George: Excuse me, where are you from?
ʤɔːʤ: ɪksˈkjuːs miː, weər ɑː juː frɒm?
Mark: I’m from Hungary. And this is my friend Paula.
mɑːk: aɪm frɒm ˈhʌŋgəri. ænd ðɪs ɪz maɪ frɛnd ˈpɔːlə.
George: Pleased to meet you, Paula.
ʤɔːʤ: pliːzd tuː miːt juː, ˈpɔːlə.
Paula: Pleased to meet you, George.
ˈpɔːlə: pliːzd tuː miːt juː, ʤɔːʤ.
Mark: Paula is from Italy. She lives in Rome. Do you speak Italian?
mɑːk: ˈpɔːlə ɪz frɒm ˈɪtəli. ʃiː lɪvz ɪn rəʊm. duː juː spiːk ɪˈtæljən?
George: I’m afraid, I don’t. I speak only two foreign languages: French and German. Actually I prefer speaking German. I know it much better than French.
ʤɔːʤ: aɪm əˈfreɪd, aɪ dəʊnt. aɪ spiːk ˈəʊnli tuː ˈfɒrɪn ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz: frɛnʧ ænd ˈʤɜːmən. ˈækʧʊəli aɪ priˈfɜː ˈspiːkɪŋ ˈʤɜːmən. aɪnəʊ ɪt mʌʧ ˈbɛtə ðæn frɛnʧ.
Mark: Really? Paula speaks German, too. And her German is quite good. As for me, I don’t speak German, but I understand what people say.
mɑːk: ˈrɪəli? ˈpɔːlə spiːks ˈʤɜːmən, tuː. ænd hɜː ˈʤɜːmən ɪz kwaɪt gʊd. æz fɔː miː, aɪ dəʊnt spiːk ˈʤɜːmən, bʌt aɪ ˌʌndəˈstændwɒt ˈpiːpl seɪ.
Paula: That’s great! We can have a good time practicing our German.
ˈpɔːlə: ðæts greɪt! wiː kæn hæv ə gʊd taɪm ˈpræktɪsɪŋ ˈaʊə ˈʤɜːmən.