Language
German
CEFR Level
A0
Theme
Zahlen & Zählen
Linked course
German A0

Core words

Story

Bis zwanzig mit Mia

  1. Es ist Abend im Kinderzimmer von Jonas.

    It's evening in Jonas's bedroom.

  2. Sein Zimmer ist ruhig und warm.

    His room is quiet and warm.

  3. Es gibt ein kleines Nachtlicht.

    There is a small nightlight.

  4. Mia setzt sich zu ihm auf das Bett.

    Mia sits down next to him on the bed.

  5. Jonas lächelt und sagt: "Ich will bis zwanzig zählen."

    Jonas smiles and says, "I want to count to twenty."

  6. Er schaut auf die Sterne an der Wand und beginnt: "elf, zwölf, dreizehn, vierzehn, fünfzehn."

    He looks at the stars on the wall and starts, "eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen."

  7. "sechzehn, siebzehn, achtzehn," sagt er, aber er stoppt bei neunzehn.

    "Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen," he says, but he stops at nineteen.

  8. "Wie geht es weiter?" fragt er leise.

    "What happens next?" he asks quietly.

  9. Mia lächelt und sagt: "Wir können zusammen langsam zählen."

    Mia smiles and says, "We can count slowly together."

  10. Sie zählen noch einmal: "elf, zwölf, dreizehn, vierzehn, fünfzehn, sechzehn, siebzehn, achtzehn, neunzehn, zwanzig!"

    They count once more: "eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty!"

  11. Jonas nickt und flüstert: "Jetzt bin ich ruhig und müde."

    Jonas nods and whispers, "Now I am calm and tired."

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