Day 101: A Post About Courtyard Bikes
In the stairwell of a building in the Linden district of Hanover, Boris Neumann (A) stops his neighbour Helge Brinkmann (B) to ask about a post in the neighbourhood app.
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
Herr Brinkmann, haben Sie sich in der Nachbarschafts-App über die Räder im Hof beschwert?
Mr Brinkmann, did you complain about the bikes in the courtyard on the neighbourhood app?
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B
Ja, aber ganz allgemein. Die Räder blockieren ja den Weg zu den Mülltonnen.
Yes, but in general terms. The bikes are blocking the way to the bins, after all.
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A
Allgemein? Sie schreiben von einem Lastenrad, das den Eingang versperrt, und davon gibt's hier nur eins.
In general? You wrote about a cargo bike blocking the entrance, and there's only one of those here.
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B
Tun Sie doch nicht so, als ob nur Sie gemeint wären. Viele Räder gehören keinem mehr.
Don't act as if you were the only one I meant. Lots of those bikes don't belong to anyone any more.
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A
Mag sein. Aber im ganzen Hof gibt es keinen einzigen Fahrradständer.
Maybe. But there isn't a single bike rack in the whole courtyard.
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B
Stimmt. Wollen wir nicht gemeinsam an die Hausverwaltung schreiben, mit Unterschriften von allen Nachbarn?
True. Shall we write to the property management together, with signatures from all the neighbours?
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A
Gern. Aber den nächsten Beitrag, den Sie in die Gruppe stellen, lese ich vorher.
Happy to. But the next post you put in the group, I'm reading first.
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