German

Hear from Herr Krause that the house was sold and ask what the letter says, with wurde verkauft, the passive of letters and the news.

Read the new owner's letter out loud with Lukas and hear how an official letter opens, with sehr geehrte and hiermit teilen wir mit.

Hear Frau Weber, forty years in the house, ask where she is supposed to go if the rent rises, with wohin soll ich, the modal standing alone.

Hear that Herr Krause's contract has been terminated and learn how officialdom speaks in nouns, with die Kuendigung and die Frist.

Hear Frau Yilmaz say she is afraid for her two children and agree to stick together, with the n of the dative plural, mit zwei Kindern.

Let Nina send you to the tenants' association and learn the office's own verb for making an appointment, einen Termin vereinbaren.

Sit across from the tenants' lawyer and hear what the owner may do and what he needs from you, with the prepositions of documents, gemaess and innerhalb von.

Hear from the lawyer what an owner may demand and what can be refused, with the passive and a modal, muss begruendet werden, kann abgelehnt werden.

Write the objection with the lawyer, line by line, and learn the fixed phrases of a formal German letter, from hiermit widerspreche ich to mit freundlichen Gruessen.

Meet the new owner's representative in the courtyard and hear the smooth language of someone with something to sell, with selbstverstaendlich and niemand muss ausziehen.

Hear Lukas read the investor's letter between the lines and say what its words really mean, with das heisst.

Hear a housing office clerk take an application and say how long it takes, with wird geprueft, the office's passive.

Hear Max invite the whole house to a tenants' meeting and ask the caretaker who will come, with zu einer Versammlung.

Hear Max chair the tenants' meeting in the courtyard, from opening it to the vote, while a tenant from the front house asks who he is.

Hear a tenant from the front house tell Max the fight is useless and that she would rather sell, with lieber.

Hear Max keep the peace with the tenant who wants no part of it, with lassen Sie uns, the polite let us.

Hear the editor in chief take Max's story and give it to Lea, because he is one of the people it is about, with betroffen.

Hear Lea interview Frau Weber for the news, and report what the owner said without vouching for it, with habe erklaert.

Hear Lea read Max her news item about the house, with man wolle and es heisst, the forms the news uses for other people's claims.

Hear Herr Krause bring a second letter, a notice to quit for the owner's own use, and say whom it applies to, with the genitive of documents.

Hear the lawyer call the second letter contestable and promise an objection, with the ending bar for what can be done.

Tell Oma on the phone that the house was sold and take her orders to fight and stick together, with the command to more than one person.

Hear Lukas suggest that the tenants buy the house themselves, with the wenn clause that puts its verb last.

Hear Nina report what she has read about the district's right of first refusal, with dass and the verb at the end.

Ask the district office about the right of first refusal and hear its deadline, with innerhalb and the genitive of documents.

Explain the district's right to Frau Weber and tell her what it would mean for her, with muessten, the would form of must.

Take a call from the new owner's representative who has heard of the cooperative, with man koennte for a careful offer.

Share out the jobs for the tenants' meeting with Lea and Herr Krause, with the ung nouns that offices make from verbs.

Run the tenants' vote on buying the house and count the hands, with dafuer and dagegen, da plus the preposition.

Tell Nina the vote was won and weigh the win against the money still needed, with zwar and aber.