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37 | Der Fehler war / die Fehler waren blöd

Topic: text: email, use simple past tense for written language

Grammar: plural: nouns that sometimes change an a/o/u to an ä/ö/ü – but don’t get a new ending, simple past forms for regular verbs

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36 | Ein Ausflug nach Berlin?

Topic: discuss travel plans and options

Grammar: plural: nouns that get an -s ending

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35 | Die Preise sind gut!

Topic: read and understand online reviews

Grammar: plural: nouns that get an -e / -¨e ending

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34 | Der Vorname hat 4 Buchstaben

Topic: give and receive information about somebody

Grammar: plural: nouns that get an -en/-n ending

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33 | Januar, Februar, März, …

Topic: months

Grammar: demonstrative pronouns: dieser, dieses, diese

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32 | Das Video

Topic: talk about law and permissions, describe people’s actions

Grammar: noun-noun composites: Wohnungseingang / Hausflur / Hausmeister

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31 | Meine Hobbys sind …

Topic: talk about hobbies, make small talk, four seasons

Grammar: possessive pronouns: unser(e), euer/eure

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30 | Ich bin doch kein Stalker!

Topic: justify actions, reflect on a situation, read the 24-hour clock

Grammar: possessive pronouns: dein(e), sein(e), ihr(e)

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29 | Mein Fahrrad ist kaputt

Topic: make appointments, read the traditional analog clock (tell the time)

Grammar: possessive pronouns: mein(e), Ihr(e)

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28 | Du musst es finden!

Topic: order somebody to do something, express disappointment

Grammar: determine the gender of nouns by their meanings: car and motorbike brands, gender summary

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27 | Wo ist es?

Topic: describe a problem, express compassion

Grammar: determine the gender of nouns by their meanings: weather words

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26 | Paul braucht Hilfe

Topic: give advice, discuss weekend plans, ask for help

Grammar: determine the gender of nouns by their meanings: alcoholic drinks / colors

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25 | Es ist nicht mehr da!

Topic: times of the day, express despair and anger

Grammar: determine the gender of nouns by their meanings: times of the day / days of the week / months / seasons / points of the compass & modal verb dürfen and modal verb summary

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24 | Die Party

Topic: describe and evaluate situations and objects, congratulate

Grammar: gender of nouns: words with endings -ei / -schaft

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23 | Pauls Wohnung

Topic: rooms of an apartment

Grammar: gender of nouns: words with endings -ung / -heit / -keit

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22 | Grün, lang und aus Metall

Topic: colors, materials, and shapes

Grammar: gender of nouns: words with endings -t and -e

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21 | Wie bitte?

Topic: describe objects, furniture, ask for repitition

Grammar: gender of nouns: words with endings -chen and -lein

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20 | Paul will Möbel kaufen

Topic: furniture, directions, days of the week

Grammar: gender of nouns: words with endings -er and -ling

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19 | Danke für die Einladung

Topic: informal salutations and complimentary closes in full messages like emails

Grammar: sentence structure with “tecamolo”, make a comparison and express a contrast

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18 | Kommt Laura zur Party?

Topic: greetings and farewells in a text message

Grammar: irregular verbs: geben / lesen / sehen, modal particle ‚aber‘

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17 | Paul telefoniert

Topic: phone call, give out personal information

Grammar: modal particle ‚mal‘

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16 | Eine Party! Super Idee!

Topic: explain a situation, give advice, make it up with somebody

Grammar: irregular verbs: sprechen / essen / treffen, modal particles ‚denn‘ and ‚ja‘

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15 | Ich nehme das Schnitzel

Topic: name and order meals

Grammar: irregular verbs: wissen / nehmen / helfen / sollen

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14 | Schnitzel oder Pizza?

Topic: express eating preferences, decide on different options and prices

Grammar: irregular verbs: wollen / heißen / möchten, modal particle ‚doch‘

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13 | Paul schreibt mit Laura

Topic: get to know people, chat online

Grammar: irregular modal verbs: können / müssen / mögen, enumeration in a sentence

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12 | Paul sucht ein Date

Topic: online profiles, understand descriptions of people

Grammar: irregular verbs: sein/haben, sentence type summary: declarative sentence, W-question sentence, yes/no-question sentence

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11 | Das Buch

Topic: give and receive advice as well as a gift

Grammar: articles kein/keine VS ein/eine, nein VS nicht VS kein

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10 | Türkei, Türke, Türkisch

Topic: ask for names and origin, talk about languages

Grammar: indefinite article (ein, eine), countries VS people VS languages (Turkey, Turk, Turkish)

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9 | Wo arbeitest du?

Topic: talk about professions, spell names, alphabet part 3

Grammar: the yes/no-question sentence & demonstrative pronouns

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8 | Ein Familienfoto

Topic: talk about family, alphabet part 2

Grammar: the w-question sentence & verb conjugations plural: (wir, ihr, sie, Sie) kommen / kommt, wohnen / wohnt, arbeiten / arbeitet