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 tells us about the tradition of Advent calendars and shows us one that she has made herself.

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.

In this video, Eva talks about common winter ailments and the various medicines and home remedies that are used in Germany.

People who move to or visit Germany are often confused by the very thorough recycling system that is in place. Eva explains what types of materials go in which color bins and all about deposits on glass and plastic bottles.

Eva explains the function of the temporal conjunctions als, wenn, während, seitdem, bis, bevor, nachdem and sobald in helping us order occurrences in time.

Eva goes over the various colors in German and the words used to describe shades and hues.

Eva Croissant: "I Hold Your Hand" is the last song from my album You're Not Just Anybody. (Published 2/2/2012)

Singer/songwriter Eva Croissant gives a touching and powerful performance of her song "Dein Herz trägt Felsen.”

In "Ohne dich" ("Without You"), singer/songwriter Eva Croissant sings of love lost.

Yabla's own Eva shows us various pieces of clothing typically found in a home wardrobe and gives us the German name for them all. Viel Spaß beim Deutschlernen!

In this episode of our journey through time, we meet the Neanderthals, who roamed the European continent for around 65,000 years before disappearing almost without a trace. They lived as clans of hunter-gatherers, and knew how to make tools and fire.

Emilio dedicates this heartfelt, celebratory song to his mother, who emigrated from Morocco to Germany all alone when she was young. She sought freedom, and the chance to give her future children a better life.