Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
When the Gingerbread Man reaches a river, he has to make a tough decision. But if you think you know how the story ends, you might be surprised by the ending of this version!
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany South German
Cettina reads Part 1 of "Das Aschenputtel," known in English as "Cinderella." By the way, you'll notice that the German word for Cinderella is neuter – which means that "es/ihm" here translates to "she/her."
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
Cettina reads Part 2 of "Das Aschenputtel," a fairy tale known in English as "Cinderella." (By the way, you'll notice that the German word for Cinderella is neuter – which means that "es/ihm" here translates to "she/her.")
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
The saying, “When two fight, the third one benefits” is often used as the moral of fables. What did the wild boar and the wolf learn in this story?
Difficulty: Advanced
Germany Bavarian
Marga Engel, a cook in a Bavarian guesthouse, has just had a little house built for herself. However, her housewarming party ends in disaster when she learns that she has been conned by the property developer.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany Bavarian
Marga arrives in Leipzig at the office of Mr. Ohrmann, the head of the company that is taking her house.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany Bavarian Palatine German
When Marga Engel goes to the unemployment office, she meets a woman who is in urgent need of an experienced cook.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany Bavarian
Nele Ebeling takes Marga home with her to work as a cook, and Marga makes an interesting discovery when meeting Nele's husband!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Marga meets Herr Ohrmann's daughter, who is studying law, and asks if she could get some legal help in exchange for teaching her how to cook.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Marga uses Herr Ohrmann's new BMW to get groceries and meets a nice stranger who—suspiciously—seems to know that the car is in trouble before the tailpipe explodes!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany Bavarian
The dinner at Herr Ohrmann's home gets off to a rough start when his employee, Herr Schöller, starts behaving strangely, and Marga reacts in a way that is quite out of character.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany Bavarian
Marga is very upset when she realizes that she has been working for the enemy. Ohrmann's daughter Olga tries to convince her to stay.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany Bavarian
Marga is happy to move into the property's guesthouse with Olga, with whom she gets along quite well. The two decide to help each other with their problems with Herr Ohrmann.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany Bavarian
Marga gets Dr. Gössel to confess that he tampered with Mr. Ohrmann's car. As it turns out, they have a lot in common...
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany Bavarian
Marga goes to the university library to try to study cases similar to her own against Herr Ohrmann. Later, she cooks him dinner.
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