# Menschen A1.1, Unit 4: Shopping for furniture

**Language:** German  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Join Carla and Dieter for a Saturday morning at a furniture shop in Nürnberg, one short conversation at a time, pairing with the themes of unit 4 of Menschen A1.1. Each lesson trains your ear until you can follow every word and answer back.

**Setting:** A family-run furniture shop in Nürnberg on a Saturday morning. Carla is tired of eating on the sofa and wants a proper dining table. Dieter has sold furniture here for thirty years and says what he thinks. They use Sie with each other throughout, as a customer and a salesman do.

## Lessons

### 1. Turning down help

Dieter offers to help Carla as she comes in, and she says she is only looking.

### 2. Saying what you think of something

Carla likes a big wooden table and a lamp, and Dieter agrees with her.

### 3. Asking the price

Carla asks what the big table costs, and the price is a shock.

### 4. Asking about a cheaper one

Carla points at a smaller table, and Dieter tells her it is much cheaper.

### 5. Disagreeing politely

Carla thinks the cheaper table is too small, and Dieter disagrees.

### 6. Asking about something else

Carla asks about a shelf, and Dieter tells her what it costs.

### 7. Accepting help after all

Carla asks Dieter a question about the table after all, and thanks him for his help.