Day One German | Beginner News-Focused German Course

Day One German takes you from absolute zero to being ready for our daily news podcast, LinguaWire A1 Daily German News, in four weeks. Twenty episodes, five minutes a day, with Felix and Leonie. In episode one you learn the verb sein (I am, he is, she is), the word der Präsident, and the wonderful, slightly mad way German builds its numbers. By the end you'll understand and say a real German news sentence: Der neue Präsident ist 62 Jahre alt.▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/1🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:https://linguawire.com/germanLearn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Episode two of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Today you learn the verb haben (to have), and with it, the ending pattern that runs nearly every German verb, plus the chancellor, the family, and the quirk you can see: every German noun wears a capital letter. Today's real news sentence: Die Kanzlerin hat zwei Kinder und wohnt in der Hauptstadt.▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/2🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:https://linguawire.com/germanLearn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Episode three of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. The day every German learner remembers: the three words for 'the'. You'll meet der, die and das, complete the verb sein, learn the word heute, and discover why the girl is neuter. Today's sentence: Die Regierung, die Polizei und die Armee sind heute auf den Straßen.▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/3🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:https://linguawire.com/germanLearn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Episode four of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. News is obsessed with counting, today you unlock the big numbers: hundert, tausend, and the famous German habit of gluing whole numbers into single mega-words. Plus the two words for people and the crowd vocabulary of every protest story. Today's sentence: Mehr als zehntausend Menschen sind bei der Demonstration in der Hauptstadt.▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/4🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:https://linguawire.com/germanLearn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Episode five of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie, the week-one finale. Today: fifteen professions, the half-dozen ways German makes a plural (and the one island of calm), and your first full regular verb: streiken. Today's sentence: Die Ärzte und die Lehrer streiken heute.▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/5🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:https://linguawire.com/germanLearn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Episode six of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Week two begins: one news domain a day, starting with the biggest, politics. Today: the election, the word-family trick (learn one root, get the relatives free), am Sonntag, and the polls. Today's sentence: Die Wahl ist am Sonntag, und die Umfragen sind sehr knapp.▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/6🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:https://linguawire.com/germanLearn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Episode seven of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Every news broadcast on earth ends the same way, the weather. Today: it is forty degrees, hot and cold, the four compass directions, and the loveliest oddity in German: es gibt, 'there is', which literally means 'it gives'. Today's sentence: Es ist vierzig Grad im Süden, und es gibt keinen Regen.▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/7🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:https://linguawire.com/germanLearn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Episode eight of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Transport chaos is a news perennial, today you learn the trains, the airport, open and closed, and the most famous thing about German: compound words. Long German words aren't new words; they're old words holding hands. Today's sentence: Die Züge sind voll, und der Flughafen ist geschlossen.▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/8🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:https://linguawire.com/germanLearn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Episode nine of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. The story that never leaves the front page: the cost of living. Today: prices, money, more and less, expensive and cheap, the verb kosten, and the small, useful quirk that after numbers German normally keeps Euro unchanged. Today's sentence: Die Preise sind hoch, und die Menschen haben weniger Geld.▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/9🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:https://linguawire.com/germanLearn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning