Day 176: A Dog That Barks All Day
At the coffee machine in their office in Heilbronn, Levin (A) is surprised to see his colleague Milena (B) on one of her working-from-home days.
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
Nanu, du hier? Donnerstags arbeitest du doch sonst immer zu Hause.
Well, look who's here! You usually work from home on Thursdays.
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B
Zu Hause kann ich weder telefonieren noch in Ruhe arbeiten. Der Hund von nebenan bellt den ganzen Tag.
At home I can neither make calls nor work in peace. The dog next door barks all day.
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A
Echt? Hast du denn schon mal mit den Nachbarn geredet?
Really? Have you actually talked to the neighbours yet?
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B
Nee. Ehrlich gesagt dachte ich, das hört irgendwann von allein auf.
No. To be honest, I thought it would stop on its own at some point.
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A
Na, da hättest du aber schon vor Wochen klingeln sollen!
Well, you should have rung their bell weeks ago!
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B
Stimmt schon. Aber dann hätte ich dich ja nicht so oft hier getroffen.
Fair enough. But then I wouldn't have run into you here so often.
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