Day 3: Grandma's Eightieth or the Exam
In the Mensa in Münster, Niklas (A), a first-year student, talks to Tobias (B), an older student, about his grandmother's 80th birthday in Osnabrück.
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
Meine Oma wird Samstag achtzig, aber Montag schreibe ich Statistik.
My gran turns eighty on Saturday, but I've got my statistics exam on Monday.
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B
Worauf wartest du? Fahr hin, darüber freut sie sich doch.
What are you waiting for? Go, it'll make her happy.
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A
Schwierig, weil ich noch fast nichts gelernt habe.
It's tricky, because I've hardly revised anything yet.
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B
Kenne ich. Ich bin gefahren und habe im Zug gelernt.
I know the feeling. I went and revised on the train.
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A
Okay, ich fahre, weil sie nur einmal achtzig wird.
Okay, I'll go, because she only turns eighty once.
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