87: Die Seite, die fehlt | The page that is missing

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Describe a city adventure, tell a story & two-way prepositions: zwischen.

In Paul’s latest blog article, he had an adventure with a subway ticket inspector on his way back from Grandpa’s apartment. At home, he realized that the page he found fits the book.

86: Das gibt’s ja gar nicht! | No way!

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Furniture and apartment vocabulary extension & two-way prepositions: vor.

Paul helps his parents to clear Grandpa’s apartment. While he and his mom are busy, his dad is secretly looking for Grandpa’s smartphone. He finds it but mom sees this. She angrily takes it away from him because dad is banned from using smartphones.

84: Heinz kommt nie mehr zurück! | Heinz never comes back again!

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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.

83: Das große Wiedersehen – Teil 3 | The big reunion – part 3

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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.

82: Das große Wiedersehen – Teil 2 | The big reunion – part 2

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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.

81: Das große Wiedersehen – Teil 1 | The big reunion – part 1

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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.

80: So finde ich ihn nie! | I’ll never find him like that!

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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.

79: Mein Rucksack ist weg! | My backpack is gone!

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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

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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)

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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.

77: Ich fahre zu unserem Freund | I’m taking a ride to our friend

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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“.

76: Pauls Schlüssel | Paul’s key

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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.

75: Um was geht es eigentlich im Film? | What is the film actually about?

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Understand a movie description & possessive pronouns in the accusative and dative: seinem/-r/-n, ihrem/-r/-n.

Meili, Anna, Tim and Paul are waiting in the cinema for the film to start and they’re reading the movie description. Paul tells them that he is getting more and more online jobs now.

101: Das Fenstertheater von Ilse Aichinger (Deutsch lernen mit Geschichten)

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Deutsch lernen mit einer klassischen Kurzgeschichte von Ilse Aichinger.
In dieser Folge möchte ich dir helfen, eine Kurzgeschichte zu verstehen und zu genießen. Ich lese dir den Originaltext dieser Gesellschaftskritik vor, erkläre ihn und fasse das Geschehen zusammen. Entspann dich, hör aufmerksam zu und versuche, diese klassische Geschichte zu genießen. PDF verfügbar.

74: Pauls Blog wird im Internet bekannt | Paul’s blog becomes well-known on the Internet

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Complain about pain, congratulate, and spur someone on & possessive pronouns in the accusative and dative: meinem/-r/-n, deinem/-r/-n.

During a break while playing paintball, Meili, Anna, Tim, and Paul chat. Paul excitedly shares his first freelance gig. The blog about Fritz has gained traction, with fans speculating wildly about his alleged connections to the underworld.