Day 190: Plum Cake for the Ninetieth
In a Konditorei, a cake shop, in Chemnitz, Gertrud Kretzschmar (A), an older customer, places an order with Pascal (B), a young confectioner.
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
Ich möchte vierzig Stück Pflaumenkuchen für meinen neunzigsten Geburtstag bestellen.
I'd like to order forty pieces of plum cake for my ninetieth birthday.
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B
Wie schön! Für welchen Tag?
How lovely! For which day?
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A
Für Samstag, den zwölften September.
For Saturday the twelfth of September.
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B
Gut. Sollen wir Ihnen den Kuchen liefern?
Right. Shall we deliver the cake to you?
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A
Ja, bitte! Aber ich wohne im vierten Stock, ohne Aufzug.
Yes, please! But I live on the fourth floor, with no lift.
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