Day 144: Only the Screen Protector
In Chemnitz, Uwe (A) comes home from the shops and shows his grown-up son Mika (B) his phone.
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.
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A
Guck mal, Mika! Mein Handy ist auf dem Parkplatz runtergefallen.
Look, Mika! I dropped my phone in the car park.
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B
Zeig mal her. Geht denn noch alles?
Let me have a look. Does everything still work?
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A
Schon, aber sieh dir den Bildschirm an! Das kostet bestimmt zweihundert Euro.
Yes, but look at the screen! That'll cost two hundred euros, easily.
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B
Das ist nicht der Bildschirm, sondern nur die Folie. Die ziehe ich einfach ab.
That's not the screen, it's only the screen protector. I'll just peel it off.
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A
Tatsächlich! Und ich wollte schon ein neues Handy kaufen.
So it is! And I was about to buy a new phone.
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B
An deiner Stelle würde ich gleich eine neue Folie kaufen. Die hat dir gerade zweihundert Euro gespart.
If I were you, I'd buy a new protector straight away. It's just saved you two hundred euros.
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