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Upper Beginner S1
You Don't Need to Do That at the German Hotel...

German
English
Vocabulary
Phrase Usage
Grammar Points
Cultural Insight

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Hallo.
Guten Tag. Kann ich Ihnen helfen?
Ja. Ich heie Cardigan. Ich habe eine Reservierung.
Ah, ja. Herr Cardigan. Es gibt eine nderung bei Ihrer Reservierung.
Oh! Was denn?
Sie bekommen ein Doppelzimmer und kein Einzelzimmer.
Oh, warum das?
In dem Einzelzimmer gibt es im Moment kein Wasser und es ist nur
noch ein Doppelzimmer frei.
Hmm, aber ich muss jetzt nicht mehr zahlen, oder?
Nein, natrlich mssen Sie nicht mehr zahlen.
Okay.
Gut. Sie haben Zimmer 2. Ihr Zimmer ist auf der 2.Etage links.
Zimmer 2, 2. Etage links. Hoffentlich vergesse ich das nicht.
Und vergessen Sie bitte auch nicht, dass im Hotel Rauchverbot ist. Sie
drfen also nicht auf dem Zimmer rauchen.
Ach, ich bin eh Nichtraucher.
Ah, okay.
Gut, also Zimmer 3 auf der 3.Etage.
h, nein. Zimmer 2 auf der 2.Etage.Warten Sie, ich bringe Sie einfach
hin
Ah, nein. Kein Problem, ich finde das Zimmer schon. Sie brauchen mich
nicht hinbringen
Sicher?
Ja.
Okay, dann viel Glck.

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Hello.
Hi, can I help you?
Yes, my name is Joe Cardigan. I have a reservation.
Ah, Mr. Cardigan. There's been a change in your reservation.
Oh! What changed?
You'll be getting a double room instead of a single.
Oh, why is that?

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Reception

At the moment the water isn't working in the single room at the moment,
and there's only a double free.
Hmm, but I don't have to pay anything extra, right?
No, you won't have to pay any extra.
OK.
Great, you have room number 2. Your room is on the 3rd floor on the
left side.
Room 2, 3rd floor, on the left side. Hopefully I won't forget that...
And also please don't forget that smoking is forbidden within the Hotel.
You aren't allowed to smoke within your room.
It's OK, I'm a nonsmoker anyway.
Ah, OK
Great, room 3 on the 4th floor.
Sorry, no. It's room 2 on the 3rd floor. Wait a moment and I'll just
bring you there myself.
No, it's no problem. I can find the room. You don't need to take me
there.
Are you sure?
Yes
OK, good luck!

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Vocabulary
German
bei
bekommen

English
at (a persons place)
to receive

preposition
verb

DoppelEinzelwarum

double
single
why

prefix
prefix
question word

zahlen
Etage
rauchen
Verbot
(Nicht)raucher

to pay
floor, storey
to smoke
ban, prohibition
(non)smoker

verb
noun
verb
noun
noun

brauchen

to need

verb

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Notes

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er bekommt, er bekam,
er hat bekommen

synonymous with
wieso
weak verb
feminine; plural: Etagen
neuter; plural: Verbote
masculine; plural is the
same

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Vocabulary Sample Sentences

Ich bin bei Max.
I am at Max's place. (with him there)
Manche Menschen bekommen schon sehr frh eine Some people get a bald head very early. But there
Glatze. Aber es gibt immer wieder Flle, denen
are always cases, for whom it is very becoming.
das wirklich steht.
Ich habe eine der wichtigsten Aufgaben
I was given one of the most important
bekommen.
assignments.
Ich htte gern ein Einzelzimmer, kein
I would like a single room, not a double room.
Doppelzimmer.
Ich bin ein Einzelkind.
I'm an only child.
Ich htte gern ein Einzelzimmer, kein
I would like a single room, not a double room.
Doppelzimmer.
Warum dauert das so lange?
Why is this taking so long?
Ich mchte bitte zahlen.
I would like to pay please.
Meine Wohnung ist in der dritten Etage.
My apartment/flat is on the third floor.
Der Mann gegenber raucht noch immer.
The man across [the room/the street/from me] is
still smoking.
Er mute Strafe bezahlen, weil er im Halteverbot He had to pay a fee, because he had parked his car
geparkt hatte.
in a clearway.
Dies ist eine Raucherkneipe.
This is a pub for smokers.
Dieser Raum braucht neue Mbel.
This room needs new furniture.
Brauchen Sie eine Rechnung?
Do you need a bill?

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Vocabulary Phrase Usage

1. nderung (the change) is the noun based on "ndern" (to change)

2. Doppelzimmer = double room, Einzelzimmer = single room. These refer to rooms with a double bed
or a single bed.
3. Rauchverbot is based on the verb rauchen (to smoke) and das Verbot (ban, prohibition), so it
means a ban on smoking. Similarly, you may encounter words like Halteverbot (no stopping) or

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Parkverbot (no parking),... I haven't seen a Schlafverbot (no sleeping) yet though.

Grammar Points
The focus of this lesson is muss nicht, darf nicht, braucht nicht, kann nicht
ich muss jetzt nicht mehr zahlen, oder?
"I don't have to pay any extra, do I?"

Since we taught you the verbs mssen and drfen, we should probably mention that the negative
versions don't work quite as you'd expect. The equivalent of must not is darf nicht, and the
equivalent of muss nicht actually means doesn't need to.

Here's the full list of equivalents.

er kann nicht = he can't

er braucht nicht = he need not
er muss nicht = he need not
er darf nicht = he must not, it is forbidden for him to...

Commit this to memory, or you may make some serious mistakes!

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Cultural Insight
Culture: smoking
- approximately 27% of all Germans smoke, which is still a larger percentage than in the states,
even though the number is decreasing
- recently laws against smoking in restaurants and bars were passed, but it's a state-level issue, so
the laws are stricter in some parts of Germany than they are in others
- generally the laws argue in favor of non-smoking customers or waiters, who are subjected to
passive smoking at the workplace. This however means that if restaurants have outdoor seating
they can allow smokers there, or bars can re-define themselves as smoker clubs, which also
means that they will be able to permit smoking
- smoking is universally forbidden in public buildings, on public transport and at the workplace

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