The misunderstanding

The misunderstanding

A store manager overheard one of his salesmen talking to a customer. “No sir,” said the salesman, ”we haven’t had any for quite a while and it doesn’t look like we’ll be getting any soon.” The manager was horrified and shouted after...
The time of day

The time of day

Watch out when translating ‘heute Morgen’, ‘heute Nachmittag’, ‘heute Abend’ and ‘heute Nacht’.  We say, ‘this morning’, ‘this afternoon’, ‘this evening’ and ‘tonight’. Oh,...