Day 179: The Chain Jumped Again
In a bike shop in Münster on a Monday morning, Karen (A), a customer, wheels in the bike that the shop repaired on Friday and speaks to Olga (B), a young shop assistant.
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.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Bei meiner Radtour ist die Kette zweimal runtergefallen!
The chain came off twice on my bike ride!
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B
Oh nein, nach der Reparatur am Freitag?
Oh no, after the repair on Friday?
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A
Ja! Und ich habe mich so darauf gefreut.
Yes! And I'd been looking forward to it so much.
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B
Tut mir leid. Unsere Werkstatt wird das morgen früh reparieren.
I'm sorry. Our workshop will fix it tomorrow morning.
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A
Gut. Aber dieses Mal fahre ich vorher eine Runde!
Fine. But this time I'm taking it for a spin first!
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