Use the short message to practise listening in stages. The optional read-aloud control uses a German voice from your device; the transcript always remains available.

die Uhr
das Café
das Buch

The idea

First listen for the purpose of the message. Next identify the day, the corrected time and the object Nora should bring. Only then read the transcript and listen again while following the words. Repeat one useful sentence aloud. If your device has no German voice, use the linked listening resources for audio and use this text for reading practice.

Read the text

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Hallo Nora, hier ist Lea. Unser Treffen ist morgen. Wir treffen uns nicht um drei Uhr, sondern um vier Uhr. Ich warte vor dem Café. Bitte bring dein Buch mit. Bis morgen!

Examples

  • Hallo Nora, hier ist Lea.
  • Unser Treffen ist morgen.
  • Wir treffen uns nicht um drei Uhr, sondern um vier Uhr.
  • Ich warte vor dem Café.
  • Bitte bring dein Buch mit.
  • Bis morgen!

Read-aloud uses a synthetic German voice available on your device. Voice quality and availability vary; it does not assess your pronunciation.

Watch out

Do not judge listening ability from one synthetic voice or one unfamiliar recording. Device voices vary, and repeated understanding of the same text is not the same as understanding a new speaker.

Try it yourself

  1. Wann ist das Treffen?

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    Morgen.

    The message says Unser Treffen ist morgen, so the meeting is tomorrow.

  2. Um wie viel Uhr treffen sich Lea und Nora?

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    Um vier Uhr.

    The time is corrected from three to four: nicht um drei Uhr, sondern um vier Uhr.

  3. Was soll Nora mitbringen?

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    Ihr Buch.

    Lea asks Nora to bring her book: Bitte bring dein Buch mit.

Use it today

Hide the transcript, listen again and write three notes: when, where and what to bring. Check those notes against the message.