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Week 8 · Paying, Prices and Change

Bezahlen, Preise und Wechselgeld

Play each sentence at normal and slow speed, pause, and repeat it out loud. The audio uses an AI-generated voice (standard German).

Monday · day 50

Kann ich mit Karte zahlen?

Is it OK to pay by card?

Tuesday · day 51

Das macht sieben Euro vierzig.

That comes to seven euros forty.

Wednesday · day 52

Stimmt so, danke.

Keep the change, thanks.

Thursday · day 53

Haben Sie es nicht kleiner?

Don't you have anything smaller?

Friday · day 54

Ich glaube, Sie haben sich verrechnet.

I think there's a mistake in the total.

Saturday · day 55

Könnte ich bitte eine Quittung haben?

Could I get a receipt, please?

Sunday · day 56

Zahlen wir zusammen oder getrennt?

Are we paying together or separately?

Step-by-step solutions

Try the pyramid in the book first. The solutions are hidden: open them one at a time.

Monday (day 50): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “card (payment)” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, K, is already printed). The word is KARTE; you met it in week 8, Monday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “to pay” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, Z, is already printed). The word is ZAHLEN; you met it in week 8, Monday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “forty” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, V, is already printed). The word is VIERZIG; you met it in week 8, Tuesday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: T, A, G → TAG, which means “day”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Tuesday (day 51): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “euro” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, E, is already printed). The word is EURO; you met it in week 8, Tuesday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “I take” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, N, is already printed). The word is NEHME; you met it in week 6, Sunday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “together” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, Z, is already printed). The word is ZUSAMMEN; you met it in week 8, Sunday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: O, M, A → OMA, which means “grandma”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Wednesday (day 52): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “bread” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, B, is already printed). The word is BROT; you met it in week 5, Tuesday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “piece, slice” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, S, is already printed). The word is STÜCK; you met it in week 5, Saturday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “separately” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, G, is already printed). The word is GETRENNT; you met it in week 8, Sunday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: T, Ü, R → TÜR, which means “door”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Thursday (day 53): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “warm” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, W, is already printed). The word is WARM; you met it in week 5, Sunday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “I believe” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, G, is already printed). The word is GLAUBE; you met it in week 8, Friday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “smaller” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, K, is already printed). The word is KLEINER; you met it in week 8, Thursday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: M, A, L → MAL, which means “time (occasion)”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Friday (day 54): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “I may (am allowed)” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, D, is already printed). The word is DARF; you met it in week 2, Saturday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “dark (with -e)” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, D, is already printed). The word is DUNKLE; you met it in week 5, Tuesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “receipt” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, Q, is already printed). The word is QUITTUNG; you met it in week 8, Saturday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: A, L, T → ALT, which means “old (age)”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Saturday (day 55): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “since (time)” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, S, is already printed). The word is SEIT; you met it in week 1, Saturday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “I look” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, S, is already printed). The word is SCHAUE; you met it in week 7, Saturday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “bread rolls” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, B, is already printed). The word is BRÖTCHEN; you met it in week 5, Monday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: T, E, E → TEE, which means “tea”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Sunday (day 56): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “pretzel” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, B, is already printed). The word is BREZEL; you met it in week 5, Monday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “I need” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, B, is already printed). The word is BRAUCHE; you met it in week 6, Thursday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “separately” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, G, is already printed). The word is GETRENNT; you met it in week 8, Sunday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: Z, U, G → ZUG, which means “train”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.

Printable review cards

Print, cut along the lines and fold each card in half: English on the front, German on the back.

W8 · 1Is it OK to pay by card?
Kann ich mit Karte zahlen?
W8 · 2That comes to seven euros forty.
Das macht sieben Euro vierzig.
W8 · 3Keep the change, thanks.
Stimmt so, danke.
W8 · 4Don't you have anything smaller?
Haben Sie es nicht kleiner?
W8 · 5I think there's a mistake in the total.
Ich glaube, Sie haben sich verrechnet.
W8 · 6Could I get a receipt, please?
Könnte ich bitte eine Quittung haben?
W8 · 7Are we paying together or separately?
Zahlen wir zusammen oder getrennt?