Exercise 2 for Lesson 9

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The letters ß and ss sound the same, but are not used in the same way:

ss comes after a short vowel (a, e, i, o, u) or umlaut (ä, ö, ü): Russland, muss, wissen, Stress, tschüss
ß comes after a diphthong (au, äu, eu, ai, ei) or long vowel: heiße, weiß, dreißig, Adamstraße, Großkauf

2 Listen to Paul thinking about his week & choose the right translation

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1)	And Tim’s sister is getting married tomorrow! Unselect She wants to study here. Unselect And I’m not invited! By the way, why not? Unselect He says, I’m not punctual. Unselect I have to get to work on time! Unselect I help Meili, and we’re looking for Anna’s office. Unselect And Fritz is looking for the Großkauf Thieves! Unselect And then the boss is stressing out! Unselect
2)	And Tim’s sister is getting married tomorrow! Unselect She wants to study here. Unselect And I’m not invited! By the way, why not? Unselect He says, I’m not punctual. Unselect I have to get to work on time! Unselect I help Meili, and we’re looking for Anna’s office. Unselect And Fritz is looking for the Großkauf Thieves! Unselect And then the boss is stressing out! Unselect
3)	And Tim’s sister is getting married tomorrow! Unselect She wants to study here. Unselect And I’m not invited! By the way, why not? Unselect He says, I’m not punctual. Unselect I have to get to work on time! Unselect I help Meili, and we’re looking for Anna’s office. Unselect And Fritz is looking for the Großkauf Thieves! Unselect And then the boss is stressing out! Unselect
4)	And Tim’s sister is getting married tomorrow! Unselect She wants to study here. Unselect And I’m not invited! By the way, why not? Unselect He says, I’m not punctual. Unselect I have to get to work on time! Unselect I help Meili, and we’re looking for Anna’s office. Unselect And Fritz is looking for the Großkauf Thieves! Unselect And then the boss is stressing out! Unselect
5)	And Tim’s sister is getting married tomorrow! Unselect She wants to study here. Unselect And I’m not invited! By the way, why not? Unselect He says, I’m not punctual. Unselect I have to get to work on time! Unselect I help Meili, and we’re looking for Anna’s office. Unselect And Fritz is looking for the Großkauf Thieves! Unselect And then the boss is stressing out! Unselect
6)	And Tim’s sister is getting married tomorrow! Unselect She wants to study here. Unselect And I’m not invited! By the way, why not? Unselect He says, I’m not punctual. Unselect I have to get to work on time! Unselect I help Meili, and we’re looking for Anna’s office. Unselect And Fritz is looking for the Großkauf Thieves! Unselect And then the boss is stressing out! Unselect
7)	And Tim’s sister is getting married tomorrow! Unselect She wants to study here. Unselect And I’m not invited! By the way, why not? Unselect He says, I’m not punctual. Unselect I have to get to work on time! Unselect I help Meili, and we’re looking for Anna’s office. Unselect And Fritz is looking for the Großkauf Thieves! Unselect And then the boss is stressing out! Unselect
8)	And Tim’s sister is getting married tomorrow! Unselect She wants to study here. Unselect And I’m not invited! By the way, why not? Unselect He says, I’m not punctual. Unselect I have to get to work on time! Unselect I help Meili, and we’re looking for Anna’s office. Unselect And Fritz is looking for the Großkauf Thieves! Unselect And then the boss is stressing out! Unselect

2 Responses

DB says:

August 3, 2023 at 7:09 PM

Hey,

Thank you for all this beautiful content! I want to ask why we don`t use ‘ss’ instead of ‘ß’ when writing Adamstraße or Großkauf. The difference between ‘ss’ and ‘ß’ is not super clear to me in that kind of example.

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1. german-stories.com says:
  
  August 3, 2023 at 7:59 PM
  
  Hi! Thanks! That’s because the vowel (a, e, i, o, u) in the words Adamstraße and Großkauf is long, not short. You can hear that it’s, for example, longer than the a in “Frankfurt”.

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