Day 12: Saver Tickets Booked in June
In a Monday team meeting at a design agency in Düsseldorf, the manager, Thomas Brandt (A), talks to Sophie (B) and Moritz (C) about the trip to a trade fair in Frankfurt.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a German word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native German, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Für die Messe müssen wir Kosten sparen. Die Bahn ist so teuer!
We need to cut costs for the trade fair. The train is so expensive!
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B
Die Tickets hatten wir doch schon im Juni gebucht, Herr Brandt.
But we'd already booked the tickets back in June, Mr Brandt.
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A
Ach so? Das wusste ich nicht.
Oh, really? I didn't know that.
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C
Wir wollten unbedingt den Sparpreis: 50 Euro hin und zurück.
We really wanted the saver fare: 50 euros return.
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A
Wunderbar! Dann darf das Hotel ja schöner sein.
Wonderful! Then we can go for a nicer hotel.
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