Day 113: Leaving Law for Carpentry
Over Sunday lunch in Wiesbaden, Yusuf (A) notices that his daughter Zeynep (B), a law student who helps out in a joiner's workshop on Saturdays, has hardly touched her food.
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
Du stocherst nur im Essen herum, Zeynep. Gibt's was, worüber du reden willst?
You're just picking at your food, Zeynep. Is there something you want to talk about?
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B
Ja, Papa. Ich breche das Jurastudium ab und mache eine Ausbildung zur Tischlerin.
Yes, Dad. I'm dropping out of my law degree and training as a joiner.
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A
Du musst lange darüber nachgedacht haben. Was genau stört dich denn an Jura?
You must have thought about this for a long time. What exactly is it about law that bothers you?
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B
Eigentlich nichts. Aber alles, was mich glücklich macht, passiert samstags in der Werkstatt.
Nothing, really. But everything that makes me happy happens on Saturdays in the workshop.
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A
Weil du dort Regale schleifst? Als Beruf dürfte das aber anders aussehen.
Because you sand shelves there? As a job, it's probably quite different.
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B
Der Geruch von frischem Holz und abends etwas, worauf ich stolz bin. Der Tisch hier ist übrigens nicht aus dem Möbelhaus.
The smell of fresh wood, and in the evening something I'm proud of. This table, by the way, isn't from a furniture shop.
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