German

Meet Kai, the editor who trains you, on your first morning in the newsroom, with hier wird Deutsch gesprochen for what is done somewhere.

Meet Lea, the other trainee, and compare ages with aelter als ich and am aeltesten.

Sit in the morning conference where the day's topics are handed out, with wer macht was and Max uebernimmt das Wetter.

Write your first news item with Kai, with die Meldung, eine gute Quelle and the adjective ending after eine.

Help Lea check a piece of news before it goes out, with laut der Polizei for according to and ist das sicher.

Learn from Kai how the news passes on what someone said, with er sagte, der Bahnhof sei zu and sie habe ein Problem.

Read your first news live in the studio with Nina counting you in, with du bist dran and in dreissig Sekunden.

Take the editor in chief's feedback on your first item, with einerseits and andererseits for weighing it up and naechstes Mal kuerzer.

Take a breaking story from Kai, a fire in Neukoelln, with es wurde gemeldet and niemand wurde verletzt for what was done.

Hear Lea describe the old factory where the concert is, with ein grosser Saal, eine alte Fabrik and am schoensten.

Plan the trip to the Oktoberfest with Tobi and Lea, with auf die Wiesn for going there and auf der Wiesn for being there.

Order a Mass and a Hendl from the waitress in the beer tent and pay for the beer when it comes, with wird bezahlt.

Hear the waitress speak Bavarian and ask what a word means in standard German, with was heisst das auf Hochdeutsch.

Report live from the Oktoberfest when Kai calls, with es wird gefeiert for what is going on and no one named.

Hear Nina's plan for six weeks in Leipzig and say how long and how often, with sechs Wochen and jeden Abend and no preposition.

Tell Kai on the phone what the small Leipzig newsroom is like, with man kennt sich and sich for each other.

Hear Nina's father tell about the Monday demonstrations in Leipzig and say you were part of something, with da war ich dabei.

Argue gently with Nina's parents about Berlin and Leipzig, granting one side and keeping the other, with zwar and aber.

Tell Lea about the station that has been under renovation for two years, with seit and the present, and what the residents say.

Explain to Oma on the phone why you are in Leipzig, with the reason tucked in after the verb and deshalb for that is why.

Come back to the Berlin newsroom the week of an election and take a shift for the election night, with jeder and a singular verb.

Put a question to a politician in the street with a microphone and hear a promise, with wir werden and a verb at the end.

Wait for the first projection of the election night with Kai and learn the newsroom's rule, with nur, was sicher ist and the verb at the end.

Hold the line on a close election night with Lea at the next desk and Nina waiting in the studio, with um and gegen for the time.

Take Kai's verdict on the election night the morning after, praise first and one mistake, with ruhig for calm and calmly.

Hear from the editor in chief that a number went out wrong and own the mistake, with Sie haben gesagt, dass and the verb at the end.

Read a correction on air with Nina at the studio desk, the wrong figure, the right one and the apology, with bitten um for asking for something.

Talk Lea through a piece she thinks she cannot finish, answering every no with doch and comparing with besser als.

Meet Frau Weber on the stairs half a year into the traineeship and take a rare compliment, with wie for like and als for more than.

Take good news from Oma on the phone, a visit to Germany in spring, and promise a summer at home, with the seasons and im.