German
Max takes the train out of Berlin: a passenger list in Hamburg names his family's village, then Carnival in Cologne, Easter near Leipzig, and news that ends his job in August. Learn to say what happened, and why.
Audio instruction: English
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Beginner Level 3 - Part 1
Lessons 1 to 10Tell Nina you are going to Hamburg at the weekend and say why, with weil and the verb at the end.
Find your express train to Hamburg on a Berlin platform, hear about a delay and ask when it leaves and arrives, with abfahren and ankommen.
Find a free seat on the express, show your ticket and hear why a seat is taken, with denn and the words in their usual order.
Find the harbour and the Elbe in a windy Hamburg and say when you came and arrived, with the perfect that takes bin and sind.
Buy a fish roll at the Hamburg fish market, with onions or without, and say you have never had one, with noch nie.
Tell a museum guide that your great-grandfather left Hamburg for America in 1883, and say a year in German.
Find your great-grandfather on an 1883 passenger list and learn the name of his village, with war, the simple past of sein.
Call your grandmother from Hamburg and tell her you have found the family village, with wollte, the simple past of wollen.
Tell Nina what you found in Hamburg and why you are so happy, with deshalb and the verb right after it.
Get invited to Carnival in Cologne by Tobi, hear what happens there and why he missed it last year, with konnte and musste.
Beginner Level 3 - Part 2
Lessons 11 to 20Meet Jan in the Cologne crowd on Rosenmontag, say when you arrived and catch your first sweets, with bin angekommen.
Compare costumes with Tobi on a cold Carnival morning and settle for the pub, with ich wollte for what you wanted.
Come down from the cathedral tower, tell Jan you could not go on, and order the beer of Cologne, with ich konnte.
Tell Nina how Carnival went and why you are so tired, with deshalb and the words that put a day in order.
Hear where Nina spends Easter, ask where her parents live and take the invitation, with denn for the reason.
Arrive at Nina's parents' house near Leipzig, answer the question about the journey and take the offer of du, with sagen Sie doch du.
Dye Easter eggs with Petra at the kitchen table and say what you did as a child, with als ich klein war.
Walk to the lake with Uwe on Easter Sunday and hear what used to be there, with wenn for the times that repeat.
See Uwe's workshop and the shelf he built himself in East German days, and hear why, with man musste.
Hear from Nina what people are saying about the programme and ask what it means, with man sagt and wird kleiner.
Beginner Level 3 - Part 3
Lessons 21 to 30Hear from Frau Lorenz that your contract ends in August and ask why, with denn for because and es tut uns leid.
Tell Nina that your contract is running out and that you wanted to stay, with wollte, the past of wollen.
Tell Frau Weber your news and take her advice to stay and look for something new, with the polite command bleiben Sie, suchen Sie.
Hear Herr Pohl's idea of a traineeship at the radio and remember how little German you could speak a year ago, with konnte.
Find a traineeship ad with Lukas and put the steps of applying in order, with zuerst and dann.
Write your CV with Lukas, your education, your work experience and how long you have been in Berlin, with seit and the present.
Hear Mia and Tobi promise to help with the application and tell you not to worry, with wenn and the verb at the end.
Sit by the Spree with Nina and look back at your first days in Berlin, with als for one time in the past.
Say goodbye after the last broadcast, thank everyone and say why you are staying, with deshalb.
Tell Lukas that the application has gone off, that now you wait, and why you are staying in Berlin, with weil and the verb at the end.