Day 143: Dog Walking for Pocket Money
At home in Paderborn, eleven-year-old Finja (A) tells her mother Henrike (B) how she wants to earn some money.
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
Mama, ich will Geld verdienen. Nicht mit Babys, sondern mit Hunden!
Mum, I want to earn some money. Not with babies, with dogs!
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B
Mit Hunden? Wie denn?
With dogs? How?
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A
Die Nachbarn arbeiten viel. Deshalb gehe ich mit ihren Hunden spazieren.
The neighbours work a lot. So I'll take their dogs for walks.
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B
Gut, aber nicht jeden Tag, sondern nur am Wochenende.
All right, but not every day, only at weekends.
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A
Okay! Und Taschengeld bekomme ich trotzdem, oder?
OK! And I still get pocket money, right?
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