Mouth: stasi
Translational equivalents: State Security of the German Democratic Republic (Stasi); Stasi
by transcript | by glosses | by right neighbours | by left neighbours
mvp03 | 18-30m
They said that the people working for the Stasi were wearing normal clothes, just like me.
R
$ORG-STASI1C $INDEX1 WHAT1A^ LIKE3A*
L
M
stasi w{ie}
mvp03 | 18-30m
They were loyal supporters of the communism and despised the West.
R
$ORG-STASI1C SELF1A $GEST-OFF1^ BEST1*
L
M
stasi selbst beste
mvp03 | 18-30m
That’s what the Stasi was like.
R
$ORG-STASI1C $GEST-DECLINE1^*
L
M
stasi
mvp03 | 18-30m
That's what the Stasi was like.
R
$ORG-STASI1C WAS1
L
M
stasi
mvp03 | 18-30m
The Stasi decided on everything.
R
$ORG-STASI1C ATTENTION1A^
L
M
stasi [MG]
mvp03 | 18-30m
That's what the Stasi was like: they just lied a lot.
R
LIKE-THIS1B $ORG-STASI1C TO-LIE1A*
L
M
so stasi lügen
mvp03 | 18-30m
Everywhere in the GDR - it didn't really matter where: from Güstrow to Ludwigslust - teachers were members of the Stasi.
R
LUDWIGSLUST1B APPROXIMATELY2^ TEACHER2 $ORG-STASI1C $GEST-OFF1^
L
M
ludwigslust lehrer stasi
mvp03 | 18-30m
Yet, it was much easier for members of the Stasi to visit Western Germany.
R
IF-OR-WHEN1A I1 $ORG-STASI1C WEST1B* DIRECTION3*
L
M
sta{si} west
mvp03 | 18-30m
That's how you could identify members of the Stasi.
R
TO-KNOW-STH2B* MEANING1* $ORG-STASI1C $GEST-DECLINE1^
L
M
bed{eutet} st{as}i
mvp03 | 18-30m
The Stasi lied, as well.
R
PAST1^ $ORG-STASI1C ALSO3A
L
TO-LIE1B
M
stasi auch
mvp03 | 18-30f
When did you learn about the Stasi? Was it while the GDR was still existent? People/
R
YOU1* TO-LEARN-STH1A LIKE-THIS1^* $ORG-STASI1C GDR4 TO-MEMORISE1^ PERSON1*
L
M
erfahren stasi d-d-r
mvp03 | 18-30f
But deaf people didn't know about the Stasi.
R
DEAF1A TO-KNOW-STH2A^* MEANING1 $ORG-STASI1C $GEST-OFF1^*
L
M
weiß was stasi
mvp03 | 18-30m
They wanted to find out about people wanting to flee to the West.
R
PLAN3 WEST2A $INDEX2 $ORG-STASI1C $INDEX1
L
M
plan westen stasi
mvp03 | 18-30m
Yet, the Stasi often had their people sitting in trucks.
R
TRABANT-$CANDIDATE-MVP12^ BUT1* PERSON1* $ORG-STASI1C REGULAR2A TYPICAL1* $INDEX1
L
M
trabant aber stasi stamm typisch
mvp03 | 18-30m
My father knew everything about the Stasi, even the work that was supposed to be secret.
R
TO-SAY1 TO-KNOW-STH2B TO-KNOW-STH-OR-SB1B^* $ORG-STASI1C TO-KNOW-STH2A $GEST-DECLINE1^
L
$INDEX1
M
weiß bescheid stasi weiß nicht
mvp03 | 18-30f
But, for example, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, deaf people became aware that they had been observed by the Stasi.
R
FALL-OF-THE-BERLIN-WALL2 DEAF1A TO-LEARN-STH1A $ORG-STASI1C BEFOREHAND4* CLUELESS1A* $ORG-STASI1C
L
M
mauerfall erfahren sta{si} [MG]
mvp03 | 18-30m
The teachers, well, my teacher wasn't a member of the Stasi.
R
TEACHER2* I1 NOT2 $ORG-STASI1C
L
M
lehrer nicht stasi
mvp03 | 18-30m
Yet, people who commented negatively on the Stasi - who, for example, insulted members or protested against it - were arrested immediately.
R
COMMUNISM1 DONT-LIKE1 $INDEX2 $ORG-STASI1C ASSHOLE1 $INDEX1 TO-ARREST-SB2
L
M
kommun{ist} [MG] stas{i} arsch{loch}
mvp03 | 18-30f
But, for example, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, deaf people became aware that they had been observed by the Stasi.
R
$ORG-STASI1C BEFOREHAND4* CLUELESS1A* $ORG-STASI1C CLUELESS1A*
L
M
sta{si} [MG] [MG]
mvp05 | 61+f
But many were part of the state security.
R
ALL2A HALF1A* TO-OWN-TO-EXIST1*
L
$ORG-STASI1C $INDEX1
M
[MG] halb [MG] stasi
mvp03 | 18-30f
They thought members of the Stasi were receiving gifts like nice clothes and bananas.
R
LIKE-THIS1B $ORG-STASI1C* MUCH1A TO-GIVE-PRESENT1* $GEST^
L
M
so stasi viel schenk schenk
ber06 | 31-45m
Yes, that’s how the Stasi operated.
R
$GEST-OFF1^ $ORG-STASI1C* LIKE-THIS3*
L
M
stasi
mvp03 | 18-30f
I repeated to them what my classmates had said to me; namely that only members of the Stasi could get cars so quickly.
R
I1 TO-SIGN1A MEANING1* $ORG-STASI1C* $GEST-OFF1^* TO-WANT1A FAST3A*
L
M
bedeutet stasi will schnell
mvp03 | 18-30f
I repeated to them what my classmates had said to me; namely that only members of the Stasi could get cars so quickly.
R
TO-WANT1A FAST3A* TO-OBTAIN1 $ORG-STASI1C* FAST3A* TO-OBTAIN1* CAR1
L
M
will schnell bekommen stasi schnell bekommen auto
mvp03 | 18-30f
I didn't learn about the Stasi until later.
R
I1 SELF1A $ORG-STASI1C* LATE3A* TO-LEARN-STH1A I1
L
M
selbst stasi spät erfahren
mvp03 | 18-30f
Did your parents know about the Stasi while living in GDR?
R
$ALPHA1:D TIME5A* TO-LEARN-STH1A $ORG-STASI1C* TO-KNOW-STH2A $INDEX1
L
M
d-d-r zeit stasi weiß
mvp03 | 18-30f
They were horrified and asked me: ‘Are you crazy?’ and whether I knew about what the Stasi was doing.
R
$GEST-OFF1^* TO-KNOW-STH2B YOU1* $ORG-STASI1C* AND-SO-ON4 $GEST-OFF1^* I2*
L
M
bescheuert du weißt stasi
mvp03 | 18-30f
My classmates asked me: 'Your parents are members of the Stasi, aren't they?'
R
RIGHT-OR-AGREED1A* YOUR1 PARENTS1A $ORG-STASI1C*
L
M
stimmt dein elt{ern} stasi
mvp03 | 18-30f
Being back at home, I immediately asked my parents if they were members of the Stasi.
R
RIGHT-OR-AGREED1A BOTH2A* WAS1 $ORG-STASI1C*
L
M
stimmt war sta{si}
mvp03 | 18-30f
They would have never been part of the Stasi's doings, under no circumstances. Our entire family wouldn't have done that.
R
I1 CLEAR1A* I1 TO-TAKE1A I1 CLEAR1A*
L
$ORG-STASI1C*
M
klar stasi nehmen klar
mvp03 | 18-30m
They know about the cruelties the Stasi did to people.
R
$ORG-STASI1C* WHERE1A $INDEX1 $ORG-STASI1C*
L
M
stasi wo stasi
mvp03 | 18-30f
They would have never been part of the Stasi's doings, under no circumstances. Our entire family wouldn't have done that.
R
MY1* FAMILY4 ZERO6C* $ORG-STASI1C* TO-TAKE1A NO3B^* I1
L
M
fam{ilie} null stasi nimm
mvp03 | 18-30m
And, as soon as someone was expressing his or her wish to flee, the Stasi would know.
R
$ALPHA1:D MY1* $ORG-STASI1C* LIKE3A* CONTROL1 TO-STAY3
L
M
d-d-r stasi wie kontroll
mvp03 | 18-30m
They know about the cruelties the Stasi did to people.
R
$ORG-STASI1C* WHERE1A $INDEX1 $ORG-STASI1C* ATROCIOUS1* $GEST-OFF1^ AND-SO-ON5*
L
M
stasi wo stasi grau{sam}
mvp03 | 18-30m
The Stasi's methods were gruesome like that.
R
ATROCIOUS1* $GEST-OFF1^ LIKE3A* $ORG-STASI1C*
L
M
grau{sam} wie stasi
mvp03 | 18-30f
For my classmates this, as well, was a reason to believe they were members of the Stasi.
R
TO-THINK1B PARENTS1A SOLID1A^* $ORG-STASI1C* I2
L
M
eltern stasi
mvp03 | 18-30m
They said that the people working for the Stasi were wearing normal clothes, just like me.
R
WHAT1A^ LIKE3A* WHAT1A^ $ORG-STASI1C* TO-BRUSH-OFF-HANDS1^* I2 $GEST-OFF1^
L
M
w{ie} stasi [MG] so
ber06 | 31-45m
At the prison, there was a magistrate, or rather, a Stasi operative, and an interpreter.
R
POLICE1A* DETECTIVE1C^* PARTY-POLITICAL1^* $ORG-STASI1C* POLICE1A* IN-ADDITION1* INTERPRETER1
L
M
p{olizei} pa{rtei} po{lizei} stasi polizei dazu dolmetscher»
mvp03 | 18-30m
They, for example, hid in a room somewhere and went inside your house as soon as you left it.
R
MY1 APARTMENT1B AREA1D* $ORG-STASI1C* EXAMPLE1* $INDEX1 APARTMENT1B
L
M
wohn stasi wohnung
