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You want to photocopy documents at a copy shop: what to say in German

You want to copy documents at a copy shop.

Copyshop8 linesLevel A1For life in Germany The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. At a copy shop they ask schwarz-weiß oder farbig (black and white or colour) and einseitig oder doppelseitig (one-sided or two-sided).Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.

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YOU START
Guten Tag, ich möchte diese Seiten kopieren.
GOO-tayn tahk, eekh MYOKH-teh DEE-zeh ZIGH-tayn koh-PEE-rayn.
Good day, I'd like to copy these pages.
Or say:Guten Tag, ich brauche ein paar Kopien.
GOO-tayn tahk, eekh BROW-kheh ighn pahr KOH-pee-ayn.
THEY SAY
Wie viele Kopien brauchen Sie?
Vee FEE-leh KOH-pee-ayn BROW-khayn zee?
How many copies do you need?
They might also say:
Wie viele Exemplare sollen es sein?
Vee FEE-leh ek-sem-PLAH-reh ZOH-layn es zighn?
How many copies should it be?
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YOU REPLY
Drei Kopien, bitte.
Drigh KOH-pee-ayn, BEE-teh.
Three copies, please.
THEY SAY
Schwarz-weiß oder in Farbe?
Shvahrts-vighs OH-duh een FAHR-beh?
Black and white or in colour?
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3
YOU REPLY
Schwarz-weiß, bitte.
Shvahrts-vighs, BEE-teh.
Black and white, please.
THEY SAY
Einseitig oder doppelseitig?
IGHN-zigh-teekh OH-duh DOH-pel-zigh-teekh?
One-sided or two-sided?
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YOU FINISH
Einseitig, bitte.
IGHN-zigh-teekh, BEE-teh.
One-sided, please.
THEY SAY
Alles klar. Das macht zwei Euro vierzig.
AH-les klahr. Dahs mahkht tsvigh OY-roh FEER-tseekh.
All right. That's two euros forty.
in the app

The course is in the app

This dialogue is part of the course “German for life in Germany”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.

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Words worth knowing

Guten
GOO-tayn
adjective
good (in greetings)
Tag
tahk
noun
day
möchte
MYOKH-teh
verb
would like
Seiten
ZIGH-tayn
noun
pages
kopieren
koh-PEE-rayn
verb
to copy
Wie
Vee
adverb
how

21 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.

If you did not understand

Können Sie das bitte wiederholen?
KYOH-nayn zee dahs BEE-teh vee-dehr-KHOH-layn?
Can you repeat that, please?
Können Sie bitte langsamer sprechen?
KYOH-nayn zee BEE-teh LAHNG-zuh-muh SHPREH-khayn?
Can you speak more slowly, please?

All 21 rescue phrases in German →

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