German–English parallel text
Das ist ein Witz
It Is a Joke
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Es ist sieben Uhr morgens. Frau Berg steht an der Treppe.
It is seven o’clock in the morning. Mrs Berg stands at the stairs.
„Das ist Ihr Job“, sagt sie. „Alle. Benutzen Sie heißes Wasser.“
“This is your job,” she says. “All of them. Use hot water.”
„Wie viele Stufen sind da?“
“How many stairs are there?”
„Heute Nacht können Ihre Hände es sagen.“
“Tonight your hands can say.”
Es ist acht Uhr. Nina macht Stufe zwanzig sauber.
It is eight o’clock. Nina is cleaning stair twenty.
Es ist zehn Uhr. Nina macht Stufe fünfzig sauber.
It is ten o’clock. Nina is cleaning stair fifty.
Dieses Hotel ist klein, aber es hat sehr viele Stufen.
This hotel is small, but it has very many stairs.
Max kommt herein. Da ist Schnee in seinen Haaren.
Max comes in. There is snow in his hair.
Er geht die sauberen Stufen hinauf. Jetzt sind sie nicht sauber.
He walks up the clean stairs. Now they are not clean.
Er sitzt auf Stufe zehn.
He sits on stair ten.
Frau Berg kommt hinter ihrem Tresen heraus.
Mrs Berg comes out from behind her desk.
Sie schaut Max an. Max schaut Frau Berg an.
She looks at Max. Max looks at Mrs Berg.
Nina hört auf zu arbeiten. Sie kennt das. Sara und Max machen das jeden Tag.
Nina stops working. She knows this. Sara and Max do this every day.
Sara hört immer zuerst auf.
Sara always stops first.
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