Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Yara shows her friend around the city. They’ve just been to an exhibition at the city palace, and now they’re headed to a small museum where a famous composer once lived. Will they like it?
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Yara is about to close the store when the landlord shows up. She tells him about the tour she wants to take through the city with a friend. He immediately has some suggestions for her.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
The restaurant “Marek” is celebrating its tenth anniversary, and the owners have hired a band to perform. Unfortunately, the singer is sick, so the band has canceled. Will they be able to find a replacement before the guests arrive?
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Selma’s father, Ibrahim, was a doctor in Syria, but has no experience with job interviews in Germany. Luckily, Lisa has found him the perfect person to practice with.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Selma's father Ibrahim would like to apply for a job at a fast food restaurant. Lisa guides him through a pretend telephone conversation so that he can practice requesting a job interview – and then she comes up with another idea...
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
What belongs on a résumé? Lisa teaches a group of students how to pitch their best selves when applying for a job in Germany.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Max asks Pepe why he doesn't get along with his brother, Nico. What made the two of them stop talking?
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Nico and Selma meet in the park so that Selma can practice riding a bike. When Nico learns that Selma used to dance, he borrows a guitar and offers to play accompaniment. But she suddenly has to leave.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Selma meets with Nico to try out her new bike. She’s making great progress and is enjoying their time together. But she’s actually not supposed to be spending time with him at all…
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
During a carriage ride, Jacques and Inge discuss what’s changed in the city over the past decades. They seem to be getting along quite well. But then Jacques gets an alert on his phone — who’s been calling him, and what is he hiding?
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Inge and Jacques go for a walk and have a chat. What was it like to socialize in the era before cell phones? Inge expresses a desire to go back in time. And Jacques has a surprise for her!
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Nico wants to help Selma's family with the move, but Selma doesn't want him to – and she comes up with a lot of reasons why he shouldn't.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Using several examples, Sabine and Jan explain the weak verb "erklären" ("to explain") in the following verb tenses: present, simple past, present perfect, and conditional. The present perfect form of the verb is conjugated with the auxiliary verb "haben" ("to have") and in German often used similarly to the simple past, or preterite tense.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Selma and her father are in the middle of loading a moving truck when Nico comes around the corner, surprising her. When he asks why she canceled their date, she explains that her parents don’t want her meeting up with “strangers.”
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Yara is sick of the noise and dirt in the city, and flirts with the idea of moving to the country. She and her nephew Pepe look at apartments together online. But Pepe has come to ask her for a favor...
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