Standing your ground

C1 · Advanced · 4 lines

The dialogue, in order:

1. The first speaker: Du hues elo grad de Géigendeel behaapt!
   You have just claimed the opposite!
2. The second speaker: Ech ginn zou, datt ech mech an deem Punkt geiert hat.
   I admit that I was mistaken on that point.
3. The first speaker: Ech bleiwe bei menger Behaaptung!
   I stand by my claim!
4. The second speaker: Ech sinn där selwechter Meenung wéi hien.
   I am of the same opinion as he is.

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The lines are taught in: Debate and persuasion

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