being taken advantage of.
B: KANN1
B: JETZT1*
B: jetzt
B: INFORMATION2B*
B: BITTE2
B: NUTZEN1^
B: abzocke
B: FALL1A
B: fall
B: So, careful!
B: $GEST^
B: VORSICHTIG1*
B: vorsicht
B: Don’t believe everything you’re told and stuff.
B: GLEICH1A^
B: $GEST^
B: GLAUBEN2B||$INDEX1
B: glaube
B: $INDEX1*
B: NICHT3B
B: AUFZÄHLEN1A^
B: I think there are many who are affected.
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1
B: SEHR-VIEL2
B: VIEL1A*
B: viel
B: $INDEX1
B: BETROFFEN2*
B: betroffen
B: PERSON1*
C: Marriage-impostors.
B: No, not marriage-impostors.
B: heiratsschwindler
B: HEIRATEN3A
B: SCHWINDELN1
A: No, that’s something else.
B: NEIN1A
A: NEIN1A
A: WAS1B*
B: HEIRATEN3A*
B: heirat
B: NICHT3A
B: nicht
B: They took advantage of women.
B: $INDEX1
A: ANDERS1*
A: anders
B: AUSNUTZEN1
B: ausnutzen
B: FALL1A
B: fall
B: Marriage-impostors are people who get a wife from a foreign country and get married so they can get a residence permit.
B: ABER1^*
B: ||$GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: heiratsschwindel
B: HEIRATEN3A
B: SCHWINDELN1
B: BEDEUTUNG1
B: bedeutet
B: AUSLAND4*
B: ausland
B: EINSTELLEN-ARBEIT1C*
B: HEIRATEN3A
A: There are various reasons for marriage scams.
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
A: HEIRATEN3A*
A: ICH2^*
B: PAPIER1*
B: papier pa{pier}
A: HEIRATEN3A*
A: heirat
A: VERSCHIEDENES2^
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: They’re already married and still marry someone else.
A: PAPIER1*
A: papier
A: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
A: JA1A*||$$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
A: ja
A: HEIRATEN3A*||$$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
A: verheiratet
B: SO-TUN-ALS-OB1*
B: [MG]
A: DA1*||$$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
A: da
B: In reality, they aren’t even married.
A: TROTZDEM2B*||$$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
A: trotzdem
B: KEIN8*
B: [MG]
A: HEIRATEN3A*||$$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
A: verheiratet
B: HEIRATEN3A
A: Yes they are married, but they pretend not to be, even though they have a wife.
B: To get the documents, they tell people that they’d been married before.
A: HEIRATEN3A
A: verheiratet
B: $INDEX1*
B: KEIN8
B: [MG]
A: JA2
A: ja
B: HEIRATEN3A||$GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
B: papier
B: PAPIER1
B: $PROD*
A: GEHÖREN1^*
B: SCHON1B*
A: HEIRATEN3A
A: verheiratet
B: ICH2*
B: GEWESEN1*
B: gewesen
A: DA1*
A: da
B: $NUM-PERSONENZAHL2^*
B: HEIRATEN3A
A: ICH1*
A: NEIN1A
A: [MG]
A: HEIRATEN3A*
A: verhei{ratet}
A: GEWESEN1
A: gewesen
A: HABEN-EXISTIEREN1*
A: ICH2*
A: ICH1*
A: LEDIG1
A: ledig
A: ICH2*
A: HEIRATEN3A*
A: verhei{ratet}
A: [MG]
A: ICH2*
A: KEIN8*
A: It’s typical that they’re already married to another woman.
A: typisch
A: TYPISCH1*
A: ||GEHÖREN2*
A: ||EHEFRAU1*
A: ||HEIRATEN3A*
A: verheiratet
A: schon
A: ||GEWESEN1
A: ||SCHON1A*
A: ||$INDEX1*
B: They often get married.
A: Maybe she lives in Turkey or in another country.
B: ||DURCHGEHEN1^*
B: [MG]
A: KEIN8
A: [MG]
A: SCHON1A
A: schon
B: ||HEIRATEN3A*
B: [MG]
A: TÜRKEI1
A: türkei
A: WINKEN2^
A: And those men get married up to five or six times.
A: [MG]
A: STIMMT1^
A: HEIRATEN3A*
A: $NUM-EINER1A:5
A: fünf
A: $NUM-EINER1A:6d
A: sechs
A: HEIRATEN3A
A: heirat
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: [MG]
A: That’s true.
A: STIMMT1A*