A: I have a story to tell about traffic. I overlooked something during my driving lessons once.
A: ICH1
A: GEWESEN1
A: gewe{sen}
A: verkehr
A: VERKEHR1B*
A: $INDEX1
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
A: ein
A: AUTO-FAHREN2*
A: fahrschule
A: ICH1
A: ÜBER1
A: über
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
A: ein
A: SEHEN1
A: sehen
A: ICH1
A: ich
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: During my driving test the man said, that/
B: I see.
A: $INDEX1
B: ACHTUNG1A^*
A: PRÜFUNG1
A: prüfung
A: $INDEX1
A: fahrprüfung
A: FAHRER1
A: PRÜFUNG1
A: ICH1*
A: $PROD*
A: MANN1
A: SAGEN1
A: sagen
A: TACHOMETER1*
A: Oh, what you need to know is that I had gotten pretty wasted the night before.
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
A: grund
A: ICH1
A: GRUND4A
A: NICHT3A*
A: nicht
A: VERGESSEN1
A: vergessen
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
A: ein
A: TAG1B
A: tag
A: VOR1D
A: vor
A: schon
A: ICH1
A: SCHON1A
A: [MG]
A: ICH1
A: BESOFFEN3
B: Why?
A: NACHT2
B: wieso
B: WIESO1*
A: BESOFFEN3
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: wieso
B: WIESO1*
A: It was the last day before summer break.
A: GRUND4A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: LETZTE1D
A: letzt
A: TAG1A
A: tag
A: SOMMER4B
A: sommer
A: FERIEN1
A: ferien
A: RICHTUNG3^*
A: weg
A: $INDEX1
A: The next day was a Wednesday, on that day I had my driving test.
A: ICH1*
A: MORGEN1A*
A: morgen
A: MITTWOCH1*
A: mittwoch
A: VERKEHR1B
A: verkehr
A: fahrschule
A: ICH1
A: AUTO-FAHREN2*
A: MIST3||$INDEX1
A: mist
A: AUTO-FAHREN2*
A: fahrschule
A: ICH1*
A: ich
A: I slept for only four hours, and then I had to take my driving test.
A: $GEST^
A: NUR2A*
A: nur
A: STUNDE2B*
A: vier stunden
A: SCHLAFEN2A*
A: schlafen
A: EINSTEIGEN1*
A: fahrprüfung
A: STEUERN-LENKRAD1^
A: PRÜFEN1
A: I did not want to do it at all, but I had to push through it.
A: KEIN1*
A: kein
A: KONZENTRIEREN1
A: konzen{tration}
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: AUSHALTEN3
A: [MG]
A: And if I was done with that, I could enjoy my summer break.
A: LETZTE1A
A: letzte
A: $INDEX1
A: FÜHRERSCHEIN1
A: führer
A: SCHLUSS1*
A: HURRA2*
A: FORT1
A: MÖGEN2
A: sommerferien
A: SOMMER4B
A: FERIEN2*
A: FORT1
A: Wednesday was the last day, and the other days were already part of our break.
A: KLAPPT1*
A: LETZTE1A
A: letzter
A: MITTWOCH1
A: mittwoch
A: LETZTE1A
A: letzter
A: TAG1A
A: tag
A: FORT1
B: Yes.
A: So I was sitting in the car.
B: JA1A
A: ICH1
A: STEUERN-LENKRAD1^
A: fahrschule
A: ICH1
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: ICH1
A: ||$PROD*
A: The man told me to turn right. That was alright with me.
A: MANN1*
A: mann
A: SAGEN1*
A: WOHIN1^*
A: ||OKAY1A*
A: okay
A: The only problem was that my thoughts kept wondering off, and I was getting more and more tired.
A: ||WOLLEN1B
A: will
A: ||WAS1B*
A: was
A: SCHON1A
A: schon
A: SCHNELL3A
A: schnell
A: ABLENKUNG1
A: ab
A: TRAUM1*
A: traum
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: MÜDE1
A: müde
A: ||$PROD*
A: I was still watching the road and I had everything under control but my thoughts kept wondering off.
A: ABER1
A: aber
A: MERKEN2
A: merken
A: DA1
A: da
A: ampel
A: AMPEL1*
A: ICH2
A: KONTROLLE1
A: kon{trolle}
A: DA1*
A: da
A: ABER1
A: aber
A: HIRN1A^
A: [MG]
A: ABLENKUNG1
A: ab
A: I was not responsible for what happened next.
A: was passiert
A: WIE-FRAGE1^
A: ARBEITEN5^
A: JETZT3*
A: NICHT3B
A: NULL1A*
A: null
A: NICHT3A*
A: $PROD*
A: The traffic light turned/
A: $INDEX1
A: $PROD*
A: ABER1*
A: aber
C: Were you in the East of Germany or here?
A: AMPEL1*
A: In Essen.
A: ESSEN-STADT1
A: essen
C: In Essen, ok. So a lot of traffic.
A: $INDEX1
A: ESSEN-STADT1
A: essen
A: $INDEX1
A: Yes, there is a lot of traffic.
A: VIEL1B*
A: viel
A: VERKEHR1B*
A: verkehr
A: It was in Essen.
A: ESSEN-STADT1
A: essen
A: $INDEX1
A: ||ICH1
A: I was lost in thought. The traffic light turned green. I got a little hectic, shifted into first gear, and drove straight ahead.
A: ||$PROD*
A: ||UNBEWUSST1*
A: ||$PROD*
A: ||AMPEL1*
A: ampel
A: ||NEIN1B^*
A: SCHALTER-AUTO1*||$PROD*
A: ||GERADEAUS1
A: gerade
A: ||$PROD*
A: I shifted into the second gear.
A: SCHALTER-AUTO1*||$PROD*
A: [MG]
A: ||$PROD*
A: My driving instructor asked me, what was wrong.
A: $INDEX1
A: MANN1
A: BESCHEID1A*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: Everything was fine. Nothing was wrong, I was supposed to drive straight ahead.
A: ||$PROD*
A: BANAL1*
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: AUF-PERSON1*
A: auf
A: ICH1*
A: ich
A: BANAL1*
A: [MG]
A: ICH1*
A: ich
A: NICHTS1B*
A: nichts
A: GERADEAUS1*
A: [MG]
A: STIMMT1A*
A: stimmt
A: The turn signal was still on.
A: BLITZ-FOTO2*
A: [MG]
A: NOCH4A*
A: BLITZ-FOTO2*
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: BANAL1*
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: He told me to check again.
A: ||$GEST-OFF^*
A: ||$INDEX2
A: I went quiet all of a sudden. It was not possible. The turn signal was still on.
A: ||$PROD*
A: $INDEX1*
A: STILL2*
A: SCHEISSE2*
A: scheiße
B: The turn signal was still on. Did you still jerk the wheel around or did you turn?
A: BLITZ-FOTO2*
B: ||BLITZ-FOTO1^*
B: $PROD*
A: I thought, now everything is over.
A: ICH1
A: AUS-VORBEI1
A: aus
A: ICH1*
A: Oh crap! The turn signal was still on.
A: BLITZ-FOTO2*
A: SCHEISSE1A*
A: scheiße
A: $INDEX1*
A: He was just like, “Well”.
A: MANN1
A: mann
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: [MG]
A: The drivers license examiner put his hand on the my driving teacher's shoulder and shook his head.
A: MANN1
A: mann
A: $INDEX1
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: But I thought, I could still make it, therefore I stepped on the gas and kept driving.
A: ICH1*
A: WAS1B*
A: DENKEN1B
A: UM2B^*
A: ICH1*
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:5
A: fünfzig
A: ICH1*
A: AUFRUNDEN1^
A: auf
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:6d*
A: sechzig
A: SCHNELL3^*
A: [MG]
A: UNGEFÄHR3||$PROD*
A: [MG]
A: A deaf guy told me later, once an examinee fails the test, that they usually pull up to the roadside and switch seats immediately.
A: ||ABER1*
A: NORMAL1*
A: normal
A: $INDEX1
A: BESCHEID1A*
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: SAGEN1
A: sagt
A: STIMMT1A
A: stimmt
A: NUR2A
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
A: ein
A: DURCHFALLEN1
A: du{rchfallen}
A: SCHLUSS1
A: AB1B^
A: SOFORT1B*
A: sofort
A: WECHSELN2^
A: tausch
A: STIMMT1A*
A: stimmt
A: I didn't know about that, and I didn't know about the current guidelines.
A: ICH1
A: WISSEN2A
A: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^*
A: [MG]
A: AUTO1*
A: WAS1A
A: was
A: REGEL1A
A: regel
A: ICH1
A: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
A: WISSEN2A
A: weiß
A: NICHT3B
A: nicht
A: Anyway, I kept driving, and everything was pretty easy.
A: EGAL3*
A: egal
A: LOS-START4
A: $PROD*
A: $INDEX4*
A: HARMLOS1*
A: I already had a feeling, that something was wrong.
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: BISSCHEN2A
A: bisschen
A: STIMMT1A*
A: stimmt nicht
A: KÖRPER1^*
A: A regular driving test lasts for about 45 minutes. I made a mistake after 20 minutes—how was I supposed to turn that around?
A: SAGEN1^*
A: norm{alerweise}
A: PFLICHT5*
A: pflicht
A: fünfundvierzig
A: $NUM-EINER1A:5
A: $NUM-ZEHNER1:4
A: MINUTE2
A: minuten
A: FAHREN-LENKRAD1^*
A: fahrstunden
A: PFLICHT5
A: pflicht
A: ICH1
A: SCHON1A
A: schon
A: zwanzig
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:2d
A: MINUTE2*
A: WAS1A*
A: fehler
A: FEHLER1*
A: $GEST^
A: SCHON1A*
A: schon
A: fehler
A: FEHLER1*
A: $GEST^
A: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
A: wie
A: ICH1
A: Oh well, anyway, I kept driving. Everything went perfectly.
A: $INDEX1
A: EGAL3*
A: egal
A: LUFT3A^*
A: ||$PROD*
A: $INDEX1*
A: DURCH1A*
A: durch
A: PERFEKT1*
A: perfekt
A: Everything went smoothly on the autobahn as well and I was supposed to keep driving.
A: AUTOBAHN1
A: autobahn
A: LOS-START4
A: $INDEX1
A: ||SUPER2
A: [MG]
A: ||VORBEI1
A: [MG]
A: I was surprised, but everything was going great, so I thought, it can continue like this.
A: ||ICH1
A: ||WUNDERN1*
A: [MG]
A: ICH1*
A: DENKEN1B
A: LÄCHELN3*
A: [MG]
A: POSITIV1
A: positiv
A: WEITER1A*
A: weiter weiter weiter
A: AUTO-FAHREN2
A: [MG]
A: ||$PROD*
A: [MG]
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: My driving instructor said, that I was very lucky.
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^*
A: $INDEX1
A: ICH1*
A: DU1*
A: du
A: GLÜCK2*
A: glück
A: HABEN-BESITZEN1
A: gehabt
A: The driver licenses examiner only subtracted a couple of points for not turning right, because one was also able to go straight ahead in my lane.
A: $INDEX1
A: GLÜCK2*
A: glü{ck}
A: PRÜFEN1*
A: prüfer
A: AUF-PERSON1*
A: SAGEN1
A: sagt
A: WAS1A*
A: was
A: SPALTUNG1B^*
A: [MG]
A: WENIG4
A: wenig
A: PUNKT1C*
A: punkte
A: $INDEX1*
A: nur
A: WENIG8*
A: wenig
A: PUNKT1C*
A: punkte
A: DAZU1*
A: If I had been standing in a lane for turning right only, I would have been a goner.
A: NUR2A
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
A: ein
A: ||UM-DIE-ECKE1^
A: ||ICH1
A: ||FEIERABEND3*
A: ||AUS-VORBEI1*
A: I was really lucky, that there were two arrows on my lane, therefore it was allowed.
A: ||ICH1
A: ||GLÜCK2*
A: glück
A: ||ICH1
A: $NUM-EINER1A:2d
A: zwei
A: SPALTUNG1B^
B: Oh, so it was a lane where there were the possibilities of going straight ahead or turning right.
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:2
B: zwei
A: ERLAUBNIS3
A: erlaubt
B: SPALTUNG1A^*
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:2
B: zwei
B: MÖGLICH1*
B: möglichkeit
A: Exactly, there were two possibilities.
A: $NUM-EINER1A:2d
A: zwei
B: SPALTUNG1A^*
A: MÖGLICH1*
A: möglich
A: It was not a severe mistake because I didn't endanger anyone.
A: ICH1
A: ORDENTLICH1*
A: ||$PROD*
A: FEHLER1*
A: fehler
A: KEIN3*
A: kein
A: PROBLEM1
A: problem
A: HOCH6*
A: hoch
A: risiko
A: RISIKO6*
A: NEIN3B^*
B: Yes, if you are in a lane for right turns only, you have to turn right.
A: But that means/
B: $INDEX1
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: ein
A: WENN1A*
A: wenn
B: AUSFAHRT1
A: BEDEUTUNG1*
A: bedeu{tet}
B: ||BEDEUTUNG1
B: bedeutet
B: PFLICHT5
B: pflicht
B: AUSFAHRT1
A: PFLICHT5
A: pflicht
B: Otherwise it would have been an infringement, and your driving test would have been over.
B: ||$INDEX1
A: If/ Yes, if/
A: WENN1A*
A: wenn
B: WIE3A*
B: wie
A: PLÖTZLICH4*
B: regelverstoß
B: ||REGEL1A
A: WENN1A*
A: wenn
B: ||VERSTOSSEN1
A: JA2||AUTO-HALTEN2
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1||AUTO-HALTEN2
B: ||RICHTUNG3^
A: WENN1A*
A: $INDEX1||AUTO-HALTEN2
B: ||WARUM1
B: warum
A: WENN1A
A: Exactly, the risk of an accident would have been very high.
B: SCHLUSS1
B: [MG]
A: HOCH4A||AUTO-HALTEN2
A: hohes
A: RISIKO6
A: risiko
A: UNFALL2A
A: unfall
A: KANN1
A: kann
B: Exactly.
A: I was very lucky. I already made 7 mistakes, if I would have made three more mistakes, I would have failed the test.
B: STIMMT1B
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: $INDEX1
A: NUR2A*
A: GLÜCK2*
A: glü{ck}
A: $NUM-EINER1A:3d
A: drei
A: PUNKT1C*
A: punkt
A: DAZU1*
A: ICH1
A: $NUM-EINER1A:7d*
A: sieben
A: $NUM-EINER1A:7d*
A: sieben
A: $NUM-EINER1A:8d*
A: acht
A: $NUM-EINER1A:7d*
A: sieben
A: FALSCH1*
A: fal{sch}
A: I was really lucky and I was cheering inside, I would get my driver's license.
A: $INDEX1
A: ICH1
A: NUR2A
A: nur
A: GLÜCK2*
A: glück
A: HABEN-BESITZEN1*
A: gehabt
A: ICH1
A: $PROD*
A: KÖRPER1^*
A: BEKOMMEN1
A: But then they said, I wouldn't get my driver's license.
A: FÜHRERSCHEIN1
A: führerschein
A: BEKOMMEN1*
A: bekommen
A: NICHT3A
A: I asked, why I was not getting it.
A: FÜHRERSCHEIN1
A: BEKOMMEN1*
A: $GEST^
A: [MG]
A: ||ICH2
A: ||$GEST^
A: The TÜV [Engl.: Association for Technical Inspection, equal to the MOT test] would have checked me – the TÜV is a little weird – discussed my hearing status, and decided that I would not receive my driver's license.
A: $INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: $INDEX1*
A: tüv
A: $ALPHA1:T-K
A: PERSON1^
A: TEST1^*
A: tüv
A: $ALPHA1:T-K
A: PERSON1^
A: BISSCHEN2A
A: bisschen
A: BESCHEUERT1^
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: ICH1
A: SCHON1B*
A: schon
A: ICH1
A: SAGEN3*
A: sagen
A: HÖREN2*
A: PRÜFEN1
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: HANDLUNG2^*
A: [MG]
A: FERTIG1A
A: BESCHLUSS1
A: beschloss
A: SCHLUSS1
A: MEINUNG1A
A: mei{n}
A: ERLEDIGEN1A
A: erledigt
A: The 02 [02 on a European driver's license marks the need for a hearing aid or communication aid] would be missing on the driver's license.
A: $INDEX1
A: $INDEX1*
A: $NUM-EINER1A:0
A: null zwei
A: $NUM-EINER1A:2
A: FEHLEN1A*
A: fehlen
A: $INDEX1*
B: Why the 02?
A: FÜHRERSCHEIN1
A: führerschein
A: TYPISCH1*
A: typisch
B: null zwei
B: $NUM-EINER1A:0
B: $NUM-EINER1A:2
A: It is a special number, that stands on the driver's license.
A: MASS-VERTIKAL1^*
A: sonstige{s}
A: $ALPHA1:S*
A: ANDERS1^
A: DAZU1*
B: They add that on it.
B: ||DAZU1*
B: dazu dazu
A: $INDEX1*
A: I have an 01 written on it, for the need of my glasses, therefore I have to wear my glasses. 02 stands for the hearing aid.
A: ICH1*
A: DAZU1*
A: null eins
A: $NUM-EINER1A:0*
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1d*
A: ICH1*
A: $GEST^*
A: brille
B: You have to wear them.
B: ||MUSS1
B: muss
A: null eins
A: $NUM-EINER1A:0*
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1d*
A: ICH1*
A: DA1*
A: $INDEX1*
A: brille
A: PFLICHT5*
A: pflicht
A: null eins
A: $NUM-EINER1A:0*
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1d*
A: null zwei
A: $NUM-EINER1A:0*
A: $NUM-EINER1A:2*
A: BEDEUTUNG1*
A: bedeutet
A: HÖRGERÄT2*
A: hör{gerät}
A: null zwei
A: $NUM-EINER1A:0*
A: $NUM-EINER1A:2*
A: And that number was missing on my driver's license.
A: $INDEX1*
A: fehlen fehlen fehlen fehlen fehlen
A: FEHLEN1A*
A: $INDEX1*
A: It is true, yes, but I don't wear hearing aids, I'm sorry.
A: [MG]
A: ICH1*
A: DU1*
A: ICH1
A: $PROD*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: GEHÖREN1^*
A: tut mir leid
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: That was a mistake though, It would have to be on my driver's license. That is what the law requires.
A: MUSS1
A: muss
A: $INDEX1*
A: GESETZ1A
A: GRUND4A^*
A: ICH1*
A: There are different laws.
A: $GEST^
A: $INDEX1
A: $GEST^
A: [MG]
A: VERSCHIEDEN1*
A: verschieden
A: GESETZ1A
A: gesetz
A: That was so tiring.
A: ICH1
A: MÜHE1*
A: AUF-PERSON1
A: I wanted them to call the traffic department, which was right around the corner of my house.
A: ICH1
A: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: verkehrsamt
A: VERKEHR1B
A: AMT1C
A: $INDEX1
A: MEIN1*
A: mein
A: WOHNUNG5
A: wohn
A: nähe
A: NAHE1B*
A: BEREICH1A^
A: So they called it right away but they were closed.
A: $INDEX1
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: stimm
A: TELEFONIEREN1*
A: GESCHLOSSEN1*
A: zu
A: $INDEX1
A: Shit. It was already 1 p.m. and they were only open until noon. Shit.
A: SCHEISSE2
A: schei{ße}
A: $NUM-TEEN1:2d
A: zwölf
A: ICH1
A: $NUM-TEEN1:3d
A: dreizehn uhr
A: SCHEISSE2
A: scheiße
A: STUNDE2B*
A: ein stunde
A: EGAL-SEIN1A
A: [MG]
A: AB1C^
A: [MG]
A: Therefore I didn't get my driver's license, the traffic office had to decide in the matter first. Darn it!
A: ||ICH1*
A: FÜHRERSCHEIN1
A: führerschein
A: BEKOMMEN1*
A: NICHT3B*
A: ||MUSS1
A: muss
A: ||DORTHIN-GEHEN1
A: $INDEX1
A: entscheidung
A: ENTSCHEIDEN1A
A: $INDEX1
A: ||MÜHE1
A: [MG]
A: ||AUF-PERSON1^
A: I was pretty disappointed and went home. It really took it out of me.
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: NACH-HAUSE1
A: ab
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: TRAURIG1*
A: [MG]
A: Do you know #Name1?
A: $INDEX4*
A: #name1
A: KENNEN1A
B: No.
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
A: #name1
A: From soccer, Union Berlin.
A: $INDEX1
B: $ORAL^
B: #Name1.
B: ste{fan} #name1
A: ||$GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: FUSSBALL2
A: fußball
A: union berlin
A: $ALPHA1:U-N-I-O-N
A: SCHLÄGER1B^*
A: $INDEX1
A: SCHLÄGER1B^*
A: union
B: Ah, right.
A: BERLIN1A*
A: berlin
B: ||KENNEN1A
B: kennen kennen
A: $INDEX1
A: #Name1.
A: #name1
A: EGAL3*
B: Oh, him! The bigmouth, right?
A: And he/ Yes, exactly, him!
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: ||STIMMT1B
A: $INDEX1
B: ||GROSSMAUL1*
A: $ALPHA1:U*
A: union
A: [MG]
A: GROSSMAUL1*
B: ||RICHTIG1A
A: RICHTIG1A
A: GENAU3*
A: We sat together sadly. He failed his test, I didn't get my driver's license.
A: ||$INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: ICH2
A: TRAURIG1*
A: BEIDE2A*
A: TRAURIG1*
A: $INDEX1
A: STRAFE1A
A: strafe
A: ||ICH1
A: ||BEKOMMEN1*
A: bekommen
A: führerschein
A: FÜHRERSCHEIN1
A: NICHT3A*
A: We were moping.
A: ICH1
A: TRAURIG1*
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN3^
A: BEIDE2A
A: DAS-HÄTTE-ICH-NICHT-ERWARTET1*
A: There was a person waiting for us.
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
A: ein
A: a{uf}
A: $INDEX1
A: AUF-PERSON1
A: WARTEN1C
A: warte warte
A: AUF-PERSON1*
A: auf
A: He said that it wouldn't matter, he would lend the car to us and pay us, if we drove for him. (())
A: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: ICH1
A: BESCHEID1A
A: LEIHEN1
A: leihen
A: ALLE1B*
A: BEZAHLEN1
A: bezahlen
A: FÜR1*
A: für
A: WIE4A^*
A: ??
A: GEBEN3B^
A: ??
A: STRICH1A^*
A: ??
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: We should come along, he would spring us something.
A: $INDEX1
A: #name2
A: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1
A: RICHTUNG3^
A: LEIHEN1
A: leihen
A: RICHTUNG3^*
A: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1*
A: We got into the car.
A: AUTO1
A: auto
A: WOHER1^*
A: ||$PROD*
A: EINSTEIGEN1*
A: #Name2 had a driver's license, he was supposed to drive. We were going to Berlin.
A: $INDEX1
A: #name2
A: $INDEX1
A: VORTEIL2*
A: vorteil
A: FÜHRERSCHEIN1
A: führerschein
A: [MG]
A: HABEN-EXISTIEREN1
A: ||VORTEIL1
A: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1*
A: RICHTUNG3^
A: nach
A: berlin
A: BERLIN1A
A: RICHTUNG3^
A: AUTO-FAHREN2*
A: $INDEX1
A: We were driving humbly in a little Opel Corsa.
A: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN3B*
A: [MG]
A: WOHER1^
A: AUTO-FAHREN2
A: KLEIN6
A: klein
A: NASE-BOHREN1^*
A: opel
A: $ALPHA1:C-O-S-R-S
A: corsa
A: KLEIN6
A: [MG]
A: RICHTUNG3^
A: AUTO-FAHREN2*
A: The drive was pretty boring.
A: ICH1
A: ich
A: LANGEWEILE1*
A: FAHREN1*
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: Should I really drive four to five hours to Berlin for nothing?
A: SCHICKEN2^
A: ich was
A: ICH1
A: machen
A: VERRÜCKT1B
A: [MG]
A: SOLL1
A: soll
A: STUNDE2B*
A: vier
A: STUNDE2B*
A: fünf
A: DORTHIN-GEHEN1^*
A: stunden
A: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN2^
A: [MG]
A: We got in the car really quickly again.
A: $INDEX1
A: und
A: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^*
A: $PROD*
A: EINSTEIGEN1*
A: #Name2 was confused.
A: $INDEX1
A: #name2
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: I told him to sit down and not to be so narrow-minded.
A: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1*
A: komm
A: $GEST^*
A: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1*
A: $GEST^*
A: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: ||LEISE1
A: [MG]
A: ||$GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: ||TOLERANT1
A: tolerant
A: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1
A: SITZEN5*
A: He was really concerned, because it was his responsibility.
A: #name2
A: SORGEN-SICH6
A: ÜBERNEHMEN1*
A: übern{ehmen}
A: VORTEIL2^*
A: {verant}wortung
A: SORGEN-SICH6
A: SEHEN1*
A: Suddenly it started pouring rain.
A: PLÖTZLICH4*
A: [MG]
A: REGEN2A
A: regen
A: PLÖTZLICH4*
A: [MG]
A: REGEN2A
A: regen
A: Oh well, anyway. I wanted to start driving, but I forgot to turn on the engine.
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: $PROD*
A: ICH1*
A: GROSSMAUL1*
A: [MG]
A: ICH1*
A: AUCH1A*
A: auch
A: BESSER1*
A: nicht besser
A: ICH2*
A: VERGESSEN1*
A: vergessen
A: ANMACHEN1
A: I tried to shift gears but it didn't work. Oh, yes, I forgot to turn on the engine. Then I started driving.
A: ICH1*
A: $GEST^*
A: SCHALTER-AUTO1*
A: [MG]
A: $GEST^
A: [MG]
A: ANMACHEN1*||$PROD*
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: ||RICHTUNG3^
A: I drove around 130 km/h, even though it was raining.
A: $PROD*
A: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: REGEN2A*
A: regen
A: hundertzwanzig
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:2d
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:3d
A: dreißig
A: That was pretty fast for that kind of weather, and #Name2 was feeling ill at ease but I made it in the end and we arrived.
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: $PROD*
A: ||$INDEX1*
A: ||FEUER2^*
A: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: ABER1*
A: aber
A: ALLE1A*
A: alle
A: ICH2
A: ich
A: SCHAFFEN1A
A: schaffen
A: ICH1
A: PLÖTZLICH4^*
A: [MG]
A: DA1
A: da
A: I wanted to drive to Berlin to visit a friend the next day and spend the night there.
A: ICH1
A: MORGEN1A
A: morgen
A: NOCHMAL2B
A: noch mal
A: WEITER1B*
A: weiter
A: fahren
A: PARALLEL1A^*
A: $INDEX1
A: WOHNUNG5*
A: wohn
A: BERLIN1A*
A: berlin
A: ICH1*
A: MORGEN1A
A: morgen
A: BESUCHEN1B*
A: besuchen
A: ||SCHLAFEN1A*
A: schlafen
A: UND2A*
A: So I went to the traffic department and showed them the paper of my driving test. I explained, that there was an annotation missing.
A: $INDEX1
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: ICH1
A: verkehrsamt
A: VERKEHR1B*
A: AMT3*
A: BESCHEID1A
A: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
A: [MG]
A: ||$GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
A: $INDEX1*||HALTEN-BLATT1A*
A: MANN1*
A: mann
A: LESEN2*
A: liest
A: SCHREIBEN1A^*
A: steht
A: WAS1A*
A: was
A: FEHLEN2
A: fehlt
A: The case worker didn't know anything about that either, and was surprised himself.
A: ||$INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: $PROD*
A: $INDEX1*
A: KEINE-AHNUNG1*
A: AUCH1A
A: WUNDERN1
A: $PROD*
A: He wanted to talk to his supervisor, though. I think, it was the head of the department.
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^*
A: ICH1*
A: MUSS1
A: muss
A: CHEF1B
A: chef
A: $INDEX1
A: abteilungschef
A: ÖFFNEN4^*
A: ABTEILUNG1*
A: CHEF1B*
A: $INDEX1
A: ICH1*
A: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^*
A: [MG]
A: ||$INDEX1
A: My mother knew him well. Whenever there is a problem, she goes to him.
A: $INDEX1
A: MAMA11
A: mama
A: GUT1
A: gut
A: KENNEN1A*
A: kennen
A: HIN-UND-HER1*
A: OFT1B*
A: oft oft
A: DORTHIN-GEHEN1*
A: UNTERHALTUNG1
A: PROBLEM1
A: problem
A: OFT1A
A: oft
A: ||$INDEX1
A: KENNEN1A*
A: kennen
A: $INDEX1
A: The case worker asked him and said, that I would have to wear my hearing aids.
A: ||$GEST^
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
A: IRGENDWANN1
A: [MG]
A: FERTIG1A*
A: DORTHIN-GEHEN1*
A: ALSO1
A: also
A: MUSS1*
A: muss nicht
A: HÖRGERÄT1
A: hörgerät
A: NICHT3B
A: I was happy, but now I really wanted my driver's license.
A: ICH1
A: GUT3
A: [MG]
A: ICH1
A: FORDERN1*
A: [MG]
A: SCHMAL1C^*
A: $INDEX1
A: $GEST-KOMM-HER-HER-DAMIT1B^
A: ICH2
A: JETZT3
A: WILLE6^
A: [MG]
A: JETZT3*
A: He started looking for it.
A: $INDEX1
A: MOMENT2*
A: moment
A: $GEST^*
A: But when I explained that I took my driving test in Essen, he told me that I had to write a letter to the traffic department.
A: ICH1
A: DORTHIN-GEHEN1*
A: GESTERN1B
A: gestern
A: ESSEN-STADT1
A: essen
A: KOMMEN1*
A: ICH1
A: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: BEDEUTUNG1
A: bedeutet
A: LASSEN2A*
A: [MG]
A: BEDEUTUNG1*
A: bedeutet
A: brief
A: BRIEF1B*
A: SCHICKEN2*
A: WARTEN1C
A: ICH1
A: Darn it.
A: MIST3
A: ICH1
A: I asked, if it was possible to get a compensational driver's license.
A: HABEN-EXISTIEREN1
A: [MG]
A: ersatzführerschein
A: ERSATZ1A*
A: FÜHRERSCHEIN1
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: He was happy to make one out for me. I got one made out of a special thin paper, which was stamped.
A: $INDEX1
A: JA1A
A: ja
A: BEREIT2A*
A: GERN1*
A: gern
A: AUFKLAPPEN-BUCH1^
A: WEISS1A*
A: weiß
A: ANDERS1*
A: an{ders}
A: GEFÜHL3^
A: GLATT1
A: glatt
A: SPEZIAL1*
A: speziell
A: WIR2*
A: GUT1
A: STEMPEL1*
A: [MG]
A: fertig
A: FERTIG1A
A: GUT3
A: SAGEN1*
A: Normally the guidelines say/
A: NORMALERWEISE1
A: normalerweise
A: VORSCHRIFT1A
A: vorschrift
A: $INDEX1
A: meinung
A: MEINUNG1B
B: Oh, I know what you mean. I used to have a driver's license like that.
A: SEIN-IHR1
B: weiß
B: ||WEISS1A*
B: BUCH1B*
B: ||$INDEX1
A: Yes, a compensational driver's license from some sort of special material.
B: ||ICH1
A: AUFKLAPPEN-BUCH1^
B: ||$INDEX1
B: GLEICH1A*
A: ersatzführerschein
A: ERSATZ1B
B: ||STIMMT1B
B: stimmt stimmt
A: FÜHRERSCHEIN1
A: JA1A
A: WEISS1A
A: weiß
A: GEFÜHL3^
A: [MG]
B: ||STIMMT1A
A: ANDERS1
A: anders
A: The case worker from the department told me, when it says on there that I need to wear my hearing aids, it would be no problem, I could drive.
A: $INDEX1
A: SAGEN1*
A: MEINUNG1B
A: meint
A: WAS1A*
A: {w}as
A: $INDEX1
A: WENN1A*
A: wenn
A: $INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: MUSS1
A: muss
A: WENN1A*
A: wenn
A: HÖRGERÄT1*
A: hörgerät
A: KEIN6
A: kein
A: PROBLEM1*
A: problem
A: NICHT3B
A: RICHTIG1A*
A: richtig
A: FAHREN1
A: fahren
A: NICHT3B
A: If I didn‘t need any, it would have to say so on the paper.
A: WENN1A*
A: wenn
A: HÖRGERÄT1*
A: hörgerät
A: ||WOLLEN8*
A: [MG]
A: BEDEUTUNG1
A: bedeutet
A: REGEL1D^
A: führerschein
A: DAZU1*
A: dazu
A: I thought, it was odd. Whether it is true or not, I don't know.
A: ICH1
A: MERKWÜRDIG1
A: [MG]
A: ICH1
A: o{b}
A: OB1
A: ob
A: WAHR1
A: wahr
A: SO1A
A: so
A: ICH1
A: WAS1A*
A: weiß nicht
A: When I wasn‘t wearing my hearing aids, the right side mirror would have to be there.
A: $INDEX1
A: SAGEN1
A: sagen
A: WENN1A*
A: wenn
A: HÖRGERÄT1*
A: hörgerät
A: NICHT3B*
A: WENN1A*
A: wenn
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
A: ein
A: MUSS1
A: muss
A: DAZU1*
A: DA1
A: da
A: SPIEGEL1*
A: spiegel
A: DA1
A: da
A: $INDEX1
A: PFLICHT5*
A: pflicht
A: I am not allowed to drive without it.
A: NUR2A*
A: nur
A: SPIEGEL1*
A: spiegel
A: OHNE1*
A: ohne
A: GEHEN2A
A: gehen
A: NICHT3A
A: nicht
A: AUTO-FAHREN2*
A: fahren
B: Two side mirrors.
A: I would have to have the right side mirror?
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:2
A: MUSS1
A: muss
B: SPIEGEL1*
B: spiegel
A: $INDEX1
A: DA1
B: $PROD*
A: ICH1
A: The left side mirror is mandatory, but in addition I would have to have the right side mirror.
A: $INDEX1
A: nur
A: KLAR1B*
A: klar
A: SPIEGEL1*
A: KLAR1A*
A: klar
A: NUR2A
A: nur
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
A: ein
A: $INDEX1
A: AB1B
A: ab
A: ||GEHEN2A
A: geht
A: ||NICHT3A
A: nicht
A: ORT1A^*
A: DA1
A: da
A: DARF1
A: darf
A: ICH1
A: $INDEX1
A: SELBSTVERSTÄNDLICH1A*
A: selbstverständlich
A: $INDEX1
A: Everyone is allowed to drive without the right side mirror by now, that is not a problem.
A: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
A: JETZT3*
A: jetzt
A: SELBSTVERSTÄNDLICH1A*
A: selbstverständlich
A: ALLE1A*
A: alle
A: KEIN6*
A: kein
A: PROBLEM1
A: problem
A: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: GUT1*
A: gut
A: But it wasn't allowed back then.
A: WENN1A*
A: wenn
A: ab
A: SPIEGEL1^*
A: AB2
A: ||NICHT3A
A: nicht
A: ||GEHEN2A
A: gehen
A: ||NICHT3A
A: nicht
A: AUTO-FAHREN2
A: fahren
A: I thought it was odd, but if the regulations state it that way, fine.
A: ICH1
A: MERKWÜRDIG1
A: [MG]
A: VORSCHRIFT1A
A: vorschrift
A: EMPFEHLEN1A
A: empfehlen
A: DA1
A: SCHLUSS1*
A: FERTIG1A
A: ERLEDIGEN1A
A: ab
A: SCHLUSS1
A: I finally got my driver's license and was really excited.
A: ICH1
B: Then that's just the way it is.
A: [MG]
A: HALTEN-BLATT1A^*
B: SCHLUSS1
A: ||LÄCHELN1^*
A: I asked my mother to hand me her car key.
A: ICH1
A: MAMA11*
A: mama
A: $GEST-KOMM-HER-HER-DAMIT1B^
A: SCHLÜSSEL-TÜR1
A: My mother thought about letting me have her car; she had her doubts.
A: MUTTER5
A: mutter
A: SORGEN-SICH6
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: ||MEIN1
A: mein
A: ||WIRKLICH2*
A: [MG]
A: ||AUTO1*
A: auto
A: ||GEBEN1
A: geben
A: ||SOHN1
A: sohn
A: She did it anyway, with a heavy heart.
A: [MG]
A: ||SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN2
A: GEBEN-FESTHALTEN4||SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN2*
A: We started driving, and she told me, that I shouldn't drive as close to the curb. I just put her off, and said, that it’d fit.
A: ICH1
A: $PROD*
A: MUTTER1*
A: mutter
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: BANAL1
A: KLEIN2^
A: BANAL1
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: $PROD*
A: But then I ended up driving a little bit to far to the right too. It was just the way, I was used to.
A: ÜBERLEGEN1
A: JETZT1
A: GEWOHNHEIT1
A: gewohnt
A: VOLL-IN-ORDNUNG1
A: [MG]
B: I often had the same problem in the beginning. It is working pretty well by now.
B: ||STIMMT1A*
B: ANFANG1A
B: anfang
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: GLEICH1A
B: ||$INDEX1
B: $GEST-NM^
B: oft oft
B: ||STRENG1
B: $GEST-RUHIG-BLEIBEN1^*
B: GLEICH1A*
B: ABLAUF1A
B: ||HARMLOS1*
B: [MG]
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: ||$GEST-OFF^
A: I think, it is a typical mistake of new drivers. They want to prove themselves and then they end up not doing a very good job.
B: I/
B: ||ICH1*
B: auch
A: TYPISCH1*
A: typisch
A: ANFANG1A
A: anfang
A: AUTO-FAHREN2
A: fahren
A: ANGEBEN1
A: [MG]
A: ZEIGEN1A*
A: [MG]
B: You're right.
B: STIMMT1B
A: WAHRSCHEINLICH1
A: wahrscheinlich
A: SCHLECHT1
A: schlecht
A: AUCH1A
A: auch
B: That's true.
B: ||STIMMT1B
B: Yes, when you are a new driver, you are driving really accurately, but with time, you loosen up. It is like that with everybody.
B: ||SO1A
B: so
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||JUNG1
B: jung
B: FRISCH1
B: frisch
B: ||STRENG1*
B: ||VORNE1^*
B: ||ALT5A*
B: alt
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: SO1A
B: so
B: ||$INDEX1
B: GLEICH1A
B: überall
B: ||HAUPT1B^
B: ||ALLE2A
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: I took my driver's test, too, not in Bremerhaven, though.
B: ||ICH1*
B: fahrschule
B: FAHREN1
B: ||SCHULE1A*
B: ||AUCH3A
B: auch
B: ||ICH1
B: ||EINSTEIGEN1*
B: ||HIN-UND-HER1*
B: bremerhaven
B: ||BREMEN1*
B: HAFEN2
B: ||ICH1
B: ||NAHE2A*
B: [MG]
B: ||HIER1
B: gewesen
B: I was in a driving school for hearing people.
B: ||HÖREND1A
B: hörend
B: fahrschule
B: FAHREN1
B: ||SCHULE1A
B: ||HÖREND1A
B: hörend
B: ||SEIN-IHR1
B: They weren’t able to sign, but we communicated with gestures.
B: ||ICH1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: NULL1A
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||GESTIK1
B: [MG]
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: He was hearing? I had a hearing driver's ed teacher, too, but many deaf people went to him.
B: My teacher was hearing.
A: HÖREND1A^*
A: hören
B: ||HAUPTSACHE1B
B: haupt
B: UNTERRICHTEN1*
A: ICH1*
B: ||HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
A: AUCH1A
A: auch
A: HÖREND1A||$INDEX1
A: hören
A: $INDEX1
A: OFT1B
A: oft
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: MASSE-PERSON-AKTIV2*
B: I was the only deaf person in my driving school.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||ICH1
A: OFT1A*
A: oft oft oft
B: $INDEX1
B: ||$NUM-ORD1:1
B: einzig
B: ||ICH1^
B: aber
A: I was lucky, that the driving school was close to Essen.
B: ||$NUM-ORD1:1
B: einzig
A: ESSEN-STADT1
A: essen
A: glück
A: GLÜCK2
A: $INDEX1
B: ||$INDEX1
A: ESSEN-STADT1
A: essen
A: NAHE1B*
A: nah
A: GLÜCK2*
A: glück
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: I was the only deaf person.
B: ||ICH1
B: ich
B: ||$NUM-ORD1:1
B: ||ICH1
B: ||EINSTEIGEN1*
B: I went pretty well actually.
B: ||AUCH3A
B: ABLAUF1A
B: [MG]
B: I took the theory test first and then I started my driving lessons.
B: ||ZUERST1A
B: zuerst
B: ||THEORIE1A
B: theorie
B: ||SCHREIBEN1A*
B: ABLAUF2
B: ||DANN1A
B: dann
B: $PROD*
B: rumfahren
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: AUTO-FAHREN2
B: ||STUNDE1A*
B: stunde
B: Right in one of the first lessons something bad happened.
B: anfang
B: ||ZUERST1A
B: ANFANG1A
B: ||REIHE1^*
B: [MG]
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: zwei
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:3d
B: drei
B: ||REIHE1^*
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: SCHLIMM3D
B: schlimm
B: WAS1A*
B: was
B: ||SEHR-VIEL2
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||WAS1A*
B: ||SEHR-VIEL2*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: ||ICH1
B: I was picked up from home, because I didn't own my own car.
B: $PROD*
B: ||ICH1
B: haus
B: HAUS1A
B: ||MEIN1*
B: ||ABHOLEN1*
B: abholen
B: ||GRUND4A
B: ||ICH1*
B: AUTO1
B: auto
B: WAS1A
B: KEIN2*
B: kein
B: It worked out pretty well for my driving teacher to pick me up from home, so he did.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: PASSEN1
B: passt
B: $PROD*
B: fahren
B: ||ABHOLEN1*
B: abholen
B: ||GUT1
B: gut
B: I was waiting outside until my driving teacher came and went about.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||WARTEN1A
B: [MG]
B: ||KOMMEN1*
B: komm
B: ||WARTEN1A
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: ||$PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ||FERTIG1A*
B: He got out of the car and greeted me and I was allowed to take a seat.
B: ||ICH1
B: $PROD*
B: SCHÜTTELN-HAND1A^
B: $GEST^
B: ||ICH1
B: ||$PROD*
B: ||SCHLIESSEN1*
B: And then the usual procedure followed: Buckling the belt, adjusting the side mirrors, etc. Just the usual. Release of the handbrake, buckling on.
B: ||TYPISCH1*
B: typisch
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ||KLAR1B*
B: NORMAL1
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: HANDBREMSE1*
B: $PROD*
B: When everything was set and ready, I started the car and started driving.
B: ||FERTIG1B
B: fertig
B: ANMACHEN1||$PROD*
B: SCHLUSS1
B: [MG]
B: ||KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1*
B: ||LESEN-BUCH2^*
B: ||LOS-START4
B: ||ICH1
B: SCHLIESSEN1*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: We went on the autobahn for the first time.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||KÖRPER1^*
B: AUTOBAHN1*
B: autobahn
B: ||ERSTES-MAL3A
B: erste mal
B: AUTOBAHN1*
B: autobahn
B: I had already checked off the federal highway and country roads, now I was supposed to drive on the autobahn for the first time.
B: ||BIS-HEUTE1B^
B: FAHREN1*
B: ||WEG3A^*
B: bundesstraße
B: landstraße
B: LAND3A*
B: STRASSE1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||ERSTES-MAL3A
B: erste {mal}
B: AUTOBAHN1*
B: autobahn
B: LERNEN1
B: lernen
B: ||$GEST^
B: DURCH1^*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||ICH1
B: AUTOBAHN1
B: autobahn
B: There is an intersection right behind my house. It is really dangerous there.
B: ||ICH1
B: wohnen
B: WOHNUNG1A*
B: HAUS2^
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||KREUZ3*
B: kreuzung
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||GEFÄHRLICH1D*
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: A lot has happened there in the past; there have been many accidents. There is no traffic light, only stop signs.
B: ||SEHR7
B: [MG]
B: ||GEFÄHRLICH1A*
B: [MG]
B: ||VIEL1A
B: viel
B: PASSIERT3*
B: passiert
B: [MG]
B: ||VERGANGENHEIT1^
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: $INDEX1
B: da
B: ||VIEL1A
B: viel
B: ||UNFALL2A*
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: KREUZ3*
B: kreuzung
B: ||AMPEL1*
B: ampel
B: KEIN1*
B: kein
B: SCHILD3B
B: ||STOPP1*
B: stopp
B: SCHILD3B
B: There was a lot of traffic on the main road, which made it impossible for the cars who wanted to take a turn, to actually turn.
B: ||SCHON1A
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
A: Wow, that's interesting.
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
A: INTERESSE1A
B: ||$INDEX1
B: KREUZ3*
B: kreuzung
B: That intersection is different now. At the time that I was taking my driving test it was still there.
B: ||JETZT1
B: jetzt
B: VORBEI4
B: vorbei
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: ||FRÜHER1
B: früher
B: ||$INDEX1
B: $PROD*
B: ||NOCH4A*
B: noch
B: I was supposed to drive in the direction of the autobahn. I was actually pretty relaxed.
B: ||ICH1
B: $PROD*
B: AUTOBAHN1*
B: autobahn
B: ||RICHTUNG3^*
B: ||ICH1
B: $PROD*
B: ||GUT1^*
B: WAS1A
B: was
B: ||ICH1
B: AUTO-FAHREN2
B: ||ICH1
B: ||WISSEN2B^
B: [MG]
B: BERUHIGEN3*
B: AUTO-FAHREN2
B: My driving teacher told me to turn right, which I already knew.
B: ||ICH1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: RECHTS3
B: AUTOBAHN1*
B: autobahn
B: ||ICH1
B: ||WISSEN2B
B: $INDEX1
B: ||STIMMT1B
B: stimmt
B: ||ICH1
B: [MG]
B: ||$GEST^
B: BLINKEN1
B: So I headed for the intersection and stopped there.
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: A tractor, which was driving pretty slow, was coming up from the left. I wanted to play it safe, so I told him to pass me.
B: ||WARTEN1A*
B: ||AUF-PERSON1*
B: ||PLÖTZLICH4*
B: [MG]
B: ||KOMMEN2*
B: kommt
B: FAHREN-LENKRAD1^
B: trecker
B: ||$PROD*
B: LANGSAM1
B: lang{sam}
B: ||WISSEN2B^
B: HAUPTSÄCHLICH1^
B: doch
B: TYPISCH1*
B: [MG]
B: LANGSAM1
B: langsam
B: ||ICH2
B: $PROD*
B: ||KÖRPER1^*
B: lieber
B: SICHER1
B: sicher
B: ||$GEST^
B: ||ICH1
B: sicher
B: SICHER1
B: BLEIBEN2*
B: I already set my turn signal as I drove towards the intersection and now I was shifting to neutral and waited.
B: $PROD*
B: ||SCHON1B*
B: schon
B: [MG]
B: BLINKEN1
B: ||WARTEN1A
B: SCHALTER-AUTO1*
B: ||NULL6A*
B: null
B: SCHALTER-AUTO1*
B: SCHLUSS1*
B: ||WARTEN1A
B: [MG]
B: My driving teacher next to me took notes.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: WAS1A*
B: [MG]
B: ||LESEN-BUCH2A
B: ||SCHREIBEN1A*
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
B: [MG]
B: ||SCHAUEN1*
B: schauen
B: ||PUNKT1C*
B: punkte
B: ||RECHNEN1*
B: [MG]
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: [MG]
B: There was an old man in a car pulling up next to me. I don't know, whether he wanted to go straight ahead or if he wanted to turn left.
B: ||ICH1
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ||ALT5A
B: alt
B: mann
B: ||MANN1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
B: KÖRPER1^*
B: [MG]
B: RICHTUNG3^*
B: [MG]
B: ODER1*
B: oder
B: GERADEAUS1*
B: [MG]
B: ||ICH2
B: WAS1A
B: weiß nicht
B: ||$PROD*
B: [MG]
B: I had my eyes back on the road again and looked left: There was a car coming. Just to make sure, I looked to the right, everything was clear there.
B: ||ICH1
B: ||SCHAUEN1*
B: ||WARTEN3*
B: ||KOMMEN2*
B: [MG]
B: AUTO1
B: auto
B: ||KOMMEN2*
B: [MG]
B: ||$PROD*
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: ||ICH1*
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: ||ICH1*
B: ||BEDEUTUNG1^
B: was ist das
B: KOMMEN2
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
B: ||ICH2
B: ||SEHEN1*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||LEER7
B: leer
B: GUT6*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-NM^
B: Suddenly there was a car flying past us and rolled over.
B: ||$PROD*
B: [MG]
B: UM11^*
B: ||$PROD*
B: And the car next to ours was also pushed to the side.
B: WAS1B
B: was
B: ICH2*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: AUTO1
B: auto
B: ABWEICHUNG3^*
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: So what had happened?
B: WAS1B
B: was
B: The old man had driven a little bit further up, I don't know why.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||MANN1
B: mann
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||ICH1
B: WISSEN2B^*
B: [MG]
B: ||BEGREIFEN1
B: ||WAS1A*
B: was
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: Maybe he had hit the gas pedal too early or he had started the car which then pounced a little or something like that.
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||EGAL3*
B: egal
B: ||PEDAL2^*
B: [MG]
B: ||$GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^*
B: ||FEHLER1*
B: fehler
B: ANMACHEN1
B: [MG]
B: ||ODER1*
B: oder
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: The car, which was coming from the left, drove into the other car which then turned over and flew across our car and landed on the side with its wheels still turning.
B: ||$PROD*
B: ||ICH2
B: AUTO1
B: auto
B: ||$PROD*
B: AUTO1*
B: [MG]
B: ROLLEN1B^*
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: It was a real accident.
B: ||RICHTIG1B
B: richtig
B: ||UNFALL2A
B: unfall
B: NEIN3B^*
B: My driving teacher got out of the car right away but told me, to stay in the car.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||SCHREIBEN1E^*
B: ||BLEIBEN2*
B: GEBEN-FESTHALTEN1A^*
B: TÜR-AUF2*
B: ||AUSSTEIGEN1A*
B: $PROD*
B: The driver of the car, which was involved in the accident, was able to get out of the car. He got all worked up.
B: PLÖTZLICH4
B: [MG]
B: trecker
B: ||$INDEX1
B: AUTO-FAHREN2
B: ||AUSSTEIGEN1B*
B: aussteigen
B: UM11^*
B: ROLLEN1B^*
A: He survived?
A: SCHAFFEN1A*
A: schaffen
A: überleben
A: ÜBER1*
B: AUSSTEIGEN1B*
B: aus
A: JA1A
B: $PROD*
B: NERVÖS1B^
B: [MG]
B: GEHEN1A^*
B: The old man next to me was just sitting there. He was in shock.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||MANN1
B: alt m{ann}
B: AUTO1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: WIE3A*
B: wie
B: SCHOCK2B
B: schock
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: GLEICH1A^
B: wie
B: Everyone was pointing fingers at the other, but my driving teacher intervened to calm the situation down pretty quickly.
B: ||ICH2*
B: GEHEN1A^*
B: $GEST-RUHIG-BLEIBEN1^*
B: ||VIEL1A
B: KRITISIEREN1A*
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: BLEIBEN2
B: ruhig bleiben
B: Then they showed their driver's licenses, the names of the witnesses were written down and the police was notified.
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: GUT1^*
B: $PROD*
B: ||AUCH3A
B: [MG]
B: VIERECK2^
B: ||GEBEN-FESTHALTEN1A
B: ZEUGE1*
B: zeuge
B: ||$INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: VIERECK2^
B: ||GEBEN-FESTHALTEN1A
B: ||POLIZEI1A*
B: polizei
B: TELEFONIEREN1*
B: [MG]
B: ||FERTIG1B
B: Then we drove off. I thought, we had to wait for the police, but no, we could drive off.
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||ICH1
B: SCHLUSS1
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: ||ICH1
B: ||DENKEN1B
B: glaube
B: ||ICH1
B: ||WARTEN1A
B: warten
B: ||POLIZEI1A*
B: polizei
B: KOMMEN2*
B: kommen
B: ||NEIN1B
B: [MG]
B: ||ICH1
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
B: [MG]
B: Then I turned right.
B: ||ICH1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ||FERTIG1A*
B: Later the police arrived.
B: ||POLIZEI1A*
B: polizei
B: ||SPÄTER10*
B: später
B: KOMMEN2*
B: kommen
B: My parents saw the police and the site of the accident as they drove by.
B: ||ICH1
B: ELTERN1A
B: eltern
B: ||SPÄTER10
B: ||SEHEN1
B: KOMMEN2*
B: kommen
B: ||MERKWÜRDIG1*
B: [MG]
B: I saw the actual accident.
B: ||ICH1
B: ||GENAU-DAS1*
B: [MG]
B: UNFALL2B
B: unfall
B: WIE1^
B: was was
B: ||SPÄTER10
B: später
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: That was an awful incident.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||SCHLIMM3B*
B: schlimm
B: PASSIERT1
B: pas{siert}
B: ||SCHON1A
B: Other than that, the driving school went well, and the driving test went well, too.
B: ABLAUF1A
B: [MG]
B: ||VON-DA-AN1*
B: [MG]
B: ||KEIN1*
B: ||PRÜFEN1
B: prüfung
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
B: ||GUT1
B: gut
B: ABLAUF1A
B: laufen
B: NORMAL1
B: no{rmal}
B: SCHLUSS1*
B: ERGEBNIS1*
B: I didn't drink alcohol before the test, I am not stupid.
B: ||ALKOHOL2*
B: alkohol
B: NEIN2B*
B: ||VERNUNFT1
B: vernünftig
B: ||ICH2*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ||$PROD*
B: [MG]
A: Yes, the alcohol, that's right.
B: FERTIG1A
B: fertig
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: ALKOHOL2*
A: FAN2*
B: Yes, I didn't party the night before either, unlike you, hence it went well. Therefore I passed my driving test.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ||$INDEX1
B: BESOFFEN3
B: ||ICH1
B: SCHLUSS1
B: NORMAL1
B: normal
B: ||$PROD*
B: FERTIG1A
B: $GEST^
B: ||BESTEHEN1
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: One has to pass two tests. The first one is the theory test. I didn't study at all for it, because I didn't really know how.
B: That's how it was.
A: MAL3*
A: zweimal
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: ICH1
A: THEORIE1A||$INDEX1
A: theorie
A: ICH1
A: KEIN1*
A: kein
A: lernen
A: LESEN1C^*
A: ICH2
A: NULL4
A: null
A: ICH1
A: WIE8
A: wie wie
A: I did sit down to study with my book, but I kept falling asleep.
A: BUCH1B
A: buch
A: GEFÜHL3^
A: [MG]
A: ICH1*
A: ||BLÄTTERN3*
A: $GEST-NM^
A: There was an interpreter during the actual exam. That worked out really well.
A: DANN1C
A: DANN1A
A: DOLMETSCHER1
A: dolmetscher
A: EINSTELLEN-ARBEIT1B
A: ICH1
A: SCHREIBEN1D*
A: [MG]
B: Oh, you had an interpreter with you? I did it without one.
A: KLAPPT1*
A: klappt klappt klappt klappt klappt klappt
B: DOLMETSCHER1
B: dolmetscher
B: ||EINSTELLEN-ARBEIT1A
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||ICH1
B: OHNE1
B: ohne
A: ICH1
A: It really didn't matter to me, though it worked pretty well.
A: SCHLUSS1*
A: ICH2
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: ICH2
A: EGAL-SEIN1A
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: ICH1
A: SCHREIBEN1D*
A: KLAPPT1*
A: klappt klappt klappt
A: I missed seven points in the end, therefore I squeaked through it.
A: KLAPPT1*
A: $NUM-EINER1A:7d
A: sieben
A: PUNKT1C*
A: punkte
A: VERGANGENHEIT1^
A: $INDEX1
A: KNAPP1
A: knapp
A: [MG]
A: ERFOLG1^
A: DURCH1^*
A: ICH1
A: GLÜCK2*
A: glück
A: My driving instructor was really awesome, concerning the driving lessons. I am very grateful for him, because I was able to lip read really well off him.
A: ICH1
A: GEWESEN1
A: gewesen
A: $INDEX1
A: AUTO1
A: auto
A: $INDEX1
A: PRÜFEN1
A: AUF-PERSON1*
A: auf
A: fahrschullehrer
A: AUTO-FAHREN2
A: $INDEX1
A: DANKBAR1*
A: dankbar
A: AUF-PERSON1
A: auf
A: AUTO-FAHREN2
A: fahren
A: ICH1*
A: ||KANN1
A: ||ETWAS-LIEBEN1*
A: [MG]
A: ||ABLESEN1*
A: ablesen
A: ||ETWAS-LIEBEN1
A: [MG]
A: ||AUF-PERSON1
A: He also really pushed me to strive.
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: $INDEX1*
A: FORDERN1
A: $GEST-KOMM-HER-HER-DAMIT1B^*
A: $INDEX1
A: KANN1*
A: kann
A: GUT1
A: gut
A: KANN1*
A: kann
A: $INDEX1*
A: was
A: ICH1
A: We were driving on the autobahn, and it's pouring rain. I was driving over 100km/h, well around 90 km/h to 100km/h.
A: $PROD*
A: AUTOBAHN1*
A: autobahn
A: $PROD*
A: PLÖTZLICH4*
A: [MG]
A: REGEN2A
A: regen
A: ||MUSS1A^
A: über
A: ||$NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
A: hundert
B: Yes.
A: UNGEFÄHR1
A: ungefähr
B: STIMMT1B
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:9
A: neunzig
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
A: hund{ert}
A: ETWA1
A: {un}gefähr
A: LOS-START4
A: los
A: My driving instructor said, that I could go faster.
A: ||MANN1
A: mann
A: ||MEHR1*
A: I was a little surprised, but I stepped on the gas anyway.
A: PEDAL1*
A: ||$GEST^
A: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: ||WEITER1A*
A: weiter
A: PEDAL1*
A: [MG]
A: He said, I should drive even faster. I was going around 150 km/h by the time that I was going fast enough for his liking.
A: ||WEITER1A^*
A: über hundertfünfzig
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:5*
A: SCHLUSS1*
A: He was pretty laid-back.
A: $PROD*
A: NAME1B^*
A: MUSKEL3^*
A: TOLERANT1
A: to{lerant}
A: $INDEX1
A: SEHR6
A: The whole car was shaking. I was driving more towards the middle of the road because there were no other cars around.
A: [MG]
A: $PROD*
A: MITTE2B
A: mitte
A: ICH1||AUTO-HALTEN2
A: ich
A: GROB1*
A: grob
A: VIEL1A
A: viel
A: ICH1
A: $PROD*
A: My driving instructor was unimpressed, I was even able to see a thick layer of water on the driving lane.
A: MANN1
A: mann
A: SEHEN-AUF1*
A: KALT2
A: kalt
A: ICH1
A: SCHON1A*
A: schon
A: ICH1
A: ERBLICKEN2
A: [MG]
A: SEHR6
A: [MG]
A: VIEL1A
A: viel
A: WASSER8*
A: wasser
A: SCHMAL1A^*
A: [MG]
A: My driving instructor wanted to test me a little.
A: $INDEX1
A: PRÜFEN1*
A: test
A: FLACH1^*
A: SEHEN-AUF2*
A: PRÜFEN1*
A: I know, that you have to hold the stirring wheel steady during a weather like this.
A: ICH1*
A: WISSEN2A*
A: weiß
A: REGEL1A*
A: regel
A: DARF1*
A: darf nicht
A: STEUERN-LENKRAD1*
A: NEIN1A*
A: If the lane is that wet, you have to keep the stirring wheel steady.
A: ||NUR2A*
A: nur
A: FEST1*
A: neutral
A: NEUTRAL1A
A: RICHTUNG3^
A: BISSCHEN2A
A: FEST1*
A: fest
A: RICHTUNG3^
A: ||MUSS1*
A: muss
A: ||$PROD*
A: The car was even sliding slightly over the lane, because the wheels weren't able to connect with the road.
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: ||$PROD*
A: GEFÜHL3^
A: LUFT1*
A: luft
A: GLATT1^*
A: [MG]
A: ABSTAND1*
A: abstand
A: GLEICH1A*
A: wie
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: Suddenly the car jerked a little and then it found its grip again, the road was dry again.
A: $GEST^
A: $PROD*
A: ANFASSEN1B^*
A: an
A: SCHON1B
A: schon
A: FEST1
A: fest
A: ||MIT1A
A: My driving instructor said, that I mastered the task really well. I asked jokingly, if I should go even faster than 150 km/h.
A: ||ER-SIE-ES1
A: ||EGAL-SEIN1A
A: [MG]
A: ||$GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: [MG]
A: ||GUT3
A: ||NEIN3B^
A: ||$GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: [MG]
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN3B*
A: $GEST^
A: ICH1
A: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN3^
A: hundertfünfzig
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:5
A: WAS1A*
A: $GEST-NM^
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
A: hundert
A: NEIN3B^
A: ||ER-SIE-ES1*
B: You really proved yourself to have a thick skin. It was pretty risky.
A: He wanted to test me.
B: ||SEHR7
B: [MG]
A: PRÜFEN1*
B: ||DICKES-FELL1
B: [MG]
B: WIE4A*
B: RISIKO6
B: risiko
B: ||DICKES-FELL1
B: [MG]
A: AUF-PERSON1*
A: auf
B: ||$INDEX1
A: PRÜFEN1*
B: ||WIE4A
A: And also the time that I drove around 180 km/h - the car wasn't able to go any faster- on the autobahn. That was something as well.
A: AUCH1A||$$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
A: auch
A: AUTOBAHN1*
A: autobahn
A: ICH2
A: SCHAFFEN1A*
A: schaffen
A: ICH2
A: AUTO1
A: auto
A: GEWESEN1
A: gewesen
A: hundertachtzig
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:8d
A: ZUSAMMENSTOSS1^*
A: hart
A: ||TACHOMETER1*
A: ||MANN1*
A: mann
A: ||WEITER1A*
A: [MG]
A: SEHR6
A: $INDEX1
A: LUFT3A*
A: He wanted to test me. I played along, it was not bad at all.
A: GELD1A^
A: PRÜFEN1
A: $INDEX1
A: ICH1
A: auf
A: $INDEX1
A: BISSCHEN2A*
A: SPIELEN2
A: spielen
A: MIT1A
A: mit
A: AUCH1A
A: auch
A: ICH1
A: NICHT3A
A: nicht
A: SCHLECHT1
A: schlecht
A: AUCH1A
A: $INDEX1
B: The fastest tempo, which I drove on the autobahn, was 130 km/h per hour.
B: ||ICH1*
B: AUTOBAHN1*
B: autobahn
B: ||$NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
B: hundert
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*||$NUM-ZEHNER1:3d
B: ||ICH1
B: hundertdreißig
B: ||$NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
B: ||$NUM-ZEHNER2A:3d
B: SCHLUSS1
B: My driving instructor told me to go slower every time that I was driving a little bit faster than that. He wanted to save money and not use as much gasoline.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||BERUHIGEN3*
B: ||TRINKEN2B
B: [MG]
B: BERUHIGEN3
B: ||GELD1A
B: ||SPAREN2
B: sparen
B: ||$INDEX1
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: He didn't think about it at all. I was always supposed to drive faster. It was awesome to drive 180 km/h, the whole car was shaking.
A: ER-SIE-ES1
A: MANN1*
B: Well.
B: $GEST^
A: $INDEX1
A: MANN1*
A: $INDEX1*
A: ||AB1C^*
B: Yes.
A: EGAL3*
B: $GEST^
A: PEDAL2*
A: hundertachtzig
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:8d*
A: GEFÜHL3*
A: SCHNELL3A*
C: Please scoot up a little. Good. You keep scooting back, I will get you back up in the front.
A: $PROD*
B: See I scooted up a little.
B: VOR1A^*
B: I keep rolling backwards because of the chair‘s wheels.
B: ROLLEN1A^*
B: [MG]
A: It's fine.
A: ICH1
A: SCHLIMM3B*
A: schlimm
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: Once I got my driver's license, I partied and relaxed. Back then, I signed up for taking tests in the driver's licence's categories A and B [In Germany you have to take extra courses to learn how to drive with certain vehicles. A is for driving a scooter or other slower two-wheeled vehicles, B is for driving a regular car up to 3.5t, and BE is for driving your regular car with a trailer].
B: ||GUT3
B: ||ICH1*
B: ||HIER1
B: AUTO1*
B: ||FERTIG1B
B: fertig
B: ||DANN7
B: dann
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||ICH1
B: FEIERN1
B: [MG]
B: ||ABSCHALTEN-KOPF1*
B: [MG]
B: ||ABER1*
B: aber
B: ||ICH1
B: ich
B: ||MELDUNG1
B: anmelden
B: ||KLASSE2
B: klasse
B: ||$ALPHA1:A-B
B: a-b
B: ||ZUSAMMEN3A
B: zusammen
A: Do you mean the one for driving with a trailer?
B: A and B.
B: ||$ALPHA1:A-B
B: a-b
A: MIT1A*
A: mit
A: ANHÄNGER2
A: wa{gen}
B: No. B. Wait.
B: ||NEIN1B
B: nein
A: NEIN1A*
A: Oh, for motorcycles.
A: MOTORRAD1A
A: [MG]
B: ||$ALPHA1:B
B: b
A: $GEST-SICH-AN-DIE-STIRN-TIPPEN1^
B: $INDEX1
B: ACHTUNG1A^*
B: Wait.
A: Right, I remember it now. A is for motorcycles.
B: That would be BE. I don't have that one, but for the categories A and B.
A: STIMMT1B
B: ||$ALPHA1:B-E
B: b-e
A: DENKEN1B
B: NEIN1B*
A: $ALPHA1:A
A: a
A: STIMMT1B
A: stimmt stimmt
B: ||$ALPHA1:A-B
B: a-b
A: BE is for trailers, right.
B: ||ACHTUNG1A^*
A: $ALPHA1:B-E
A: b-e
A: ANHÄNGER2
A: wagen
B: ||STIMMT1A*
A: STIMMT1A
B: So, I signed up for A and B. I think you have nine months to pass your tests in both categories.
B: ||$ALPHA1:A-B
B: a-b
B: ||ZUSAMMEN3A*
B: ||BEDEUTUNG1
B: bedeutet
B: ||NUR2A
B: nur
B: ||ZWISCHEN1B
B: ||GLAUBEN2B
B: glauben
B: MONAT1*
B: neun monate
B: ||NEBEN1A*
B: ||MUSS1
B: muss
B: ||BEIDE2A
B: beide
B: ||FERTIG1A*
B: fertig
B: If it takes longer, you need to retake the theory exam for both categories.
B: ||WENN1A
B: wenn
B: ||ICH1
B: ||SCHAFFEN1A*
B: schaff nicht
B: ||ÜBER1*
B: über
B: ||NOCHMAL2A*
B: noch mal
B: ||$ALPHA1:B-A
B: b-a
B: ||NOCHMAL2A*
B: noch mal
B: ||THEORIE1A
B: theorie
B: ABHAKEN1*
B: ||NOCHMAL2A*
B: noch mal
B: I had to complete both classes together, that way it was cheaper.
B: ||BEIDE2A*
B: beide
B: ||MUSS1
B: VERKNÜPFEN1A
B: ||AUCH3A*
B: ||FERTIG2
B: fertig
B: ICH1
B: billiger
B: ||BILLIG5
B: ||BEZAHLEN1
B: ||DARUM1
B: darum
B: You can also take the classes separately, but it is cheaper to take them at the same time.
B: AUF-PERSON1^*
B: allein allein
B: $GEST-VORSICHTIG1^
B: [MG]
B: ||ICH1
B: ZUSAMMEN6
B: zusammen
B: ||BILLIG2
B: billig
A: But you have to hurry there.
B: $GEST^
A: SCHNELL3^*
A: [MG]
B: But then you have to rush through it.
B: ||SCHNELL3A*
B: [MG]
B: ||$GEST^
B: [MG]
B: ||ICH1
B: By the time I was close to finishing my driver's license, winter was coming, therefore I wasn't able to drive with my motorcycle.
B: $GEST-RUHIG-BLEIBEN1^*
B: ||NAHE2A^
B: knapp
B: ||PLÖTZLICH4*
B: [MG]
B: WINTER1
B: winter
B: ||DESHALB1*
B: MOTORRAD1B
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: Then spring arrived and they told me, that I should hurry up a little if I wanted to have it done and be over with.
B: ||NAHE2A^
B: ||DANN1A*
B: ||FRÜHLING1A
B: frühling
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||BESCHEID1A*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||NAHE2A^
B: [MG]
B: ||UNGEFÄHR1
B: [MG]
B: ||BESSER2*
B: besser
B: ||LIEBER1
B: lieber
B: ||JETZT1*
B: LOS-SEIN1
B: los
B: I didn't really care for practicing driving a motorcycle, but I had to push through it. I already passed my theory test.
B: ||ICH1
B: ||WISSEN2B^*
B: ||ICH1
B: AUTO-FAHREN1*
B: fahren
B: ||ICH1
B: ||KEINE-LUST1*
B: kei{ne} lus{t}
B: $GEST^
B: ||ICH2
B: aber
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: ||SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN2
B: [MG]
B: ZURÜCK1A*
B: wie{der} zurück
B: ||ANKREUZEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: ||SCHON1A*
B: schon
B: ||AB1B*
B: I needed practice with driving the motorcycle. I had to drive a slalom around some safety cones or have to drive down an A-Road really fast for instance.
B: NUR2A
B: nur
B: MOTORRAD1B
B: FAHREN1
B: fahren
B: ||ANFANG1A*
B: anfang
B: ||MOTORRAD1A*
B: ||ROT1A*
B: rot
B: ORT1A^*
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: ||$PROD*
B: ||SCHNELL3^*
B: [MG]
B: FAHREN1*
B: bundesstraße
B: BUND1A
B: STRASSE1
B: IRGENDWANN1*
B: Last, I had to drive on the autobahn, just like in the driving tests for cars.
B: ||LETZTE1A
B: letzte
B: AUTOBAHN1*
B: autobahn
B: DASSELBE2A*
B: selbe
B: ||LETZTE1A
B: letzte
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: Then the day of the test arrived.
B: ||GUT1
B: ||DANN1B
B: prüfung
B: ||PRÜFEN1
B: ||ACHTUNG1A^*
B: My first task of the test was to check whether the functions of the motorcycle were working or not.
B: $GEST^
B: ||PRÜFEN1*
B: prüfung
B: ||DANN7
B: KOMMEN1*
B: komm
B: [MG]
B: ||$GEST^*
B: KOMMEN1*
B: $GEST^
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||PRÜFEN1*
B: prüfung
B: WAS1A
B: ||ERSTENS1C
B: erst
B: ||MUSS1
B: muss
B: ||KONTROLLE1
B: kontrolle
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1||AUGE1^*
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST^
B: I checked the turn signals, the brakes, etc. Everything was fine.
B: ||ICH1
B: ||ZUERST1A
B: KLAR1A*
B: klar
B: ||$PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ||BLINKEN1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||GUT3*
B: [MG]
B: ||$PROD*
B: BLINKEN1*
B: ||$GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
B: ||BREMSE1
B: bremse
B: AUGE1^||$INDEX1
B: $PROD*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: NORMAL1
B: normal
B: The examiner gave me two thumbs up.
B: ||ER-SIE-ES2*
B: er
B: GUT3*
B: [MG]
B: My driving instructor and the driving test examiner got into the car and I was on my motorcycle behind the car.
B: FERTIG1A*
B: EINSTEIGEN1*
B: [MG]
B: TÜR-ZU1*
B: [MG]
B: ||FERTIG1A*
B: ||ICH1
B: ||HINTEN5
B: hinten
A: Behind it. Exactly.
A: $INDEX1
A: HINTEN5
A: hinten
B: ||TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: TYPISCH1*
A: typisch
A: Because you are deaf, yes.
B: ||$GEST-OFF^*
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: Hearing people usually drive in front of the car, but I was driving behind it.
B: ||HÖREND1A^*
B: hören
B: ||VORNE3
B: ||ICH1
A: JA2
B: ||HINTEN5
B: hinten
B: Therefore I copied, what the car was doing in front of me.
B: ICH1
B: ||NUR2A
B: nur
B: WIE3A
B: wie
B: kopieren
B: ||KOPIE1A
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ARBEITEN5^
B: was machen
B: ||ICH1
B: ||KOPIE1A
B: kopie
B: ||FERTIG1A
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: If they set their turn signal, I was setting my turn signal. That is how we drove.
B: BLINKEN1
B: [MG]
B: ||ICH1
B: FOLGEN1B
B: folgen
B: BLINKEN1
B: [MG]
B: ||$GEST^
B: GLEICH1A
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: You have to be careful with that.
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: MERKWÜRDIG1*
A: [MG]
A: VORSICHTIG1*
A: vorsicht
A: $INDEX1
B: Yes, but I didn't mind.
B: ACHTUNG1A^*
B: JA1A*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ob
B: OHNE1*
B: ohne
B: NICHTS1B*
B: nichts
B: ERLEICHTERT2
B: [MG]
B: ||ICH1
B: $PROD*
B: So we were driving.
B: $PROD*
B: They stopped the car at a stop sign.
B: UND-DANN2*
B: ||STOPP1*
B: stopp
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: $PROD*
B: I was not allowed to just keep driving directly behind them.
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||NEIN1A
B: [MG]
B: I needed to stop at the sign as well and then keep driving.
B: [MG]
B: AUTO-HALTEN2*
B: $PROD*
B: ICH1*
B: auch
B: ||$PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ||$PROD*
B: That was important.
B: ||ACHTUNG1A^*
B: wichtig
B: FOLGEN1B*
B: ||ACHTUNG1A^*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ||GUT1
B: [MG]
B: The test also included the slalom around the safety cones.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||MUSS1A^
B: gibt
B: ORT1A^*
B: ||AUCH3A
B: auch
B: ||PRÜFEN1
B: prüfung
B: ORT1A^*
B: ||AUCH3A
B: auch
A: Still?
A: TROTZDEM2B
A: trotzdem
B: Yes, still.
B: ||JA1A
B: ||TROTZDEM2A
B: trotzdem
B: ORT1A^*
B: Then I was supposed to make a hard stop.
B: ||UND-DANN2
B: ||ICH1
B: WAS1A
B: was
B: ||SAGEN1
B: sagt
B: vollbremsung
B: ||VOLL2A
B: ||BREMSE1*
B: The driving test examiner was standing slightly next to the road. I was supposed to speed up to 50 km/h, and when he lowered his arm, I was supposed to make a hard stop.
B: BEISPIEL1
B: beispiel
B: ||$INDEX1
B: $INDEX1
B: WEG-ENTFERNEN2*
B: $INDEX1
B: ||LOS-START2*
B: los
B: MOTORRAD1B*
B: ||$NUM-ZEHNER2A:5
B: fünfzig
B: TACHOMETER1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: ||MANN1
B: mann
B: ||$PROD*
B: DANN1A*
B: vollbremsung
B: ||VOLL2A
B: ||BREMSE1
B: $PROD*
B: I was really supposed to come to a stop as fast as possible and I was not supposed to hit the brakes carefully and therefore have a long brake path.
B: ||VERSUCHEN1
B: versuchen
B: KURZ3A*
B: kurz
B: ||BREMSE1
B: bremsen
B: ||NICHT3A*
B: ||LANG5
B: lang
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ||VORSICHTIG1*
B: NEIN1A*
B: KURZ3A*
B: kurz
B: You brake the back wheel with the foot brake. You have to use the handbrake additionally, so you brake with both.
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: ||$PROD*
B: beide
B: BREMSE1*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: $PROD*
B: $INDEX1*
B: BREMSE1
B: [MG]
B: ||HINTEN5
B: hinten
B: ||$INDEX1
B: fuß
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: It didn't really work, the brake path was still too long. So I had to redo the task.
B: ||UNGEFÄHR1
B: ABER1*
B: aber
B: $PROD*||FEST1*
B: KURZ3A*
B: kurz
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: ||NOCHMAL2A
B: noch mal
B: BLEIBEN2
B: The slalom around the safety cones worked out well.
B: $INDEX1
B: hier
B: ||ANDERS2
B: andere
B: NÄCHSTE2
B: ORT1A^*
B: ||$PROD*
B: [MG]
B: GUT3*
B: [MG]
B: There were a couple other tasks.
B: NÄCHSTE2*
B: [MG]
B: The last task was to drive around safety cones, which were only one meter apart.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||LETZTE1A
B: letzte
B: WAS1A
B: was
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: ein
B: ||METER1*
B: meter
B: ORT1A^*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: schnell
B: MOTORRAD1B*||SCHNELL3A*
B: ||NEIN1B*
B: $PROD*
B: langsam
B: This task tests your balance.
B: GLEICHGEWICHT1B
B: gleichgewicht
B: ||$PROD*
B: I had to step on the gas really shortly.
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: One was not allowed to put ones feet down during that task/
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: NEIN1A*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ||$PROD*
A: And you had to keep your balance?
A: $PROD*
B: ||MOTORRAD1A*
B: Yes, deaf people often have a problem with their balance.
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: ||TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: [MG]
B: ||PROBLEM1
B: problem
B: GLEICHGEWICHT1B
B: gleichgewicht
A: JA2
B: ||ACHTUNG1A^*
B: ||PROBLEM1
B: problem
B: I didn't know, whether the examiner knew about this or not.
B: ||ICH1
B: ||WISSEN2B
B: weiß
B: ||$INDEX1
B: aber
B: $INDEX1||WISSEN2A
B: weiß
B: ||ODER1*
B: oder
B: $INDEX1||UNBEWUSST1^
B: [MG]
B: ||ICH1
B: WAS1A
B: was
B: ||ICH1
B: You have to drive very slowly, but not too slow, so you wouldn't tip over. One has to slowly work their way forward, little by little.
B: ||$INDEX1
B: GLEICHGEWICHT3
B: [MG]
B: ||WENN1A
B: wenn
B: MOTORRAD1B*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: LANGSAM1*
B: zu langsam
B: ||$PROD*
B: aber
B: ABER1*
B: ||MUSS1*
B: MOTORRAD1^
B: gas
B: STRASSE1*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: STRASSE1*
B: SCHIEBEN2^*
B: fahr fahr
A: Always stepping a little on the gas.
A: $PROD*
B: ||MOTORRAD1A*
B: motorrad
B: ||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: ein
B: BLEIBEN2
B: bleiben
B: ||MOTORRAD1A*
B: It was really hard for me in the beginning.
B: $PROD*
B: ||ANFANG1A*
B: anfang
B: ||ICH1
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-NM^
B: ||DURCHHALTEN1
B: I was passing the first cone with a respectable distance.
B: ||ICH1
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: $INDEX1
B: $PROD*
B: schief ab
B: The distance between two cones was always the same.
B: ||BEDEUTUNG1*
B: bedeutet
B: ||$INDEX1*
B: GLEICH1A
B: ÜBERTRAGEN1A^*
B: abst{and} abst{and}
B: ||ABSTAND4*
B: [MG]
B: ÜBERTRAGEN1A^*
B: I passed one cone after the other.
B: ||ICH1
B: ||UNGEFÄHR1^
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ||SCHAFFEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: ||NAHE2A^*
B: ??
B: ||HOFFEN1B*
B: hoff hoff hoff
B: $PROD*
B: ||SCHAFFEN1A*
B: schaffen schaffen
B: NAHE2A^*
B: [MG]
B: I was shaking a little as I was passing the last one, but I forced myself to keep my feet close to the motorcycle.
B: ||LETZTE1A
B: letzte
B: $INDEX1
B: ||$PROD*
B: ||DENKEN1B*
B: $PROD*
B: $INDEX1
B: fuß
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: I touched the cone nevertheless- it was shaking, but didn't tip over.
B: ||VORSICHTIG1
B: aufpass
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||$PROD*
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: I made it. I was lucky.
B: SCHLUSS1
B: schluss
B: ||SCHREIBEN1A^*
B: SCHLUSS1
B: glück
B: ||ICH1
B: ||ERLEICHTERT2*
B: ||SCHWITZEN4
B: After that I had to do the hard stop, which worked out nicely.
B: ||LETZTE1A
B: letzte
B: vollbremsung
B: ||VOLL2A
B: ||BREMSE1
B: GUT3*
B: SCHLUSS1
B: We had to drive on the autobahn to get back to the TÜV. I got my driver's license right away and that was that.
B: ||MUSS1
B: ||DORTHIN-GEHEN1*
B: [MG]
B: AUTOBAHN1
B: autobahn
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: ZURÜCK2
B: wi{eder} zurück
B: ||$ALPHA1:T-V*
B: tüv
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: ||SCHON1B
B: GEBEN-FESTHALTEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: ||$INDEX1
B: GEBEN1*
B: ||HOCH1^*
B: ||NACH-HAUSE1*
B: $ORAL^
B: ab
B: SCHLUSS1
A: That is something one has to do during one‘s driving test?
A: TROTZDEM2B
A: trotzdem
A: PRÜFEN1*
A: $PROD*
A: MERKWÜRDIG1*
A: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
B: Awesome!
B: GUT3*