Day 124: Sent Away Without an Appointment
In a chemist's in Neubrandenburg, Lieselotte (A), who has just moved from Rügen to live near her daughter, talks to the young pharmacist, Noel (B).
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
Stellen Sie sich vor, heute Morgen schickte man mich im Bürgeramt einfach weg!
Can you believe it? They just turned me away at the Bürgeramt this morning!
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B
Oje, hatten Sie keinen Termin? Den bucht man inzwischen online.
Oh dear, didn't you have an appointment? You book those online these days.
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A
Online? Auf Rügen kannte mich im Amt jeder.
Online? On Rügen everyone at the office knew me.
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B
Warten Sie, ich schaue mal nach. Am vierzehnten Oktober um neun wäre noch etwas frei.
Hang on, I'll have a look. There's still something free on the fourteenth of October at nine.
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A
Wunderbar! Dann brauche ich die Kopfschmerztabletten wohl doch nicht.
Wonderful! Then I probably won't need the headache tablets after all.
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