84: Heinz kommt nie mehr zurück! | Heinz never comes back again!
Reproach, stroll down memory lane & subjunctive II with würde.
Paul is back in Munich, riding his bike to Grandpa’s apartment. He has the book, but without the important page. His parents are already there. They’re clearing all the rooms because he has died.
84 | Heinz kommt nie mehr zurück!
Reproach, stroll down memory lane
Subjunctive II: würde
83: Das große Wiedersehen – Teil 3 | The big reunion – part 3
Accusations, reasons, excuses & subjunctive II with hätte.
At the party, Fritz hid the book under his sweater and took it away. That actually saved it from falling off the balcony, he says. When Paul upset everybody there was no chance to give it back secretly.
83 | Das große Wiedersehen – Teil 3
Accusations, reasons, and excuses
Subjunctive II: hätte
82: Das große Wiedersehen – Teil 2 | The big reunion – part 2
Get upset about someone, blow off steam, make excuses & order of dative and accusative in a sentence when both objects are personal pronouns.
Paul confronts Fritz, who does not apologize, but justifies his behavior instead: His new girl is Paul’s ex girlfriend, and he thought Paul would mind. So he didn’t tell him.
82 | Das große Wiedersehen – Teil 2
Blow off steam, make excuses
Order of dative & accusative in a sentence: both objects are personal pronouns
81: Das große Wiedersehen – Teil 1 | The big reunion – part 1
Travel vocabuary, neighborhood rules & order of dative and accusative in a sentence when one object is a personal pronoun.
Paul thinks about his situation: he doesn’t get any unemployment benefits anymore because he’s now able to make a living as a freelancer.
81 | Das große Wiedersehen – Teil 1
Travel words, neighborhood rules
Order of dative & accusative in a sentence: one object is a personal pronoun
80: So finde ich ihn nie! | I’ll never find him like that!
Hotel room amenities and their convenience & order of dative and accusative in a sentence when both objects are nouns.
It’s getting late and bad weather is coming. Paul’s rain jacket was in the backpack which he lost. He sees a clothes shop, but it closed 5 minutes ago.
80 | So finde ich ihn nie!
Hotel room amenities and their convenience
Order of dative & accusative in a sentence: both objects are nouns
79 | Mein Rucksack ist weg!
Baggage and paperwork words
Dative reflexive verbs & sentence structure: mir etwas anziehen, mir etwas kaufen, mir etwas leihen
79: Mein Rucksack ist weg! | My backpack is gone!
Baggage and paperwork vocabulary & dative reflexive verbs and sentence structure: mir etwas anziehen, mir etwas kaufen, mir etwas leihen.
Paul arrives at the train station in Westerland on the island of Sylt. He loses his backpack and unsuccessfully tries to get help in the lost-and-found office.
78: Paul muss es Laura sagen | Paul has to tell Laura
Understand online comments & question words and pronouns in the accusative and dative: wem, wen, welcher, welchen, keinen, keinem, jemanden, jemandem, ….
Working online has become a good income source for Paul. He reads some blog comments during the train ride to Sylt.
106: Rotkäppchen von den Brüdern Grimm 🐺 (Deutsch lernen mit Geschichten)
Deutsch lernen mit einem klassischen Märchen von den Brüdern Grimm. Heute wird gefressen, verstümmelt, gelogen und ertrunken! Ich lese dir den vereinfachten Text (diesmal mit Toneffekten) vor, wir machen eine Wiederholungslektion der wichtigsten Wörter und Phrasen und ich erkläre dir jedes kleinste Detail. PDF und Wörterliste verfügbar.
78 | Paul muss es Laura sagen
Understand online comments
Question words and pronouns in the accusative & dative: wem, wen, welcher, welchen, jemandem, …
105: Die Schrecken 💀 der deutschen Sprache 🇩🇪 von Mark Twain (Deutsch lernen mit Geschichten)
Deutsch lernen mit einem schrecklich übertriebenen Aufsatz von Mark Twain. Humorvoll durch und durch. Ich lese dir den extrem vereinfachten Text vor, erkläre ihn, sage dir “Mark Twains” RICHTIGEN Namen und wir machen eine Wiederholungslektion der wichtigsten Wörter und Phrasen. PDF und Wörterliste verfügbar.
77: Ich fahre zu unserem Freund | I’m taking a ride to our friend
Briefly describe a place, tourism vocabulary & possessive pronouns in the accusative and dative: unserem/-r/-n, eurem/-r/-n.
All of a sudden Paul doesn’t want to waste any more time. He quickly looks up information about the German island of Sylt, then rushes to get the train to there. Apparently, this is his understanding of „taking action“.
77 | Ich fahre zu unserem Freund
Describe a place, tourism vocab
Possessive pronouns in the accusative & dative: unserem/-r/-n, eurem/-r/-n
76 | Pauls Schlüssel
Demand, complain and apologize
Possessive pronouns in the accusative & dative: ihrem/-r/-n, Ihrem/-r/-n
76: Pauls Schlüssel | Paul’s key
Demand something, complain, and apologize & possessive pronouns in the accusative and dative: ihrem/-r/-n, Ihrem/-r/-n.
While waiting for the movie to start and looking on the internet for the best surf spots, Tim suddenly wants to see Paul’s key ring. Fritz’s garage door opener is attached to it.
