Hostage Negotiations: Hostage: A Pizza Delivery Guy
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Key Phrases
Ist das ernst?
Are you serious?
Ich bringe
I'll bring
Pizzaboten
Pizza delivery guy
Skills You'll Learn
Expressing want
Wünsche ausdrücken
Discussing food preferences
Essensvorlieben besprechen
Giving commands or requests
Befehle oder Bitten äußern
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're in a humorous situation where someone is detaining a pizza delivery guy because they're waiting for the right sauces to arrive. You need to negotiate the release by promising to bring them garlic and spicy sauce so everyone can enjoy the meal together. The conversation is lighthearted and centers around resolving this saucy dispute.
Lassen Sie den Mann frei, er hat meine Peperoni-Stuffed-Crust-Pizza!
Release the man, he has my pepperoni stuffed crust pizza!
Erst will ich meine extra Soße!
First I want my extra sauce!
Ist das ernst? Wegen extra Soße?
Are you serious? Because of extra sauce?
Ja, jeder braucht gute Soße, oder?
Yes, everyone needs good sauce, right?
Okay, welche Soße möchtest du?
Okay, what sauce do you want?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Lassen
LAH-ss-en
Let
Frei
FRY
Free
Lassen Sie frei
LAH-ss-en zee FRY
Release
💬 With [lassen], German often leaves out the object when English would say it: [Lassen Sie frei] means release them/him/her, depending on context. You can reuse that pattern with other verbs too: [Öffnen Sie!] = open it/open up.
See breakdown →Mann
mahn
Man
Hat
haht
Has
Meine
MY-nuh
My
Peperoni-Stuffed-Crust-Pizza
PEP-uh-roh-nee shtuffed krust pizza
Pepperoni stuffed crust pizza
Erst
EH-uhrst
First
💬 [erst] often means [only] rather than [first]. For example, [Es ist erst acht] means it's only eight.
See breakdown →Ich
ikh
I
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