Day 81: Sixty Guests, No Room Fee
In a Weinstube, a traditional wine tavern, in Würzburg, Jasper (A) and his fiancée Carlotta (B) talk to the owner, Mr Scheuring (C), about their wedding dinner for sixty guests.
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.
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A
Herr Scheuring, Ihr Gewölbekeller ist ein Traum, aber 4.000 Euro Mindestumsatz plus 600 Euro Raummiete sprengen unser Budget.
Mr Scheuring, your vaulted cellar is a dream, but a 4,000-euro minimum spend plus 600 euros room hire blows our budget.
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B
Vor allem die Miete. Ein Paar aus meinem Chor soll hier gefeiert haben, ohne einen Cent Raummiete zu zahlen.
Especially the room hire. A couple from my choir are said to have had their wedding here without paying a cent for the room.
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C
Das dürften die Kleinschmidts gewesen sein. Die haben an einem Dienstag im Januar geheiratet, wohingegen Sie einen Samstag im Juni wollen.
That'll have been the Kleinschmidts. They got married on a Tuesday in January, whereas you want a Saturday in June.
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B
Im Januar, na klar. Da hätten Sie sonst wohl gar keine Gäste gehabt.
In January, of course. You probably wouldn't have had any customers otherwise.
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A
Die Konkurrenz am Marktplatz soll Brautpaaren den Saal neuerdings gratis überlassen. Wir feiern trotzdem lieber bei Ihnen.
The competition on the market square is said to be letting couples have their hall for free these days. We'd still rather have it here, though.
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C
Soll sie doch, deren Saal hat den Charme einer Turnhalle. Aber gut, ich verzichte auf die Miete, sofern Sie an einem Freitag feiern.
Let them, their hall has all the charm of a school gym. But all right, I'll waive the room hire, provided you have it on a Friday.
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B
Freitag? Dann muss sich die halbe Verwandtschaft freinehmen, und deine Kollegen kommen frühestens nach Feierabend.
Friday? Then half the family will have to take a day off, and your colleagues won't get here until after work at the earliest.
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A
Die sollen sich nicht so anstellen, wir sparen 600 Euro. Und wer aus dem Büro kommt, hat umso mehr Durst.
They shouldn't make such a fuss, we're saving 600 euros. And anyone coming from the office will be all the thirstier.
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C
Sie denken ja schon wie ein Wirt. Ich trage Sie für Freitag, den 11. Juni, ein, bevor jemand Einspruch erhebt.
You're already thinking like a publican. I'll put you down for Friday the 11th of June, before anyone raises an objection.
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