Day 158: One Day Too Late to Return
In their flat in Offenbach, Henry (A), a teenager, asks his father, Boris (B), for help sending back the headphones he ordered online.
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
Papa, bringst du meine Kopfhörer zur Post? Ich schicke sie zurück.
Dad, will you take my headphones to the post office? I'm sending them back.
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B
Zurückschicken? Moment, lass uns erst mal die Bedingungen des Shops lesen.
Sending them back? Hang on, let's read the shop's terms first.
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A
Wieso? Die sind doch erst vor gut zwei Wochen gekommen.
Why? They only came just over two weeks ago.
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B
Eben, vierzehn Tage ab Lieferung, also bis gestern. Du hättest sie halt früher zurückschicken sollen.
Exactly: fourteen days from delivery, so until yesterday. You should have sent them back sooner.
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A
So ein Mist. Sag mal, hast du nicht bald Geburtstag?
What a pain. Hey, isn't it your birthday soon?
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