Day 147: Two Minutes Too Late in Hamburg
On a platform at Hamburg central station, Jakob (A) and his colleague Stella (B), on their way to see a client in Rostock, have just missed their connecting train.
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
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A
Zwei Minuten zu spät, und unser Anschluss ist weg!
Two minutes late, and our connection's gone!
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B
Ich hab's ja gesagt: Wir hätten gestern Abend fahren sollen.
I told you: we should have gone last night.
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A
Schon gut. Mit dem nächsten Zug wären wir erst nach der Besprechung da.
All right, all right. On the next train we wouldn't get there till after the meeting.
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B
Und wenn wir ein Auto mieten würden? Wären wir dann rechtzeitig beim Kunden?
And what if we hired a car? Would we get to the client in time then?
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A
Ohne Stau vielleicht. Aber auf der A1 ist doch ständig Stau.
Maybe, if there's no traffic. But there's always a jam on the A1.
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B
Moment, der Kunde schreibt gerade: Er steht selbst auf der A1 im Stau!
Hang on, the client's just messaged: he's stuck in a jam on the A1 himself!
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