Day 144 of 160

Day 144: Twenty Euros Near the Bakery

At dinner in Koblenz, Valentina (A) and her husband Tilman (B) want to know why their nine-year-old daughter Ylvi (C) has been grinning all evening.

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

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  1. A

    Ylvi, du grinst schon den ganzen Abend so geheimnisvoll vor dich hin. Was ist denn los?

    Ylvi, you've been grinning to yourself so mysteriously all evening. What's going on?

  2. B

    Vorhin hat sie auch schon etwas in ihrer Jackentasche verschwinden lassen, ohne ein Wort zu sagen. Raus mit der Sprache, Ylvi!

    And earlier on she slipped something into her jacket pocket without saying a word. Out with it, Ylvi!

  3. C

    Vor der Bäckerei lag ein Zwanzigeuroschein auf dem Boden, einfach so! Den darf ich doch behalten, oder?

    There was a twenty-euro note lying on the ground outside the bakery, just like that! I can keep it, can't I?

  4. A

    Na ja, die Versuchung ist groß, und bei einem auf dem Gehweg gefundenen Schein findet man den rechtmäßigen Besitzer ohnehin nie.

    Well, it's very tempting, and with a note found on the pavement you'd never find the rightful owner anyway.

  5. B

    Moment mal, statt ihn einfach einzustecken, sollten wir ihn abgeben, das gebietet schon der Anstand. Vielleicht hat ihn ein Kind verloren, das jetzt mit verweintem Gesicht zu Hause sitzt.

    Hang on, instead of just pocketing it, we should hand it in, simple decency demands it. Maybe a child lost it and is now sitting at home with a tear-stained face.

  6. A

    Und dann? Dann liegt er ein halbes Jahr in einer Schublade im Fundbüro, und am Ende kassiert ihn die Stadt.

    And then what? Then it sits in a drawer at the lost property office for six months, and in the end the council pockets it.

  7. B

    Eben nicht, ich habe es gerade nachgelesen: Meldet sich niemand, gehört das Geld nach sechs Monaten dir. Und wenn doch, bekommst du einen Finderlohn.

    No, it doesn't, I've just looked it up: if nobody comes forward, the money's yours after six months. And if someone does, you get a finder's reward.

  8. C

    Wie viel Finderlohn gibt es denn für zwanzig Euro? Bestimmt die Hälfte, oder?

    How much of a reward do you get for twenty euros, then? Half, I bet?

  9. A

    Fünf Prozent, steht hier, also ein ganzer Euro: Ehrlichkeit zahlt sich eben aus. Na gut, ich gebe mich geschlagen, morgen bringen wir den Schein zu dritt ins Fundbüro.

    Five per cent, it says here, so a whole euro: honesty really does pay. All right, I give in, tomorrow the three of us will take the note to the lost property office.

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