Day 230: No Coffee in the Reading Room
In the café of the city library in Stuttgart, Paulina (A), a customer with a coffee in her hand, speaks to the waiter Leander (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
Darf ich meinen Kaffee mit in den Lesesaal nehmen?
May I take my coffee into the reading room?
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B
Leider nicht in den Lesesaal, sondern nur nach draußen.
I'm afraid not into the reading room, only outside.
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A
Draußen? Heute ist es viel zu kalt!
Outside? It's far too cold today!
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B
Nicht kalt, sondern frisch! Und der Blick von oben ist toll.
Not cold, just fresh! And the view from up there is great.
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