Day 187: Leave the Good Tie at Home
In an office in Trier on the Wednesday before Weiberfastnacht, the women's carnival day, Carmen Weidmann (A), head of department, speaks to Henry Walsh (B), a new employee from Leeds.
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
Herr Walsh, lassen Sie morgen Ihre gute Krawatte zu Hause.
Mr Walsh, leave your good tie at home tomorrow.
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B
Warum? Worauf muss ich denn achten?
Why? What do I need to watch out for?
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A
Morgen geht die Fastnacht los. Da schneiden Frauen den Männern die Krawatten ab.
Carnival kicks off tomorrow. That's when women cut off men's ties.
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B
Oh! Und was macht man dann?
Oh! And then what do people do?
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A
Man feiert! Nachmittags arbeitet hier niemand mehr.
People celebrate! By the afternoon, nobody here is working any more.
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