Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_04 | 46-60m I started an apprenticeship as a drafter there. |
r | | ATTENTION1A^* | IN1 | AS-OR-THAN1 | TECHNOLOGY1 | SIGN-OR-DRAWING1B* |
l | | | |
m | | | als | technisch | zeichner |
Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_04 | 46-60m I did all kinds of sports, e.g. volleyball, soccer, and athletics. |
r | | | | AS-OR-THAN1 | VOLLEYBALL1B | $LIST1:2of2d | FOOTBALL2* |
l | | |
m | als | volleyball | fußball |
Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_04 | 46-60m My oldest daughter currently studies architecture in Cottbus. |
r | | $ALPHA1:C | FAR-AWAY1^* | AS-OR-THAN1 | ARCHITECT2 | TO-STUDY1 | TO-BELONG1^* |
l | FAR-AWAY1^* | | | | | |
m | | cottbus | als | architekt | studium |
Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_04 | 46-60m She was sent from Hamburg to #Name4 to work on a project by the German Telecom. |
r | TO-WORK2 | HERE1* | $NAME | AS-OR-THAN1 | COMMUNICATION1A^ | PROJECT2A | TO-SEND-OR-TO-DISPATCH1* |
l | | | | |
m | arbeiten | hier | #name4 | als | telekom | projekt | schicken |
Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_04 | 46-60m At the same time I was also responsible for the German water polo department. |
r | $GEST-DECLINE1^* | I2 | TO-WORK2 | AS-OR-THAN1 | UNION1B | $MORPH-WARDEN1 | FOR1 |
l | | | | |
m | auch | arbeiten | als | verbandswart | für |
Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_10 | 31-45m I argued that, finally, it would be cheaper than going to Gallaudet University. That’s why I would like to go there. |
r | DISCUSSION1A | $INDEX1 | CHEAP1 | AS-OR-THAN1 | $INDEX1 | $NAME-GALLAUDET1 | STILL5 |
l | | | | | | |
m | [MG] | noch | billiger | als | gallaudet | noch |
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m I tried to read it and I noticed that they have fewer letters than we do here in Germany. |
r | $PROD | WORD1^* | LITTLE-BIT7A* | AS-OR-THAN1 |
l | | |
m | [MG] | buchstabe | wenig | als |
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_08 | 18-30f I wasn’t aware of the importance of sign language, that it’s worth more than oral communication. |
r | REALLY2 | IMPORTANT1 | VALUABLE1B* | AS-OR-THAN1 | ORAL1* |
l | | |
m | | wichtig | wert | als | oral |
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_09 | 31-45m Turning to someone for advice is way better than already thinking beforehand, 'Well, I'll file a lawsuit, because I’m definitely in the right. I’ll be right anyways.' |
r | | | ADVICE2* | CHEAP5 | BEFOREHAND4* | TO-PONDER1^* | I1 |
l | AS-OR-THAN1 | | |
m | beraten | billig als | vorher | [MG] | [MG] |
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_13 | 61+m That placement within the Programme for International Student Assessment also means that Germany has to put in some effort to work itself up. |
r | | | $INDEX1* | | MEAN-OR-BE-CALLED1B* | $INDEX1* | MUST1* |
l | AS-OR-THAN1 | |
m | pisa | als | heißt | deutsch | muss |
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_16 | 31-45f To scratch alongside another car is not even half as bad as being involved in a really bad car accident. |
r | | | BETTER1* | AS-OR-THAN1 | ACCIDENT2A | BAD3A |
l | | |
m | be{sser} | als | | schlimm |
Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_01 | 61+m After all, it is about the performance that the individual can do in a natural state. |
r | | NATURE3 | SPORTS2 | AS-OR-THAN1 | LIKE-THIS1A* | I1* | USUAL1* |
l | | | |
m | natürlich | sport | als | so | | normal |
Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_09 | 61+f Downstairs in the boys’ room, because theirs was bigger than ours upstairs. |
r | BECAUSE1* | HERE1 | BIG3B | AS-OR-THAN1 | I1^ | ABOVE1 |
l | | | | | |
m | weil | hier | groß | als | bei {uns} | oben |
Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_01 | 61+m Rather/ |
r | | | | AS-OR-THAN1 |
l | |
m | lieber |
Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_02 | 31-45f It’s more, well/ |
r | | | MORE1 | AS-OR-THAN1 | $GEST-TO-PONDER1^* |
l | | | |
m | mehr | [MG] als |
Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_07 | 18-30f It was different than with a hearing teacher. |
r | | | | AS-OR-THAN1 | HEARING1A |
l | | |
m | als | hörend |
Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_17 | 61+f But even though I had my master craftsman certificate, I didn’t get a job. |
r | I1* | TO-WORK2 | PLACE6A* | AS-OR-THAN1 | MASTER4A | I1* | $GEST-OFF^ |
l | | | | |
m | … | arbeitsplatz | als | meister | |
Münster | dgskorpus_mst_03 | 18-30f I like the rain and the cold better than I like summertime. |
r | COLD1 | MORE1 | DIRECTION3^* | AS-OR-THAN1 | SUMMER12* |
l | | | | |
m | kälte | mehr | als | sommer |
Münster | dgskorpus_mst_05 | 61+f The hearing aids are more convenient than a CI. |
r | HEARING-AID1 | CONVENIENT1 | $GEST-OFF^* | AS-OR-THAN1 | CI1 |
l | | | | | |
m | hörgerät | praktisch | als | c-i |
Münster | dgskorpus_mst_06 | 31-45m I couldn’t have sat in the crowded second class for so long, I definitely would’ve been in pain. |
r | | | | AS-OR-THAN1 | $PROD | SWELLING1B* | ANYWAY1* |
l | | |
m | als | | [MG] | |
Münster | dgskorpus_mst_07 | 46-60m At some point, a lot of people wanted me to be voted first chairman. |
r | ALL2A* | TO-WISH1B | I1 | AS-OR-THAN1 | SELF1A | $NUM-ONE-TO-TEN1A:1d | MIDDLE2A^ |
l | | | | | | |
m | … | wünsch | | als | selbst | erster | vorstand |
Münster | dgskorpus_mst_10 | 46-60f For instance, there were stories about a woman, a whore, who everyone called devious and evil. |
r | $INDEX1* | PROSTITUTE1* | PROSTITUTE2* | AS-OR-THAN1 | EVIL9A* | BAD-OR-STALE1 |
l | | | | | | |
m | … | hure | als | böse | schlecht |
Münster | dgskorpus_mst_10 | 46-60f That's why she was called evil and was supposed to be lapidated. |
r | | | | AS-OR-THAN1 | EVIL6* | WOMAN1A | STONE6 |
l | | | | |
m | als | böse | frau | stein |
München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_01 | 61+f In the future, life will be different than nowadays. |
r | FUTURE1B | TO-LIVE5* | DIFFERENT1* | AS-OR-THAN1 | NOW2* |
l | | | | | |
m | zukunft | leben | anders | als | jetzt |
München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_03 | 46-60m I have a foster brother and a foster sister. |
r | | | I1 | AS-OR-THAN1 | MONTH1^ | BROTHER1A | MONTH1^ |
l | | | | |
m | | als | pflegebruder | pflegeschwester |
München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_05 | 61+f His brother is a cardinal and very nice, I mean he looks like he is nice. |
r | HIS-HER1* | BROTHER1A* | EQUAL1A^* | AS-OR-THAN1 | $CUED-SPEECH* | $INDEX-TO-SCREEN1 | $GEST-OFF^ |
l | | | | |
m | sein | bruder | ist | als | kardinal |
München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_10 | 31-45m My mother told the hearing people much more than she told us, the deaf people. |
r | HEARING1A* | MORE5 | TO-TELL4* | AS-OR-THAN1 | DEAF1A | I2^* | LIKE-THIS1A |
l | | | | |
m | hörend | mehr | [MG] | als | gehörlos | so |
Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_04 | 18-30f And he replied, “They are better than Frankfurter.“ |
r | $PROD | NUREMBERG1B* | BETTER2 | AS-OR-THAN1 | FRANKFURT1* |
l | | |
m | | nürnberg | besser | als | frankfurt |
Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_04 | 61+f The food was better than the stuff we got at school. |
r | TO-OBTAIN3* | GOOD1* | TO-EAT-OR-FOOD1 | AS-OR-THAN1 | $INDEX1 | HOME1A* | $INDEX1 |
l | | | | | | |
m | bekommen | gut | essen | als | | heim |
Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_04 | 61+f It tasted so much better than at home. |
r | GOOD1 | TO-TASTE1A* | GOOD1* | AS-OR-THAN1 | $INDEX1 |
l | | | | |
m | [MG] | schmeckt | gut | als | heim |
Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_04 | 61+f That‘s why the teachers had to fill in. |
r | | | | AS-OR-THAN1 | TEACHER1 | TO-HIRE1A | $INDEX1 |
l | | | |
m | als | lehrer | | |
Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_04 | 61+f And they got more pension money than we ever did. |
r | $INDEX1 | BETTER2* | MONEY1A^ | AS-OR-THAN1 | I1* | I1^ |
l | | | | | | |
m | und | besser | rente | als | wir |
Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_07 | 46-60m One should rather start small than big. |
r | RATHER1 | SMALL9* | BEGINNING1A | AS-OR-THAN1 | BIG3B* |
l | | | |
m | lieber | klein | anfang | als | groß |
Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_12 | 46-60f Marco acted as/ |
r | | | TO-PLAY2 | |
l | $CUED-SPEECH* | $INDEX1 | AS-OR-THAN1 |
m | marco | spielen | als |
Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_12 | 46-60f Or is a toothache worse than a delivery? What do you think? |
r | | STILL5* | BAD1* | AS-OR-THAN1 | BIRTH1A | RIGHT-OR-AGREED1A | $GEST-OFF^ |
l | PAIN3* | | | | |
m | … | noch | schlimmer | als | geburt | stimmt |
Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_04 | 46-60m Health and sports are two very important topics for me. Better than not doing any sport at all. |
r | $GEST^ | SPORTS1* | $GEST-OFF^ | AS-OR-THAN1* | NOT1* |
l |
m | … | sport | als | nicht |
Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_13 | 31-45f Anyway, his son was a political opponent and a boxer in the former GDR. |
r | AGAINST1* | SON1* | SELF2 | AS-OR-THAN1* | TO-BOX1* | $INDEX1 | $GEST-NM-TO-SHRUG1^ |
l | | | | | |
m | [MG] | sohn | selbst | als | boxer | [MG] |
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_05 | 46-60m He's working in Lunenburg now, at the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs of Lower Saxony. |
r | | $INDEX1 | TO-WORK2* | AS-OR-THAN1* | WHAT1A | CULTURE1B | MINISTER2* |
l | | | |
m | | arbeit | als | kulturministerium |
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_06 | 31-45f Because I need a certain level of communication in my profession, it's a lot easier for me to follow everything in sign language rather than using the oral method. |
r | I1 | BETTER2 | $GEST-OFF^ | AS-OR-THAN1* | ORAL1 |
l | | | | |
m | | besser | | als | oral |
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_09 | 31-45m It's too bad that they rather believed in what the witnesses said than in what I had to say. |
r | PERSON1* | GOT-YOU-OR-TO-FALL-INTO1 | $INDEX2 | AS-OR-THAN1* | I1* | $GEST-OFF^ |
l | | | | |
m | … | [MG] | | als | ich | [MG] |
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_10 | 61+f I was surprised, because he was the flagbearer during the opening ceremony. |
r | | I2 | ENTHUSIASTIC1^ | AS-OR-THAN1* | $PROD | FLAG1B* | $PROD |
l | | |
m | [MG] | überrasch | als | fahnenträger |
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_16 | 31-45f It was better to get in touch with them than/ |
r | | MESSAGE-OR-NOTIFICATION1* | BETTER1 | AS-OR-THAN1* |
l | | | |
m | | besser | als |
Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_07 | 18-30f Then DGS was introduced, that was supposedly better than bilingual/ |
r | TO-ALTER1 | DGS1 | BETTER2* | AS-OR-THAN1* | BILINGUAL1 | $GEST-OFF^ |
l | | | |
m | … | d-g-s | besser | | biling{ual} | |
Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_07 | 18-30f Of course there were more hearing than deaf people. |
r | | CLEAR1B | MORE1 | AS-OR-THAN1* | DEAF1A |
l | | | | |
m | klar | mehr | als | |
Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_17 | 61+f But I wasn’t payed as a master, I always stayed a little below that wage. |
r | | | BUT1* | AS-OR-THAN1* | MASTER4A | TO-PAY7* | APPROXIMATELY1 |
l | | | | |
m | aber | als | meister | bezahlung |
Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_06 | 61+m If you compare what the young people these days have already learned with the things I learned back in my days, it’s a lot. |
r | PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1* | TO-GO2A | $GEST-OFF^ | AS-OR-THAN1* | I1 |
l | | | | |
m | früher | gehen | ja | als | ich |
Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_08 | 46-60f WhatsApp is very cheap. It's a lot better than sending a long text via SMS and one is able to send texts back and forth more quickly via WhatsApp. |
r | CHEAP5 | $GEST^ | BETTER1* | AS-OR-THAN1* | $ALPHA1:S-M-S | TO-SEND-OR-TO-DISPATCH2 | TEXT1B^ |
l | | | | | |
m | billig | [MG] | besser | als | s-m-s | schicken | [MG] |
Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_12 | 61+m That was why they made me become an apprentice as a technical draftsperson. |
r | MUST1 | I1 | TO-TAKE1A | AS-OR-THAN1* | TECHNOLOGY1 | SIGN-OR-DRAWING2 |
l | | | | |
m | muss | ich | nehmen | als | technische | zeichner |
Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_12 | 61+m Looking at it now I see that precision mechanics are metalworkers who wear specific work attire, and I realize I wouldn‘t want to do that job. |
r | TO-SEE1 | FINE1* | MECHANICS1 | AS-OR-THAN1* | METAL1 | TO-WORK1 | METALWORKER1* |
l | | | |
m | sieht | feinme{chaniker} | als | metall | arbeiter | schlosser |
Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_12 | 61+m I then changed to being a clerk. |
r | | I1 | TO-CHANGE2A | AS-OR-THAN1* | FABRIC1A^ | TO-WORK1 |
l | | |
m | | um | | sachbearbeiter |
Münster | dgskorpus_mst_07 | 46-60m Well, there are people who are better and smarter than me. |
r | $INDEX1 | BETTER1* | SMART2* | AS-OR-THAN1* | I2* | $GEST-OFF^ |
l | | | | |
m | | besser | [MG] | als | ich | |
Münster | dgskorpus_mst_16 | 61+m He was there because of his job. |
r | | | | AS-OR-THAN1* | PROFESSION7 | TEACHER1 | $INDEX1 |
l | | |
m | als | beruf | lehrer |
München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_01 | 61+f I prefer those from the west, I understand more than with those from the east. |
r | TO-UNDERSTAND1* | I1* | MORE1* | AS-OR-THAN1* | $INDEX1 | EAST1B | I1 |
l | | | | | | |
m | verstehe | mehr | als | osten |
München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_01 | 61+f Many who used to work as tailors were retrained to become a member of auxiliary staff, a menial worker, or office worker. |
r | TO-CHANGE1A | TO-CHANGE1A | DIFFERENT2* | AS-OR-THAN1* | TO-HELP1 | FORCE2A* | TO-HELP1 |
l |
m | um | um | ander{s} | als | hilfskraft | hilfsarbeiter |
München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_07 | 18-30m Better than an orgasm, better than sex, right? |
r | | | BED1B | | BED1B | |
l | BETTER1 | AS-OR-THAN4* | AS-OR-THAN1* | RIGHT-OR-AGREED1B |
m | besser | als | b{ett} | als | bett | stim{mt} |
München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_13 | 46-60m I wanted to be a masseur. |
r | | I1* | TO-WANT5 | AS-OR-THAN1* | MASSAGE1 | I1 |
l | | | | |
m | ich | will | als | masseur |
Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_01 | 61+m I myself felt like the assistant swim coach, although I knew nothing about swimming. |
r | I1 | SELF1A* | FEELING3 | AS-OR-THAN1* | TOGETHER-PERSON1* | TO-TEACH1^ | I2* |
l | | | | |
m | ich | selbst | gefühl | als | | trainer |
Schleswig-Holstein | dgskorpus_sh_08 | 46-60m It’s better than the old boat. |
r | | BETTER1 | $INDEX1 | AS-OR-THAN1* | OLD5A |
l | | | | |
m | besser | | als | alt |
Schleswig-Holstein | dgskorpus_sh_08 | 46-60m I mean if no interpreter is available, you could use a communications assistant as replacement. |
r | REPLACEMENT1A* | $INDEX1 | LIKE4A* | AS-OR-THAN1* | TO-BE-IN-HOT-WATER1^ | $GEST-OFF^ | $INDEX1 |
l | | | |
m | … | w{ie} | als | notfall | |
Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_08 | 61+f She was a teacher. |
r | $GEST-DECLINE1^ | | COUSIN-FEMALE3* | | TEACHER1 | $INDEX2 |
l | I1 | AS-OR-THAN1* | |
m | und | meine | cousine | als | lehrer | |
Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_08 | 61+f The museum still displays the flag. |
r | TODAY2* | STILL1A | | | | TO-HANG-UP-LAUNDRY1^* |
l | $INDEX1 | AS-OR-THAN1* | MUSEUM1 |
m | heute | noch | | als | museum | |
Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_08 | 61+f It's much better than it used to be. |
r | | MUCH-OR-MANY7* | BETTER2* | AS-OR-THAN1* | |
l | $INDEX1 | PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1* |
m | | viel | besser | als | früher |