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. Paul feels down because he keeps getting rejected after applying for jobs. Grandpa surprises Paul by revealing he's good with technology and has a smartphone. Paul sees Grandpa's note on his fridge reminding him about the book, but he takes it down to hide the fact that he lost it. Grandpa sees that, and Paul admits his lie. He finally got caught up in his web of lies and Grandpa almost falls to the floor. He's is so shocked because there's a story behind the book. That's what he was trying to tell Paul all along. What's the story behind the book? Why is the book so very important to Grandpa?

Transcript, lesson and extras: german-stories.com/71-mann-was-machst-du-denn-dative-pronouns-ihr-uns

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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, but he believes lakes don't have real beaches. So Paul has to look for Fritz on Germany's coasts. But they are too long to search. Tim offers to ask a friend about the best surfing spots there. Paul is surprised because the first answer he gets on his applications is a rejection. Will Tim's friend be able to provide a lead on Fritz?

Transcript, lesson and extras: german-stories.com/70-sie-geben-sie-dir-keine-arbeit-dative-pronouns-mir-dir-ihm

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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, because he doesn't have a degree in German Studies and there are many authors already. In the Whatsapp group, he finds out that Anna and Meili don't have any news about Fritz. And Tim has no cell phone reception. Will Tim have any updates about Fritz when he can be reached by phone? Will Paul get a job?

Transcript, lesson and extras: german-stories.com/69-paul-will-autor-werden-german-dative-accusative-prepositions

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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. A lot of police are needed there. Laura explains that that's the reason why she has no time during the next few days. Fortunately, she's not ghosting him again. His mom invites him for coffee to discuss his "career plans," so he decides to figure them out first. Will Paul's parents find out that he has no career plans at all? Can his friends uncover information about Fritz?

Transcript, lesson and extras: german-stories.com/68-horror-unfall-auf-oktoberfest-am-beim-zum-zur

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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?

Transcript, lesson and extras: german-stories.com/67-welchen-job-will-er-machen-welcher-welche-welchem

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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. Since he's jobless, he lies, saying he's a librarian but looking for something new. Laura is disappointed because Paul doesn't have a clear job goal. So now Paul really wants to find a job. He puts the big puzzle together: Fritz must be at a beachside holiday home with a garage and garden. And Paul’s missing book is surely also there. It turns out, by capturing the Großkauf thieves, Fritz got a promotion, money, and a vacation. Can Paul finally change his aimlessness? And where exactly is this holiday home?

Transcript, lesson and extras: german-stories.com/66-der-freund-den-paul-sucht-german-accusative-sub-clause/

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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. He had lied to his mother about his job choice before, and now he feels that he got caught up in a web of lies with no way out. Will he find a way out of his web of lies, or end up offending mom and grandpa?

Transcript, lesson and extras: german-stories.com/65-opa-hat-ihn-nie-wieder-gesehen-comparative-superlative

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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. He thinks there is little hope because Fritz is certainly abroad. Laura writes: She saw Paul's Oktoberfest photos on Whatsapp and she also wants to go there with him. Grandpa talks about his time in the GDR. At first, Paul is fascinated by the GDR, but then he hears about the Stasi. He can barely prevent Grandpa from remembering the book. Will Grandpa remember asking him about the book, or is Paul lucky?

Transcript, lesson and extras: german-stories.com/64-opa-wollte-weg-aus-der-ddr-prepositions-von-bis-ab-zwischen

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