Day 171: Missing the Museum Night Bus
At Hamburg's Long Night of Museums, Jette (A), who planned the evening's route, and her friends Hamid (B) and Linnea (C) come out of a museum just as the shuttle bus pulls away.
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
Nein, der Bus fährt ohne uns! Dabei hatte ich die ganze Route um diesen Shuttlebus herum geplant.
No, the bus is leaving without us! And I'd planned the whole route around this shuttle bus.
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B
Tja, du hattest halt nicht eingeplant, dass Linnea eine halbe Stunde im Museumsshop Postkarten aussucht.
Well, you hadn't planned for Linnea spending half an hour choosing postcards in the museum shop.
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C
Die waren im Angebot! Und zur Kunsthalle können wir doch auch zu Fuß gehen.
They were on offer! And we can walk to the Kunsthalle anyway.
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A
Vergiss es, meine Schwester steht da gerade an. Die Schlange ist so lang, dass sie einmal ums Gebäude geht.
Forget it, my sister's queuing there right now. The queue is so long that it goes all the way round the building.
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B
Dann machen wir's umgekehrt und gehen dahin, wo keiner hinwill. Wie wär's mit dem Zollmuseum in der Speicherstadt?
Then let's do it the other way round and go where nobody wants to go. How about the customs museum in the Speicherstadt?
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C
Ein Museum über den Zoll? Das klingt so langweilig, dass wir da bestimmt die Einzigen sind.
A museum about customs? That sounds so boring that we're bound to be the only ones there.
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A
Na gut. Aber ich hatte mich so auf die Kunsthalle gefreut, dass ihr mir nachher ein Fischbrötchen schuldet.
Oh, all right. But I'd been looking forward to the Kunsthalle so much that you owe me a fish roll afterwards.
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