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.
This is the conversation you will have more often than any other in Switzerland. Twice a day, four or five days a week, for years. Two minutes in the morning, two minutes in the afternoon.
Because it repeats, it is the single best German you can invest in as a parent. Learn ten sentences and you become someone the carers can talk to — which changes how much they tell you about your own child.
It is also a gift for the exam. A short, predictable, everyday exchange is exactly what the FIDE speaking test is built from.
Key phrases to know
- Luca hat heute schlecht geschlafen. – Luca slept badly last night.
- Danke für die Info. – Thanks for letting me know.
- Hat er Frühstück gegessen? – Did he eat breakfast?
- Ja, aber nur wenig. – Yes, but only a little.