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Feb 2024
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Lesson 2.3: 🐉 Das Jahr des Drachen

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A: Heute ist chinesisches Neujahr! Das Jahr des Drachen beginnt!

B: Aha, was ist das?

A: Das ist ein grosser Feiertag in China.

B: Oh okay, wie feierst du?

A: Ich sehe die Familie und esse chinesisches Essen


Heute = today

ist = is

chinesisches = Chines

Neujahr = New Year

das Jahr = the year

der Drache = the dragon

des Drachen = of the dragon (genitiv)

beginnt = begins

Aha = aha

was = what

es ist = it is

das = that

ein Feiertag = a holiday

grosser = great (masculin)

in = in

China = China

Oh = oh

okay = okay

wie = how

du feierst = you celebrate

ich sehe = I see

die Familie = the family

und = and

ich esse = I eat

das Essen = the food

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