Rio Reiser was the singer of the German rock band Ton, Steine, Scherben, and was a legend in his lifetime for his support for leftist causes and for being openly gay. His music has great energy and funny lyrics too! Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

Frederick the pig teaches his little brother Piggeldy how to play soccer in this charming animated clip. Enjoy!

In Part II of this video, Yabla star reporter Jenny gives us further instructions how to play chess, going into detail on the rules of castling and the meaning of a stalemate. Viel Spaß beim Lernen!

Nena was an icon of the 1980s German New Wave, but she is still active today and has lost none of her youthful energy! Check out this classic video from 1984. Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

Today Piggeldy has an important realization as he learns what "fast" and "slow" mean. Also available as an app.

Yabla star reporter Jenny gives us the basics on how to play chess, which may be of special interest if you know the game a bit, in that many German chess pieces have quite different names than their English counterparts. Viel Spaß beim Lernen!

From the ruins in Görlitzer Park to the Weihnachtsmarkt at Alexanderplatz, from riding horseback in the S-Bahn station at Treptower Park to jousting with the Britzer Windmill, Judith Holofernes gives us a tour as the foam-clad Don Quixote of Berlin in this wonderful music video. Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

Today curious Piggeldy is at again, plying his brother with questions! This time he wants to know what a house is and what some of its odd looking features are. And in the course of their conversation, it occurs to him, that there is something that he'd really like to do, at least once in his life! Viel Spaß beim Deutschlernen!
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This time Piggeldy and Frederick have almost bitten off more than they can chew as they set out in search of a wandering sand dune and wind up in the middle of North German sandstorm!

Piggeldy and Frederick go out in search of boxes, and reach the happy conclusion that it's best not to be human. On the other hand, do they consider their likely fate as pigs?

Jupiter Jones gives a rousing performance in this power ballad about life, love, and loss. Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

Piggeldy's big brother Frederick realizes, while trying to explain the concept of laziness to Piggeldy, that he himself was never allowed to experience being lazy. Piggeldy, of course, has the perfect solution to his problem!

In this, the very last of the "relative clause" series, the class seems to have had a late one the night before. Despite Barbara having expressly described the correct pronunciation of träumen only a minute before, Stephanie continues to mispronounce it. Perhaps the class will be fresher after lunch! Viel Spaß beim Lernen!

Piggeldy learns what a bathtub is, and Frederick learns what kids tend to do when swimming. Frederick, as usual, is not amused!

Barbara leads the class into some examples of relative clauses, but then has to give the class a refresher course in modal verbs. Luckily they pass with flying colors! Viel Spaß beim Lernen!