Day 20: Grandad Wanted to Go to Sea
In the kitchen of her grandparents' flat in Rostock, Greta (A) interviews her grandad Günter (B) for a school project.
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
Opa, was wolltest du früher mal werden?
Grandad, what did you want to be when you were young?
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B
Seemann! Aber ich musste Geld verdienen, also ging ich zur Werft.
A sailor! But I had to earn money, so I went to work at the shipyard.
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A
Oh, warst du da nicht enttäuscht?
Oh, weren't you disappointed?
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B
Nein, nie. Ich bin nicht zur See gefahren, sondern habe Schiffe gebaut.
No, never. I didn't go to sea, I built ships instead.
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A
Das ist ja noch besser! Das schreibe ich auf.
That's even better! I'm writing that down.
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