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Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from Zero
Learn German from zero with Sam. Berlin, Baby! is a story-based German course for English speakers, from A1 all the way to C1. Sam Taylor, a software developer from Lusaka, Zambia, has just landed in Berlin with a new job and almost no German. You follow his new life chapter by chapter, explained in English and German. Every new word comes slowly, then at normal speed, then it's your turn: shadow out loud in the gaps and practise speaking with short drills and role plays. Seven short episodes…
Episodes
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 8, Day 7: Review and self-check
The last lesson of Chapter 8, and a celebration. Day 7 is your review: key lines, a spoken I can list and a mini test with answers, so you can score yourself…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 8, Day 6: Speaking and real life
Day 6 is all about speaking for Chapter 8: no reading, no writing, just talking. Stand up if you can, and speak loudly. You'll practise: Ja, gern! Um wie…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 8, Day 5: Words and dialogues
Day 5 widens your Chapter 8 vocabulary and short dialogues. Listen, repeat in the gaps, and speak out loud. You'll practise: Fußball spielen Musik hören…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 8, Day 4: Exercises harder
Day 4 is harder, and more fun. You build longer German sentences for Chapter 8, spot and fix mistakes, and speak more on your own. You'll practise: Ja…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 8, Day 3: Exercises warm-up
Yesterday you heard the patterns; today you use them. Day 3 is a spoken warm-up for Chapter 8: you get a task, answer out loud in the gap, then hear the…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 8, Day 2: Grammar
Grammar day for Chapter 8, all by ear: no tables, no rules to memorise. In Day 2 you hear the new patterns again and again and say them out loud until they…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 8, Day 1: Listen and shadow
In Day 1 you hear the whole Chapter 8 story — [normal, Hans] Ein Abend mit Lena und Jonas. — and shadow it out loud: every new word comes slowly, then at…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 7, Day 7: Look how far you have come
The last lesson of Chapter 7, and a celebration. Day 7 is your review: key lines, a spoken I can list and a mini test with answers, so you can score yourself…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 7, Day 6: Say it out loud at the practice
Day 6 is all about speaking for Chapter 7: no reading, no writing, just talking. Stand up if you can, and speak loudly. You'll practise: Mein Kopf tut…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 7, Day 5: Your body in German
Day 5 widens your Chapter 7 vocabulary and short dialogues. Listen, repeat in the gaps, and speak out loud. You'll practise: die Köpfe die Hälse die…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 7, Day 4: Tell the doctor
Day 4 is harder, and more fun. You build longer German sentences for Chapter 7, spot and fix mistakes, and speak more on your own. You'll practise: meine…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 7, Day 3: Warm-up: your doctor German
Yesterday you heard the patterns; today you use them. Day 3 is a spoken warm-up for Chapter 7: you get a task, answer out loud in the gap, then hear the…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 7, Day 2: My head, my hand, my feet
Grammar day for Chapter 7, all by ear: no tables, no rules to memorise. In Day 2 you hear the new patterns again and again and say them out loud until they…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 7, Day 1: Listen and shadow
In Day 1 you hear the whole Chapter 7 story — Beim Arzt. At the doctor's. Sam was out in the rain at the weekend, and now he feels terrible. He goes to a…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 6, Day 7: Look how far you have come
The last lesson of Chapter 6, and a celebration. Day 7 is your review: key lines, a spoken I can list and a mini test with answers, so you can score yourself…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 6, Day 6: Say it out loud at the viewing
Day 6 is all about speaking for Chapter 6: no reading, no writing, just talking. Stand up if you can, and speak loudly. You'll practise: Das Wohnzimmer…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 6, Day 5: Your flat in German
Day 5 widens your Chapter 6 vocabulary and short dialogues. Listen, repeat in the gaps, and speak out loud. You'll practise: die Bäder die Küche die…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 6, Day 4: Describe it, judge it
Day 4 is harder, and more fun. You build longer German sentences for Chapter 6, spot and fix mistakes, and speak more on your own. You'll practise…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 6, Day 3: Warm-up: your flat-hunting German
Yesterday you heard the patterns; today you use them. Day 3 is a spoken warm-up for Chapter 6: you get a task, answer out loud in the gap, then hear the…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 6, Day 2: Describing words and split verbs
Grammar day for Chapter 6, all by ear: no tables, no rules to memorise. In Day 2 you hear the new patterns again and again and say them out loud until they…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 6, Day 1: Listen and shadow
In Day 1 you hear the whole Chapter 6 story — Die Wohnungsbesichtigung. The flat viewing. Sam needs a flat in Berlin, and so does everybody else. He goes to a…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 5, Day 7: Look how far you have come
The last lesson of Chapter 5, and a celebration. Day 7 is your review: key lines, a spoken I can list and a mini test with answers, so you can score yourself…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 5, Day 6: Say it out loud at the counter
Day 6 is all about speaking for Chapter 5: no reading, no writing, just talking. Stand up if you can, and speak loudly. You'll practise: Das ist ein…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 5, Day 5: Bread and cake in German
Day 5 widens your Chapter 5 vocabulary and short dialogues. Listen, repeat in the gaps, and speak out loud. You'll practise: die Bäckerei die Bäckereien…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 5, Day 4: Order like a Berliner
Day 4 is harder, and more fun. You build longer German sentences for Chapter 5, spot and fix mistakes, and speak more on your own. You'll practise: Das…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 5, Day 3: Warm-up: your bakery German
Yesterday you heard the patterns; today you use them. Day 3 is a spoken warm-up for Chapter 5: you get a task, answer out loud in the gap, then hear the…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 5, Day 2: Kein, nicht and plurals
Grammar day for Chapter 5, all by ear: no tables, no rules to memorise. In Day 2 you hear the new patterns again and again and say them out loud until they…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 5, Day 1: Listen and shadow
In Day 1 you hear the whole Chapter 5 story — In der Bäckerei. At the bakery. It's Saturday morning in Berlin, and there's a long queue at the…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 4, Day 7: Look how far you have come
The last lesson of Chapter 4, and a celebration. Day 7 is your review: key lines, a spoken I can list and a mini test with answers, so you can score yourself…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 4, Day 6: Say it out loud at the counter
Day 6 is all about speaking for Chapter 4: no reading, no writing, just talking. Stand up if you can, and speak loudly. You'll practise: Ka, Ö, El, En…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 4, Day 5: Office words in German
Day 5 widens your Chapter 4 vocabulary and short dialogues. Listen, repeat in the gaps, and speak out loud. You'll practise: das Bürgeramt die Bürgerämter…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 4, Day 4: Fill in the form
Day 4 is harder, and more fun. You build longer German sentences for Chapter 4, spot and fix mistakes, and speak more on your own. You'll practise: Ich…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 4, Day 3: Warm-up: your office German
Yesterday you heard the patterns; today you use them. Day 3 is a spoken warm-up for Chapter 4: you get a task, answer out loud in the gap, then hear the…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 4, Day 2: Two verbs and the alphabet
Grammar day for Chapter 4, all by ear: no tables, no rules to memorise. In Day 2 you hear the new patterns again and again and say them out loud until they…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 4, Day 1: Listen and shadow
In Day 1 you hear the whole Chapter 4 story — Die Anmeldung im Bürgeramt. Registering at the citizens' office. In Germany, when you move into a flat, you…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 3, Day 7: Look how far you've come
The last lesson of Chapter 3, and a celebration. Day 7 is your review: key lines, a spoken I can list and a mini test with answers, so you can score yourself…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 3, Day 6: Say it out loud on the platform
Day 6 is all about speaking for Chapter 3: no reading, no writing, just talking. Stand up if you can, and speak loudly. You'll practise: halb zwölf fünf…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 3, Day 5: Getting around in German
Day 5 widens your Chapter 3 vocabulary and short dialogues. Listen, repeat in the gaps, and speak out loud. You'll practise: pünktlich zu spät Wann kommt…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 3, Day 4: Find your way
Day 4 is harder, and more fun. You build longer German sentences for Chapter 3, spot and fix mistakes, and speak more on your own. You'll practise…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 3, Day 3: Warm-up: your station German
Yesterday you heard the patterns; today you use them. Day 3 is a spoken warm-up for Chapter 3: you get a task, answer out loud in the gap, then hear the…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 3, Day 2: Questions and the clock
Grammar day for Chapter 3, all by ear: no tables, no rules to memorise. In Day 2 you hear the new patterns again and again and say them out loud until they…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 3, Day 1: Listen and shadow
In Day 1 you hear the whole Chapter 3 story — Mit der U-Bahn. By underground. — and shadow it out loud: every new word comes slowly, then at normal speed, then…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 2, Day 7: Look how far you've come
The last lesson of Chapter 2, and a celebration. Day 7 is your review: key Späti lines, a spoken I can list and a mini test with answers, so you can score…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 2, Day 6: Say it out loud at the counter
Day 6 is all about speaking at the Späti counter: no reading, no writing, just talking as if Ali were waiting. Stand up if you can, and speak loudly…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 2, Day 5: Your Späti in German
Until now you could order a few things. From Day 5 your Späti German gets wider: more drinks, snacks and everyday shop words. Listen, repeat in the gaps, and…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 2, Day 4: Shop like a local
Day 4 is harder, and more fun. You build full Späti sentences, spot and fix mistakes, and speak longer turns at Ali's counter. You'll practise: Word…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 2, Day 3: Warm-up: your shopping German
Yesterday you heard the patterns; today you use them. Day 3 is a spoken warm-up for shopping German: you get a task, answer out loud in the gap, then hear the…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 2, Day 2: A, an and the price
Grammar day for the Späti, all by ear: no tables, no rules to memorise. In Day 2 you hear why it's ein Wasser but eine Mate, how einen works when you…
Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from ZeroChapter 2, Day 1: Listen and shadow
Sam is jet-lagged and hungry in Neukölln at almost midnight. The only place still open is a Späti, and behind the counter is Ali. In Day 1 you hear the whole…
- Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from Zero
Chapter 1, Day 7: Review and self-check
The last lesson of Chapter 1, and a celebration. Day 7 is your review: a quick tour of the chapter's key lines, a spoken I can list and a mini test with…
- Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from Zero
Chapter 1, Day 6: Speaking drills and role plays
Day 6 is all about speaking: no reading, no writing, just talking as if you were really in Berlin. Stand up if you can, and speak loudly. You'll practise: The…
- Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from Zero
Chapter 1, Day 5: New words and variations
Until now you could talk about Sam. From Day 5 you can talk about yourself, and about people from anywhere. Listen, repeat in the gaps, and speak out loud as…
- Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from Zero
Chapter 1, Day 4: Sentence building
Day 4 is harder, and more fun. You build German sentences from jumbled words, spot and fix mistakes, and then speak about yourself for a whole minute. Same…
- Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from Zero
Chapter 1, Day 3: Spoken exercises, warm-up
Yesterday you heard the patterns; today you use them. Day 3 is a spoken warm-up with no writing: you get a task, answer out loud in the gap, then hear the…
- Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from Zero
Chapter 1, Day 2: Grammar by ear
Grammar day, but all by ear: no tables, no rules to memorise. In Day 2 you hear the Chapter 1 patterns again and again and say them out loud until they feel…
- Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from Zero
Chapter 1, Day 1: Listen and shadow
Sam Taylor lands in Berlin, and his first German conversation is at passport control. In Day 1 you hear the whole Chapter 1 story and shadow it out loud: every…
- Berlin, Baby! – Learn German from Zero
Berlin, Baby! Trailer
Meet Sam Taylor, a software developer from Lusaka, Zambia, who has just landed in Berlin with a new job, a passport and almost no German. Learn German together…