Day 96: The YouTuber Who Gets Toys Free
At breakfast in Bielefeld, Lasse (A), a primary school boy, tells his father Karsten (B) what he wants for his birthday.
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.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Papa, ich wünsche mir das Piratenschiff für 90 Euro. Das hat mein Lieblings-YouTuber auch!
Dad, I'd like the pirate ship that costs 90 euros. My favourite YouTuber has it too!
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B
Der mit den Spielzeugvideos? Der tut doch nur so, als ob er das alles selbst bezahlt hätte.
The one with the toy videos? He only acts as if he'd paid for all of it himself.
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A
Quatsch, der ist bestimmt so reich, dass er sich jeden Tag was kaufen kann.
Rubbish, I bet he's so rich that he can buy himself something every day.
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B
Die Firmen schenken ihm die Sachen, damit Kinder wie du sie haben wollen. Das ist Werbung, ein ganz alter Trick.
The companies give him the stuff so that kids like you will want it. It's advertising, one of the oldest tricks there is.
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A
Ganz schön clever! Dann mache ich auch einen Kanal auf.
That's pretty clever! Then I'm starting a channel too.
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B
Na gut, ich filme dich. Aber das erste Video heißt „Mein Papa sagt Nein“.
All right, I'll film you. But the first video is called 'My Dad Says No'.
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