Modalverben (modal verbs)

Julia's hotel room is tiny, the window is stuck and the water is cold. It is going to be a long night.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 6 new words

Nora grows tomatoes on her tiny balcony, with seeds from the old man downstairs. But someone else in the neighbourhood likes tomatoes too.

Akkusativ (accusative case) · Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

Emre is thirty-five and can do many things, but he can't swim. His swimming course holds a surprise on the very first day.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

It's Tarik's first day as a kindergarten teacher. Twelve children are waiting for him, and they are a tough audience.

Präsens (present tense) · Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

Tim is new at the office, and he has a question about everything. At lunch, his colleagues find out why.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

Amira gets her first library card in Hamburg and may borrow ten books. But which book do you choose when German sentences are still so long?

Modalverben (modal verbs) · Akkusativ (accusative case) · 7 new words

Papa is on a diet: no sugar, no bread, no beer. And the whole family has to join in, whether they like it or not.

Negation: nicht vs. kein · Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

Fiona needs a train ticket in Bremen, but the ticket machine won't cooperate. Help comes from a ten-year-old girl who has a problem of her own.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 6 new words

Jakob cooks soup for himself and Elif in his huge new pot. Then the evening takes a very different turn.

Akkusativ (accusative case) · Modalverben (modal verbs) · 7 new words

Seven-year-old Mia writes a letter to her grandma far away. She has big news, one big wish and a very clever idea.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

On Fridays, Sara may bring her dog Bello to the office. Bello is very sweet, but he is also very hungry.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · Akkusativ (accusative case) · 6 new words

Yusuf is forty and finally wants to get fit. His first day at the gym does not go to plan, until he finds a door at the back.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 7 new words

Mrs Berger's class visits a very quiet museum with very strict rules. Then Tim feels a sneeze coming.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 6 new words

My new neighbor Clara is very nice. There is just one problem: her piano.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

Grandpa Herbert is eighty and has his very first smartphone. The phone has its own ideas, and the whole family notices.

Akkusativ (accusative case) · Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

It's Friday evening, and nobody wants to cook. Ordering a pizza sounds easy, until everyone says what they want.

Akkusativ (accusative case) · Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

Selin has her very first job interview, at a small bakery, and she has no experience at all. Then the owner asks a difficult question: can she get up at four?

Nebensatz (subordinate clause) · Modalverben (modal verbs) · 7 new words