Day 104 of 129

Day 104: Hats at the Kieler Woche?

In the kitchen of their shared flat in Kiel, Mira (A), who does the accounts, and Tilda (B), who does the knitting, hold a meeting about their small online business selling hand-knitted hats.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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  1. A

    Tilda, bis Freitag müssen wir entscheiden, ob wir auf der Kieler Woche einen Stand mieten. Und leg bitte mal die Nadeln weg.

    Tilda, we have to decide by Friday whether to rent a stall at the Kieler Woche. And put the needles down for a moment, please.

  2. B

    Ich kann stricken, ohne ein Wort zu verpassen. Und ich bin dafür, zumal jedes Jahr rund drei Millionen Besucher kommen.

    I can knit without missing a word. And I'm in favour, especially since around three million visitors come every year.

  3. A

    Statt noch mehr Mützen auf Vorrat zu stricken, sollten wir erst mal rechnen. Ich habe unsere Verkäufe ausgewertet.

    Instead of knitting even more hats to stockpile, we ought to do the maths first. I've gone through our sales.

  4. B

    Und? Sofern die Zahlen nicht katastrophal sind, melde ich uns heute Abend noch an.

    And? Provided the figures aren't a disaster, I'll sign us up this evening.

  5. A

    Nicht katastrophal, aber aufschlussreich: Von Oktober bis Februar machen wir neunzig Prozent unseres Umsatzes, wohingegen im Juni praktisch nichts läuft.

    Not a disaster, but revealing: from October to February we make ninety per cent of our sales, whereas in June practically nothing sells.

  6. B

    Aber im Juni ist es abends an der Förde oft frisch. Da kauft man doch spontan eine Mütze.

    But in June it's often chilly down by the fjord in the evenings. People are bound to buy a hat on the spur of the moment.

  7. A

    Ein schönes Bild, wenngleich ein teures. Allein für die Standmiete müssten wir sechzig Mützen verkaufen.

    A lovely picture, if an expensive one. We'd have to sell sixty hats just to cover the stall rent.

  8. B

    Na gut, sechzig Mützen im Juni sind selbst mir zu sportlich. Dann eben Weihnachtsmarkt, und ich stricke ab sofort vor, statt Tagesordnungspunkte abzuarbeiten.

    All right, sixty hats in June is too ambitious even for me. The Christmas market, then, and I'll start knitting ahead right now instead of working through agenda items.

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