Day 8: From Thirty Degrees to Minus Ten
In a taxi from Hamburg airport on a February evening, Andreas (A), a passenger just back from Thailand, chats with the driver Holger (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
Brr, in Thailand hatten wir dreißig Grad!
Brr, it was thirty degrees in Thailand!
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B
Letzte Woche hatten wir hier minus zehn Grad.
Last week it was minus ten here.
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A
Oh, wirklich?
Oh, really?
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B
Ja, und überall war Schnee.
Yes, and there was snow everywhere.
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