Deutsch - German
Joe: Hallo.
Frau: Grüß Gott!
Joe: Äh, ja, Grüß Gott…. Ich möchte Geld wechseln.
Frau: Ja, gerne. Was möchten Sie denn wechseln?
Joe: Ich möchte Dollar in Euro wechseln.
Frau: Okay. Und wie viel Dollar möchten Sie wechseln?
Joe: Ich möchte 150 Dollar wechseln. Wie viel Euro bekomme ich dafür?
Frau: Einen Moment, ich rechne es aus…. Bei dem Wechselkurs heute bekommen Sie 118 Euro und 60 Cent.
Joe: 180 Euro?!?
Frau: Haha, nein nicht 180…118 Euro und 60 Cent.
Joe: Aaah, okay. Und muss ich eine Wechselgebühr zahlen?
Frau: Nein, Sie müssen keine Wechselgebühr zahlen.
Joe: Ah gut. Dann möchte ich das Geld gerne wechseln….Hier bitte….
Frau: Danke schön…Wie möchten Sie das Geld haben?
Joe: Äh, in Euro natürlich….Oder was meinen Sie?
Frau: Nein, ich meine, welche Scheine möchten Sie haben?
Joe: Ach so. Hmm, ich möchte einen 50-Euro-Schein, zwei 20-Euro-Scheine und den Rest in 5-Euro-Scheinen und Kleingeld…
Frau: Okay..hier bitte…..50, 70, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 117, 118 und 60 Cent.
Joe: Danke schön.
Frau: Warten Sie! Sie bekommen noch eine Quittung…
Joe: Ach ja. Danke.
Frau: Widaschaung!
Joe: Wie bitte?
Frau: Das heißt „Auf Wiedersehen“.
Joe: Ach so. Auf Wiedersehen!
Englisch - English
Joe: Hello.
Woman: Hello!
Joe: Uhh, ya, hello. I'd like to exchange some money.
Woman: Ok, sure. What would you like to exchange?
Joe: I'd like to change some dollars into euros.
Woman: Ok. And how many dollars would you like to exchange?
Joe: I'd like to exchange 150 dollars. How many euros do I get for that?
Woman: One moment, I'll calculate it out. At today's exchange rate you'll get 118 euros and 60 cents.
Joe: 180 euros?!?
Woman: Haha, no, not 180. 118 euros and 60 cents.
Joe: Ahh, ok. And do I have to pay an exchange fee?
Woman: No, you don't have to pay an exchange fee.
Joe: Oh, good. Then I'd like to exchange the money. Here you go.
Woman: Thanks very much. How would you like the money?
Joe: Uhh, in euros of course. What do you mean?
Woman: No, I mean which bills would you like to have?
Joe: Ohh, of course. Hmm, I'd like a 50-euro bill, two 20-euro bills, and the rest in 5-euro bills and small change.
Woman: Ok, here you are. 50, 70, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 117, 118, and 60 cents.
Joe: Thanks very much.
Woman: Wait one moment! You also get a receipt.
Joe: Oh ya, thanks.
Woman: Goodbye! (in local dialect)
Joe: I'm sorry?
Woman: That was "good bye"
Joe: Ahh, ok. Good bye!
Wortschatz- und Satzgebrauch - Vocabulary Phrase Usage
1. Grüß Gott! = the Southern German equivalent of "Guten Tag!"
2. dafür = equivalent of "für das". We never say "für das", only "dafür". Same goes for other prepositions + das.
3. Wechselkurs = exchange+course = exchange rate;
Wechselgebühr = exchange+fee = exchange fee
Wechselgebühr = exchange+fee = exchange fee
Grammatik - Grammar
The focus of this lesson is a review of German numbers.
Nein nicht 180…118 Euro
"No, not 180...118 euros"
If you're still a bit shaky on the German numbers, this lesson is a great one for practise. For example, did you remember that you're supposed to say „fünfundneunzig“ (five-and-ninety) instead of ninety-five like in English? By the same token we said „hundert achtzehn“ (hundred eightteen), with the „eight“ before the „teen“.
When you don't have an even amount of Euros, say 8 Euros and 90 Cents, you can express that as either „acht Euro und neunzig Cent“ or simply „acht Euro neunzig“. Keep in mind that neither „Euro“ or „Cent“ changes for plural in German – no word for a currency or measurement is ever pluralized.
In written German, it's important to put a comma between the 8 Euros and the 90 Cents. 8,90 €.
Germans invert the use of comma and dot actually. There are dots between really big numbers and commas when there are fractions, for example Germans write „6.500.000,40“.
Kultureller Einblick - Cultural Insight
The German currency is the Euro (pronounced oy-ro). This is a relatively new development, the Euro only replaced the German Mark in 2002. A lot of people still calculate in Marks in their heads.
When you are in Europe and have to use Euros to pay, you will notice that there are different backsides among them, not just for every unit but there are even pieces of the same value that have different backsides. This is because every European country was allowed to choose individual motifs for the back side of their coins, but the coins don't stay in one country. They travel all over Europe and so you can discover Dutch coins, French coins, Italian coins, Spanish coins and so on in your wallet. It is really fascinating to watch the mingling of the coins from different countries, and all of
them can be used as regular currency in all countries that use the Euro.
It is a big improvement, because originally, every European country had a different currency before. Even though it was easy to cross the borders, you still had to exchange currencies every time you did,
and you wound up with a lot of unusable change – not to mention paying the exchange fees. Plus when you're paying with a foreign currency, you don't really know what a good price is and paying will feel less real to you. Be aware of that when coming to Germany and always convert Euros to your home country's currency, or try to get a feel for Euro prices if you're planning to stay here longer.
DANKE
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