Day 152: When Milk Came in Glass
At the bottle return machine of a supermarket in Erlangen, Wilma (A), a young girl, feeds in empty bottles while her grandfather Horst (B) watches.
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
Opa, hast du früher auch Flaschen zurückgebracht?
Grandad, did you take bottles back in the old days too?
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B
Klar! Als ich klein war, war die Milch noch in Glasflaschen.
Of course! When I was little, milk still came in glass bottles.
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A
Glas ist aber schwerer als Plastik!
But glass is heavier than plastic!
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B
Stimmt, aber wir hatten weniger Müll.
True, but we had less rubbish.
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A
Drei Euro! Als du klein warst, durftest du das Geld behalten?
Three euros! When you were little, were you allowed to keep the money?
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