B1 · 18 words
Bruno moves into a shared flat
Bruno now lives with three flatmates, and the first argument is about the dishes. Learn the words of a shared flat - the cleaning rota, the household, taking turns - and how to agree on rules.
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Female flatmate
Deshalb habe ich einen Putzplan geschrieben. Jede Woche wechseln wir uns ab: Abwasch, Staubsaugen, Bad und Müll, schön der Reihe nach.
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Translation
That's why I've written a cleaning rota. Every week we take turns: dishes, hoovering, bathroom and rubbish, one after the other.
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Words and Phrases
- die Wohngemeinschaft shared flat
- der Mitbewohner flatmate
- die Mitbewohnerin flatmate
- der Putzplan cleaning rota
- der Haushalt household
- der Abwasch washing-up
- der Staubsauger vacuum cleaner
- die Regel rule
- staubsaugen to vacuum
- abwaschen to do the dishes
- sich abwechseln to take turns
- sich einigen to agree
- ordentlich tidy
- unordentlich untidy
- gerecht fair
- ungerecht unfair
- abwechselnd in turns
- der Reihe nach one after the other
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