German–English parallel text
Warum
Why
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Warum
Why
Es ist vier Uhr nachmittags. Die Küche ist leise.
It is four o’clock in the afternoon. The kitchen is quiet.
Auf dem Teller ist kein Brot mehr.
There is no more bread on the plate.
Nina legt ihren Schlüssel auf den Tisch.
Nina puts her key on the table.
„Warum?“, sagt sie.
“Why?” she says.
Oma schaut den Schlüssel an.
Grandma looks at the key.
„Warum was?“
“Why what?”
„Warum das alles? Ein Zettel? Ein Umschlag? Eine blaue Tür?“
“Why all this? A note? An envelope? A blue door?”
„Es ist eine gute Tür.“
“It is a good door.”
„Da sind viele blaue Türen, Oma! Nein! Nein! Nein!“
“There are a lot of blue doors, Grandma! No! No! No!”
„Ja.“
“Yes.”
„Du hast ein Handy! Du kannst sagen: Nina, komm zum Hotel.“
“You have a phone! You can say: Nina, come to the hotel.”
„Ja“, sagt Oma. „Das kann ich sagen.“
“Yes,” Grandma says. “I can say that.”
Nina steht auf. Sie ruft.
Nina stands up. She shouts.
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