Day 107: Mum's Diary From 1996
Clearing the attic of their house in Erfurt, Zoe (A) comes across something that belonged to her mother, Jennifer (B), as a teenager.
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
Mama, guck mal, was auf dem Dachboden lag: dein Tagebuch von 1996!
Mum, look what was up in the attic: your diary from 1996!
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B
Oh nein, gib her! Da war ich sechzehn und hab nur über einen Jungen geschrieben.
Oh no, give it here! I was sixteen then and wrote about nothing but one boy.
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A
Über den Jungen, mit dem du jeden Morgen Straßenbahn gefahren bist? Du hattest sogar seine Nummer!
The boy you took the tram with every morning? You even had his number!
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B
Anrufen? Unser Telefon stand im Flur, wo meine Eltern jedes Wort mitgehört hätten.
Call him? Our phone was in the hall, where my parents would have heard every word.
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A
Jeder Eintrag handelt von Pickeln, Mathe oder Jungs. Du hattest echt dieselben Sorgen wie wir heute.
Every entry is about spots, maths or boys. You really had the same worries as we do now.
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B
Stimmt. Aber hätte ich damals ein Handy gehabt, hätte ich ihn ganz bestimmt angerufen.
True. But if I'd had a mobile back then, I'd definitely have called him.
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A
Hier klebt übrigens ein Foto von ihm. Ist das nicht der Bäcker, bei dem wir sonntags Brötchen holen?
There's a photo of him stuck in here, by the way. Isn't that the baker we buy our rolls from on Sundays?
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