Day 246: An Hour Less Sleep
In their shared flat in Cottbus on the last Saturday in March, Rosalie (A) talks to her flatmate Mieke (B) about the clocks changing.
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
Heute Nacht ist Zeitumstellung! Dann können wir länger schlafen, oder?
The clocks change tonight! So we can sleep longer, right?
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B
Nein, das ist im Herbst. Im Frühling verlieren wir eine Stunde.
No, that's in autumn. In spring we lose an hour.
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A
Was? Aber morgen ist der neunundzwanzigste März, mein Geburtstag!
What? But tomorrow's the twenty-ninth of March, my birthday!
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B
Dann hat dein Geburtstag nur dreiundzwanzig Stunden.
Then your birthday's only twenty-three hours long.
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A
Na toll! Dann feiern wir einfach in meinen Geburtstag rein.
Great! Then we'll just party our way into my birthday.
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