Day 100: Three Changes to Sylt
On the phone from Freiburg, Chiara (A) helps her grandmother Anneliese (B) plan her first train journey on her own, to the island of Sylt.
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.
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A
Oma, ich hab eine Verbindung nach Sylt gefunden, mit dreimal Umsteigen.
Grandma, I've found a connection to Sylt, with three changes.
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B
Dreimal, bei meinen Nerven? Und wenn ich in Hamburg den Anschluss verpasse?
Three, with my nerves? And what if I miss the connection in Hamburg?
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A
Da hast du vierzig Minuten Zeit, das ist sogar mit Verspätung gut zu schaffen.
You've got forty minutes there, which is easy to make even with a delay.
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B
Bei der Bahn sind vierzig Minuten gar nichts, Kind. Früher hat dein Opa immer die Koffer geschleppt.
With Deutsche Bahn, forty minutes is nothing, love. Your grandad always used to lug the cases.
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A
Ich weiß. Bis Freitag werde ich alles gebucht haben, auch Sitzplätze und Begleitung beim Umsteigen.
I know. By Friday I'll have booked everything, including seats and someone to take you to each connecting train.
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B
Dann reise ich ja wie eine Königin. Aber verrat deiner Mutter nicht, wer mich in Westerland abholt.
Then I'll be travelling like a queen. But don't tell your mum who's meeting me in Westerland.
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