73: Warum hat Paul das Buch wirklich bekommen? | Why did Paul really get the book?
Write a story, ask questions, explain a reason & dative verbs: antworten, danken, sagen, fehlen, gefallen, gehören, glauben, helfen, passen.
Paul is at home, creating online profiles for freelancer apps. He’s been writing his new blog for 2 days. Grandpa calls him and explains that he never found the painting.
72: Das Bild | The painting
Explain hardships of the past & personal pronouns in the dative: euch, ihnen / Ihnen.
Paul boosts Grandpa’s spirits with coffee and updates him on his search for the book. But because he gets many rejections for his job applications, he feels hopeless. Grandpa empathizes with him and suggests that he should start writing.
71: Mann, was machst du denn? | Man, what are you doing?
Talk about the weather, hobbies and technology & personal pronouns in the dative: ihr, uns.
Paul and Grandpa play chess together. Tim hears from a friend that Fritz is probably kitesurfing because his BMW can’t carry a large windsurfing board. Tim wants to share a video of the best kitesurfing spots with Paul.
70: Sie geben dir keine Arbeit | They don’t give you a job
Vocab for games, application documents & personal pronouns in the dative: mir, dir, ihm.
Paul is bowling with his parents and talks about his career plans. His lie that he knew what job he wanted all along goes undetected. Tim writes that he doesn’t have any news about Fritz either.
69: Paul will Autor werden | Paul wants to become an author
Make a decision based on simple job descriptions & sum-up: all dative and accusative prepositions and their contractions.
Paul discovers for himself that he wants to be an author. So today he plans to write 20 applications and tell his mother about it. But the chances to become an author are slim.
68: Horror-Crash auf Oktoberfest! | Horror crash at Oktoberfest!
Understand an article in a tabloid newspaper & fusion of prepositions and articles: am, beim, im, vom, zum, zur, ins.
Paul checks the Whatsapp group to learn about Fritz. He thinks Meili might find something on Fritz’ Facebook. He reads on a news app about an accident at the Oktoberfest.
67: Welchen Job will er machen? | What job does he want to do?
Career planning, interest-based words & question word: welch-.
Paul thinks about which job he wants and finds help in the job book he got from Anna. It was her present for Pauls birthday which she had angrily slammed on the table at the buffet in Berlin. He wants to do “something with writing, texts and words”. He starts enthusiastically, but quickly gives up because he thinks you can’t make any money with that. Then he writes Laura. She briefly answers that she won’t have time for him in the near future. Paul wants to wait until she writes again. Is Paul too aimless? Or why does Laura have no more time for him?
66: Der Freund, den Paul sucht | The friend that Paul is looking for
Talk about social problem areas and career choices, tip the waitress & subordinate clause with accusative (der Mann, den ich sehe).
Paul is out with Laura when she tells him that Fritz always dreamed of owning a holiday home by the beach, maybe on the North Sea or Baltic Sea. Laura asks about Paul’s job.
65: Opa hat ihn nie wieder gesehen… | Grandpa never saw him again…
Compare things, talk about the past & comparative and superlative.
Paul sets up the date with Laura. Grandpa is still going on about former times. He starts talking about books that were banned in the GDR, former East Germany. That’s when he remembers THE book. Paul lies again: he says the book is at home.
64: Opa wollte weg aus der DDR | Grandpa wanted to leave the GDR
Explain economics and politics in very simple words & temporal prepositions: ab; von … bis; zwischen.
Everyone thinks that the sticker on Fritz’s garage door opener is in the shape of a lake. Therefore, Paul looks for it on the internet. But he cannot find such a lake in all of Germany.
63: Das Oktoberfest | The Oktoberfest
Tell a story about the past, make conclusions & temporal prepositions: vor, nach, seit.
Paul’s mom feels guilty because he got fired and so she transferred € 500 to his account. He pretends to know what kind of job he wants and says he’ll tell her next time.
62: Das Date mit Laura | The date with Laura
Emphasize the negative aspects of a person, make a friendly suggestion & Substituite forms for the imperative: Nicht so viel trinken! / Lass uns das nehmen!
Paul writes his mother that he wants to borrow 500 € from her. He lies and says it’s for new clothes for a job interview – not for the Oktoberfest.
61: Die Hosen passen zu den Hemden | The pants match the shirts
Make suggestions and give commands & Imperative with Sie: kommen Sie / suggestion with wir: gehen wir.
Paul is buying new clothes to be prepared in case he is invited to a job interview. He doesn’t have a lot of money, so he doesn’t want to buy much. But he gets too excited.
60: Kann man da was machen? | Is there something that can be done about it?
Ask for a favor, express uncertainty, evade questions & imperative with ihr: geht / seid.
Paul’s parents are in the dance club. They talk to their friend, the head of the university and ask him to help Meili. He says he might be able to help her. Meanwhile, Paul texts Laura.
59: Geh ins Wohnzimmer und iss! | Go into the living room and eat!
Give commands and instructions & imperative with du: sei / iss / sag / antworte / öffne / fahr / geh.
Paul writes Anna to ask her for some clothing store recommendations and learns about Meili’s problems. Then he visits his parents for coffee and cake. Now they’re very friendly to him for a reason.
58: Meili, du bist draußen! | Meili, you’re out!
Joke about a singing performance, talk about TV and university & dative and prepositions: zu der Frau / zum Glück / von der Hose / vom Mann.
Anna and Meili are watching a talent show. Anna needs to break it to Meili that she missed a deadline at the university. She obviously had no clue.
57: Die Zeit läuft | The time is running
Analyze your social circle, express solutions for problems & dative and prepositions: mit dem Garagenöffner / nach dem Fußballspiel and n-declension in the dative.
Anna and Tim aren’t mad at Paul anymore. But Meili still is. And Fritz is gone. Paul has to get Meili to forgive him.
56: Müller schießt aus der Ecke | Müller shoots from the corner
Talk about football (soccer), make arrangements & dative and prepositions: aus der Ecke / bei dem Foul.
Paul and Tim were at a football (soccer) game – Paul had invited him and paid for the tickets. As a thank you, Tim calls Fritz’s landlord and pretends to be Fritz.
55: Alle Männer sind gleich! | All men are the same!
Internet related words & dative with plural and indefinite articles: einem Mann / keiner Frau.
Paul is sitting in bed with his laptop, researching surf spots in Germany. Unfortunately, there are far too many of them. He needs more information before he can go on with his search. He finds Laura’s e-mail in the spam folder.
54: Ich schreibe dem Vermieter | I write the landlord
Address related words for sending letters & the dative case (dem, der, dem).
Paul is near his apartment and opens Fritz’s letter. It’s two weeks old and it has the cell phone number of Fritz’s landlord. Paul wants to call him and have the garage door repaired in Fritz’s name.
