Day 251: No Water on the Seventeenth
In their block of flats in Hildesheim, Christa (A) reads her husband Eckhard (B) a note from the stairwell.
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
Am siebzehnten gibt es von acht bis zwölf kein Wasser!
On the seventeenth there'll be no water from eight till twelve!
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B
Kein Problem, man kann ja früher duschen.
No problem, you can just have a shower earlier.
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A
Aber uns Mieter hat niemand gefragt! Und du stehst nie vor neun auf.
But nobody asked us tenants! And you never get up before nine.
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B
Stimmt. Dann dusche ich einfach nach zwölf.
True. Then I'll just have a shower after twelve.
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