German barbershop phrasebook
March 2, 2016 at 2:23 pm | Posted in barbershop, music, Uncategorized | 2 CommentsTags: advice, barbershop, German, humour, language, music, phrases, singing, skills, white rosettes, women
I’m off to Munich this weekend, with my lovely fabulous barbershop chorus, the White Rosettes. We’re guests at BinG!, the German barbershop convention, and we’ll be singing on stage three times over two days, then finding as many opportunities as possible to sing in stairwells, in corners of the bar and so on. I used to speak fairly good German, so I thought I’d put together a set of useful phrases that my fellow Rosettes could employ over the weekend. In true barbershop style, I’ve provided teach tracks. Mach’s gut!
At the hotel
Do you have room service? Double egg and chips, please.
Haben Sie Zimmerservice? Zweimal Spiegelei mit Pommes, bitte.
I’m having a disco nap and do not wish to be disturbed
Ich mache Schläfchen und möchte nicht gestört werden.
Please could I book an alarm for nine thirty. No, that’s correct. I am English. That’s early.
Ich möchte einen Alarmruf, bitte, um neun Uhr dreissig. Doch, das stimmt. Ich bin Engländerin. Das ist für mich ganz früh.
Making conversation in the audience
They haven’t got enough blusher on
Sie brauchen noch ein bisschen Rouge.
I liked the choreo but the sequins were distracting
Die Choreographie hat mir gefallen. Ich fand die Pailletten verwirrend.
Is that David Wright over there? I’ll be right back
Ist das der David Wright dort drüben? Ich bin gleich wieder da.
At the afterglow
My doctor has expressly forbidden me to drink beer
Mein Arzt hat mir ausdrücklich verboten, Bier zu trinken.
Three gins, please, and easy on the tonic
Dreimal Gin, bitte, und nicht zu viel Tonic.
Shall we sing a tag? Do you know ‘Clouds On Fire’?
Wollen wir einen Tag singen? Kennen Sie ‘Clouds On Fire’?
Are you going to bed already? It’s only four o’clock!
Gehen Sie schon ins Bett? Es ist aber nur vier Uhr!
And a good old-fashioned blooper reel. In case you thought this stuff was easy.
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Next time we meet (probably in Harrogate) I will test your German 🙂
Comment by danamargies— August 8, 2016 #
Ich freue mich schon darauf 🙂
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