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Day One German | Beginner News-Focused German Course
Day 20: Graduation — your first German news bulletin
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Graduation day. In the final episode, Felix and Leonie guide you through your first full German news bulletin, built from the vocabulary and grammar of the previous nineteen lessons: elections, weather, strikes, sport, business, headlines, past tense, and future tense. The bulletin is read like real radio, but slowly enough for a new learner to follow. After this episode, you’re ready for LinguaWire A1 Daily German News: short, clear German news stories every day.
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Day 1: The verb sein and the German number trick
07:43|Get the learning sheet and homework at www.linguawire.com/dayone. Day One German begins with the most important verb in the language: sein — to be. You’ll learn how to say “I am,” “he is,” and “she is,” meet your first German news word, der Präsident, and discover the satisfyingly logical way German builds numbers. By the end of the episode, you’ll understand and say a real German-style news sentence: Der neue Präsident ist 62 Jahre alt.Day 2: The verb haben — and why nouns wear capitals
06:50|Get the learning sheet and homework at www.linguawire.com/dayone. Today you learn your second essential German verb: haben — to have. Felix and Leonie show how haben helps you talk about family, children, and basic facts in the news. You’ll also spot one of German’s most visible quirks: every noun starts with a capital letter. Today’s sentence is: Die Kanzlerin hat zwei Kinder und wohnt in der Hauptstadt.Day 3: Der, die, das — never learn a naked noun
06:17|Get the learning sheet and homework at www.linguawire.com/dayone. Today is the famous German article day: der, die, das. Instead of trying to make German gender “make sense,” you’ll learn the LinguaWire rule: never learn a naked noun. Felix and Leonie introduce government, police, army, streets, and heute — today — while completing your first real sein patterns. Today’s sentence is: Die Regierung, die Polizei und die Armee sind heute auf den Straßen.Day 4: Big German numbers are Lego
06:03|Get the learning sheet and homework at www.linguawire.com/dayone. News loves numbers, and German numbers are built like Lego. In this episode, you’ll learn hundert, tausend, zehntausend, and the crowd vocabulary that appears in protest and demonstration stories. Felix and Leonie break down how large German numbers stick together into long but logical words. Today’s sentence is: Mehr als zehntausend Menschen sind bei der Demonstration in der Hauptstadt.Day 5: German plurals and the umlaut
06:03|Get the learning sheet and homework at www.linguawire.com/dayone. Today closes week one with professions, strikes, and German plurals. You’ll learn words like doctors and teachers, see how German makes nouns plural in several different ways, and meet the umlaut as a small mark with a big sound. You’ll also practise your first full regular verb: streiken — to strike. Today’s sentence is: Die Ärzte und die Lehrer streiken heute.Day 6: Election German — die Wahl, wählen, der Wähler
05:08|Get the learning sheet and homework at www.linguawire.com/dayone. Week two begins with the language of politics and elections. You’ll learn how one German root can unlock a whole word family: die Wahl is the election, wählen is to vote, and der Wähler is the voter. Felix and Leonie also introduce polls, closeness, and the useful phrase am Sonntag. Today’s sentence is: Die Wahl ist am Sonntag, und die Umfragen sind sehr knapp.Day 7: Es gibt — how German says "there is"
05:09|Get the learning sheet and homework at www.linguawire.com/dayone. Today is weather day — a perfect beginner news topic. You’ll learn hot, cold, rain, degrees, north, south, east, and west. The grammar star is es gibt, the German phrase for “there is” or “there are,” which literally means “it gives.” Felix and Leonie make it feel natural through a weather-news sentence. Today’s sentence is: Es ist vierzig Grad im Süden, und es gibt keinen Regen.Day 8: Welded words — Flughafen, Hauptbahnhof
05:02|Get the learning sheet and homework at www.linguawire.com/dayone. Today you learn transport German: trains, stations, airports, open, closed, full, and delayed. Felix and Leonie also introduce one of the most famous features of German: compound words. Long German words often aren’t new words at all — they’re familiar words welded together. You’ll learn how Flughafen and Hauptbahnhof work. Today’s sentence is: Die Züge sind voll, und der Flughafen ist geschlossen.Day 9: Money in German — and the unbending Euro
04:48|Get the learning sheet and homework at www.linguawire.com/dayone. Today’s topic is the cost of living: prices, money, high, low, more, less, expensive, cheap, and the verb kosten. Felix and Leonie explain how German talks about money in simple news sentences, including one useful quirk: Euro usually stays unchanged in the plural. Today’s sentence is: Die Preise sind hoch, und die Menschen haben weniger Geld.