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Sep 2 3 min read
Reporting Your Child Absent: Sick Days and Dispensation Requests
The morning phone call when your child is ill, when a doctor's note is needed, and how to write the short formal request to excuse them for a family occasion.
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A2
Sep 2 3 min read
Asking for a Parent-Teacher Meeting — and What to Say in It
Phoning the school office for an appointment, and then the meeting itself: describing what your child says at home and asking to be kept informed.
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A2
Sep 2 3 min read
The Elternabend: Asking Questions at a Swiss Parents' Evening
How to interrupt politely, ask about holiday dates, and raise the one thing most parents are too shy to mention: that your child is struggling in a subject.
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A2
Sep 2 3 min read
Drop-off and Pick-up: The Two-Minute Daycare Conversation
The short German exchanges you'll have every single day at the Krippe or Hort: passing on information in the morning, and asking how the day went in the afternoon.
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A2
Sep 2 3 min read
Finding Childcare in Switzerland: Krippe and Spielgruppe in German
The German you need to ask about a daycare place: your child's age, the days you need, the price, and the question about communal subsidies that many parents never ask.
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A2
Sep 2 3 min read
At the Tenants' Meeting: Asking About Costs and Suggesting Changes
German for the Mieterversammlung: asking what a renovation will cost, proposing to pay in instalments, and suggesting a change to the house rules.
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A2
Sep 2 3 min read
Meeting the Neighbours: Introducing Yourself and Asking for Help
The two conversations that set the tone for years in a Swiss building: introducing yourself on moving day, and asking a neighbour for a favour.
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A2
Sep 2 3 min read
Exams and Certificates: What to Say Before and After the Test
How to tell a teacher you're worried about an exam, ask for extra help, and — if the result is bad — ask what went wrong and when you can retake it.
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A2
Sep 2 3 min read
In the Classroom: German for Your First Day and for Group Work
Your first day in a German course, and the group-work conversation that follows. The phrases to introduce yourself, ask about homework, and agree on when to meet.
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A2
Sep 2 4 min read
Signing Up for a German Course in German: The Sprachschule Conversation
How to ask about a course, admit you don't know your level, and pay in instalments — plus the subsidies many newcomers never find out about.
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A2
Sep 2 4 min read
Emergencies in German: Calling an Ambulance and the Notfallstation
The short, clear German you need when something has gone badly wrong — what the dispatcher will ask, in the order they ask it, and the Swiss numbers to know by heart.
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A2
Sep 2 4 min read
At the Swiss Pharmacy in German: Prescriptions, Advice and Side Effects
How to hand over a prescription, ask for something without one, and understand the instructions — plus the one question that can halve what you pay.
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