25: Es ist nicht mehr da! | It’s not there anymore!
Times of the day, express despair and anger & 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.
The next morning after the party, Paul realizes that the precious book he got from his parents is gone.
24: Die Party | The party
Describe and evaluate situations and objects, congratulate & gender of nouns: words with endings -ei / -schaft.
At Pauls housewarming party, the book comes up: It is a precious gift from Paul’s father. His friends are skeptical about the value. They praise Paul’s beautiful wallpaper – but in truth, they find it ugly. Laura doesn’t come. Fritz says he had lots of tips and photos that he was able to use to find and arrest the Großkauf thieves. Maybe he’ll be promote
23: Pauls Wohnung | Paul’s apartment
Rooms of an apartment & gender of nouns: words with endings -ung / -heit / -keit.
Paul shows you his new apartment before the housewarming party. He is thrilled: His wallpaper is so beautiful! He reveals that Tim is also coming. Apparently he is no longer angry. Maybe he just hadn’t read Paul’s message?
22: Grün, lang und aus Metall | Green, long, and made of metal
Colors, materials, and shapes & gender of nouns: words with endings -t and -e.
The furniture store apprentice cleans up and wonders who wants to buy such an ugly wallpaper. This is embarrassing because at that moment, Paul comes. He hears this and says he wants to buy the wallpaper. Tim really seems to be angry. Or why does he ignore Paul?
21: Wie bitte? | I beg your pardon?
Describe objects, furniture, ask for repitition & gender of nouns: words with endings -chen and -lein.
Paul buys a little table and chair for his apartment. The message he got is not from Tim. It’s from Meili who asks if she should bring music to the party. Paul writes to Tim: ‘Are you angry?’
20: Paul will Möbel kaufen | Paul wants to buy furniture
Furniture, directions, days of the week & gender of nouns: words with endings -er and -ling.
Paul is shopping for furniture before the party. He is looking for wallpaper for his new apartment. That’s when he gets a message. Is it from Tim? Is he still angry? Will he not come to the party?
19: Danke für die Einladung | Thanks for the invitation
Informal salutations and complimentary closes in full messages like emails & sentence structure with “tecamolo”, make a comparison and express a contrast.
Paul sends an invitation for his housewarming party in the group chat. Everybody is excited. Meili should come, too, and join the group. He also invites Tim, and pokes fun at him.
18: Kommt Laura zur Party? | Is Laura coming to the party?
Greetings and farewells in a text message & irregular verbs: geben/lesen/sehen, modal particle ‚aber‘.
Paul is chatting with Laura again. This time he is not so clumsy. He invites her to his housewarming party, and she accepts the invitation. But Paul is unsure: Should he also invite Tim? Maybe Anna wouldn’t like that …
17: Paul telefoniert | Paul has a phone call
Phone call, give out personal information & modal particle ‚mal‘.
Paul thinks about how to invite Laura to his housewarming party. That’s when a man from the insurance company calls and asks him questions. We find out more about Paul. He has absolutely no idea what to write Laura. What should he write her?
16: Eine Party! Super Idee! | A party! Great idea!
Explain a situation, give advice, make it up with somebody & irregular verbs: sprechen/essen/treffen, modal particles ‚denn‘ and ‚ja‘.
Tim arrives at the restaurant, and it turns out that Paul wasn’t invited to his sister’s wedding because he doesn’t really know her anyway. Tim must have behaved embarrassingly at the wedding.
15: Ich nehme das Schnitzel | I take the cutlet
Name and order meals & irregular verbs: wissen/nehmen/helfen/sollen.
While waiting for the food in the restaurant, Paul reveals he was late for work the other day. Next time, he’ll be fired, says his boss. Fritz arrives and says the hunt for the Großkauf thieves will end soon. He can’t give away any details.
14: Schnitzel oder Pizza? | Cutlet or pizza?
Express eating preferences, decide on different options and prices & irregular verbs: wollen/heißen/möchten, modal particle ‘doch’.
Anna and Meili meet Paul in town. Meili had asked him in her message if he wants to eat together. That’s why she wanted Paul’s phone number from Anna earlier. She wants to thank him for the help.
13: Paul schreibt mit Laura | Paul writes with Laura
Get to know people, chat online & irregular modal verbs: können/müssen/mögen, enumeration in a sentence.
Paul is flirting with Laura online. He messes up the online flirt and is annoyed about it. That’s when he gets a message from Meili. What does Meili want from Paul? What’s in the message? Can Paul straighten out his flirt?
12: Paul sucht ein Date | Paul is looking for a date
Online profiles, understand descriptions of people & irregular verbs: sein/haben, sentence type summary: declarative sentence, W-question sentence, yes/no-question sentence.
Paul reads the book he got from his parents. He doesn’t find out why it’s valuable, and how valuable it is. He doubts the book will add style to his apartment. But his parents are right.
11: Das Buch | The book
Give and receive advice as well as a gift & articles kein/keine VS ein/eine, nein VS nicht VS kein.
Paul is watching TV with his parents. They complain: Paul has no girlfriend, no good job and no money. He should get his act together. They give him a valuable book as a present.
10: Türkei, Türke, Türkisch | Turkey, Turk, Turkish
Ask for names and origin, talk about languages & indefinite article (ein, eine), countries VS people VS languages (Turkey, Turk, Turkish).
Anna is working at her part-time job as a waitress in the university café. She sees Meili and they talk about the students in her German course. Meili gets Paul’s number from Anna.
9: Wo arbeitest du? | Where do you work?
Talk about professions, spell names, alphabet part 3 & the yes/no-question sentence, demonstrative pronouns.
Paul and Anna are still sitting in the café, and they’re talking about jobs. Paul was late for work the other day, and he was in trouble with his boss. Will he lose his job?
8: Ein Familienfoto | A family photo
Talk about family, alphabet part 2 & the w-question sentence, verb conjugations plural: (wir, ihr, sie, Sie) kommen/kommt, wohnen/wohnt, arbeiten/arbeitet.
Paul and Anna are sitting in a café. They’re talking about their friend Tim and his family photo. His sister is getting married tomorrow. Anna’s meeting with Meili was great. They both think she is nice. Why is Anna invited to the wedding but Paul not?
7: Wann hast du Zeit? | When do you have time?
Make an appointment, alphabet part 1 & the declarative sentence, verb conjugations singular: (er, sie, es) kommt, wohnt, arbeitet.
Paul calls Anna. They arrange to meet for coffee on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Anna has no time because she already meets Meili. Anna meets Meili privately? Are they friends now? She didn’t say anything about it …
6: Diebe stehlen bei Großkauf | Thieves steal from Großkauf
Numbers till one million, understand a newspaper article & w-questions, verb conjugations singular: (du) kommst, wohnst, arbeitest.
Paul is in the subway on his way to work. He’s reading the newspaper: An article about burglars where Fritz is the police contact person. He is Paul’s friend. Will he catch the thieves?