Day 208: Mum Discovers the Späti
Walking home through Berlin at eleven at night, Anette (A), who is visiting her grown-up daughter, Jasmin (B), stops outside a small shop with its lights still on.
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
Der Laden ist noch nicht zu?
This shop isn't closed yet?
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B
Nein, er schließt erst um drei.
No, it doesn't close till three.
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A
Ist er am Sonntag zu?
Is it closed on Sundays?
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B
Nein, das ist ein Späti!
No, it's a Späti!
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