Day 43: Weißwurst Before Noon
On his first Friday at an office in Munich, Ole Jensen (A), a junior employee from Hamburg, sits down to a Weißwurst breakfast at half past eleven with his manager, Michael Huber (B).
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
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A
Darf ich fragen, warum das unbedingt vor zwölf sein muss?
May I ask why it absolutely has to be before twelve?
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B
Es ist halt Tradition, Weißwürste vor zwölf zu essen.
It's just tradition to eat Weißwurst before twelve.
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A
Und ich weiß gar nicht, wie man die richtig isst.
And I don't even know how you're supposed to eat them.
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B
Ganz einfach: Vergessen Sie bloß nicht, die Haut abzuziehen.
Easy: just don't forget to take the skin off.
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A
Oje, und ich habe die erste mit Haut gegessen!
Oh dear, and I ate the first one skin and all!
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