B: Last Saturday was an off day for me.
B: LETZTE5*
B: samstag
B: SAMSTAG6*
B: SAMSTAG3*
B: ICH1*
B: TAG1B
B: tag
B: WIE3A
B: [MG]
B: pech
B: PECH2
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: Why?
B: ABER1*
A: WARUM1
A: warum
B: The reason for that was: I took my car/
B: GRUND4B
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: AUTO1*
B: auto
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: ABER1*
B: No, I´ll start over again.
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: Last Saturday, I went to a meeting, because a group of deaf people and I were planning the upcoming carnival.
B: $INDEX-MONITOR1
B: LETZTE3
B: [MG]
B: samstag
B: SAMSTAG6*
B: SAMSTAG3*
B: AUSSEN2^*
B: sitzung
B: SITZEN1A*
B: HIN1
B: ACHTUNG1A^
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: GRUPPE2A*
B: vorbereiten
B: VORBEREITUNG2*
B: BALD6*
B: fasch{ing}
B: FASCHING1*
B: FEIERN1
B: VORBEREITUNG1A
B: vorb{ereiten}
B: So, I was part of that.
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: SOWIESO1*
B: so{wieso}
B: BEREIT2A
B: bereit
B: I went there, and we discussed everything.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: ||KOMMEN1*
B: komm
B: WAS1A^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: WIR1A*
B: wir
B: BESPRECHEN1*
B: [MG]
B: When the meeting was over, I chatted with some of the people for a little while.
B: FERTIG1B
B: fer{tig}
B: DANN1C*
B: dann
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: GEBÄRDEN1G*
B: [MG]
B: FERTIG1B*
B: I looked at my watch and noticed that it was already six or seven o'clock, so I went home.
B: zufrüh
B: UHR1*
B: FRÜH4*
B: sieben
B: $NUM-UHR1D:6d
B: $NUM-UHR1D:7d*
B: LOSGEHEN1^
B: heim
B: It was already dark outside, but it didn't really matter.
B: DRAUSSEN1*
B: [MG]
B: DUNKEL2
B: dunkel
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: I drove around and didn't really think of anything.
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
B: [MG]
B: DENKEN1B
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: I was taking the same way home I had taken many times before. While driving, I suddenly felt a sharp thrust from my right.
B: HEIM6
B: heim
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: AUTO-FAHREN2
B: [MG]
B: SCHON1A*
B: [MG]
B: MASS-HORIZONTAL4A^*
B: [MG]
B: WIE-IMMER1*
B: [MG]
B: ZUFALL1*
B: STECHEN-AUF-DURCH1A*
B: WAS1A*
B: ICH1*
B: AUTO-FAHREN2*
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [LM:bam]
B: I was shocked and asked myself what had happened.
B: ICH1*
B: WAS1B
B: was
B: I slammed on the break immediately, and the car kept on sliding forwards.
B: ICH1*
B: SOFORT2B*
B: {so}fort
B: BREMSE1*
B: bre{msen}
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: I looked around and asked myself, 'What was that?’
B: ICH1
B: was
B: WAS1A*
B: SCHAUEN3*
B: When I turned to the right, I was shocked to see that my right side view mirror was broken and dangling on the side of my car.
B: ICH1
B: SCHAUEN2*
B: MEIN1
B: RECHTS2A
B: re{chts}
B: spiegel
B: $PROD*
B: VIERECK2^*
B: [MG]
B: AB2
B: $PROD*
A: Oh, I see. It was a hit-and-run offense, wasn't it?
A: $ORAL^
A: ach so
B: It's called a hit-and-run offense? I am not sure, possibly.
B: ICH1*
B: HEISSEN1B*
B: heißt
A: FLUCHT1B
A: fahr
B: FLUCHT1A
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: KANN2B*
B: [MG]
B: I wasn't really able to commit a hit-and-run offense.
B: FLUCHT1A
B: flucht
B: FAHREN1
B: fahrt
B: KANN1*
B: [MG]
B: I had to go back.
B: MUSS1
B: muss
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: ZURÜCK3*
B: zu{rück}
B: I tried to drive carefully backwards, because it was quite dark on the main street.
B: ICH1*
B: versuch
B: VERSUCHEN1*
B: ICH1
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: DUNKEL2
B: dunkel
B: hauptstr{aße}
B: $WORTTEIL-HAUPT1B*
A: It was difficult to see anything.
A: ||SCHLECHT1*
A: schlecht
B: STRASSE2*
B: gewesen
B: GEWESEN1*
A: ||SEHEN1
A: sehen
B: Therefore, I drove carefully backwards.
B: ICH1*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: I realized that there was a broken side view mirror dangling on another car, as well.
B: ICH1*
B: SEHEN1*
B: [MG]
B: AUTO1*
B: auto
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: AUCH3A*
B: auch
B: GLEICH8*
B: [MG]
B: The two mirrors must have broke during the crash.
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON2A^*
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
A: One or two side view mirrors?
A: ||$NUM-EINER1A:1
A: eins
A: ||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
A: oder zwei
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: ||$GEST-OFF^
B: Both of our side view mirrors.
B: BEIDE2A*
B: One on the other car, and one on my car.
B: ANDERS6*
B: ander
B: AUTO1*
B: auto
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d*
B: eins
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:1d*
B: eins
B: I was driving too close to the other car and then touched it.
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ||$PROD*
B: [MG]
A: I get it, all right.
A: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: ||$PROD*
B: zurück
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: I frantically tried to figure out what to do next.
B: ICH1*
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie wie wie
B: Should I ignore the other car and just do a runner?
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: ABHAUEN2*
B: I couldn't do that.
B: KANN1*
B: ICH1
B: That would have been a real hit-and-run offense.
B: RICHTIG1A*
B: FLUCHT1A
B: flucht
B: fahren
B: FAHREN1
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: I couldn't do that.
B: KANN1*
B: [MG]
B: It is essential to me to keep my driver's license.
B: UND2A*
B: und
B: FÜHRERSCHEIN1
B: führersch{ein}
B: MEIN1
B: mein
B: LEBEN1C*
B: leben
B: WICHTIG1
B: wich{tig}
B: Oh well, I drove back, parked the car, got out of my car and searched for the house/
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: ZURÜCK1A*
B: zurück
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: PARKEN1*
B: parken
B: ICH1*
B: AUSSTEIGEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: SUCHEN1*
B: su{chen}
B: WAS1A*
B: HAUS1A
B: haus
B: ICH1*
B: SUCHEN1*
B: su{chen}
B: $PROD*
A: How did you know where to find it?
A: ||WISSEN2A*
A: weiß
B: Well/
A: ||FINDEN1D
A: fin{den}
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: ||DU1*
B: It was dark.
B: DUNKEL2
B: dunkel
B: It was about eight o'clock, and I just rang the bell somewhere.
B: $NUM-EINER1A:3d
B: [MG]
B: QUATSCH1^
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: KLINGELN-TÜR1
B: klingel
B: It didn't work: no one opened the door.
B: KLAPPT1*
B: klappt nicht
B: TÜR-AUF2
B: auf
B: People started noticing that I was knocking on every house. They looked out of their windows.
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: MERKEN1*
B: mer{ken}
B: SCHON1B
B: schon
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: ICH1
B: KLINGELN-TÜR1*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: SEHEN-AUF1*
B: They were unsure of my intentions.
B: unsicher
B: $WORTTEIL-UN2
B: SICHER1
B: AUF-PERSON1*
B: WIE4A*
B: They probably thought that I wanted to rob them.
B: ÜBERFALL1
B: überfall
B: ALLE2A*
B: DENKEN1A*
B: denken
B: I rang the bell over and over again, but eventually gave up.
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: KLINGELN-TÜR1*
B: [MG]
B: AUFGEBEN1*
B: gibt auf
B: When I walked back, I closely examined the car.
B: GEHEN2A*
B: [MG]
B: genau
B: GENAU3*
B: SEHEN-AUF1*
B: auto
B: AUTO1*
B: $INDEX1
B: I wasn't sure at first whether the car belonged to the house or not. I looked at the house, then, once again, at the car to find out whether they belonged to the same owner.
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: There was a single house next to the other one.
B: HAUS1A*
B: haus
B: NEBEN1A*
B: SEHEN1*
B: ALLEIN5
B: alle{in}
B: haus
B: HAUS1A*
B: $INDEX1
B: I tried ringing the bell, and it finally worked.
B: ICH1*
B: VERSUCHEN2*
B: versuch
B: KLINGELN-TÜR1
B: klingel
B: KLAPPT1*
B: STIMMT1^*
B: KLINGELN-TÜR1*
B: [MG]
B: There was a blond woman coming up to me. I waved and said, ‘Hello!’ to draw attention to myself.
B: KOMMEN3*
B: komm
B: HAAR-LANG1^*
B: blond
B: KOMMEN3*
B: [MG]
B: WINKEN1*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: HALLO2*
B: hallo
B: $INDEX1
B: She talked to me, and I tried to explain to her somehow that I couldn't hear.
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-NM-SPRECHEN1^
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^*
B: [MG]
B: HÖREN1*
B: [MG]
B: She was quite far away, and I could only see her as a small figure in the distance.
B: WEIT1*
B: wei{t}
B: KLEIN9
B: kl{ein}
B: It was dark, and the lights inside the house were turned off.
B: dunk{el}
B: DUNKEL2
B: $INDEX1
B: LICHT1*
B: licht
B: Thus, I wasn't able to see her.
B: ICH1*
B: SEHEN-AUF1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: NICHT3B*
B: [MG]
B: She called for her husband, and he came with a towel wrapped around his hips, because he just had gotten out of the shower.
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: [MG]
B: MANN2*
B: mann
B: KOMMEN3*
B: dusche
B: DUSCHEN1*
B: $PROD*
B: du{schen}
B: DUSCHEN1*
B: KOMMEN3*
B: $PROD*
B: He asked, “What's the matter?”
B: WAS1B*
B: was
B: I was pointing towards my ears and shouted:
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: OHR1*
B: [MG]
B: LAUT1B*
B: laut
B: WORT3*
B: wort
B: “I am deaf. Please help me: it's about the car.”
B: ICH1
B: ich bin
B: taub
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: BITTE2
B: bitte
B: helfen
B: HELFEN1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: AUTO1*
B: a{uto}
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: AUTO1
B: auto
B: That was it.
B: DAS-IST-ALLES1^
B: [MG]
B: He said, “Hold on”, and I was able to see that he was going back to put on some clothes.
B: $INDEX1*
B: MOMENT2
B: moment
B: KOMMEN3*
B: ICH1*
B: SEHEN1*
B: UMKLEIDEN1
B: um{ziehen}
A: That's so funny: with a towel wrapped around. Goodness gracious!
A: ||LUSTIG1*
A: lustig
B: DORTHIN-GEHEN1*
A: $PROD*
B: I was able to see him through the window as he was walking away. I was amused.
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: [MG]
B: SEHEN1*
B: KANN1
B: FENSTER6*
B: glas
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: [MG]
B: GEHEN2A*
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^*
B: [MG]
B: I waited for the both of them to come back, and then asked them to whom the car belonged.
B: WARTEN1C
B: [MG]
B: KOMMEN3*
B: ko{mmen}
B: FRAU1A
B: frau
B: BEGLEITEN1A*
B: ICH1*
B: FRAGE1
B: fragen
B: $INDEX1*
B: AUTO1*
B: auto
B: wer
B: WER3
B: $INDEX2
B: She said, “That's mine,” and I replied, “It is your car.”
B: $INDEX1*
B: SAGEN1*
B: ICH1*
B: DEIN1
B: dei{n}
B: aut{o}
B: AUTO1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: Luckily it was her car.
B: $GEST-HAND-AUF-BRUST1^
B: [MG]
B: SELBST1A*
B: selb{st}
B: AUTO1*
B: aut{o}
B: I said, “I am so sorry. I hit your car.”
B: ENTSCHULDIGUNG1
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^*
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST^*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: DEIN1*
B: AUTO1*
B: aut{o}
B: ICH1*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: Her husband hesitated and walked over to the car to look at it.
B: $ORAL^
B: was
B: MANN6
B: mann
B: KOMMEN3*
B: [MG]
B: GEHEN2A*
B: I apologized and said that I didn't mean to do that, and that I had looked for them everywhere to finally find them.
B: $GEST^*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: BITTE2*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: WOLLEN7
B: wollte nicht
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: WO1A*
B: wo wo
B: $INDEX1*
B: auto
B: AUTO1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: The man shortly held my hand to signal that it wasn't a problem.
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: KEIN5B*
B: kein problem
B: He asked me to get my purse and to come inside.
B: $INDEX1*
B: BITTE2*
B: bi{tte}
B: HANDTASCHE2*
B: tasche
B: HOLEN1A*
B: holen
A: What a nice guy!
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
A: NETT1
A: ne{tt}
A: MANN1*
A: mann
B: HERKOMMEN1*
B: komm
B: IN1*
B: He asked if I wasn't able to hear anything. I confirmed that. He then proceeded to ask whether I had drunk alcohol or not.
B: DU1
B: [MG]
B: taub
B: HÖREN2*
B: NICHT3B
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: ja
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: ALKOHOL2
B: I denied it vehemently and explained to him that I hadn't had a drink before I drove.
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: ||NEIN1B
B: [MG]
B: TRINKEN1
B: [MG]
B: NICHT3B*
B: [MG]
B: I just didn't drive very well, and her car was black.
B: BESOFFEN1^*
B: $PROD*
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
B: SCHWARZ2
B: schwarz
B: auto
B: AUTO1*
B: $INDEX2
B: I failed to notice it.
B: ICH1*
B: übersehen
B: ÜBER1*
B: SEHEN1
B: I was able to see the white median strip, but not the parked car.
B: weiß
B: WEISS1A*
B: ||WEG3*
B: streifen
B: STRASSE1*
B: WEG3*
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: SEHEN1
B: se{hen}
B: AUTO-HALTEN2
B: au{to}
B: SEHEN1
B: seh
B: NICHT1
B: [MG]
B: O well, it just happened.
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: He asked me to accompany him upstairs into a large room, which was probably the office.
B: HERKOMMEN1
B: komm
B: ICH1*
B: OBEN1
B: [MG]
B: BÜRO1*
B: büro
B: RAUM1B
B: groß
B: He was very tolerant.
B: TOLERANT1
B: [MG]
B: The apartment seemed characteristic of his style.
B: WOHNUNG3*
B: wohn
B: TYPISCH1*
B: typisch
B: SEIN-IHR1
B: [MG]
B: I looked around.
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: SEHEN-AUF3*
B: [MG]
B: He was a foreigner and spoke very distinctly, better than the Germans.
B: PERSON1*
B: [MG]
B: MANN1*
B: mann
B: ausländer
B: AUSLAND2*
B: $INDEX1*
B: SPRECHEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: TOLL1A
B: [MG]
B: ALS3
B: als
A: It's mostly the foreigners that speak extremely well.
A: MEISTENS1A*
A: meist{ens}
B: deutsche
B: DEUTSCH1*
A: AUSLAND1*
A: aus{länder}
B: PERSON1*
A: IMMER4A*
A: immer
A: SPRECHEN4*
A: sprechen
A: SUPER2*
A: [MG]
B: His articulation was great.
B: SUPER1
B: [MG]
B: I was stunned: his teeth were extremely white and radiated like the sun.
B: $GEST-NM-SPRECHEN1^
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: SEHEN-WEG-HIN1*
B: [MG]
B: GROSSMAUL1^*
B: weiß
B: SEHR6*
B: [MG]
B: WIE3A*
B: wie
B: sonne
B: SONNE1B
B: GROSSMAUL1^*
B: SEHR6^
B: schön
B: Well, we sat down.
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: [MG]
B: SITZEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^*
B: [MG]
B: He suggested using pen and paper to communicate, because I am deaf.
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: BITTE1B*
B: [MG]
B: ZETTEL1*
B: SCHREIBEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: He informed me that he unfortunately had to call the police.
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: soll
B: SOLL1
B: ICH1*
B: ANRUFEN1
B: ru{fen}
B: POLIZEI1A*
B: po{lizei}
B: I told him that, of course, it was not a problem at all.
B: SAGEN1*
B: [MG]
B: SELBSTVERSTÄNDLICH1B*
B: selbstverständlich
B: KEIN6*
B: kein
B: problem
B: PROBLEM2A*
B: NICHT3B
B: I had the vehicle registration certificate and my new driver's license - you know, the one that looks like a credit card - with me/
B: ICH1*
B: SCHEIN1A*
B: fahrzeugschein
B: MEIN1
B: FÜHRERSCHEIN1
B: führersch{ein}
A: Does it need to be reported to the police?
B: NEU1A
B: neu
A: polizei
A: POLIZEI1A*
A: BESCHEID1A*
B: KARTE1A
A: MUSS1
A: muss
B: Yes, you have to call the police.
B: muss
B: MUSS1*
B: $INDEX1
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: besch{eid}
A: Why?
A: $GEST^*
A: warum
B: On the phone they said, they didn't need to come.
B: TELEFON1*
B: telefon
B: polizei
B: SAGEN1*
B: POLIZEI1A*
B: SAGEN1
B: MUSS1*
B: stimmt nicht
B: KOMMEN1*
B: kommen
B: SAGEN1*
B: [MG]
A: It is important that the both of you settle things.
B: MUSS1*
B: muss nicht
A: WICHTIG1
A: wichtig
B: Being on site and confirming everything on the phone was enough.
A: BEIDE2B*
B: GRUND4B
A: ERLEDIGEN1A
A: erl{edigen}
B: ICH1*
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: DA1*
B: da
B: ICH1*
B: SCHON1A*
B: scho{n}
B: GARANTIE1^*
B: bes{tätigen}
B: We were supposed to write down what had happened, and then both sign the paper. That was supposed to be enough.
B: NUR2A*
B: nur
B: EINFACH1
B: einfach
B: SCHREIBEN1A
B: unterschrift
B: UNTERSCHREIBEN1A
B: $GEST^*
B: ICH1*
B: OKAY1A*
B: o{kay}
B: I wrote that I had been driving past the parking cars when my car brushed up against their parking car, and that it was my fault. I also left my address.
B: ICH1*
B: AUTO1*
B: fahr
B: DURCH1^*
B: vorbei
B: ICH1
B: SCHREIBEN1A
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: SCHULD1
B: schuld
B: DAZU1*
B: ADRESSE4
B: adre{sse}
B: DAZU1*
B: [MG]
B: Unfortunately, I didn't have my insurance card with me, because someone had broken into my car and stolen my wallet half a year before that.
B: LEIDER1
B: leid
B: VERSICHERUNG1
B: versicherung
B: AUSWEIS2A
B: ausw{eis}
B: KEIN1*
B: kein
B: GRUND4B
B: grund
B: LETZTE5*
B: halb jahr
B: au{to}
B: MEIN1
B: AUTO1*
B: eingebro{chen}
B: KLAUEN1
B: $GEST^*
B: beutel
B: VIERECK2^*
B: GELD1A
B: mitnehmen
B: WEGNEHMEN1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: Bad luck.
B: PECH3
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST^*
B: [MG]
B: Well, it didn't really matter.
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: [MG]
B: SCHLIMM3A*
B: schlimm
B: I provided my email address, because I do not have a fax machine, neither do I have a phone, because of my deafness.
B: ICH1*
B: e-mail
B: E-MAIL3
B: DAZU1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: FAX1
B: fax
B: KANN1*
B: [MG]
B: UND2A*
B: telefon
B: TELEFON1
B: KANN1*
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: Therefore, I just provided my email address.
B: NUR2A
B: [MG]
B: e-mail
B: E-MAIL3
B: ||$INDEX1
B: FERTIG4*
B: That was fine.
B: OKAY1A*
B: okay
B: I asked the guy to hand me his telephone number, so that my sister would be able to call him.
B: BITTE1A*
B: [MG]
B: DEIN1
B: [MG]
B: TELEFONIEREN1*
B: tele{fon}
B: NUMMER1
B: nu{mmer}
B: ||GEBEN-FESTHALTEN1A*
B: geben
B: ICH1*
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: schwes{ter}
B: MEIN1
B: SCHWESTER1A
B: ANRUFEN1*
B: {an}rufen
B: He said it wouldn't be a problem.
B: $INDEX1
B: SAGEN1*
B: NICHT3B*
B: kei{n}
B: problem
B: PROBLEM2A
B: FERTIG4
B: Then he took pictures of the car with his private camera.
B: KOMMEN1*
B: FOTO1*
B: [MG]
B: PRIVAT2A
B: privat
B: FOTO1*
B: fo{to}
B: When we were done with everything, I drove home, and I went weak at the knees.
B: FERTIG1B
B: [MG]
B: ALLES2*
B: alles
B: KLAR1B*
B: ICH1*
B: HEIM6
B: heim
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: FEST1A^*
B: [MG]
B: BEINE-SCHLOTTERN1A
B: [MG]
A: Your legs felt like jelly?
A: BEIN1A*
A: bein
A: ZITTERN2C*
A: zittern
B: I was utterly groggy.
B: KÖRPER1^*
B: [MG]
A: $INDEX1*
B: SEHR6*
B: After I'd arrived at home, I rushed to my sister's place and asked her to call them for me, because/
B: ANKOMMEN1
B: an{kommen}
B: SOFORT2B*
B: ICH1*
B: LAUFEN-MASCHINE2*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: BESUCHEN1B
B: [MG]
B: MEIN1
B: SCHWESTER1A*
B: schwes{ter}
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: [MG]
B: BITTE1B
B: [MG]
B: TELEFONIEREN1*
B: für
B: ANRUFEN1*
B: {an}ruf
A: Are you all living at the same place?
B: $GEST^*
A: DASSELBE2A*
A: selbe
B: GRUND4B
B: grund
A: HAUS1A
A: im haus
B: Yes, my sister lives in the house next door.
A: WOHNUNG5*
A: wohnen
B: SCHWESTER1A*
B: NEBEN1B*
B: neben
A: BEREICH1A^*
B: SCHWESTER1A*
B: sch{wester}
B: ORT1A^
B: haus
B: I asked her to call him, and she said that it wasn't a problem for her to do so.
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: [MG]
B: BITTE1B
B: SCHWESTER1C*
B: schwester
B: KEIN5B*
B: kei{n}
B: PROBLEM2A
B: problem
B: She called him and he answered, “No, it is not a problem at all.”
B: $GEST^*
B: TELEFONIEREN1*
B: [MG]
B: NEIN2B*
B: NICHT3B
B: kein
B: PROBLEM1
B: problem
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: “She came forward - that was great. Really, there are only a few people like that all over the world.”/
B: $INDEX1
B: BESCHEID2
B: besch{eid}
B: TOLL1A
B: toll
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: WAHR2
B: wahr
B: PERSON1
B: person
B: WENIG4
B: we{nig}
B: WELT1
B: welt
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: Awesome. You can be proud of yourself.
B: He didn't want to report it to the police and said,
A: SUPER2
B: $INDEX1
A: STOLZ1*
B: AUSGERECHNET2*
B: ausgerechnet
B: MELDUNG1
B: melden
B: NICHT3B
B: [MG]
B: “Don't get nervous. Just keep calm.”
B: $INDEX1
B: BITTE2*
B: bitte
B: NICHT3B
B: nicht
B: aufregen
B: AUFREGEN1*
B: $INDEX1
B: RUHE1*
B: ruhe
B: “You will receive a letter that will say”/
B: KOMMEN1*
B: komm
B: ICH1*
B: brief
B: SCHREIBEN1A*
B: SCHICKEN2*
B: WO1A*
B: wo
B: $INDEX1
B: stehen
B: “The insurance company will send you a letter, and everything will fall into place.”
B: DU1*
B: dein
B: versicherung
B: GELD1A^*
B: ||SCHICKEN2*
B: KOMMEN1*
B: komm
B: ABLAUF1B
B: ablauf
B: He didn't disapprove of me.
B: ICH1
B: NICHT3B
B: nei{n}
B: direkt
B: DIREKT1B
B: AUF-PERSON1*
A: Great.
B: NICHT3B
B: [MG]
B: “I am glad you got in touch with me right away.”
B: ABER1*
B: [MG]
A: SUPER2
A: [MG]
B: SEHR2
B: sehr
B: FROH1
B: froh
B: ICH1*
B: MELDUNG1
B: melden
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: That's right.
B: STIMMT1A
B: stimm
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: It was better to get in touch with them than/
A: MELDUNG1*
A: BESSER1
A: besser
A: ALS1*
A: als
A: But would you have done the same thing if you had drunk alcohol? Are you supposed to report it in that case?
A: $INDEX1
A: aber
A: ALKOHOL2
A: alko{hol}
A: MACHEN2*
A: was
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: machen
A: SOLL1
A: soll
B: They didn't report it to the police in my favor.
A: melden
A: MELDUNG1
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: [MG]
A: DU1
B: FÜR1*
B: für
B: POLIZEI1A*
B: polizei
B: TELEFONIEREN1*
B: {an}rufen
B: nicht
B: NICHT3B
B: $INDEX1
B: That's what they had planned.
B: PLAN2
B: pla{nen}
A: You're lucky that he's such a good person.
A: ACHTUNG1A^*
A: [MG]
A: GLÜCK2*
A: glück
B: $INDEX1
A: GUT1
A: gut
A: MENSCH2
A: mensch
B: I told him that I do not drink any alcohol anyways.
A: $GEST-OFF^*
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: BESCHEID2*
B: [MG]
B: SOWIESO1
B: sowie{so}
B: NICHT3B
B: kein
B: alkohol
B: ALKOHOL1*
B: ICH1*
B: If I have a sip of alcohol, I won't drive.
B: ICH1
B: ALKOHOL2
B: alkohol
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: [MG]
B: SCHLUCKEN1*
B: schluck
B: NICHT3A*
B: nicht
B: fahren
B: FAHREN1
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: Sure, that's me.
B: KLAR1A*
B: klar
B: so
B: SO1A*
B: ICH1
A: Good.
A: GUT3
A: gut
B: Everything turned out fine, since, luckily, our communication went very well.
B: klapp
B: KLAPPT1
B: $GEST^*
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: KOMMUNIKATION1A
A: But wasn't it quite hard for you to decide to which houses you should go? Well, you probably just thought that it doesn't really matter and just rang the bell.
A: DU1*
A: [MG]
A: ACHTUNG1A^*
A: schwer
B: ANGENEHM2
B: [MG]
A: WENN1A
A: wenn
A: HAUS1A
A: haus
A: HAUS1A^*
A: $INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: EINSCHÄTZEN1
A: NEBEN1A*
B: Well, there was this apartment house and next to it the single house.
A: EGAL-SEIN5
A: [MG]
A: KLINGELN-TÜR1*
A: [MG]
B: HAUS1A
B: haus
B: miete
B: MIETE2*
B: OBEN3A^*
B: $INDEX1
B: ALLEIN1C
B: all{ein}
B: HAUS1A
B: haus
A: But it was luck that the car and house were so close to each other.
B: $INDEX1
A: ABER1*
A: aber
A: ZUFALL1
A: zufall
A: $INDEX1*
A: [MG]
B: $GEST^*
B: Yes.
B: I rang the bell at that specific house coincidentally.
A: You rang the bell at the door, and nobody opened, so you kept on looking, or what did you do?
A: DU1*
A: [MG]
B: zufall
B: ZUFALL1*
B: KLINGELN-TÜR1*
A: KLINGELN-TÜR1*
A: [MG]
A: KLAPPT1
A: klapp
A: FORT1
B: I walked from the first to the second house.
B: ||DORTHIN-GEHEN1
A: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
A: wie
B: If there hadn't been anyone coming to the door when I rang the bell/
B: WENN1A
B: [MG]
B: KEIN3
B: [MG]
B: BEIDE2A*
B: bei{de}
A: It's better to put a note behind the windshield wiper.
A: ABER1
A: aber
B: KLINGELN-TÜR1*
A: LIEBER1*
A: lieber
A: zettel
A: ZETTEL2
B: Well, I would have written a note.
B: ZETTEL2
A: EINSTECKEN2^*
B: SCHREIBEN1A
B: [MG]
B: I would have put my address and my license plate number on a piece of paper behind the windshield wiper.
B: ICH1*
B: ADRESSE4
B: adresse
B: AUTO1
B: auto
B: VIERECK2^*
B: schild
B: SCHREIBEN1A*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: For sure, I would have written down that I am deaf and my sister's telephone number, so that they would have been able to call us.
B: SCHREIBEN1F*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: SOWIESO1*
B: so{wieso}
B: DAZU1*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: HART1D^
B: und
B: nummer
B: NUMMER1*
B: UNTER1B
B: ZEILE1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^*
B: ANRUFEN1*
B: schwester
B: MEIN1*
B: SCHWESTER1A
B: sowieso
B: SOWIESO1
B: DAZU1*
B: However, I was lucky to meet the owner immediately, and everything worked out well.
B: PLÖTZLICH4*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: TREFFEN2B
B: getroffen
B: KLAPPT1
B: klappt
B: Otherwise, I would have written a note and put it behind the windshield wiper, and I would have gone directly to the police office.
B: ODER1*
B: oder
B: ICH1
B: SCHREIBEN1A*
B: $PROD*
B: gleich
B: GLEICH1A*
B: $PROD*
B: polizei
B: POLIZEI1A*
B: BESUCHEN1A*
B: ICH1
B: So, putting a note behind the windshield wiper and immediately going to the police at once/
B: GLEICH1A*
B: gleich
B: $PROD*
B: GLEICH1A^*
B: und
A: Right, one could go to the police office oneself.
A: KANN1
A: kann
B: SOFORT6*
B: glei{ch}
A: AUCH3A
A: auch
B: BESUCHEN1B*
B: polizei
A: BESUCHEN1B*
A: po{lizei}
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: $INDEX1
B: Otherwise the owner would have been shocked when seeing his car.
B: VIELLEICHT2
B: viell{eicht}
B: GEHEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: SCHOCK1
B: schock
B: WAS1A
B: was
B: Nope, that would be bad. I’d rather go to the police right away and tell them what has happened.
B: ICH1
B: GLEICH1A*
B: glei{ch}
B: BESUCHEN1B*
B: polizei
B: STRASSE2*
B: straße
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: PASSIERT2
B: passie{rt}
A: But the shock?
A: ABER1*
A: aber
A: schock
A: SCHOCK1
B: ICH1*
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: No, everything worked out.
A: In the past, I had/
A: FRÜHER1
A: früher
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: [MG]
A: ICH1*
A: gehabt
A: HABEN-BESITZEN1
B: KLAPPT1
B: klappt
A: ICH1*
A: I used to have a bicycle, and my mother gave me a heavy bag to carry along, which I had put on my handlebar. Therefore, the handlebar twisted to the right.
A: FRÜHER1*
A: früher
A: fahrrad
A: FAHRRAD1
A: ICH1
A: $INDEX1*
A: MAMA6
A: mama
A: SAGEN2A
A: GEBEN1*
A: geb
A: TASCHE1
A: schwere tasche
A: GREIFEN4^*
A: [MG]
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: So, you get it?!
A: WISSEN2A
A: $INDEX1
A: I was riding my bike when suddenly the handlebar turned to the right: I passed a parking car by a whisker and bumped into its side mirror - the mirror snapped off.
A: FAHRRAD1
A: fahrrad
A: WEITER1B*
A: weiter
A: ACHTUNG1
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: DANN1A
A: SPIEGEL1*
A: spiegel
A: $PROD*
A: ab
A: ACHTUNG1
A: $PROD*
A: I was so agitated.
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: ICH1*
A: [MG]
A: AUFREGEN1*
A: aufgeregt
A: My mother had seen me, and she regretted handing me the heavy bag beforehand.
A: MAMA6
A: mama
A: SEHEN-AUF1^*
A: [MG]
A: BEREUEN1*
A: [MG]
A: $GEST^*
A: warum
A: GEBEN1*
A: geben
A: HANDTASCHE2
A: tasche
A: GEBEN-FESTHALTEN3
A: geben
A: SCHWER2A*
A: schwer
A: She came over and told me to carry the bag. I accepted it.
A: KOMMEN3*
A: [MG]
A: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN1B*
A: [MG]
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN1B
A: [MG]
A: TRAGEN3
A: tragen
A: $INDEX1*
A: [MG]
A: After it had happened, my mother told me to quickly drive home.
A: $PROD*
A: MAMA6
A: mama
A: MUSS1
A: MAMA6
A: mama
A: WAS1B*
A: was
A: AUF-PERSON1*
A: auf
A: WAS1B*
A: was
A: GEH-WEG1*
A: [MG] schnell heim
A: I replied, “No, I am staying.”
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: [MG]
A: ICH1*
A: [MG]
A: BLEIBEN2
A: bleibe
A: She said, “No. I am going to write a note, and you are going home.”
A: ICH1*
A: ich
A: SCHREIBEN1E
A: schreiben
A: $INDEX1
A: MAMA6
A: ma{ma}
A: GEH-WEG1*
A: I was still young back then - I was 14 years old. It is an age during which you are easily frightened and embarrassed.
A: ANDERS1*
A: [MG]
A: FRÜHER1
A: früh
A: JUNG2
A: jung
A: $NUM-TEEN2A:4
A: vier{zehn}
A: FRÜHER1
A: frü{her}
A: ZEIT7A*
A: alt zeit
A: ANGST2
A: angst
A: SCHAM4
A: schäm
A: That's why my mother chased me off.
A: weg
A: GEH-WEG1*
A: $GEST^*
A: Later on, my mother came to realize that it had been wrong to send me away.
A: SPÄTER5*
A: spät
A: MAMA6
A: ma{ma}
A: $GEST-SICH-AN-DIE-STIRN-TIPPEN1^
A: [MG]
A: FALSCH1
A: falsch
A: GEH-WEG1*
A: It was wrong to send me home, because I was under shock, and I just accepted her command and cycled home.
A: NICHT3A
A: nicht
A: WIE3B*
A: wie
A: schock
A: ICH1
A: SCHOCK1
A: ICH1
A: ABER1*
A: [MG]
A: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN3B
A: [MG]
A: FAHRRAD1
A: [MG]
A: $GEST^*
A: Normally, when something like that happens, you are supposed to keep calm.
A: NORMAL1*
A: normal
A: PASSIERT3*
A: passiert
A: BLEIBEN2
A: ruhig bleiben
A: But my mother reacted quickly and sent me home - as if she was embarrassed.
A: MUTTER1*
A: mu{tter}
A: SCHNELL2
A: schnell
A: GEH-WEG1*
A: ab ab
A: WIE3B*
A: wie
A: schämen
A: SCHAM4
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: Nope, that's not how you should do it. You need to stay there and wait.
A: NEIN1A*
A: [MG]
A: GUT1^*
A: muss
A: BLEIBEN2
A: bleib
A: warten
A: ACHTUNG1A^
A: WARTEN3
A: My mother got a piece of paper, and she put it behind the windshield wiper, because nobody was there at the time.
A: $INDEX1
A: MAMA1A*
A: mama
A: ICH1^
A: hat
A: ARBEITEN2^
A: besorgt
A: ZETTEL2
A: papier
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: NICHT3B
A: nicht
A: DA1*
A: da
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: [MG]
A: Later on she got a call, and she thanked them herself for being attentive.
A: ACHTUNG1A^*
A: [MG]
A: TELEFON1
A: ruf an
A: $INDEX1*
A: DANKE2*
A: dan{ke}
A: $INDEX1
A: GUT1
A: gut
A: AUFMERKSAM-$KANDIDAT-FRA25^
A: aufmerk{sam}
A: $INDEX1
A: auch
A: SAGEN1*
A: sag
A: DANKE2*
A: danke
A: aufmerksam
A: AUFMERKSAM-$KANDIDAT-FRA25^
A: $GEST^*
A: The car's side mirror was broken.
A: TÜR1A*
A: tür
A: AUSSEN1A
A: außen
A: $PROD*
A: spiegel
A: kaputt
A: KAPUTT4
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: She had to pay for the repairs out of her own pocket, because we didn't have insurance for our car, and it was a biking accident.
A: GEBEN-GELD3*
A: [MG]
A: KEIN7
A: ohne
A: autoversicherung
A: AUTO1
A: VERSICHERUNG1*
A: fahrrad
A: FAHRRAD1
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: Good thing you have car insurance.
A: DU1
A: GUT1*
A: gut
A: autoversicherung
A: AUTO1
A: VERSICHERUNG1*
B: Yes, I have insurance.
A: DA1
A: da
B: MIT1A
B: mit
B: VERSICHERUNG1*
B: versicherung
A: That's an advantage.
A: vorteil
A: VORTEIL1
A: Yet, I did not have insurance for my bike.
A: BEZAHLEN3^*
A: ICH1^
A: aber
A: fahrrad
A: FAHRRAD1
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: I think the bag was just too heavy.
A: FRÜHER1
A: früher
A: AUCH3A*
A: auch
A: WAS1A*
A: etwas
A: $PROD*
A: schwer
A: SCHWER1B*
A: $PROD*
A: The handlebar twisted to the right under the weight of the bag. Then, it broke off the side mirror of the car.
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: SPIEGEL1*
A: $PROD*
A: spiegel
A: SPIEGEL1*
A: [MG]
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
B: Back then, a side mirror cost about 80 DM [Deutsche Mark].
B: spiegel
B: $INDEX1*
B: SPIEGEL1
B: $PROD*
B: KOSTEN1*
B: kostet
B: damals
B: DAMALS1*
B: $INDEX1
B: $NUM-ZEHNER1:8d
B: achtzig
A: Nah! It was about 20 Euros back then, I mean, 20 DM.
B: mark
B: PUNKT1C^*
A: FRÜHER1
A: früh
B: UNGEFÄHR1
A: $NUM-ZEHNER1:2
A: zwanzig
A: EURO1
A: eu{ro}
B: Right. About 20 DM.
B: $NUM-ZEHNER1:2*
B: zw{anzig}
A: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
A: $NUM-ZEHNER1:2
A: zwanzig
A: mark
A: HART1D^
B: mark
B: MÜNZE1
A: $GEST^*
B: UNGEFÄHR1*
B: Nowadays, it's more expensive.
B: HEUTE1
B: heute
B: NICHT4
B: nicht
A: Duh! 200, I think it's about 200 euros.
B: MEHR1*
B: mehr
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: ach
B: 80 or 90 euros.
B: $NUM-ZEHNER1:8d*
B: acht{zig}
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:2
A: zweihundert
B: $NUM-ZEHNER1:9*
B: neun{zig}
A: zweihundert
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:2
B: Yes, thereabouts.
A: UNGEFÄHR1*
B: UNGEFÄHR2
B: [MG]
B: The right side of my car is heavier damaged than the other car. The other car is damaged, as well, but I couldn't see it.
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: DAZU1*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: MEHR1
B: mehr
B: schaden
B: SCHADEN1*
B: ICH1
B: UND2A
B: und
B: NEBEN1A
B: nah
B: AUCH3A
B: auch
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: SEHEN1
B: [MG]
B: I cannot repair it myself.
B: selbst
B: SELBST1A
B: REPARIEREN1
B: KANN1*
B: [MG]
B: I'll leave it up to my insurance company.
B: MEIN1
B: versicherung
B: VERSICHERUNG1*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: I hadn't experienced anything like that before.
B: AUCH3A
B: [MG]
A: Does your car have scratches at the right side?
B: MEIN1
B: [MG]
B: VERGANGENHEIT3^
B: [MG]
A: DU1*
A: [MG]
A: AUTO1*
A: auto
A: KRATZER2*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: Yes, long scratches alongside.
A: KAPUTT4*
A: kaputt
B: KRATZER2*
B: kratzer
A: KRATZER2*
A: [MG]
B: The mirror - my side mirror - is broken/
B: VIERECK2^*
B: spiegel
B: SPIEGEL1
B: $PROD*
A: Scratches from the front all the way to the back? I see.
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
A: $INDEX1*
B: AUTO1*
B: au{to}
A: KRATZER2
A: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: spie{gel}
B: Yes, the entire side from the front to the back is scratched.
B: AUCH3A
B: auch
B: $PROD*
B: HINTEN1
B: hinten
A: What about the other car? Is it alright?
B: AUSSEN2^*
B: unten
A: $INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: SELBST1A*
A: selbst
B: The other car has the same damage along its side, from the front to the back, because I drove too close to it, and my car touched it.
A: AUTO1*
A: ordnung
B: $INDEX1
A: ORDNUNG1B*
A: $INDEX1
B: ANDERS6*
B: andere
A: $PROD*
B: auch
B: $INDEX1
B: AUCH3A
B: BALD2^*
B: voll
B: AUCH3A
B: auch
A: You didn't drive properly and definitely scratched alongside the other car?
B: DASSELBE2A*
B: selb
A: SAGEN1
A: [MG]
A: stimmt
A: DU1*
B: $PROD*
A: STIMMT1A
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
B: KANN1^
B: schlecht
A: ENDE1^*
A: bestimmt
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
A: bestimmt
A: DU1*
B: I drove too fast and too close to the other car.
B: SCHNELL3A
B: schnell
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: Didn't you notice anything?
A: GEFÜHL2A*
A: {ge}fühl{t}
B: SCHNELL3A
B: schnell
A: DU1*
B: There was a loud bang and a thrust to the side.
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: LAUT1C
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [LM:bam]
B: When I realized that the cars were bumping into each other, I couldn't stop right away.
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: STOPP3*
B: stopp
B: KANN1*
B: $GEST^*
B: There was a “boom”, and that was it.
B: $GEST^*
B: [MG]
B: FERTIG4
B: $GEST^*
B: fertig
B: And the mirrors/
A: That means you were too close.
B: UND2A
A: HEISSEN1B*
A: heißt
A: nah
A: ENG1^
B: spiegel
B: SPIEGEL1*
B: SPIEGEL3*
B: Yes, right.
A: $INDEX1*
B: JA1A*
A: Didn't you see anything?
B: genau
B: GENAU3
B: $INDEX1
A: SEHEN1
A: [MG]
A: NICHT3B*
A: nicht
A: It might be that something isn't right with your eyes, maybe?
A: $INDEX1
B: It was a black car. It was a black car.
B: SCHWARZ2
B: schwarz
A: SAGEN1^
A: heißt
A: AUGE1*
A: auge
B: AUTO1
B: auto
A: stimmt nicht
A: UNGEFÄHR1^*
A: $INDEX1
B: SCHWARZ2
B: schwarz
B: auto
B: AUTO1
B: $INDEX1
A: But shouldn’t you have been able to see the tail lights flashing?
B: It was black.
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
B: SCHWARZ2
B: schwarz
A: LICHT1*
A: licht
A: SEHEN-AUF1*
A: muss schau
A: $INDEX1
A: $PROD*
B: It was dark, and the headlights were turned off.
B: DUNKEL2*
B: dunkel
B: AUS-ZU2
B: aus
B: NICHT3B
A: Still, the red tail lights should have reflected your car's light.
A: TROTZDEM1*
A: trotzdem
B: At that moment, I had turned my head to the side for a second, and when looking straight ahead again, I could only see the car in front of the other one.
A: rot
A: ROT1A
B: AUCH3A*
A: $INDEX1||QUELLE-STRAHLEN1^*
B: MOMENT1
B: moment
B: $PROD*
B: kopf
B: SEHEN-AUF1*
A: There you go! That's why it happened.
B: DANACH2A^*
A: $GEST^*
A: [MG]
B: ||AUTO1*
B: auto
B: ||SEHEN1*
B: At the moment I turned my head, I had driven against the car already.
B: MOMENT1||$PROD*
B: moment
B: SEHEN-AUF1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^*
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: Something like that hadn't happened to me before. It was the first time.
B: MEIN1
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: noch nie
B: NOCH-NIE2A*
B: MEIN1
B: LEBEN1C*
B: erl{ebt}
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: erstes mal
B: ERSTES-MAL3A
B: $GEST^*
B: Well, bad luck.
B: MEIN1
B: pech
B: PECH3
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: When I once visited my mother, I drove there by car. I was lucky that there was a sign in front of the town.
A: $INDEX1
A: FRÜHER1*
A: AUCH3A*
A: au{ch}
A: ICH1
A: MAMA6
A: mama
A: BESUCHEN1B*
A: besuchen
A: EINMAL1B*
A: $PROD*
A: fahr
A: KOMMEN1
A: kommen
A: GLÜCK2*
A: glück
A: GUT1
A: gut
A: ORT1A
A: ort
A: VORHER2
A: vor
A: SCHILD1
A: schild
A: VORHER2
A: vor
A: I drove towards the sign and when seeing what was going on there, I got really angry at whoever did so.
A: ICH1
A: $PROD*
A: fahr fahr
A: $INDEX1
A: ÄRGERN-SICH2*
A: [MG]
A: AUF-PERSON1
A: MACHEN2
A: gemacht
A: There stood some sort of small caravan - like a Volkswagen Transporter, but a bit larger.
A: WIE3A*
A: wie
A: $INDEX1
A: KLEIN11
A: klein
A: KOMBI-AUTO1*
A: STEUERN-LENKRAD1^*
A: v-w-bus
A: NEIN1A
A: aber
A: GROSS3A
A: groß
A: It was a Ford: large like a box, painted in a dark red, no, more like the color of red wine.
A: FORD1
A: ford
A: KOMBI-AUTO1
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: DUNKEL-WERDEN1
A: dunkel
A: ROT1A
A: rot
A: $GEST^*
A: WIE3A*
A: wie
A: TRINKEN1*
A: rotwein
A: ROT1A*
A: WEIN2
A: $PROD*
A: It was parked right there on the street.
A: MÖGLICH1*
A: unmö{glich}
A: KOMBI-AUTO1
A: STRASSE1
A: straße
A: PARKEN1
A: Really close to the white line.
A: DENKEN1B
A: ||SCHMAL1A^*
A: weiß
A: PARKEN1||WEG3*
A: I thought “The person must be mad parking over there,” usually all the other cars were parked on the shoulder with a gap to the right.
A: ICH1*
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: BESCHEUERT1
A: [MG]
A: NORMAL1*
A: normal
A: PARKEN1
A: par{ken}
A: ALLE2A*
A: alle
A: WAS1A*
A: was
A: PARKEN1
A: auto
A: PARKEN1*
A: vorn
A: PARKEN1*
A: vorn
A: PARKEN1*
A: vorn
A: $INDEX1
A: ein
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
A: PARKEN1
A: I am not sure, maybe, the driver was a foreigner, or he wasn't happy with his car and hoped that someone would hit his car by accident.
A: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
A: [MG]
A: ausländer
A: AUSLAND1*
A: PERSON1^
A: SELBST1A*
A: selb{st}
A: OFT1A*
A: oft
A: SICH-ÄRGERN5
A: [MG]
A: ZORN1*
A: [MG]
A: AUFZÄHLEN1C^
A: [MG]
A: WOLLEN7
A: will
A: $INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: WIE3B*
A: wie
A: wünschen
A: WÜNSCHEN1B
A: ICH1
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: WIE4A
A: wie
A: When I saw it, I was shocked and thought that it was unbelievable. I thought of it when hearing your story.
A: SEHEN1
A: [MG]
A: MÖGLICH1*
A: unmö{glich}
A: ICH1
A: $GEST^
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-SICH-AN-DIE-STIRN-TIPPEN1^
A: [MG]
A: weiß
A: WISSEN2A
A: $INDEX1
A: AUCH3A
A: auch
A: EBEN-ZEIT1*
A: I was driving casually down that street while being lost in thought, when I got frightened and swerved.
A: $PROD*
A: fahren
A: $INDEX1*
A: [MG]
A: ausgerechnet
A: AUSGERECHNET2
A: $INDEX1
A: LUFT3A^*
A: luft
A: ICH1
A: LUFT3A^*
A: luft
A: AUTO-FAHREN2*
A: [MG]
A: $PROD*
A: SCHRECK1*
A: I was so angry that the car was parked so close to the street's edge.
A: SICH-ÄRGERN5^
A: [MG]
A: PERSON1^
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: Some people behave utterly obnoxious and really radical.
A: $GEST-NM-SCHULTERZUCKEN1^
A: [MG]
A: MANCHMAL3*
A: manchmal [MG]
A: PERSON1*
A: perso{nen}
A: MÖGLICH1*
A: unmö{glich}
A: VERHALTEN2
A: verhalten
A: WIE3A*
A: wie
A: EXTREM1
A: extrem
A: ODER1*
A: oder
A: RACHE2
A: rach
A: $INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: People like that wish for someone else to hit their car, so that they will be getting a new one.
A: wünschen
A: WÜNSCHEN1B
A: AUF-PERSON1^*
A: SOLL1
A: soll
A: UNFALL2C
A: NEU1B*
A: neu
A: auto
A: AUTO1*
A: BUS1B^
A: This comes in handy!
A: sympathisch
A: SYMPATHISCH1
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: I could see that it was an old car.
A: ICH1*
A: SEHEN1*
A: ALT3*
A: alt
A: auto
A: KOMBI-AUTO1
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: My insurance company was supposed to pay for a new car.
A: ICH2^
A: [MG]
A: SOLL1
A: soll
A: versicherung
A: VERSICHERUNG1*
A: $INDEX1
A: NEU1B
A: neu
A: BUS1B^
B: Right, that is new:
A: That's nasty.
A: gemein
A: GEMEIN2B*
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: STIMMT1A
B: stimmt
B: JETZT1*
B: [MG]
B: NEU1B
B: neu
B: WAS1B*
B: was
B: If the car is really old, the insurance won't pay much.
B: VERSICHERUNG1*
B: versicherung
B: ALT5A
B: alt
B: auto
B: AUTO1
B: $INDEX1
B: VERSICHERUNG1*
B: ver{sicherung}
B: AUTOMATISCH2A*
B: WENIG4
B: [MG]
A: Yeah, sure. Still, it's better than nothing.
B: BISSCHEN2A
B: [MG]
A: KLAR1A*
A: klar
A: $INDEX1
A: a{ber}
A: BESSER2
A: besser
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: NICHT1
A: als nicht
A: I don't know how much money that would be, or/
A: wie viel
A: WIE-VIEL5*
A: GEBEN-GELD2A*
A: ich weiß nicht
A: ICH1*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: Well, either way, I have to remember to drive slowly.
B: Well.
A: ODER6B*
A: oder
B: $GEST^*
B: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: SO1^*
A: [MG]
A: LERNEN1
A: lernen
A: MUSS1
A: muss
A: langsam
A: ICH1*
A: LANGSAM1*
A: $PROD*
A: It is extremely loud when driving too fast.
A: WIE3B*
A: VIELLEICHT1
A: viel{leicht}
A: $PROD*
A: auto
A: schnell
A: $PROD*
A: $INDEX1
A: HÖREN1B^*
A: laut
A: You should drive slowly: 50 km/h.
A: langsam
A: LANGSAM1*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:5
A: fünf{zig}
A: geschwindigkeit
A: SKALA1^*
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: True. I/
B: STIMMT1A
B: stimmt
A: Everyone drives at a speed of 50km/h anyways.
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
B: ICH1
A: SOWIESO1*
A: sowieso
A: ALLE1A
A: alle
B: Right.
B: STIMMT1A
B: stimmt
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:5
A: fünf{zig}
B: I probably drove 50km/h.
A: GESCHWINDIGKEIT1A
A: geschwin{digkeit}
B: ICH1*
A: That's normal.
A: NORMAL1
A: normal
B: STIMMT1^*
B: [MG]
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:5*
B: fünfzig
A: $PROD*
B: I drove a little too fast when tackling the curve and, thus, got too close to the other car.
B: ICH1
B: BISSCHEN4*
B: b{iss}ch{en}
B: schnell
B: SCHNELL3A
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: WEG2A*
B: weg
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: I was driving a little fast, and it was dark outside.
A: It was way too dark.
B: ICH1
B: GEFÜHL3*
B: fühlen
A: dunkel
A: DUNKEL2*
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: SCHNELL3A
B: schnell
B: dunkel
B: HIMMEL1
B: DUNKEL2
B: I was thinking about getting home quickly.
B: SCHNELL3A
B: schnell
B: ICH1
B: will
B: DENKEN1B
B: SCHNELL2
B: schnell
B: HEIM6
B: heim
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: Then, there was this loud bang when the back view mirrors smashed against each other.
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: At that moment, I wondered what had happened and looked around inside the car, but I just couldn't see anything.
B: moment
B: MOMENT1
B: AUTO1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: SEHEN-AUF1*
B: [MG]
B: spiegel
B: $GEST^*
B: $PROD*
B: $GEST^*
B: [MG]
B: When I realized what had happened, it was already too late.
B: schon
B: SCHON1B
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: I had been using this road for years, and nothing ever had happened until that day.
B: ICH1*
B: HIN2*
B: [MG]
B: JAHR2A
B: jahr
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: einmal
A: To scratch alongside another car is not even half as bad as being involved in a really bad car accident.
B: PASSIERT2*
B: passiert
A: BESSER1*
A: be{sser}
A: ALS1
A: als
B: STECHEN-AUF-DURCH1A*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^*
A: UNFALL2A
A: SCHLIMM3A
A: schlimm
A: $PROD*
A: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: You were lucky.
A: glück
A: GLÜCK1*
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: You know, if you had been in a head-on collision, you could have injured your head on some object.
A: WENN1A
A: $PROD*
A: [LM:bam]
A: DU1*
A: [MG]
A: KOPF1A*
A: kopf
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: That would have been it.
A: AB1C^*
A: vorbei
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: Right.
B: STIMMT1A
B: stimmt
A: An injury on your body - on your back or elsewhere - would have been worse.
B: $GEST^*
A: verletzung
A: VERLETZUNG2*
A: KÖRPER1*
A: wirbelsäule
A: RÜCKEN-OBEN1B
A: $GEST^*
A: It's better to have scratched the car. That's not half as bad.
A: LIEBER1
A: lieber
A: $PROD*
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: $INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: But you were lucky that the neighbor was nice to you.
A: DU1*
A: aber
A: GLÜCK1*
A: glück
A: NACHBAR2B
A: nachbar
A: GUT1
A: gut
A: NETT1
A: nett
A: DU1*
A: zu dir
B: Yes, he was super friendly.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: ja
A: $GEST^
B: SUPER1
B: super
B: NETT1
B: nett
A: You were lucky that the rest was an easy task for you.
A: GLÜCK2
A: glück
A: GUT1*
A: $INDEX1
A: LEICHT1*
A: leichte
A: aufgaben
A: AUFGABE1A*
A: DU1*
A: The police officers hope for the best, and they are glad when everything works out well.
A: POLIZEI1A
A: polizei
A: wünschen
A: WÜNSCHEN1B*
A: $INDEX1
A: WÜNSCHEN1B*
A: wün{schen}
A: GUT1
A: gut
A: KLAPPT1
A: klappt
A: froh
A: $INDEX1
A: FROH1
A: $INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: Bagatelles such as quarrels between people are not worth the trouble for them. It's too much work, and they'd like to call it a day, too.
A: KLEIN12*
A: klein
A: JA1A^*
A: was
A: POLIZEI1A*
A: poli{zei}
A: MÜHE1
A: STREITEN1A
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: POLIZEI1A
A: polizei
A: GERN1*
A: nicht gern
A: SEHEN1*
A: WARUM7*
A: warum
A: VIEL1A
A: viel
A: arbeit
A: ARBEITEN2
A: $INDEX2
A: ICH1^*
A: will
A: auch feierabend
A: FEIERABEND1
A: $GEST^*
A: You did it yourself – that's great.
A: DU1*
A: [MG]
A: ERLEDIGEN1A
A: erl{edigt}
A: prima
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: PRIMA3*
B: True.
B: STIMMT1A
B: stimmt
B: A hit-and-run offense wasn't a possibility. I felt the need to be sincere and to report what had happened.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: AUTO1*
B: auto
B: FLUCHT1A
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: GEFÜHL3
B: fühl
B: MUSS1
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: EHRLICH1
B: ehrlich
B: BESCHEID1A
B: [MG]
B: In the past, I have experienced some hit-and-run offenses, and nobody ever got in touch with me, not one person.
B: AUCH3A
B: erlebt
B: MEIN1
B: LEBEN1C
B: AUTO1
B: VORHER2*
B: EINIGE1*
B: einige
B: AUF-PERSON1^*
B: auf
B: FLUCHT1A
B: flucht
B: BESCHEID2
B: bescheid
B: LEER1^
B: The car had a deep dent on its left side/
B: AUTO1*
B: ||BEULE2
B: beule
B: And it was rammed from behind and the front, at the bumper.
A: Yes, that's weird.
B: ||HINTEN5
B: unten
A: komisch
A: ACHTUNG1A^*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
A: $GEST^*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: [MG]
B: VORNE3
B: unten
B: $PROD*
B: That one didn't get in touch with me.
B: NICHT5
B: nicht
B: MELDUNG1
B: melden
B: I once caught a perpetrator, but he disclaimed any responsibility.
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: ERWISCHEN1A
B: NICHTS-DAMIT-ZU-TUN-HABEN-WOLLEN1
B: [MG]
B: The lawsuit took four years.
B: JAHR1B*
B: vier
B: jahr
B: JAHR2A
B: UNGEFÄHR1*
B: GERICHT1*
B: gericht
B: VERFAHREN1B
B: Luckily my neighbor heard the crash. He came as a witness to court. Then, the lawsuit was a success.
B: GLÜCK1
B: glück
B: nachbar
B: NACHBAR2B
B: $INDEX1
B: ZEUGE3
B: zeuge
B: HABEN1
B: hat
B: HÖREN1*
B: gehört
B: $INDEX1
B: HIN1
B: ruf
B: GERICHT1*
B: ge{richt}
B: ERGEBNIS2
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: ERFOLG2
B: erfolg
B: I finally got the money, after four years of listening to the other person defending himself.
B: GELD1A
B: geld
B: BEZAHLEN3*
B: SCHON1B
B: schon
B: JAHR1B*
B: vier
B: $INDEX1
B: VERTEIDIGEN1A
B: verteidigt
A: But, I think it wasn't too little money, was it?
A: KLEIN9*
A: [MG]
A: BIS1*
A: bis
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: The compensation money got raised due to the length of the lawsuit.
A: GEHÖREN1^*
A: SCHADEN1*
A: entsch{ädigung}
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: $GEST^*
A: [MG]
B: When I received the compensation money from the perpetrator, he also had to bear costs for the entire lawsuit and for other expenses during those four years.
B: ACHTUNG1A^
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: SCHADEN1*
B: schaden
B: BEZAHLEN3*
B: bezahlen
B: $INDEX1
B: KOSTEN1*
B: kosten
B: GERICHT1*
B: gericht
B: PLUS1*
B: plus plus
B: JAHR1B*
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
A: He was paying, not you.
B: SELBST1A*
B: selbst
A: selbst
A: SELBST1A*
B: BEZAHLEN9
B: beza{hlen}
A: DU1*
B: [MG]
B: NICHTS-DAMIT-ZU-TUN-HABEN-WOLLEN3
A: NICHT3B*
B: I had nothing to do with that.
B: ICH1*
A: You didn't have to pay anything.
B: ZU-TUN-HABEN-MIT2*
A: DU1*
B: nicht zu tun
B: NICHT3B*
B: nicht
A: AUF1B
A: auf
A: $NUM-EINER1A:0
A: null
B: Exactly, I wasn't affected by it.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: NICHTS-DAMIT-ZU-TUN-HABEN-WOLLEN3
B: I have legal protection insurance.
B: ICH1
B: DA1
B: da
B: RECHT1*
B: re{cht}
B: SCHUTZ1A
B: schu{tz}
B: GELD1A^
B: versicherung
B: $INDEX1
B: When I went to the last appointment — after the case was closed — I actually thought I would have to pay for it.
B: HIN1
B: [MG]
B: TERMIN1A*
B: termin
B: BEZAHLEN1
B: zahlen
B: Yet, the insurance company denied it.
B: SAGEN1*
B: [MG]
B: NEIN1B
B: [MG]
B: I thought so until I heard from the insurance company that the affair was settled.
B: BIS1*
B: bis
B: HÖREN1*
B: [MG]
B: ERLEDIGEN1A
B: erl{edigt}
B: NICHT3B
A: You had a relief for the court from your legal protection insurance?
A: $INDEX1
A: rechtsschutzbrief
A: RECHT1
A: SCHUTZ1A
A: BRIEF1A*
A: DU1*
B: Yes, I have legal protection insurance.
A: GERICHT1*
A: recht
B: BRIEF1A
B: brief
A: DU1*
B: DA1
B: da
A: You have legal protection insurance.
A: brief
A: BRIEF1B
A: DA1
A: Does it cover the car only, or anything else, as well?
A: DU1*
A: FÜR1
A: für
A: AUTO1
A: auto
B: No, it generally covers everything else, as well.
A: KREUZ1A^*
A: oder
B: ICH1
A: ALLGEMEIN1C
A: allgemein
B: AUCH3A
B: auch
B: ALLGEMEIN1C
B: allgemein
B: It's for the car first of all, and secondly/
B: DAZU1*||$LIST1:1of1d*
B: [MG]
B: ACHTUNG1A^
B: AUTO1*
B: auto
A: How much are you paying a year?
A: JAHR1B
A: im jahr
B: $LIST1:2of2d
B: und
B: DAZU1||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: zu{sätzlich}
A: GELD1A
A: wie viel
B: Oh, it's approximately 170 euros for the house/
A: bezahlt
B: $GEST^
A: BEZAHLEN7*
A: DU1*
B: hundertsiebzig
B: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:7d
B: EURO1
B: euro
B: DURCHSCHNITT1A
B: {durch}schnitt
A: I see! It's a bit more when including the house.
A: $INDEX1
A: etwas mehr
A: MEHR7A
A: $INDEX1
B: HAUS1A
B: haus
A: HAUS1A*
A: mit haus
B: Including my neighbor and my workplace.
B: nachbar
B: NACHBAR2B
B: $INDEX1
B: UND5
B: und
B: arbeitsplatz
B: ARBEITEN2
A: Oh, including your workplace, as well?
A: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
B: PLATZ9
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: For example: if something gets stolen at my workplace, or if I am an innocent bystander at an incident, the insurance will cover the expenses.
B: wenn
B: WENN1A
A: AUCH3A*
A: auch
B: ICH1
A: arbeit{s}platz
A: ARBEITEN2*
B: arb{eits}platz
B: ARBEITEN2*
A: PLATZ9*
B: PLATZ9
B: WIE4A*
B: ICH1
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: KLAUEN1
B: [MG]
B: ODER1*
B: oder
B: unschuldig
B: ICH1
B: UNSCHULDIG1
B: $GEST^*
B: rechtsschutz
B: RECHT1*
B: SCHUTZ1A
B: INHALT3
B: [MG]
B: They have a catalog for your legal protection insurance, from which you can choose your preferences. I chose to include my workplace.
B: MASS-VERTIKAL2A^*
B: wünsche
B: WÜNSCHEN1A*
B: AUFZÄHLEN1B
B: ICH1
B: arb{eits}platz
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: PLATZ3*
B: DABEI1A
B: dabei
B: ICH1*
B: It worked out well, and it now costs 170 euros.
B: KLAPPT1*
B: klappt
B: JAHR1B
B: jahr
B: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
B: hundert
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:7d
B: siebzig
B: EURO1
B: euro
A: Good.
A: GUT3
A: It means that my car insurance costs approximately 110 euros.
A: WENIG4*
A: $INDEX1
A: billig
A: ICH1
A: SAGEN1^*
A: beispiel
A: AUTO1*
A: auto
A: UNGEFÄHR1*
A: [MG]
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
A: hundert
A: $NUM-EINER1A:10
A: zehn
A: It might be better to get your insurance in addition for 170 euros.
A: lieber
A: LIEBER1
A: $INDEX1
A: DAZU1
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
A: hun{dert}
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:7d
A: sieb{zig}
A: That's cheaper.
A: billiger
A: BILLIG3*
A: $INDEX2
A: Do you know your insurance company's name, by any chance?
A: DU1*
A: WISSEN2A*
A: w{eißt}
A: name
A: NAME1A
A: DU1*
A: versicherung
A: VERSICHERUNG1
A: DU1*
B: Wait a minute.
B: MOMENT3
B: [MG]
B: Who?/
B: WER6*
B: [MG]
B: I´m horrible at that.
B: MOMENT3
B: [MG]
B: SCHLIMM3A*
B: schlimm
B: ICH1
B: NAME1A*
B: $GEST^
B: What's the insurance company's name? God I’m horrible at remembering.
B: NAME1A
B: name
B: VERSICHERUNG1*
B: schlimm
B: SCHLIMM3A*
B: ICH1
A: My insurance company's name is R and V.
A: ICH1*
A: [MG]
A: r und v
A: $ALPHA-SK:R
A: UND6
A: $ALPHA1:V
A: ICH1
A: R plus V.
B: No, RV, I know that one.
A: r plus v
A: $ALPHA1:R
B: NEIN1A*
B: r und v
B: $ALPHA1:R
A: PLUS1
B: UND6
A: $ALPHA1:V
B: $ALPHA1:V
A: It's a bit more expensive.
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
A: BISSCHEN4
A: bisschen
B: KENNEN1A
B: kenne
A: $INDEX1
A: teuer
B: Mine is a different one.
B: ICH1
B: andere
B: ANDERS6*
B: ICH1
A: But I was lucky — it got a little less expensive.
A: ICH1
A: GLÜCK2*
A: glück
A: DIESE-ZEIT1*
A: BILLIG7*
A: bill{iger}
A: $INDEX1
A: I've been a client of this insurance company for many years now and finally told them that my insurance was getting too expensive.
A: ICH1
A: VIEL1A
A: viel
A: JAHR2A*
A: jahr
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: SIE1
A: teuer
A: SAGEN1
A: TEUER1
A: They said they‘d reduce my premium and that I had paid more for nothing before!
A: SIE1
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: [MG]
A: FÜR1
A: für
A: ICH2
A: ja
A: umsonst
A: UMSONST1
A: $INDEX1
A: A year ago, they finally reduced the premium I am supposed to pay from 500 euros to approximately 360 euros.
A: $NUM-JAHR-VOR-JETZT1:1d
A: vom jahr
A: ENDLICH3
A: endlich
A: REDUZIEREN1
A: VOR2
A: v{or}
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:5
A: fünfhundert
A: $INDEX1
A: REDUZIEREN1
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:3d
A: dreihundert
A: $GEST^*
A: [MG]
A: And why's that?
A: woher kommt das
A: WOHER1
A: $GEST^
A: In the past/
B: You've been contributing to the insurance for a long time now.
A: FRÜHER1*
B: LANG-ZEIT2
B: lang
B: VERSICHERUNG1
A: I've paid so much!
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: BEZAHLEN1
A: I should have talked to the insurance company earlier on.
A: LIEBER1
A: lieber
A: FRÜHER1*
A: früher
A: BESCHEID1A
A: I wanted to cancel it, because it was so expensive. Yet, I didn't do it.
A: ICH1
A: TEUER1*
A: teuer
A: AB8*
A: ab
A: $INDEX1
A: MACHEN4*
A: machen
A: Then, they hired a new employee, who was young and better, and he used a computer to recalculate my premium to a better fit.
A: NEU1B
A: neu
A: versicherung
A: VERSICHERUNG1*
A: EINSTELLEN-ARBEIT1A
A: $INDEX1
A: BESSER1
A: besser
A: JUNG2
A: jung
A: COMPUTER2
A: computer
A: RECHNEN1*
A: STIMMT2
A: stimmt
A: They did everything by hand before that.
A: FRÜHER1
A: früher
A: SCHRIFTLICH1B
A: hand
A: Therefore, the data was wrong.
A: STIMMT1A*
A: stimmt nicht
A: zahlen
A: RECHNEN1^
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: Unfortunately, I've paid too much for ten years.
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
A: leider
A: LEIDER1
A: ICH1*
A: JAHR1B*
A: zehn jahre
A: VIEL1A*
A: viel
A: bezahlen
A: BEZAHLEN1*
A: $GEST^*
A: Anyhow.
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: [MG]
A: Main thing is that it's lowered by now.
A: HAUPTSACHE1B
A: haupt{sache}
A: WENIGER-WERDEN1*
A: It's working.
A: ES-GEHT1A*
A: geht
A: GUT1
A: gut
B: Right.
B: STIMMT1A
B: stimmt
B: I think that it's quite important for deaf people to have legal protection insurance.
B: ICH1
B: FÜR1*
B: [MG]
B: GEFÜHL3
B: gefühl
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: [MG]
B: FÜR1
B: für
B: GERICHT1*
B: recht
B: SCHUTZ1A
B: schu{tz}
B: GELD1A^
B: versicherung
B: wichtig
B: WICHTIG1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: There could be an incident in which a deaf person is attacked by a hearing person, or they could intrude the deaf person's house and beat them up. The deaf person would be completely helpless.
B: $INDEX1
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: UND2A*
B: u{nd}
B: HÖREND1A
B: hö{rend}
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST^*
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
B: [MG]
B: ANGREIFEN1
B: an{greifen}
B: ODER1*
B: oder
B: $GEST^*
B: [MG]
B: PRIVAT1A
B: priv{at}
B: BESUCHEN1A*
B: wohn
B: ANGREIFEN1*
B: ODER1*
B: [MG]
B: GEWALT3
B: schla{gen}
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: HILFLOS1A*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: The legal protection insurance is right there to support the deaf people.
B: GERICHT1*
B: recht
B: SCHUTZ1A
B: schutz
B: FÜR1
B: für
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1^*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^*
B: [MG]
A: Including everything for 170 euros?
B: SEITE-KÖRPER1
B: seite
A: $INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: ALLES1A
A: allgemein
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
A: hun{dert}
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:7d
A: siebzig
A: allgemein
A: ALLGEMEIN1C
B: Yes, including the house.
A: $GEST^*
B: ALLGEMEIN1C
B: gesamt
B: ICH1*
B: MIT1A
B: mit
B: haus
B: HAUS1A
B: ACHTUNG1A^
A: But that is extremely cheap.
A: ICH1
A: aber
A: SEHR6*
A: [MG]
A: billig
A: BILLIG5
A: $GEST^*
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
B: Including the house, my neighbors, and my workplace.
A: SEHR6
A: [MG]
A: I'll have to ask my brother if my insurance is too expensive.
B: MIT1A
A: $INDEX1*
A: [MG]
B: HAUS1A
B: haus
A: FRAGE1
A: fra{gen}
A: MEIN1*
A: mein
B: NACHBAR2B
B: nachbar
A: BRUDER1C*
A: bru{der}
A: versicherung
A: VERSICHERUNG1*
B: arbeit{s}platz
B: ARBEITEN2
A: ||$INDEX1
A: TEUER1*
A: teuer
A: It's better to have another one. That's important.
B: PLATZ3*
A: LIEBER1||$INDEX1
A: lieber
A: DAZU1*||$INDEX1
A: WICHTIG1*
A: wichtig
A: It is important to me, because I am deaf. If, for example, I get into a fight with my neighbor - I know it's called a dispute with the neighbor/
A: warum
A: ICH1
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
A: $INDEX1
A: NACHBAR2B*
A: nachbar
A: STREITEN1A*
A: streiten
A: SAGEN1
A: heißt
A: NACHBAR2B*
A: nachbar
B: Do you have trouble with your neighbors?
B: DU1*
A: STREITEN1A
A: streit
B: NACHBAR2B
B: nachbar
B: problem
B: PROBLEM1
B: DU1*
A: Not yet.
B: nachb{ar}
B: NACHBAR2B
A: NICHT5
A: [MG]
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
B: DU1*
B: Do you feel like it's going to happen?
B: DU1*
B: [MG]
A: Still, at some point or another - who knows - maybe because of the car, or when being in conflict with a coworker.
B: MERKEN2
B: merken
A: ABER1
A: aber
A: KREUZ1A^
A: trotz{dem}
A: $GEST^*
A: aber
A: SPÄTER10
A: spä{ter}
A: WISSEN2B
A: weiß
A: AUTO1
A: auto
A: ODER6A*
A: oder
A: $GEST^*
A: ICH1
A: ARBEITEN2*
A: $INDEX1
A: kollege
A: ARBEITEN2*
A: KOLLEGE1A*
A: SPÄTER3*
A: später
A: FEIND1B
A: feind
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: I cannot know what's going to happen in the future.
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: WISSEN2B*
A: weiß
A: zukunft
A: ZUKUNFT1B
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: Or if my wife and I get into a big fight some day, I'll have to get a lawyer and make my demands.
A: $INDEX1
A: oder [MG]
A: EHEFRAU1
A: fra{u}
A: ||AUCH3A
A: auch [MG]
A: $GEST^*
A: [MG]
A: STREITEN1A*
A: $GEST^*
A: muss
A: MUSS1
A: ICH1
A: GERICHT1
A: gericht
B: Private issues are included, as well - for example fights with your spouse, or your family, or your friends.
B: SAGEN1
A: AUFFORDERUNG3
A: fordern
B: DAZU1
B: dazu
B: PRIVAT1A
B: privat
B: INHALT3
B: dabei
B: BEISPIEL1
B: zum bei{spiel}
B: FREUND-FEST1
B: ODER1
B: oder
B: MEIN1*
B: FAMILIE4
B: fami{lie}
B: ODER1
B: oder
B: FREUND3
B: freund
B: STREITEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: In that case the legal protection insurance covers private issues.
B: PRIVAT1A
B: privat
B: INHALT3
B: dabei
A: 170 euros for everything - that was it, right?
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
A: hundert
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:7d*
A: siebzig
A: FERTIG2*
A: [MG]
B: Yes, all expenses paid.
A: NICHT3B*
A: [MG]
B: INKLUSIV2
B: [MG]
B: My mother pays even less, because she doesn't need to cover anything regarding the neighbors.
A: That's what I call cheap!
B: MEIN1
B: [MG]
A: SAGEN1
A: heißt
B: mutter
B: MUTTER5
A: billig
A: BILLIG5
B: $INDEX1
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: WENIG4
B: wen{iger}
B: als
B: ALS3*
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1
B: nachbar
B: NACHBAR2B*
B: $INDEX1
B: braucht
B: BRAUCHEN1
B: NICHT3B*
B: I have that one covered with my insurance, because it is my house. My parents have the right to live there.
B: über{nehmen}
B: ICH1
B: ÜBERNEHMEN1
B: MEIN1
B: mein
B: HAUS1A
B: haus
B: $INDEX1
B: ELTERN1A
B: el{tern}
B: WOHNUNG1B*
B: woh{nung}
B: recht
B: RECHT1
B: DAS-IST-ALLES1^
B: That's why I bear all expenses for the house.
B: DESHALB1
B: deshalb
B: ICH1
B: ÜBERNEHMEN1
B: über{nehmen}
B: MEIN1
B: VOLL2A
B: voll
B: BEZAHLEN7
B: bez{ahlen}
B: My parents pay less. I think it's about 120 euros for them.
B: $INDEX1
B: wenig
B: WENIG4
B: NICHT3B
B: $INDEX1
B: GLAUBEN2B*
B: [MG]
B: hundertzwanzig
B: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
A: Oh well, but you only pay 170 euros, as well.
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:2d
A: $GEST^*
A: [MG]
B: EURO1
B: euro
A: $INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
A: hundert
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:7d*
A: sieb{zig}
B: They don't need insurance for their workplace. It doesn't apply to them.
A: BEZAHLEN6*
A: That's cheap!
A: BILLIG5
A: billig
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: NUR2A
B: nur
B: arb{eits}platz
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: PLATZ3*
B: NICHT3B
B: ENTFERNEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: That's the main reason.
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d*
B: Secondly, they are retired.
B: $LIST1:2of2d
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: RENTE5
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: They need their insurance for private issues only.
B: NUR2A||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: nur
B: PRIVAT1A
B: privat
B: That's important to have included in your insurance if you're deaf.
B: GUT1
B: gut
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: INHALT3
B: dabei
B: The car is part of the private issues.
B: $LIST1:2of2d
B: MUSS1*
B: muss
B: AUTO1
B: auto
B: PRIVAT1A
B: privat
B: But it is separately insured when something happens when being in traffic.
B: AUCH3A
B: AUTO1*
B: au{to}
B: VERKEHR1A
B: verkehr
B: getrennt
B: TRENNEN1A
B: ER-SIE-ES1
B: DASSELBE3*
B: selbe
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: auch
B: AUCH3A
B: $GEST^*
B: That fits my parents' needs very well.
B: AUFZÄHLEN1A
B: [MG]
B: GUT1*
B: [MG]
B: I, my car/
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: AUTO1
B: aut{o}
A: Really? It is separately insured for its use in traffic?
A: $INDEX1
A: ach so
A: AUTO1
A: au{to}
A: VERKEHR1A
A: ver{kehr}
A: TRENNEN1A
A: getrennt
B: Yes, that's separate.
B: TRENNEN1B
B: {ge}trenn{t}
A: So, how much is it?
B: I pay for it in addition/
B: ICH1*
B: ich
A: also
A: ABER1^
A: ALSO1
B: ACHTUNG1A^
B: BEZAHLEN8*
A: wie viel
A: GELD1A
A: $GEST^*
B: EXTRA1
B: ex{tra}
B: This insurance is offered by the A-D-A-C. It costs 70 euros a year.
A: How much?
A: GELD1A^*
A: vie{l}
B: $ALPHA1:A-D-A-C
A: $INDEX1
A: viel wie viel [MG]
B: SEIN-IHR1
B: $INDEX1
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:7d*
B: siebzig
B: EURO1*
B: euro
B: JAHR1B*
B: ein jahr
A: Even cheaper.
B: 70 euros.
A: BILLIG6*
A: billi{g}
A: I am a member, but I would like to switch to another, a cheaper insurance.
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:7d*
B: siebzig
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: MITGLIED2
A: mit{glied}
A: ICH1
A: will
A: wechsel
A: WECHSELN3A
A: $INDEX1
B: If you are involved in an accident and a hit-and-run offense is committed when using your car for private reasons, the ADAC will have nothing to do with it.
A: That's incredibly cheap.
A: SEHR7*
A: [MG]
A: billig
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
A: BILLIG5
A: $INDEX1
B: MERKWÜRDIG2
B: $INDEX1
B: AUTO1
B: PRIVAT2B*
B: privat
B: $PROD*
B: FLUCHT1A
B: flucht
B: $INDEX1
B: ZU-TUN-HABEN-MIT1*
B: nicht{s}
B: zu tun
B: NICHT3B
B: ZU9
B: The ADAC will only help if something like a rear-end collision on the highway happens to your car, or if the case is especially complicated.
B: NUR2A
B: nur
B: AUTO1*
B: au{to}
B: VERKEHR1A*
B: AUTOBAHN3*
B: au{tobahn}
B: UNFALL9*
B: [MG]
B: WAS1B
B: [MG]
B: KOMPLIZIERT1B*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: HELFEN1
B: helfen
B: ALLES1A
B: alle
B: $INDEX1
B: It has to be insured separately: it adds up to 70 euros.
B: MUSS1
B: muss
B: EXTRA1*
B: ex{tra}
B: $INDEX1
B: PLUS1
B: plus
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:7d
B: sieb{zig}
B: EURO1*
B: euro
B: dazu
B: DAZU1
B: $INDEX1
B: The legal protection insurance deals with personal matters concerning the car, for example in case of a hit-and-run offense.
B: $INDEX1
B: PRIVAT1A
B: privat
B: AUTO1
B: auto
B: VERKEHR1A
B: verkehr
B: FERTIG2*
B: fertig
B: zum beispiel
B: BEISPIEL1*
B: ZU9*
B: FAHRER1*
B: fah{rer}
B: FLUCHT1A
B: flucht
B: The ADAC has nothing to do with it, but it's covered by the legal protection insurance.
B: ACHTUNG1A^
B: $INDEX1
B: NICHT3B*
A: So, those are two different insurances.
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
A: $GEST-NM^
B: That's the difference.
A: zwei
A: $NUM-EINER1A:2
B: UNTERSCHIED1B
B: verschied
A: $PROD*
B: At first, I was confused by this distinction, as well.
B: ICH1
B: BEIDE1^*
B: [MG]
B: Yes, there is a difference between those two.
B: VERSCHIEDEN1
B: verschieden
A: That's tricky, but it's all right, I guess.
A: MÜHE1
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: [MG]
A: That's good to know.
A: GUT1
A: gut
A: MASS5
A: klein
A: INFORMATION2B*
A: info
A: Too bad that you cannot remember the name of your insurance company.
A: VERDAMMT1
A: [MG]
A: DU1*
A: WISSEN2B*
A: weiß
A: NAME1A
A: name
A: VERSICHERUNG1*
A: versi{cherung}
A: There are different premiums out there, but most of them are pretty much the same.
A: ES-GIBT3*
A: gibt
A: VERSCHIEDEN1
A: verschie{den}
A: preis
A: PREIS1
A: NIVEAU1*
A: HEUTE1
A: heu{te}
B: The certificate is red and blue with writing on it.
A: ABER1*
A: moment
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
A: VIEL1A
A: viel
B: farbe
B: FARBE1A*
A: GLEICH9
B: VIERECK2^
B: ROT1A*
B: rot
B: blau
B: BLAU6
B: VIERECK2^
A: I see. It's red and blue.
A: ROT1A
A: rot
B: MASS-VERTIKAL2A^*
B: [MG]
A: SAGEN1^
A: blau
A: $GEST-NM^
B: MASS-VERTIKAL2A^*
B: gelb
B: It is well-known everywhere.
B: $INDEX1
B: BEKANNT1B*
B: bekannt
B: ÜBERALL1
B: You need to keep in mind that the deductible adds up to 150 euros.
B: $INDEX1
B: KAUTION2
B: kaution
B: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1d
B: hu{ndert}
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:5*
B: fü{nfzig}
B: euro
B: EURO1
B: ACHTUNG1*
B: The deposit is 150 euros.
B: KAUTION2*
B: kau{tion}
A: Deposit?
A: KAUTION2
A: kaution
B: hundertfünfzig
B: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1d
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:5
B: Right, I deposit the money at the insurance company.
B: KAUTION2*
B: kaution
B: I‘ll get the 150 euros back if I win the case.
B: GERICHT1*
B: PROZESS1A
B: WENN1A
B: GEWINN1
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
B: hundert
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:5*
B: fünfzig
B: zurück
B: ZURÜCK1A*
B: Had I lost the case, the insurance company would have kept the money.
B: ICH1
B: VOR2^
B: verloren
B: behalten
B: BEHALTEN2*
B: That's it.
B: FERTIG1A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: MEHR1
B: mehr
B: NEIN2B
B: nicht
A: Well, I see.
A: $GEST^*
A: ach so
A: $GEST^*
A: [MG]
B: The calculation's right.
B: RECHNEN1
B: [MG]
B: STIMMT2*
B: stimmt
B: If I had lost the case, I would have had to pay a lot of money; I couldn't have done it.
B: WENN1A
B: VOLL2A
B: voll
B: MUSS1
B: ICH1
B: HOCH4A
B: hohe
B: [MG]
B: BEZAHLEN1
A: Yes, right.
B: KANN1*
A: $GEST^*
A: [MG]
B: $GEST^
A: STIMMT1A
A: stimmt
A: I am thirsty and would like to drink some water.
A: DURST2
A: durst
A: ICH1
A: TRINKEN1
A: Well, I don't know if we can shortly take a break, but I am thirsty.
A: $INDEX1
A: ob
A: SAGEN1*
A: STIMMT1^
A: GEHEN2A
A: pause
A: ICH1
A: DURST2
A: durst
A: ICH1*
A: Are you a member of a deaf club?
A: DU1*
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: gehörlos
A: verein
A: VEREIN2A
A: GEHÖREN1^
A: DU1*
A: Where? Wiesbaden?
A: $INDEX1
A: wo
A: wiesbaden
A: WIESBADEN2*
A: $INDEX1
B: Yes, now it's a club in Wiesbaden.
B: JA2*
B: jetzt
B: WIESBADEN2*
B: wiesbaden
A: That's it.
A: FERTIG1A
A: [MG]
A: NICHT3B
A: [MG]
A: Right. In the past, you lived in Karlsruhe.
A: FRÜHER1
A: frü{her}
A: EINFALLEN1*
A: ach
A: karlsruhe
A: KARLSRUHE3
A: $INDEX1*
A: You are no longer a member of that deaf club, are you? You came back here, didn't you?
B: Yes, I used to live in Karlsruhe, but not anymore.
A: NICHT3B
A: nicht mehr
B: FRÜHER1
B: früher
B: KARLSRUHE3
B: karlsruhe
A: ZURÜCK1A*
A: zurück
B: NICHT-MEHR1A
B: nicht mehr
B: I returned to Wiesbaden because that‘s where I grew up.
B: ZURÜCK1A*
B: zurück
B: wiesba{den}
B: WIESBADEN2*
B: HIER1
B: STIMMT1^
B: FRÜHER1
B: AUFWACHSEN1A
B: [MG]
A: Are you still dating the same guy?
B: wiesbaden
B: WIESBADEN2*
A: DASSELBE2A
A: selb
B: ||$INDEX1
A: FREUND-FEST1||DU1*
A: freund
A: selbe
A: DASSELBE5*||DU1*
A: ||DU1*
B: My boyfriend is from Nuremberg.
A: Is it the same boyfriend?
B: ||MEIN1
B: mein
A: FREUND-FEST1||DU1*
A: freund
B: ||FREUND-FEST1
B: freund
A: DASSELBE5*
A: [MG]
B: AUS1
B: aus
B: nürnberg
B: NÜRNBERG1B
B: ICH1
A: Oh, the same guy.
A: $INDEX1
A: ach
A: DASSELBE2A*
A: selbe
A: It's quite a ride from Nuremberg to Wiesbaden.
A: AUCH3A*
A: auch
A: weit
A: WEIT1*
B: Yes, he used to drive from Karlsruhe to Nuremberg and then to Wiesbaden as well.
A: HIN-UND-HER1*
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
A: That's the same thing.
B: HIN-UND-HER1*
B: [MG]
A: DASSELBE2A*
A: selben
B: There are two clubs in Wiesbaden: a sports club and a deaf club.
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: verein
B: VEREIN2A
B: $INDEX1
B: wiesbaden
B: WIESBADEN2*
B: HIER1
B: $NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: zw{ei}
B: verein
B: VEREIN2A*
B: ORT1A^*
B: SPORT1
B: sport
B: UND2A*
B: und
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: VEREIN2A
B: verein
B: ORT1A^*
B: I frequent both clubs.
B: ICH1*
B: BESUCHEN1B*
B: [MG]
B: BEIDE2A*
B: beide
A: You visit both clubs!
A: BEIDE2A
A: bei{de}
A: BESUCHEN1B*
A: [MG]
B: Yes, both.
A: DU1
B: BEIDE2A
B: beide
A: BEIDE2A*