Day 7 of 22

Day 7: The Tablet on the Third Shelf

In a primary school classroom in Kiel, Mia (A), a pupil, comes to her class teacher, Mrs Petersen (B), about the class tablet on the third shelf.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. 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.
  3. 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

  1. A

    Frau Petersen, das Tablet im dritten Fach ist kaputt!

    Mrs Petersen, the tablet on the third shelf is broken!

  2. B

    Ach, das ist unser ältestes Tablet. Bestimmt ist nur der Akku leer.

    Oh, that's our oldest tablet. I bet the battery's just flat.

  3. A

    Und wie lädt man das auf?

    And how do you charge it?

  4. B

    Mit diesem Kabel. Bis zum fünfzehnten März bist du dafür zuständig.

    With this cable. You're in charge of it until the fifteenth of March.

  5. A

    Super! Und dann kommen die neuen Tablets, oder?

    Great! And that's when the new tablets come, right?

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