Konjunktiv II (would, could)

In an open-plan office in Cologne, Dario sings all day long, and his colleagues dream of having their own offices. Then he goes on holiday for two weeks.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 7 new words

The Novak family is late for a wedding, and Grandma Ruža has brought her old road map. Nobody needs it, says her son: the GPS knows everything.

Präteritum (simple past) · Konjunktiv II (would, could) · 7 new words

For his birthday, Felix's girlfriend takes him to a restaurant where the chef decides what everyone eats. Felix would much rather have a schnitzel.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · 7 new words

Petra trains for six months for her first marathon, while her friend Ines, who hates sport, thinks she's crazy. At kilometre thirty, Petra's legs feel like concrete and she wants to stop.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · Präteritum (simple past) · 7 new words

Sabine's internet is down, so she asks her provider's chatbot for help. Max is extremely helpful, just not with the router.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · 7 new words

Marta gets dizzy on a ladder, but her daughter has given her a climbing course for her birthday. Twelve metres of wall, one rope and a head full of “what if” questions.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · 6 new words

Luca is travelling to his first big trade fair in Frankfurt. The journey takes much longer than expected, and the people in his compartment suddenly start speaking Polish.

Präteritum (simple past) · Konjunktiv II (would, could) · 6 new words

Mira has spent three weeks preparing the presentation that could win her team more money. Five minutes before it starts, her laptop screen goes black.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · Nebensatz (subordinate clause) · 7 new words

Jonas has spent three weeks writing his speech as best man. At the wedding the first page goes perfectly, and then he turns to the second one.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · 7 new words

Anna lives in Berlin, Stefan in Belgrade, and their phone gets hot every evening. Anna often wonders what life would be like in one city, until Stefan sends her a photo of a train ticket.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · 7 new words

When her phone falls into a cup of coffee, Mira has to live without it for a whole week. What she misses, and what she finds instead, surprises her.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · Nebensatz (subordinate clause) · 7 new words

Lukas and Ana set off on a sunny hike to a mountain inn famous for its apple strudel. Then, halfway up, the fog rolls in.

Präteritum (simple past) · Konjunktiv II (would, could) · 7 new words

Every Friday, three friends play the lottery and dream big: a trip around the world, a house by the sea. Then, one Saturday evening, some of their numbers actually come up.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · 6 new words

A manager who is never offline travels to his brother's wedding in a mountain village, where his phone finds no signal at all.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 6 new words

Almost a million people follow Leon's perfect mornings on the beach, but his neighbours have never seen him before ten. Then a windy Tuesday blows a piece of beach off his balcony.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 7 new words

Late at night, at a small station, a connecting train is cancelled and seven strangers are stranded on an empty platform. Then the signalman comes out of his signal box with a key.

Passiv (passive voice) · Konjunktiv II (would, could) · 7 new words

Three siblings inherit their parents' house and cannot agree on what to do with it, until one of them escapes the argument and climbs up to the attic.

Genitiv (genitive case) · Konjunktiv II (would, could) · 8 new words

Two families move into one house: three teenagers who refuse to share a room, and two dogs who fall in love on the first evening. Then comes their first Christmas together.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 7 new words

A retired bridge engineer from Porto spends a month at a language school in Freiburg and battles with the German subjunctive. The eight-year-old daughter of his host family turns out to be a strict teacher too.

Genitiv (genitive case) · Konjunktiv II (would, could) · 6 new words

A family sells their car for one year as an experiment, and their relatives are sure they won't last two weeks.

Passiv (passive voice) · Konjunktiv II (would, could) · 6 new words

A Serbian engineer moves to Graz for his dream job and gets stuck in a bureaucratic loop, until an unexpected landlady steps in.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 6 new words