AlltagsgesprächeEveryday Talk

Everyday life in everyday language, told through conversation. Free to read in the browser, each with a translation beside every paragraph.

Short stories written for this library, told almost entirely in dialogue, with a translation beside every line. The same group of flatmates, neighbours and friends deal with ordinary days: a parcel that went missing, a noisy neighbour, a visit to the doctor, plans that fall apart.

The characters talk the way people really talk: short answers, questions, everyday phrases, small words that carry a lot of meaning. Each edition uses the natural spoken phrases of its own language, not a word-for-word copy of another, so reading two editions side by side shows how each language says the same everyday thing.

The series is graded: the A2 stories keep to common words and short exchanges, the B1 stories are longer, with livelier conversations and a wider vocabulary. Choose the language you read below.

• Alltagsgespräche · German
• Conversaciones cotidianas · Spanish
• Conversations du quotidien · French
• Conversazioni quotidiane · Italian
• Conversas do dia a dia · Portuguese
• Everyday Talk · English
• Καθημερινές κουβέντες · Greek
• रोज़मर्रा की बातचीत · Hindi
• Percakapan Sehari-hari · Indonesian
• 日常会話 · Japanese
• 일상 대화 · Korean
• Conversații de zi cu zi · Romanian
• Gündelik Sohbetler · Turkish
• Trò chuyện thường ngày · Vietnamese
• 日常对话 · Chinese