Volga German Dialect from Schoenchen Russia

Russia: Schoenchen Dialect - Male Speaker, born 1953, interviewed in Kansas in 1999. Parents born in Schoenchen Russia but then deported to Karaganda in Kazakhstan during the Stalin era.
Volga German (West Middle German) Dialect

1.	In the winter the dry leaves fly around in the air.	Listen
2.	It will soon stop snowing, then the weather will get better again.	Listen
3.	Put coals in the stove, so that the milk will start to boil soon.	Listen
4.	The good old man broke through the ice with his horse and fell into the cold water.	Listen
5.	He died four or six weeks ago.	Listen
6.	The fire was too strong. The cakes are burned black on the bottom.	Listen
7.	He always eats eggs without salt and pepper.	Listen
8.	I told it to the woman and she said she wanted to tell it to her daughter, too.	Listen
9.	My feet hurt so much; I believe I walked them off.	Listen
10.	I don't ever want to do it again.	Listen
11.	I'm going to hit you over the head with a wooden spoon, you monkey!	Listen
12.	Where are you going? Should we go with you?	Listen
13.	The times are bad.	Listen
14.	My dear child, stay down here. Those mean geese will bite you to death.	Listen
15.	You learned the most today and were well-behaved. You may go home earlier than the others.	Listen
16.	You aren't big enough to drink a whole bottle of wine. You have to grow some more first and get bigger.	Listen
17.	Go, be so good and tell your sister: She should finish sewing the clothes for your mother and clean them with a brush.	Listen
18.	If only you had known him! Things would have turned out differently and he would be a lot better off.	Listen
19.	Who stole my basket of meat?	Listen
20.	He acted as if they had hired him for the threshing; but they did it themselves.	Listen
21.	Who did he tell the new story to?	Listen
22.	You have to shout loudly, otherwise he doesn't understand us.	Listen
23.	We are tired and thirsty.	Listen
24.	When we got home last night, the others were already lying in bed and were fast asleep.	Listen
25.	The snow stayed on the ground last night, but it melted this morning.	Listen
26.	Behind our house stand three beautiful little apple trees with little red apples.	Listen
27.	Could you all wait a moment for us, then we will go with you.	Listen
28.	You mustn't be so silly.	Listen
29.	Our mountains aren't very high; yours are much higher.	Listen
30.	How many pounds of sausage and how much bread did you all want?	Listen
31.	I don't understand you. You'll have to speak a little louder.	Listen
32.	Didn't you find a piece of white soap on my table?	Listen
33.	His brother wants to build himself two beautifyl new houses in your yard.	Listen
34.	That came straight from his heart.	Listen
35.	They did the right thing.	Listen
36.	What kind of little birds are sitting up there on the little wall?	Listen
37.	The farmers had five oxen and nine cows and twelve little sheep. They brought them to the village to sell them	Listen
38.	All the people are all out in the field today mowing.	Listen
39.	Go on, the brown dog won't hurt you.	Listen
40.	I drove with the people back there over the meadow and into the wheatfield.	Listen

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