Listening Practice for Beginners | A2 Work Phone Call Practice | German Podcast

Learn how to call in sick at work in German with a simple A2-level phone conversation. Max is ill, his shift starts soon, and he needs to call his supervisor clearly and politely. In this German listening practice, you will learn how to: introduce yourself and say where you work explain that you are sick and cannot work today answer honestly when you do not know about tomorrow yet ask when you should contact the company again ask whether a doctor's note or another document is needed understand the difference between "bis sieben Uhr" and "um sieben Uhr" write a short follow-up email after the call This episode includes German captions, word-by-word English translation, and full English sentence meanings. Each German line is spoken twice so you can listen, read, and understand step by step. Useful German sentences from the episode: "Guten Morgen, Herr Neumann. Hier ist Max Weber aus dem Lager." "Ich bin krank und kann heute leider nicht arbeiten." "Wann soll ich mich wieder melden?" "Was brauchen Sie heute noch von mir?" "Muss ich noch jemanden informieren?" #LearnGerman #GermanListening #a2german