Day 166: A Farmhouse for 90,000 Euros
On the phone from Frankfurt, Jonah (A) calls his older brother Marcel (B), who still lives on the village road in the Altmark where they both grew up.
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
Halt dich fest: Der Bauernhof von den Krügers in eurer Straße ist für 90.000 Euro zu haben!
Brace yourself: the Krügers' farmhouse on your road is going for 90,000 euros!
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B
Du willst ihn kaufen? Du hast doch geschworen, du würdest nie wieder aufs Dorf ziehen.
You want to buy it? You swore you'd never move back to the village.
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A
Das war vor Corona. Jetzt arbeite ich von zu Hause und hab die Nase voll von 1.400 Euro Miete.
That was before Covid. Now I work from home, and I'm fed up with paying 1,400 euros in rent.
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B
An deiner Stelle würde ich erst mal aufs Dach schauen, sonst bereust du das beim ersten Regen.
If I were you, I'd have a look at the roof first, or you'll regret it the first time it rains.
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A
Das lässt sich renovieren. Du klingst aber nicht gerade begeistert davon, dass dein kleiner Bruder zurückkommt.
That can be renovated. But you don't sound exactly thrilled that your little brother is coming back.
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B
Quatsch, ich würde mich freuen. Nur gibt's hier weder Bäcker noch Supermarkt: entweder Auto oder gar nichts.
Nonsense, I'd be pleased. It's just that there's no baker's and no supermarket here: it's either a car or nothing at all.
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