Today is Franzi’s birthday! Friends and family are coming to the party, and of course they’re bringing presents. How old is Franzi? And how old are her friends?

Felix and Franzi experience good and bad weather together—sometimes it rains, sometimes the sun shines, sometimes the snow falls, and sometimes it’s hot!

A new telephone arrives in the mail for Felix and Franzi — now they can call their friends at the Berlin Zoo!

Eva shows us how to talk about basic geometric forms in German.

Eva provides an overview of the German words for different materials, such as leather, glass, cork, and various metals.

Eva discusses bank accounts in Germany, explaining which documents are needed to open one and the related vocabulary in the process.

Plural nouns are tricky in German, but Eva clarifies the different types of endings and gives us some good examples.

Eva shows us a few common German figures of speech that will surely impress your fellow students, as well as any Germans you speak with!

In English, shorter adjectives are compared by adding certain endings ("green," "greener," "greenest"), while longer adjectives require the words "more" and "most" ("helpful," "more helpful," "most helpful"). In German, the rules are quite different and the endings are always used. Moreover, the same forms are used as both adjectives and adverbs. Here, Yabla's own Eva explains some of these concepts with examples.

In the last video, Eva explained how regular adjectives are compared in German. In this video, she explains irregular adjectives, which either require an umlaut or change completely.

Eva lists a number of German sayings, and then explains when they are used. Do you know any of them already?

Pigs, cherries, and bears: Yabla's own Eva explains the meanings of a number of German expressions.

Do you know what it means if a German says that something is nullachtfünfzehn? What about "to give someone the basket?" Eva looks at a few more German expressions.

Eva explains the various steps for submitting a job application in Germany and some of the related vocabulary. Enjoy!

Eva talks about job interviews, and provides an example of some of the questions that might come up.