B: Members of my family have been entirely deaf for four generations now.
B: ICH1*
B: FAMILIE4*
B: familie
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: $NUM-ORD1:4
B: vierte
B: GENERATION4*
B: generation
B: VERGANGENHEIT2^*
B: ICH1
B: I am part of the fifth generation.
B: ICH2*
B: $NUM-ORD1:5
B: I didn't grow up at a boarding school but commuted back and forth between my parents place and a school for the deaf.
B: ICH1*
B: VERGANGENHEIT1^
B: geboren
B: GEBURT1A*
B: ICH2*
B: SCHON1A
B: ||AUFWACHSEN1A
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: [MG]
B: schule
B: SCHULE1A
B: ICH1
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: HEIM7
B: heim
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: HIN-UND-HER1*
B: ICH1
B: I started school when I was five.
B: GRUND4B^*
B: ICH1
B: DORT1*
B: ANFANG1A
B: an{fang}
B: $NUM-EINER1A:5*
B: ALT5B*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:5
B: fünf
B: ANFANG1A*
B: an{fang}
B: UNGEFÄHR1
B: ICH1
B: DORT1
B: I could sign already, but all the other children couldn’t.
B: SCHON1A
B: WIMMELN1^*
B: ICH1
B: GEBÄRDEN1G*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
B: ALLE1A*
B: KEINE-AHNUNG1
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: They came from the villages all around; they didn't know how to sign.
B: FAMILIE4*
B: familie
B: WOHNUNG1A*
B: DORF3*
B: dörfer
B: KOMMEN1*
B: [MG]
B: GEBÄRDEN1E*
B: WISSEN2B
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: KOMMEN2*
B: I wasn't able to talk to them - that was frustrating. That's why I built up contact with older students, for example in grade three or four.
B: GEBÄRDEN1E*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
B: ERNÜCHTERT-SEIN2
B: ICH2*
B: MEISTENS1B
B: meistens
B: ICH1
B: ERWACHSENE2A*
B: erwachsenen
B: ICH2
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: ICH2
B: GUT1
B: $NUM-EINER1A:3d*
B: drei vierte
B: EBENE1A^*
B: klasse
B: $NUM-EINER1A:3d*
B: vierte
B: EBENE1A^*
B: klasse
B: ICH2
B: GEBÄRDEN1G*
B: $INDEX1*
B: On the one hand, it was good having contact to people and being able to talk to them.
B: [MG]
B: GUT1*
B: GEBÄRDEN1G*
B: GUT1*
B: SEITE-KÖRPER1^
B: [MG]
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: INTERESSE1A*
B: GUT1
B: On the other hand, I was the one who got sent ahead to deal with different things for them. It was a lot to shoulder.
B: $INDEX1*||$NUM-ORD1:2d
B: PFLICHT5*
B: $INDEX1*
B: SCHICKEN1*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN1B
B: [MG]
B: SCHICKEN1*
B: UNTERDRÜCKEN1A
B: SCHICKEN1*
B: If I wanted to be friends with and protected by them, I had to endure quite a bit in return.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: FREUND1*
B: WOLLEN2
B: will
B: FREUND1
B: freund
B: ICH1
B: SCHUTZ1A
B: schutz
B: GEWALT3^*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: ICH2*
B: SCHUTZ1A
B: schutz
B: SCHUTZ1A*
B: schutz
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN3B*
B: VORTEIL1*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: ICH1*
B: Yes, I rather hung out with older children than with children of my age group.
B: [MG]
B: EBENE1C^*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: JUNG1*
B: jugend{liche}
B: BESSER1*
B: besser
B: GROSS5A*
B: SICH-VERSTEHEN1
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: Time went by so fast: the older kids had left school already, and I attended grade nine by then.
B: ICH1
B: PLÖTZLICH4^*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
B: ENTWICKELN2*
B: ICH2
B: $GEST^
B: PLÖTZLICH4^*
B: GROSS5A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: AB1C^*
B: entlassen
B: ICH2
B: VORNE1^
B: PLÖTZLICH4*
B: ICH1*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:9
B: neun{te}
B: klasse
B: EBENE1A^
B: FERTIG1A
B: I was now only surrounded by kids of the same age and younger ones. Yet, they all weren't very good at signing.
B: ICH2
B: $GEST^
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: schwach
B: SCHWACH1
B: $INDEX1*
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST^
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: MASS-VERTIKAL2B^
B: That's why I drove to the training centers where I could meet and talk to deaf people I knew from before.
B: ICH1
B: FAHREN1*
B: BILDUNG1*
B: ausbilder
B: DA1*
B: da
B: ICH2
B: KENNEN1A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: ICH1
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: I guess the other students thought I felt better than them.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: ARROGANT1^*
B: NICHTS-DAMIT-ZU-TUN-HABEN-WOLLEN1
B: Well, I didn't really care about them because I wasn't comfortable around them anyways.
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: GEFÜHL3
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: Then, my mother asked me what kind of job I would like to have.
B: ICH1
B: $INDEX1
B: BILDUNG1*
B: ausbildung
B: WIMMELN1^
B: PLÖTZLICH4^*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: mutter
B: MUTTER1*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: ZUKUNFT1A*
B: BERUF1A*
B: beruf
B: ausbildung
B: BILDUNG1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: My grades were really good.
B: ICH1*
B: und
B: HABEN-BESITZEN1*
B: WAS1A*
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ICH1*
B: zeugnis
B: GUT1*
B: ZEUGNIS2
B: gut
B: GUT1*
B: ICH1
B: My report cards were full of A’s back then.
B: FRÜHER1*
B: früher
B: GUT1*
B: SCHULE1A*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d*
B: ||ICH1*
B: At the time, we didn't have the ‘Realschule’ [type of secondary school] or any other kind of continuative educational opportunities for deaf students.
B: ||GUT1
B: ||ICH1*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: HOCH3B
B: KEIN1*
B: kein
B: möglichkeit
B: MÖGLICH1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: [MG]
B: SO1A
B: so
B: Even though I was far ahead of the other students, I was stuck with them.
B: EINIGE1*
B: einige
B: ICH1
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: MANNSCHAFT1^*
B: [MG]
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN3B*
B: $PROD*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: MANNSCHAFT1^*
B: ICH1*
B: HEFT1A
B: hef{t}
B: voraus
B: FERTIG1B
B: VORAUS1A
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: My mother talked to the headmaster and asked him for a suggestion.
B: ICH1
B: mutter
B: MUTTER4
B: MEIN1
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: lehrdirektor
B: LEHRER2*
B: DIREKTOR2*
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||FRAGE1*
B: ||FÜR1*
B: ||EMPFEHLEN1A*
B: empfehlen
B: He said I should try going to a school for the hard of hearing.
B: schwer{hörigen}schule
B: ||SCHWERHÖRIG1*
B: ||SCHULE1A*
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: SCHWER1B
B: schwer
B: SCHREIBEN1A*
B: GUT1
B: gut
B: ||ICH1*
B: ||SOLL1
B: soll
B: ||UMZIEHEN2*
B: I liked that idea.
B: ||ICH1
B: ich
B: ||AUCH1A*
B: auch
B: [MG]
B: ||IDEE2B
B: ||GUT1
B: ||$GEST-OFF^
B: I told my mother, who's deaf as well, that I would love to go there.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: MUTTER1*
B: MEIN1
B: mein
B: MUTTER4
B: mutter
B: SELBST1A*
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1B*
B: SELBST1A*
B: ICH2
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: ICH1
B: WOLLEN2*
B: will
B: schwer{hörig}
B: SCHWERHÖRIG1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: Yet, she rejected my proposal because she believed that the hard of hearing weren't at terms with themselves, and that this would lead to problems such as bullying.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: ABLEHNEN1*
B: ablehn
B: warum
B: ICH1*
B: WARUM10A
B: $INDEX1
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: KENNEN1A*
B: kennt
B: SCHWERHÖRIG1*
B: schwer{hörige}
B: $INDEX1*
B: UNSICHER2*
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: UNTERDRÜCKEN1B^*
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: My mother didn't want that.
B: MUTTER1*
B: [MG]
B: WOLLEN5*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: NICHT3B
B: 'You're better off with deaf people around. They are honest people.'
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1B*
B: GUT1^*
B: super
B: EHRLICH1
B: ehrlich
B: MENSCH1
B: menschen
B: My mother thought that the hard of hearing didn't really know where they belonged.
B: MUTTER1*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: DENKEN1B*
B: SO1A
B: so
B: $INDEX1*
B: That's why she didn't want me to go to a school for the hard of hearing.
B: MAMA11*
B: ma{ma}
B: will
B: WOLLEN-NICHT2*
B: NICHT3B*
B: ICH1*
B: nicht
B: I was really disappointed, but I had to stay at the school for the deaf nonetheless.
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN1B*
B: BLEIBEN2*
B: I stayed there until I was done with school. I then started my apprenticeship.
B: ENTWICKELN1A*
B: ENDE1^*
B: AB1A*
B: ab
B: ICH1*
B: DANN1A*
B: BILDUNG1*
B: ausbildung
B: EINTRETEN1A^*
B: und dann
B: $INDEX1*
B: You were forced to choose one out of ten occupations. There were no other options.
B: $INDEX1
B: SAGEN1*
B: PFLICHT5
B: pflicht
B: $NUM-EINER1A:10
B: zehn
B: ANDERS2*
B: andere
B: möglich
B: MÖGLICH1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: $NUM-EINER1A:10
B: zehn
B: PHASE1A^*
B: Like becoming a tailor, an upholsterer, or a carpenter.
B: $LIST1:1of1d
B: SCHNEIDER1
B: schneider
B: POLSTERN1
B: polster
B: TISCHLER-SCHREINER1B*
B: tischler
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: I would have liked to learn something better, but it was impossible.
B: ICH1
B: BEKOMMEN3*
B: OBEN2A^
B: ES-GIBT3*
B: gibt nicht
B: Back in the 70s, it just wasn't possible under the communist regime. There was nothing you could do about it.
B: VERGANGENHEIT1^*
B: $NUM-TEEN1:7d*
B: siebzehn
B: VERGANGENHEIT1^
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:7d*
B: siebzig
B: KOMMUNISMUS1
B: kommun{isten}
B: ZEIT5A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: KANN1*
B: nicht
B: möglichkeit
B: MÖGLICH1*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: ICH1
B: IN-DER-KLEMME-STECKEN2
B: I had to choose one out of the ten occupations; I chose to try becoming an upholsterer.
B: ICH1*
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN1B
B: [MG]
B: ||PHASE1A^*
B: WISSEN2B^*
B: ICH1*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: polsterer
B: POLSTERN1
B: POLSTER1*
B: POLSTERN1
B: ICH1
B: VIELLEICHT2*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: I trained as such for three years.
B: LASSEN1^
B: MACHEN2*
B: JAHR1A*
B: drei jahr
B: VORBEI2B
B: vorbei
B: FERTIG1A
B: VORBEI4*
B: I/
B: ICH2
B: Then, my parents planned to secretly flee to West Berlin.
B: VATER1^*
B: mutter
B: ICH1*
B: VATER2
B: vater
B: SELBST1A*
B: SCHWEIGEN3^*
B: [MG]
B: PLAN2
B: plan
B: $INDEX1
B: FLUCHT1A
B: flucht
B: WOLLEN2*
B: berlin
B: BERLIN1B*
B: RICHTUNG3^*
B: $INDEX1*
B: Their families had been German for generations.
B: $INDEX1
B: GEWOHNHEIT2*
B: VERGANGENHEIT1^*
B: germany
B: GERMANY-INTS1*
B: IM-BLUT-HABEN1A^
B: deutsch
B: DEUTSCH1*
B: SELBST1A*
B: My grandfather had been a salesman in Hungary during the First World War and was stuck there.
B: VERGANGENHEIT1^*
B: ERSTENS1A
B: erster
B: weltkrieg
B: WELT1*
B: KRIEG1B*
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: MEIN1*
B: OPA2A*
B: opa
B: geschäftshandel
B: GESCHÄFT-ORT1*
B: HANDLUNG1^*
B: $INDEX1*
B: SCHUTZ2A^*
B: [MG]
B: SITZEN1A^*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: ungarn
B: HUNGER2^*||$INDEX1
B: SITZEN1A
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: So, my parents wanted to flee, but they didn't tell me because I was so young.
B: $INDEX1
B: PLAN2
B: plan
B: ICH1*
B: JUNG2*
B: jung
B: $INDEX1*
B: MUTTER1*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: [MG]
B: NICHT6*
B: SCHWEIGEN3^
B: Otherwise, I probably would have told other people about it. That wasn't supposed to happen.
B: WENN1A
B: wenn
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: [MG]
B: VERRATEN1A*
B: AUSBREITEN2*
B: NEIN1A*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: They had planned everything for a flight. I thought we were just on a trip to Berlin.
B: PLAN2*
B: FERTIG1A
B: [MG]
B: FLUCHT1A
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: GLAUBEN2A*
B: [MG]
B: berlin
B: BERLIN1A*
B: ICH1^*
B: $INDEX1*
B: URLAUB7*
B: urlaub
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1
B: I wondered about the low prices at the hotel, because the communists had told us that the prices in West Germany were horrendously high.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: TITEL-ÜBERSCHRIFT1^
B: [MG]
B: WAS1B*
B: IN1*
B: WAS1A*
B: ICH1*
B: SEHEN1*
B: HOTEL9
B: hotel
B: BILLIG5*
B: billig
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ICH1*
B: KOMMUNISMUS1
B: kommu{nisten}
B: WESTEN1B||$INDEX1*
B: westen
B: TEUER1
B: teuer
B: westber{lin}
B: WESTEN1B
B: BERLIN1B*
B: GLAUBEN2A*
B: TEUER1*
B: teuer
B: ICH1
B: HOTEL9
B: hotel
B: Actually, I didn't really care. The main thing was that we had a bed to sleep in.
B: HAUPTSACHE1A*
B: haupt{sache}
B: BETT1A
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: Then, we received stamped documents from America, France, and England.
B: $INDEX1*
B: VIERECK1^*
B: [MG]
B: PASS1*
B: pass
B: WIMMELN1*
B: STEMPEL1^*
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: WIESO1*
B: wieso
B: $LIST1:1of1d
B: amerika
B: AMERIKA1*
B: STEMPEL1^
B: NEHMEN1A^
B: $LIST1:2of2d
B: FRANKREICH3A*
B: frankreich
B: ENGLAND4*||$NUM-EINER1A:3d
B: england
B: $NUM-EINER1A:3d
B: STEMPEL1^
B: Back then, West Berlin was divided into three areas.
B: FRÜHER1*
B: früher
B: BERLIN1A*
B: berlin
B: RUND3A^*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:3d*
B: drei
B: ORT1A^*
B: I wondered about those new documents.
B: ICH1
B: STEMPEL1^
B: [MG]
B: wieso
B: WIESO1
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: $INDEX1*
B: Then, my father finally revealed to me that we wouldn't go back home, but that we would stay there.
B: VATER2^
B: ÖFFENTLICH1
B: offen
B: VATER1^*
B: ICH1
B: ÖFFENTLICH1
B: offen
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: ZURÜCK1A*
B: zurück
B: NICHT3B*
B: nicht
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: BLEIBEN2*
B: bleibe
B: I was really shocked and asked about my girlfriend who had been left behind.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: LEBENSPARTNER1^
B: ICH1*
B: LASSEN2A*
B: [MG]
B: We had been a couple for the last two years; we got along very well. And suddenly, I was supposed to leave her behind.
B: ICH1*
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1*
B: JAHR1A*
B: zwei jahr
B: ICH1*
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1*
B: VERTRAUEN3
B: vertrauen
B: gut
B: INEINANDERGREIFEN1B^*
B: GUT1*
B: LASSEN2A*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^*
B: He said I had to choose between going back home and staying there, and having the freedom and opportunity to visit any place in the world.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||WÜNSCHEN1B*
B: ||KRITISIEREN1A^*
B: ||WOLLEN2*
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: ZURÜCK1A*
B: [MG]
B: ODER4B*
B: oder
B: $LIST1:2of2d
B: WELT1*
B: welt
B: REISE1A*
B: reise
B: FREI1
B: freiheit
B: ABWÄGEN1
B: It wasn't easy for me to choose.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: Was I supposed to choose my girlfriend and, thus, living under a communistic regime, over the freedom to travel?
B: ICH1*
B: FREUND-FEST1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: KONZENTRIEREN1A^*
B: GEFANGEN1
B: [MG]
B: kommunisten
B: KOMMUNISMUS1*
B: DREHEN8^*
B: ODER4B*
B: oder
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: FREI2A
B: frei
B: WELT1*
B: welt
B: ||URLAUB8A
B: urlaub
B: ||DARF2A
B: ABWÄGEN1*
B: I considered both ideas and chose to follow my parents.
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST^*
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: ICH1*
B: FOLGEN1A*
B: folg
B: ICH1*
B: I told my girlfriend that I am sorry and broke up with her. She stayed behind.
B: EINFACH1*
B: FREUND-FEST1
B: VERZICHTEN1*
B: TUT-MIR-LEID3
B: tut
B: NICHT-MEHR1A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: FREUND-FEST1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: TRENNEN1A*
B: LASSEN1^*
B: So, I could develop further and travel the world.
B: ICH1
B: ENTWICKELN1A
B: WELT1
B: welt
B: REISE1A*
B: $INDEX1
B: I am actually really grateful to my father and mother for having taken me with them.
B: JETZT1*
B: ICH1*
B: DANKE2*
B: dankbar
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: VATER2*
B: dankbar
B: DANKE2*
B: $INDEX1*
B: ICH1
B: MITNEHMEN1
B: DANKE2*
B: dankbar
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: Deaf people from Slovakia have told me a lot about the negative things and problems they encountered.
B: WARTEN1A^
B: ICH1
B: WARTEN1A^
B: [MG]
B: VERGANGENHEIT1^
B: SLOWAKEI2*
B: slowakei
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: ICH1*
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1B*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
B: PROBLEM2A
B: problem
B: NEGATIV3*
B: negativ
B: BASTELN1B^*
B: Yet, when coming to Berlin, I realized that Germany was quite different. There is nothing really negative about it, just a lot of positive things to be recognized.
B: ICH1
B: BERLIN1B*
B: berlin
B: IN1*
B: deutsch{land}
B: DEUTSCH1
B: BEREICH1A*
B: DEUTSCH1
B: deutsch{land}
B: BEREICH1A*
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: NEGATIV3*
B: negativ
B: WENIG4
B: wenig
B: MEHR1^*
B: POSITIV1
B: positiv
B: I went to a lot of parties. Thus, I was able to leave things behind and just forget about everything.
B: FEIERN1A^*
B: LOCKER1*
B: LUFT3B
B: [MG]
B: DANACH1A^*
B: VERGESSEN1^*
B: v{erg}ess
B: VORBEI3*
B: [MG]
B: ENTWICKELN2*
B: I'm much more comfortable now than I used to be.
B: ICH1||$INDEX1*
B: ich
B: RECHT3*
B: [MG]
B: WOHL1*
B: wohl
B: AUFWICKELN1^*
B: besser
B: BESSER1*
B: ICH1||$INDEX1
B: In the past when I still lived in Slovakia, there were a lot of fights and difficulties.
B: FRÜHER1
B: früher
B: SLOWAKEI2*
B: slowakei
B: ICH1
B: FAHREN3*
B: [MG]
B: PROBLEM2A*
B: prob{lem}
B: [MG]
B: STREITEN3*
B: DISKUSSION1A^*
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: I feel much better living here in Germany.
B: DEUTSCH1
B: deutsch{land}
B: besser
B: BESSER1*
B: HIER1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: That's it.
B: [MG]
B: ENTWICKELN2*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: $GEST-OFF^*
A: Because of your parents you got to come here; you were still quite naive.
A: DANKE2*
A: dank
A: DURCH2A
A: durch
A: DEIN1
A: dein
A: ELTERN9A
A: eltern
A: MITNEHMEN1
A: [MG]
A: DU1
A: BISSCHEN4*
A: bisschen
A: LUFT3A*
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX2
A: You got lucky with life.
A: GLÜCK1*
A: glück
A: DEIN1
A: dein
A: laufweg
A: ABLAUF1^
A: WEG2A
A: HEBEN1^
A: GUT1
B: I was still very young when I first came to Germany - I was #X.
B: ICH1
B: jung
B: JUNG2
B: ICH1
B: UMZIEHEN2*
B: ICH1*
B: $NUM-TEEN1:9
B: neunzehn
B: ICH1*
B: JUNG2
B: jung
B: ICH1
B: Because of/
B: DURCH2B*
B: durch
A: When did you move here?
B: I/
B: ICH1
A: WANN2*
A: wann
A: $INDEX1*
A: dahin
B: We came to Germany in ##X8X.
B: $NUM-TEEN1:9*
A: UMZIEHEN2
B: #x{und}achtzig
B: $NUM-EINER1A:2
A: WANN2
A: wann
A: $INDEX1
A: dahin
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:8d*
A: Ah, in ##X8X.
A: #x{und}achtzig
A: $NUM-EINER1A:2
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:8d*
B: ICH1*
B: UMZIEHEN2*
B: So, I was #X when we moved to Germany.
B: ICH1
B: SCHON1A
B: $NUM-TEEN1:9
B: #x
B: JUNG2*
B: jung
B: ICH1*
B: UMZIEHEN2*
B: ICH1
B: Initially, they wanted to flee earlier on, but they waited until I had finished my apprenticeship and received my diploma.
B: WIE3B*
B: $INDEX1*
B: DURCH2A
B: durch
B: BILDUNG1*
B: ausbil{dung}
B: VORHER4*
B: vorher
B: FLUCHT1A
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: WARTEN1A
B: warten
B: ICH1*
B: BIS1
B: bis
B: ICH1
B: BILDUNG1
B: ausbildung
B: BESTEHEN1
B: bes{tanden}
B: gesellenbrief
B: GESELLE2*
B: BRIEF2
B: GEBEN-FESTHALTEN1B*
B: ICH1*
B: Then, they fled and took me along.
B: FLUCHT1B
B: [MG]
B: MITNEHMEN1*
B: [MG]
B: Because of my apprenticeship diploma, I could immediately start working.
B: BRIEF2*
B: START1A*
B: da
B: ICH1
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: arbeit
B: ABLAUF2^*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: Back then, I didn't really know a lot of German Sign Language, so I joined the soccer club Comet.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: GEWESEN1
B: gewesen
B: JUNG2
B: jung
B: ICH1
B: GEWESEN1
B: gewesen
B: ||ZUERST1D
B: zuerst
B: ICH1
B: DEUTSCH1
B: deutsch
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: ICH1*
B: FÜR1
B: für
B: ||$INDEX1
B: $NAME-COMET1
B: comet
B: FUSSBALL2*
B: fußball
B: VERGANGENHEIT1
B: ICH1
B: EINTRETEN1A*
B: $INDEX1
B: I was amazed by the others' skillful abilities to play soccer. #Name2 and #Name1, for example, were really good. I really wanted to be a part of it, but I just couldn't keep up with them.
B: SEHR6*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: #name2
B: ??
B: FLACH1^
B: SEHR6*
B: ICH1
B: WOLLEN2*
B: will
B: $GEST^
B: ICH1
B: KLAPPT1
B: klappt nicht
B: I then got into the second team.
B: ICH1*
B: $NUM-ORD1:2*
B: zweite
B: MANNSCHAFT1
B: mannschaft
B: I watched the others play soccer. They were real pros.
B: [MG]
B: SEHR6*
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1
B: SEHEN1^*
B: ICH1*
B: GUT3
B: gut
B: ICH1
B: $INDEX1
B: SEHR6*
B: $INDEX1*
B: WIE7A
B: profi
B: KANN1^*
B: $PROD*
B: The Germans were really good soccer players. I had been a good player back in Slovakia. Yet, everyone in Germany was twice as good as me.
B: $INDEX1
B: DEUTSCH1
B: STARK3*
B: stärker
B: ALS4*
B: als
B: ICH1
B: SLOWAKEI2*
B: slowakei
B: SCHWACH1^*
B: [MG]
B: BEREICH1A*
B: ||ICH1
B: GUT1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: da
B: DOPPEL1B
B: doppelt
B: DEUTSCH1
B: STARK2B
B: stark
B: BEREICH1A^*
B: Those in Berlin were really good. Still, the older players had to leave at some point.
B: BERLIN1A*
B: berlin
B: stark
B: STARK2B*
B: BEREICH1A^*
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1
B: MANNSCHAFT1*
B: mannschaft
B: ALT5A*
B: ZUR-SEITE-SCHIEBEN2^*
B: The players in your team were really crazy about sports. They went to the training regularly.
B: DU1
B: LEISTUNG1*
B: DU1
B: BEREICH1A
B: fußball
B: ||FUSSBALL1A*
B: $INDEX1
B: mannschaft
B: MANNSCHAFT1
B: BEREICH1A
B: $INDEX1
B: sportbegeistert
B: SPORT4B
B: BEGEISTERT1*
B: BEREICH1A^*
B: STARK2B*
B: TRAINING1*
B: [MG]
B: REGELMÄSSIG2*
B: [MG]
B: BEREICH1A^*
B: The kids that replaced those players later on weren't as motivated.
B: SPÄTER5
B: später
B: ALT5A*
B: alt
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: VOR1E^*
B: ICH1
B: $INDEX1*
B: SPORT4B
B: sport
B: NICHT1*
B: nicht
B: They were more interested in partying than in winning.
B: FEIERN1*
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: SCHLECHT2A^*
B: EGAL3*
B: egal
B: $PROD*
B: That was the end of the team - many of the players weren't in the mood to play any longer, and they didn't get into the German soccer championship.
B: ENTWICKELN2*
B: BRECHEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: KEINE-LUST1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: deutsch meister
B: DEUTSCH1*
B: MEISTER2A*
B: KLAPPT1
B: klappt
B: NICHT1
B: How often did you win the German championship?
B: DU1
B: deutsch meister
B: DEUTSCH1*
B: MEISTER2A*
B: WIE-VIEL5*
B: wie viel
B: MAL3*
B: mal
B: ||$INDEX1
B: deutsch meister
B: DEUTSCH1
A: We won the championship in #X81.
B: MEISTER2A
A: einundachtzig
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:8d*
A: ENDE1^*
A: einundachtzig
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:8d*
A: ICH1*
A: MEISTER2A
A: deutscher meister
A: It all ended in ##X8X. I've won the German championship three times in my life.
A: zweiundachtzig
A: $NUM-EINER1A:2
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:8d*
A: ICH1
A: ZUSAMMEN2C*
A: zusammen
A: MEIN1
A: mein
A: LEBEN1A*
A: leben
A: MAL3*
A: dreimal
A: deutscher meister
A: ICH1*
A: MEISTER2A*
A: I was once runner-up, as well.
A: $ORAL^
A: und
A: MAL3*
A: einmal
A: vizemeister
A: $ALPHA1:V
A: MEISTER2A
A: But the championship was only held every second year.
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
A: UNTER1A^
A: dafür
A: ALLE1A*
A: alle
A: JAHR1B*
A: zwei zwei zwei zwei zwei
A: There is one every year nowadays; it's much quicker that way.
A: HEUTE1*
A: heute
A: JAHR1B*
A: ein ein ein
A: SCHNELL3A
A: If we had had a championship every year back then, we surely would have won many times more, certainly seven or eight times.
A: WENN1A
A: wenn
A: ALLE1A*
A: alle
A: JAHR1B*
A: ein ein
A: KANN2B*
A: kann
A: ICH1
A: ich
A: MEHR1*
A: mehr
A: deutsch meister
A: ICH1
A: MEISTER2A
A: BESTIMMT2
A: bestimmt
A: $NUM-EINER1D:7d
A: sieben
A: $NUM-EINER1D:8d
A: acht
A: MAL3
A: mal
A: BESTIMMT2
A: bestimmt
A: Because it only took place every second year, winning more than once took much longer.
A: JAHR1B*
A: zwei jahr zwei jahr
A: PHASE1A^*
A: [MG]
A: So, ideally there should have been five championship titles within a time span of ten years.
A: AUGE1^*
A: in
A: JAHR1B*
A: zehn jahren
A: MUSS1
A: muss
A: ICH1
A: ich
A: fünfmal
A: MAL3*
A: ICH1
A: MEISTER2A^*
A: champion
A: If you didn't win, winning the title wasn't possible for a longer time.
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1
A: ein
A: DURCH1A*
A: durch
A: ZWISCHEN1B
A: zwischen
A: BRECHEN1^
A: [MG]
A: AB1A^*
A: ausgeschieden
A: PHASE1A^
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: Now, there's a championship in Düsseldorf or Stuttgart every single year, so winning seven or eight championship titles isn't that big of a deal.
A: HEUTE1
A: heute
A: zurzeit
A: ZEIT7C*
A: $INDEX1*
A: DÜSSELDORF2*
A: düsseldorf
A: stuttgart
A: STUTTGART1
A: BEREICH1A*
A: JAHR1B*
A: ein jahr ein jahr ein jahr
A: keine mühe
A: MÜHE1*
A: $INDEX1*
A: MAL3*
A: sieb{en}ma{l}
A: MAL3*
A: acht
A: kein wunder
A: WUNDER1*
A: $INDEX2
B: Right. Back then, it was a whole other story - you brought home the championship titles.
B: FRÜHER1*
B: früher
B: ANDERS2*
B: BEISPIEL1*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: deutsche meister
B: DEUTSCH1
B: MEISTER2D
B: SCHAFFEN1B^*
B: It didn't work out for us like it did for you guys.
B: ICH1
B: ZUR-SEITE-SCHIEBEN2^*
B: VOR1E^*
B: ICH1
B: VERSUCHEN1*
B: KLAPPT1*
B: klappt nicht klappt nicht
B: We were supposed to decide on whether we wanted to become more disciplined or not.
B: ENTSCHEIDEN1A
B: entscheid
B: DISZIPLIN1
B: [MG]
B: VERNACHLÄSSIGUNG2
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ICH1*
B: Well, that didn't work out either. Berlin is known for long nights of partying.
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: BERLIN1B*
B: berlin
B: SO1A*
B: so
B: MORGEN-FRÜH1
B: BERLIN1A*
B: hauptstadt
B: $WORTTEIL-HAUPT1B
B: STADT2
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: Yes, that's what it was like.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ENTWICKELN2*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: I just couldn't make any good impression on the ladies in West Berlin.
B: DURCH2A*
B: durch durch
B: ICH1*
B: VERGANGENHEIT1^
B: ICH1*
B: westberlin
B: WESTEN1B
B: BERLIN1B*
B: ICH1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: WOLLEN2*
B: FRAU1A*
B: frau
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1
B: LEBENSPARTNER1
B: KANN1*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: ICH1*
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
B: AB8*
B: ab
B: The women in West Berlin were so different; I wasn't able to click with them.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: ANDERS2^
B: GEHÖREN1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: FRAU1A*
B: frau
B: ICH1
B: VERTRAUEN4
B: vertrauen
B: $INDEX1
B: GESCHÄFT-ORT1
B: geschäft
B: WIMMELN1^*
B: null
B: KEINE-AHNUNG1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ICH1*
B: SICH-VERSTEHEN1
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: GEFÜHL3^
B: BEREICH1A^*
B: I then thought I would be all alone until I die.
B: ICH1
B: DENKEN1B
B: denke
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: BIS1
B: bis
B: ICH1*
B: ALLEIN2*
B: allein
B: BIS1*
B: [MG]
B: ALT5B*
B: RENTE3^*
B: BIS1*
B: GRAB1A
B: I thought I would stay single.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: DENKEN1B
B: ALLEIN2*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: Then the fall of the Berlin Wall happened.
B: PLÖTZLICH4^*
B: [MG]
B: ENTWICKELN2
B: mauerfall
B: MAUER1A
B: MAUER3
B: MAUERFALL2
B: I met a woman from East Berlin. We got along very well - communicating worked well - and we agreed on most topics.
B: ostberlin
B: OSTEN1B
B: BERLIN1A*
B: FRAU1A*
B: ICH1
B: ||KOMMEN2*
B: SICH-VERSTEHEN1
B: GUT1*
B: [MG]
B: KOMMUNIKATION1C
B: GLEICH8*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: MEINUNG1B
B: meinung
B: I have been happily married to her for over 20 years now. Now, I have two grown-up sons, as well.
B: ICH1
B: GLÜCK1
B: glück
B: ICH1
B: HEIRATEN3A*
B: HEUTE1
B: BIS-JETZT1
B: bis jetzt
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ÜBER1*
B: über
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:2d
B: z{wanzig}
B: JAHR1A
B: jahr
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ICH1
B: sohn
B: SOHN1*
B: AUFWACHSEN1A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: If the Berlin Wall hadn't fallen, I would still be alone.
B: WENN1A
B: mauerfall
B: MAUER3
B: MAUERFALL2
B: NICHT3B*
B: nicht
B: ALLEIN2*
B: allein
B: DURCH1A
B: durch
B: Maybe I would have gotten a wife from China or Africa, who knows?
B: ODER4B
B: oder
B: HOLEN2
B: CHINA1*
B: chi{na}
B: $PROD*
B: ODER4B*
B: od{er}
B: AUSSEHEN-GESICHT3A^*
B: afrika
B: $PROD*
B: ICH1
B: weiß nicht
B: WISSEN2B
A: That wouldn't have worked either.
A: $GEST^
A: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: She would have spoken another language. That wouldn't have fit either.
A: fremdsprache
A: AB1C^
A: GESCHICHTE2^*
A: auch nicht
A: GLEICH8^*
A: ICH1
A: I, as a German-born man should marry a German woman.
B: Exactly.
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: ICH1
A: ich
B: $GEST-NM-SCHULTERZUCKEN1^
A: GEBURT1A
A: geboren
A: DEUTSCH1
A: deutsch{land}
A: MUSS1
A: muss
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1
A: eine
A: DEUTSCH1
A: deutsche
A: FRAU1A*
A: frau
A: FINDEN1A
A: finden
B: You would have to find one.
B: ||FINDEN1D
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: Back then, it just didn't work out with the women from West Berlin.
B: ICH1
B: westen
B: WESTEN1B
B: BEREICH1A*
B: FRAU1A*
B: ICH1
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: ICH1*
B: Even though I was in relationships a couple of times, it just wouldn't work out. We split up each time.
B: schon
B: SCHON1A*
B: ICH1
B: EHEFRAU1
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1^*
B: gehabt
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1*
B: VERSTEHEN1*
B: verstehen
B: [MG]
B: ICH1||$INDEX2
B: TRENNEN4B*
B: ICH1*
B: We weren't on the same wavelength; we never agreed on anything.
B: INEINANDERGREIFEN1A^*
B: BASTELN1B^
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: WIE3B
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: GENAU1*
B: [MG]
B: WISSEN2B^*
B: nicht
B: NICHTS1B
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: $INDEX1
B: ANDERS1
B: ander
B: ICH1*
B: ||GEGEN5B^*
B: KOMMUNIKATION1C*
B: On the other hand, women from East Germany and I got along very well.
B: SICH-VERSTEHEN1*
B: [MG]
B: It was by chance that I found my wife. Thanks to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
B: ZUFALL1
B: moment
B: MOMENT2*
B: zufall
B: DESWEGEN1*
B: BIS-JETZT1^
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: MAUER1B*
B: DANKE2*
B: dankbar
B: MAUERFALL2
B: gefallen
B: SCHAFFEN1B
B: ABLAUF2^*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
A: Yet, more difficulties like those in the financial sector arose due to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
A: WENN1A
A: wenn
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1
A: ein
A: MAUERFALL2
A: mauer vorbei
A: ES-LÄUFT1*
A: läuft
A: AUCH3A*
A: auch
A: DAZU1*
A: dazu
A: WERT1B^
A: finanzierung
A: PROBLEM1
A: probleme
A: AUFZÄHLEN1A^*
A: [MG]
A: VERSCHIEDENES1^
A: [MG]
A: More and more deaf people became unemployed.
A: ARBEITEN1^*
A: und
A: VIEL1A
A: viele
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: gehörlose
A: arbeitslos
A: ARBEITEN1*
A: $WORTTEIL-LOS3
A: MASS-HORIZONTAL4B^*
A: mehr mehr mehr
A: MEHR3*
A: BEREICH1A*
A: Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, almost 80% of the deaf people still had a job, whereas only 20% were unemployed.
A: VOR2
A: vor
A: MAUER3*
A: mauer
A: FAST3
A: fast
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:8d*
A: achtzig
A: PROZENT1
A: prozent
A: ARBEITEN1*
A: arbeit
A: DA1*
A: da
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:2*
A: zwanzig
A: PROZENT1*
A: prozent
A: arbeitslos
A: ARBEITEN1*
A: $WORTTEIL-LOS2
A: Nowadays, it's the other way around: only 20% have a job and 80% are unemployed.
A: JETZT1
A: jetzt
A: UMGEKEHRT1*
A: umgekehrt
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:2*
A: zwanzig
A: PROZENT1*
A: prozent
A: ARBEITEN1
A: arbeit
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:8d*
A: achtzig
A: PROZENT1*
A: prozent
A: arbeitslos
A: ARBEITEN1*
A: $WORTTEIL-LOS2*||$INDEX1*
A: Many of the deaf people from East Germany lost their jobs after the fall of the Berlin Wall because they didn't know anything about the new technologies that were used in West Germany.
A: WEIL1
A: weil
A: MAUERFALL2
A: mauerfall
A: VIEL1A*
A: FAST3*
A: fast
A: ALLE1A*
A: alle
A: OSTEN1B
A: ost
A: arbeitslos
A: ARBEITEN1*
A: $WORTTEIL-LOS2*||$INDEX1*
A: DURCH2A
A: durch
A: NEU1A
A: neu
A: MASCHINE1A*
A: maschine
A: KENNEN1B*
A: kenn nicht
A: BEREICH1A*
A: They had worked with technologies common in the GDR. After the change, they just didn't know the construction of machines from West Germany.
A: FRÜHER1*
A: früher
A: DDR2
A: d-d-{r}
A: ZEIT7C*
A: zeit
A: SEIN-IHR1*
A: SO1A*
A: so
A: UM1A^
A: [MG]
A: DEUTSCH1
A: deutschland
A: WESTEN1B*
A: west
A: ARBEITEN1*
A: arbeit
A: $INDEX1
A: EINFACH1*
A: einfach
A: MASCHINE1A*
A: maschine
A: KENNEN1A
A: kenn nicht
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: [MG]
A: That was a problem. Many jobs were axed.
A: problem
A: PROBLEM1*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: VIEL1A*
A: viel
A: AB5*
A: ab ab ab ab
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: Right. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, women in East Germany had to put up with the men's behavior a lot.
B: JA2*
B: $INDEX1
B: und
B: JA1A
B: ja
B: VERGANGENHEIT1^
B: ||$INDEX1
B: MAUERFALL2
B: mauerfall
B: arbeitslos
B: ARBEITEN1*
B: $WORTTEIL-LOS3
B: $INDEX1
B: OSTEN1B
B: ost
B: FRAU4A*
B: frau
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN3A*
B: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1*
B: zusammen
B: They drank a lot and treated their wives badly.
B: ALKOHOL2*
B: MANN1*
B: mann
B: ALKOHOL2*
B: [MG]
B: SCHLAGEN4*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:3d
B: KIND2*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: After the fall of the Berlin Wall, those women found new nicer men from West Germany. From that moment on there were a lot of breakups.
B: PLÖTZLICH4^*
B: MAUERFALL2
B: mauerfall
B: $INDEX1*
B: WESTEN1B
B: west
B: MANN1*
B: mann
B: LIEB1A
B: lieb
B: ANSTÄNDIG1*
B: WER3*
B: wer
B: BESONDERS1A*
B: KANN-MAN-VERNACHLÄSSIGEN1
B: [MG]
B: TRENNEN4B*
B: [MG]
B: The men from the East were mad at us because we had stolen their wives and girlfriends.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||OSTEN1B*
B: ost
B: SPANNUNG3^
B: [MG]
B: MANN1*
B: mann
B: KLAUEN1
B: westen
B: WESTEN1B*
B: KLAUEN1
B: You're not supposed to do so. You shouldn't treat women badly. Women shouldn't have to put up with that.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: UND2A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: BRAUCHEN1*
B: brauch
B: FROH1^*
B: offen
B: $INDEX1*
B: MANN1*
B: SCHLAGEN4^*
B: prü{geln}
B: $INDEX1*
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN3A*
B: [MG]
B: UM6^*
B: KANN1*
B: NICHT1
B: ZUR-SEITE-SCHIEBEN2^
B: Furthermore, someone who had a job in East Germany was happy with everything.
B: WER6*
B: wer
B: ost
B: OSTEN1B*
B: SELBST1A*
B: BEKOMMEN1*
B: bekomm
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: arbeit
B: DA1
B: da
B: $INDEX1*
B: ZUFRIEDEN1
B: zufrieden
B: SO1A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: People who didn't have jobs said that they wanted the Berlin Wall back in place.
B: OSTEN1B
B: ost
B: arbeitslos
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: ||$WORTTEIL-LOS1*
B: ||BEREICH1A
B: GEFÜHL3*
B: WAS1A
B: ICH1
B: WOLLEN2*
B: will
B: ZURÜCK2*
B: zurück
B: MAUER3
B: SAGEN2A
B: ALLE2A^*
A: Yes, those are two opposing views.
B: That's how easy it is to read those people's faces.
A: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: arbeitslos
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: $WORTTEIL-LOS3*
B: BEGREIFEN1
A: SO1A*
A: so
B: $INDEX1*
A: SO1A*
A: so
B: SO1A*
A: $NUM-EINER1A:2
A: zwei
A: BESTIMMEN2*
A: stimmt
A: $INDEX2
A: SO1A*
A: so
A: SO1A*
A: so
A: SO1A*
A: so
A: SO1A*
A: so
B: It was the same in West Germany: people who had jobs before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall were completely pleased with what they had.
B: DASSELBE2A
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: west
B: WESTEN1B
B: BEREICH1A*
B: ARBEITEN2
B: ICH1*
B: VOR2
B: MAUER3
B: mauer
B: arbeit
B: ICH1*
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: MAUERFALL2
B: mauer
B: ICH1*
B: DURCH1A
B: [MG]
B: GUT1
B: gut
B: ICH1
B: If they didn't have a job, they thought it would be better to restore the Berlin wall.
B: MAUER3
B: ICH1*
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: MAUERFALL2
B: mauer{fall}
B: DANN1A
B: MOMENT3*
B: moment
B: AB5*
B: arbeitslos
B: ARBEITEN1*
B: $WORTTEIL-LOS3
B: ICH1
B: DENKEN1B
B: BESSER2*
B: besser
B: zurück
B: ZURÜCK2*
B: MAUER3
B: SPANNUNG3^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: It was the same in the East and in the West.
B: UM2A*
B: um
B: [MG]
B: UMGEKEHRT1*
B: DASSELBE2A
B: UMGEKEHRT1
B: $GEST-OFF^
C: Can you talk about the differences between Berlin and Bratislava?
B: The deaf people in Slovakia are as follows:
B: ICH1||$INDEX1*
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: SLOWAKEI2^*
B: bratislava
B: VERGANGENHEIT1^*
B: ICH1*
B: SLOWAKEI2^*
B: bratislava
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: WIMMELN1*
B: They really focused on sports because sports were government-sponsored.
B: $INDEX1*
B: WIE3A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: slowakei
B: SLOWAKEI2*
B: SEIN-IHR1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: WIE3B*
B: SPORT1*
B: sport
B: HAUPTSÄCHLICH1
B: [MG]
B: KONZENTRIEREN1A^
B: FAHREN3
B: STAAT2
B: staat
B: FREI1
B: frei
B: SPORT1*
B: sport
B: HAUPTSÄCHLICH1
B: [MG]
B: MASSE-PERSON-AKTIV1*
B: [MG]
B: There weren't many cultural activities around. Everything was about sports.
B: KULTUR1A*
B: kulturell
B: NICHTS1A*
B: nichts
B: null
B: NULL2B*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: WENIG8*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: HAUPTSÄCHLICH1
B: SPORT1*
B: sport
B: MEISTENS1A*
B: meist{ens}
B: BEREICH1A*
B: SEHR6
B: BEREICH1A*
B: That influenced me to a great extent.
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: SCHON3*
B: SPORT1*
B: BEEINFLUSSEN1*
B: einfluss mehr
B: SEHR6*
B: [MG]
B: After I had fled to Berlin, I realized that there weren't just sports around. I was able to be involved in other cultural activities with deaf people.
B: ICH1*
B: FLUCHT1A
B: berlin
B: BERLIN1A*
B: ICH1
B: KOMMEN1
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: SPORT1*
B: sport sport
B: TEIL1A*
B: KULTUR1A*
B: kultur
B: VERÄNDERN1B
B: AKTIV3B^*
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: UNTERSTÜTZEN1A^*
B: There was a lot of Deaf Culture because of people like Puttrich and Jochen Muhs.
B: VERGANGENHEIT1*
B: SCHMIEREN2A^*
B: puttrich
B: DURCH2A
B: durch
B: SCHMIEREN2A^*
B: muhs
B: jochen muhs
B: $ALPHA1:J_2
B: $INDEX1*
B: KULTUR1B*
B: kultur
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: VERSCHIEDENES1^*
B: I learnt a lot from them.
B: ICH1*
B: ERKLÄREN1*
B: WAHRNEHMUNG1*
B: Now, I know a lot more about the culture.
B: HEUTE3*
B: heute
B: ICH1
B: WISSEN2B
B: KULTUR1A*
B: kultur
B: MEHR1
B: mehr
B: Under communism people could only think of sports.
B: VERGANGENHEIT1^
B: KOMMUNISMUS1*
B: kommu{nismus}
B: DENKEN1B||$GEST-OFF^*
B: sport
B: SPORT1*
B: NICHT-MEHR1A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: Those are some differences between living here and living there.
B: ANDERS1*
B: ICH1
B: Now, I even get to experience some more cultural life because I'm getting too old to engage in sports any longer.
B: JETZT1
B: BEISPIEL1^*
B: noch
B: MEHR1
B: mehr
B: SPORT1*
B: KULTUR1A*
B: kultur
B: WAHRNEHMUNG1*
B: sport
B: SPORT1*
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: ALT5B*
B: SCHON1A
B: PHASE1C^*
B: ICH1*
B: VERRINGERN1B^
B: MEHR1
B: und mehr
B: kultur
B: KULTUR1A*
B: GEHEN1A*
B: INTERESSE1A*
B: ENTWICKELN1B
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: That's living in Berlin: you're quite flexible, and you're able to choose between sports and other cultural activities.
A: SO1A
A: so
A: LEBEN1C*
A: leben
A: IN1
A: in
A: BERLIN1B*
A: berlin
A: WIE3B*
A: wie
A: NEUTRAL1B^
A: flexibel
A: PARALLEL1A^*
A: sport
A: PARALLEL1A^*
A: andere seite
A: kultur
A: KULTUR1B
A: SO1A*
A: You have the choice.
A: SCHWANKEN2^*
A: SO1A*
A: You can't do sports all the time. You need some change at times.
A: IMMER4A*
A: immer
A: sport
A: PARALLEL1A^*
A: IMMER4A*
B: When I did sports back then/
A: GUT1*
A: auch nicht gut
A: SCHWANKEN2^*
B: JA2
B: FRÜHER1||$INDEX1*
B: früher
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1*
B: SPORT1*
B: sport
B: With soccer, where everybody played really well, I was usually just a substitute and endured that.
B: ICH1
B: FUSSBALL1A*
B: fuß{ball}
B: SEHR6*
B: [MG]
B: MANNSCHAFT1*
B: ICH1
B: ERSATZ2*
B: ersatz
B: BESCHEIDEN1B*
B: bescheid
B: ICH1*
B: ERSATZ2*
B: ersatz
B: ICH1*
B: TRAINING1
B: training
B: BESCHEIDEN1B*
B: ZUSAMMEN7
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN3B*
B: [MG]
B: WIMMELN1*
B: (Back then, away games were funded. That's the only reason I attended soccer regularly.)
B: VERGANGENHEIT1^
B: MEHR1*
B: mehr
B: zuschuss
B: $INDEX-ORAL1*
B: ZUSCHUSS1*
B: AUSWÄRTS1^*
B: FREI-KOSTENLOS1*
B: frei
B: ICH1
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN1B
B: egal
B: EGAL3
B: ICH1^
B: DABEI1A*
B: REGELMÄSSIG2A^*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: THEMAWECHSEL1*
B: There are lots of really good players in the same team nowadays. Yet, those don't want to be substitutes and sit on a bench for most of the match. That's why they leave the team.
B: HEUTE3*
B: heute
B: ||$INDEX1
B: SEHR6*
B: ||MANNSCHAFT1*
B: ICH1
B: ERSATZ2*
B: ersatz
B: AUFZÄHLEN1C*
A: Right, that's ridiculous. They just take off.
A: BESCHEUERT1^*
A: [MG]
B: DANKE1
B: nein danke
A: ABHAUEN1A*
A: abhauen
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
A: abhauen
A: ABHAUEN2*
A: ABHAUEN1A*
B: FORT1^*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: $INDEX1*
B: This amounted to a loss of players.
B: SPORT1*
B: sport
B: VERRINGERN1B^
B: [MG]
B: Even if they were really good at playing soccer, they were also really arrogant and had a problem with being substitutes.
B: MUSS1
B: muss
B: SEHR6
B: [MG]
B: ARROGANT1^*||$INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: problem
B: PROBLEM2A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: Even if I am a good soccer player myself, I have to encourage and support my teammates. That's good for the entire team.
B: ICH1
B: SEHR6
B: ||ICH1
B: MUSS1*
B: muss
B: WARM1A*
B: warm
B: VERHÄLTNIS1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: KOPF1B
B: TRÖSTEN1*
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: MANNSCHAFT1*
B: Yet, those players were different; that's why they had so much trouble.
B: $INDEX1*
B: problem
B: PROBLEM2A*
B: ALLE2C^*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: DAZU1*
B: dazu
B: WIMMELN1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: Either way, the club Comet is in real trouble now.
B: JETZT1
B: $NAME-COMET1
B: comet
B: PROBLEM2A*
B: problem
B: You can tell that at least 80% of the players for Comet are foreigners; only a few of them are German.
B: IN1
B: comet
B: $NAME-COMET1
B: ICH1
B: SEHEN1*
B: spieler
B: SPIELEN2*
B: BEREICH1A*
B: SAGEN1*
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:8d*
B: achtzig
B: PROZENT7
B: prozent
B: ausländer
B: AUSLAND2*
B: $INDEX1*
B: DEUTSCH1
B: deutsch
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: AUFLÖSUNG1A
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: KEIN2*
B: They are in good shape physically - especially the young Turks.
B: AUSLAND2
B: ausländ
B: [MG]
B: STARK2B*
B: STARK2A*
B: FUSSBALL1B
B: STARK2B
B: [MG]
B: FRÜH2^
B: so
B: NEU1A^
B: früh
B: türken
B: TÜRKEI1*
A: Yes, their families emigrated back in the days. Now those children are all grown-up.
B: BEREICH1A*
A: WEIL1
B: FRÜH2*
A: weil
B: NEU1A^
B: früh
A: FAMILIE3
A: familie
B: KÖRPER1^*
B: STARK2B*
B: BEREICH1A*
A: FRÜHER1*
A: früher
A: auswandern
A: WANDERN1*
A: UMZIEHEN2^
A: DURCH2A
A: und durch
A: KIND1
A: kind
A: AUFWACHSEN1B
A: groß