Exercise 5 for Lesson 5

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Hint

Beware of false friends!

Mist has nothing to do with low visibility or water that is in the air. It literally means dung (from cows, etc.). Unlike real dung, this word is child-friendly.

Some words often go together:

zur + Arbeit
Ich gehe zur Arbeit.
I go to work.

5 Translate the phrases

Move the orange boxes with the words in the right order. 📱↷ Turn your mobile phone for a better view of the whole sentence.

Der Verkäufer sagt: „Ich arbeite morgen nicht! Ich will nicht in das Büro gehen.“ ➞

working
tomorrow!
“I’m
into
to go
don’t
want
I
the
says:
office.“
The
salesman
not

Entschuldigung, was machen Sie hier? Eine Freundin von mir arbeitet hier. ➞

here?
are
friend
works
here.
A
doing
me,
of mine
what
Excuse
you

Wo wohnst du? In München. ➞

Munich.
do
live?
Where
In
you

Guten Tag. Was kann ich für Sie tun? Ich möchte hier arbeiten. ➞

here.
do
Hello.
like
What
you?
for
work
can
I’d
I
to

Der Verkäufer geht in das Büro. Er ist neu hier. ➞

new
The
goes
is
salesman
here.
into
He
the
office.

Wie geht’s, Paul? Gut. Und selbst? ➞

Paul?
yourself?
How’s
And
Fine.
it
going,

Was machst du? Ich arbeite. Kommst du morgen? Ja. ➞

are
doing?
tomorrow?
coming
you
What
working.
I
Are
you
am
Yes.

Kannst du mir helfen? Nein, ich kann nicht. ➞

I
me?
can’t.
you
Can
help
No

Ich muss arbeiten. Ich kann morgen kommen. Das ist auch gut. Danke! ➞

tomorrow.
have
I
Thanks!
come
to
fine
That’s
work.
can
too.
I

Ich kann hier nicht telefonieren. Tschüss! ➞

on
can’t
phone
here.
I
talk
the
Bye!

Wo sind wir? Das kann ich nicht sagen. ➞

can’t
are
I
Where
say
we?
that.

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2 Responses

Ernest Onuigbo says:

August 5, 2024 at 7:29 PM

Hello,
Thank you for your answer.

I wonder if its the same error I made in question 2 of this page?

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1. german-stories.com says:
  
  August 5, 2024 at 7:32 PM
  
  Hi! I don’t know what error you’ve made in question 2. But after you submitted all your answers you’ll see you answer, the correct answer, and translations and transcripts. Just check you answer with the expected outcome and find the difference.

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