99 Luftballons by Nena (Advanced): Verse 1
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Key Phrases
Hast du etwas Zeit für mich?
Do you have some time for me?
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
On their way to the horizon
Denkst du vielleicht grad an mich?
Are you maybe thinking of me right now?
Skills You'll Learn
Formulating questions
Fragen formulieren
Expressing actions in future tense
Handlungen im Futur ausdrücken
Describing locations and directions
Orte und Richtungen beschreiben
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Hast du etwas Zeit
hahst doo EHT-vahs tsayt
Do you have some time
Für mich?
fyr mikh
For me?
Hast du etwas Zeit für mich?
hahst doo EHT-vahs tsayt fyr mikh
Do you have some time for me?
Dann singe ich
dan ZIN-geh ikh
Then I sing
💬 When a sentence starts with a time word like [dann], the verb comes before the subject: [Dann singe ich], not [Dann ich singe]. Same pattern: [Heute gehe ich früher].
See breakdown →Ein Lied für dich
ine leet fyr dikh
A song for you
Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich
dan ZIN-geh ikh ine leet fyr dikh
Then I'll sing a song for you
Von 99 Luftballons
fohn noin-ohn-noyn-tsikh LOOFT-bah-lohns
Of 99 balloons
💬 After [von], [99] is pronounced [neunundneunzig], and [von 99] often runs together in speech. [Von] also often means [by] or [from], not just [of].
See breakdown →Auf ihrem Weg
owf EER-em veyg
On their way
💬 After [auf], [ihr] changes to [ihrem] here. The same kind of change happens with other words too: [auf meinem Weg], [auf diesem Weg].
See breakdown →Zum Horizont
tsoom HOH-rih-zohnt
To the horizon
💬 [Zum] is the short form of [zu dem]. You'll see this kind of contraction a lot: [am] = [an dem], [im] = [in dem].
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