Day 155: Nobody Brought a Cake
Back in Bielefeld after five years in Dublin, Madeleine (A) tells her older sister Zoe (B) about her birthday at her new office.
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
Stell dir vor, an meinem Geburtstag gab's im Büro keinen einzigen Kuchen!
Guess what: on my birthday there wasn't a single cake at the office!
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B
Moment, hast du etwa einen von den Kollegen erwartet?
Hang on, were you expecting one from your colleagues?
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A
Na klar! In Dublin haben das immer die Kollegen gemacht.
Of course! In Dublin my colleagues always did that.
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B
Ach, Madeleine! Hier bringt man den Kuchen doch selbst mit.
Oh, Madeleine! Here you bring the cake in yourself.
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A
Ich hätte also selbst einen mitbringen sollen? Jetzt denken bestimmt alle, dass ich geizig bin!
So I should have brought one in myself? Now they'll all think I'm stingy!
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B
Quatsch. Bring morgen einfach zwei mit, dann lieben dich alle.
Rubbish. Just bring in two tomorrow, and they'll all love you.
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