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Wollen
shall
wir
we
ein
a
kleines
little
Spiel
game
machen
play
?
Ich
I
beschreibe
describe
etwas
something
–
und
and
du
you
versuchst
try
zu
to
raten
guess
,
welche
which
Farbe
color
ich
I
meine
mean
.
Shall we play a little game? I'll describe something, and you try to guess which color I'm thinking of.
Klingt
sounds
gut
good
!
Ich
I
bin
am
bereit
ready
.
Sounds good! I am ready.
Also
so
,
die
the
erste
first
Farbe
color
:
Sie
it
ist
is
am
in the
Himmel
sky
zu
to
sehen
seen
,
besonders
especially
an
on
klaren
clear
Tagen
days
.
Auch
also
das
the
Meer
sea
hat
has
diese
this
Farbe
color
.
-
Hmm
hmm
…
das
that
ist
is
blau
blue
!
Richtig
right
.
So, the first color: It can be seen in the sky, especially on clear days. The sea also has this color. - Hmm... that is blue! Correct.
Jetzt
now
die
the
nächste
next
Farbe
color
:
Diese
this
Farbe
color
leuchtet
shines
hell
bright
wie
like
die
the
Sonne
sun
und
and
sie
it
macht
makes
gute
good
Laune
mood
.
Das
it
muss
must
gelb
yellow
sein
be
.
Genau
exactly
.
Now the next color: This color shines bright like the sun and it puts you in a good mood. It must be yellow. Exactly.
Und
and
jetzt
now
eine
a
andere
another
Farbe
color
:
Ein
a
Feuerwehrauto
fire brigade car
hat
has
sie
it
.
Auch
also
manche
some
Äpfel
apples
tragen
have
sie
it
–
leuchtend
bright
und
and
kräftig
strong
.
Ganz
totally
klar
clear
:
rot
red
!
Sehr
very
gut
good
.
And now another color: A fire truck has it. Some apples also have it—bright and strong. Clearly: red! Very good.
Jetzt
now
kommt
comes
etwas
something
Ruhiges
calm
und
and
Natürliches
natural
:
Die
the
Blätter
leaves
an
on
den
the
Bäumen
trees
,
das
the
frische
fresh
Gras
grass
–
welche
what
Farbe
color
ist
is
das
that
?
Grün
green
,
natürlich
of course
.
Richtig
right
.
Now comes something calm and natural: the leaves on the trees, the fresh grass – what color is that? Green, of course. Right.
Jetzt
now
wird's
it gets
einfach
easy
:
Welche
what
Farbe
color
hat
has
eine
an
Orange
orange
?
Haha
haha
,
die
that
ist
is
orange
orange
!
Na
well
klar
clear
.
Now it gets easy: What color is an orange? Haha, it's orange! Of course.
Und
and
jetzt
now
etwas
something
Dunkles
dark
:
Die
the
Farbe
color
der
of the
Nacht
night
.
Dunkel
dark
.
Still
quiet
.
Manchmal
sometimes
ein
a
bisschen
bit
unheimlich
eerie
.
Das
that
ist
is
schwarz
black
.
Genau
exactly
.
And now something dark: The color of the night. Dark. Quiet. Sometimes a little eerie. That is black. Exactly.
Und
and
was
what
ist
is
mit
about
Schnee
snow
oder
or
einer
a
Wolke
cloud
?
Die
they
sind
are
weiß
white
–
ganz
very
hell
bright
.
Sehr
very
gut
good
.
And what about snow or a cloud? They are white – very bright. Very good.
Zuletzt
lastly
noch
one more
eine
a
Blume
flower
:
Das
the
Veilchen
violet
.
Es
it
hat
has
eine
one
sanfte
gentle
,
seltene
rare
Farbe
color
.
Ist
is
das
that
lila
purple
?
Richtig
right!
!
Lastly, one more flower: the violet. It has a gentle, rare color. Is that purple? Correct!
Jetzt
now
sag
tell
du
you
:
Welche
what
Farbe
color
magst
like
du
you
am
the
liebsten
best
?
Hmm
hmm
…
ich
I
glaube
think
,
ich
I
mag
like
grün
green
am
the
liebsten
best
.
Und
and
du
you
?
Meine
my
Lieblingsfarbe
favorite color
ist
is
blau
blue
.
Now you tell me: What is your favorite color? Hmm... I think I like green the most. And you? My favorite color is blue.
Aber
but
eigentlich
actually
sind
are
alle
all
Farben
colors
schön
beautiful
–
jede
each
auf
in
ihre
its
Weise
way
.
But actually, all colors are beautiful – each in their own way.
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