59: Geh ins Wohnzimmer und iss! | Go into the living room and eat!
Jul 23, 2023
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Paul seeks clothing store recommendations from Anna, deals with family dynamics, and navigates social complexities with ex-girlfriend Laura. Imperative commands in German are highlighted, emphasizing open-mindedness and trying new experiences. Paul strategizes to get a date with Laura while seeking support from his parents for a job idea.
Paul's parents may help him after his job loss; Paul struggles to express feelings about his ex's ex.
Podcast showcases producer's diverse role & encourages audience engagement through support and interaction.
Deep dives
Paul Seeks Anna's Advice and Learns About Meily's Problems
Paul reaches out to Anna for clothing store recommendations and discovers Meily's troubles. Later, he visits his parents, who are unusually friendly due to feeling guilty about his job loss, partly caused by them. This interaction leads to Paul coming up with a plan involving his parents' assistance.
Lao Ra Reveals She Is Fritz's Ex-Girlfriend
Lao Ra informs Paul that she is Fritz's ex-girlfriend, prompting Paul to believe she might have valuable information about Fritz. However, Paul worries that Lao Ra thinks he has issues with their past relationship, jeopardizing his attempt to secure a date with her. He struggles to convey his feelings about Fritz without complicating matters.
Christian Lorschner's Multi-Faceted Role and Call to Support
Christian Lorschner, the show's producer, illuminates his diverse responsibilities, from writing and directing the voice actors to managing licenses and tech-related tasks. He encourages listeners to consider supporting the show through private online lessons, platform enrollment, or financial contributions. Additionally, he showcases the voices behind the characters and welcomes audience engagement through reviews and social media interactions.
Give commands and instructions & imperative with du: sei / iss / sag / antworte / öffne / fahr / geh.
Paul writes Anna to ask her for some clothing store recommendations and learns about Meili's problems. Then he visits his parents for coffee and cake. Now they are very friendly to him because they have a guilty conscience: Paul has lost his job which is partly their fault. And Laura writes him that she is Fritz's ex-girlfriend. Paul thinks that's good because then she'll have information about him. But she surely thinks that Paul has a problem with it. So his plan to get a date with her is at risk. He needs to find a way to say he doesn't like Fritz anymore without getting into talking about problems a lot - it's far too early for that. Paul’s father brags about his important friends, including the head of the university. That’s when he gets an idea how his parents can help him, and they are very interested to hear about it. How can his parents help? What should he write back to Laura?
It's not difficult to create a learning story and jump to complicated grammatical structures early on, just so the author doesn't have a hard time writing. But it's very difficult to fit your writing into a well structured teaching plan, so that the student doesn't have too much trouble learning German.
We did it the hard way. Hard for us, easy for you: German Stories starts from zero, and leads you to your goal in small steps. Luckily there's only a little bit of grammar per episode for you to learn. If you're curious about our motivations behind putting in so much effort, go to german-stories.com/the-best-way-to-learn-german