Day 171: Texting Home From the Taxi
In a taxi from Stuttgart airport one evening, Hendrik (A), a passenger who is texting his wife, talks to the driver, Tomasz (B).
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
Wann werden wir ungefähr da sein? Meine Frau wartet.
Roughly when will we be there? My wife's waiting.
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B
Bei dem Verkehr werden wir zwanzig Minuten brauchen.
With this traffic, it'll take us twenty minutes.
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A
Super, dann werde ich um acht zu Hause sein.
Great, then I'll be home at eight.
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B
Schreiben Sie Ihrer Frau lieber Viertel nach acht!
You'd better tell your wife quarter past eight!
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