Day 260: Off the Bench at Last
In the car on the way home from a youth handball match in Magdeburg, Enno (A), a teenager, talks to his father Gustav (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.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Papa, hast du es gesehen? Ich habe endlich gespielt!
Dad, did you see? I finally got to play!
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B
Na klar! Zehn Minuten, nach Wochen auf der Bank!
Of course! Ten minutes, after weeks on the bench!
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A
Als der Trainer mich gerufen hat, war ich total nervös.
When the coach called me on, I was really nervous.
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B
Und dein Tor! Hat der Trainer dir gratuliert?
And your goal! Did the coach congratulate you?
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A
Nicht der Trainer, sondern die Mannschaft. Er hat nichts gesehen!
Not the coach, the team did. He didn't see a thing!
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