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Bruno opens a food stall
Bruno dreams of his own food stall at the market and does the sums with Lotte. Learn the words of starting a small business - costs, profit, competition, taxes - and of taking a risk.
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Lotte
Wenn alles gut läuft, etwa zweitausend im Monat. Aber auf dem Markt gibt es schon drei Imbisse - die Konkurrenz ist groß.
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If everything goes well, about two thousand a month. But there are already three food stalls at the market - the competition is tough.
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Words and Phrases
- der Imbiss food stall
- die Geschäftsidee business idea
- der Umsatz takings
- der Gewinn profit
- die Steuer tax
- die Konkurrenz competition
- das Risiko risk
- der Lieferant supplier
- die Lieferantin supplier
- der Traum dream
- träumen to dream
- gründen to found
- investieren to invest
- berechnen to calculate
- riskant risky
- sich selbstständig machen to become self-employed
- selbstständig self-employed
- die Kosten (pl.) costs
- der Kunde customer
- verdienen to earn
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