Day 172: Mint Tea for a Stomach Ache
In a Turkish restaurant in Offenbach, Ruben (A), who has a stomach ache, and his girlfriend Mira (B) are ordering from the owner, Mehmet (C), whose soup of the day is lentil soup.
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
Mir tut der Bauch weh. Ich nehme nur die Suppe.
My stomach hurts. I'll just have the soup.
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B
Entschuldigung, was ist in der Suppe?
Excuse me, what's in the soup?
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C
Viel Knoblauch. Ich bringe Ihnen lieber einen Minztee, der hilft dagegen.
Lots of garlic. I'd better bring you a mint tea, it helps with that.
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A
Danke! Und danach vielleicht doch die Suppe?
Thanks! And then maybe the soup after all?
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