Lisa and Selma are chatting about green energy at Das Marek when Yara shows up and tells them about the flea market she's organizing. This is the first time Yara has met Selma, though she knows that Nico has a big crush on her.

Lisa wants her class to try giving up plastic for a week. She quickly realizes that it's more challenging than she first thought, but luckily, some sweet treats come in cardboard packaging too.

The environment concerns everyone—including these roommates! How can people be convinced to recycle and sustainably change their behavior as consumers? The four discuss what could be done.

It's time to play the Christmas ABCs! Paula and Alina take turns guessing Christmas-related words and share what they particularly like about this time of year.

Yara and her landlord are talking about climate change. Yara is appalled by how some people are so indifferent to the issue.

Nico proudly tells Inge about his upcoming apprenticeship at Yara's bike shop, so Max and Tarek tease him about how hard he'll have to work. But Nico isn't worried; after all, surely he can take a siesta when the weather's hot...

Inge is complaining about her aches and pains. To lighten the mood, Max and Tarek ask her all about her recent vacation in Egypt.

It's cold outside, and Ibrahim is really struggling with the German winter. Today, he has come to Yara's shop because he's thinking of buying a used bike. Suddenly, he sees Nico working there; do they know each other?

In this video, Paula offers some great tips for learning German that you can easily put into practice.

Join Alina and Moritz in a fun vocabulary building activity. Guess what ball sports they're describing and learn new words!

Do you know the names and locations of Germany's most important rivers? In this video, Paula takes us through the list of those with the greatest number of kilometers within Germany.

In this clip, Eylin teaches us some important expressions for navigating an unfamiliar town. It's a good idea to practice asking for directions now so that you'll know how to do it when the time comes!

In the second part of our mini-series on the imperative, Eylin asks us some practice questions. She also talks about when the word "bitte" ("please") should be used for the sake of politeness and when it is not necessary.

How and when do you use the imperative? Eylin explains and gives some practical examples.

In part 2 of this mini-series on conjunctions, Eylin introduces "weil," "denn," "damit," "obwohl," and "als" in several sentence examples. This makes it easy to understand how and when these conjunctions are used in German.