Learn German, one short lesson at a time
240 free lessons in everyday German as spoken in Berlin, from your first Guten Morgen to real conversations.
Each lesson is one page and takes about 15 minutes.
Every line comes as text and as audio, so you can read it, hear it, practise it with quick exercises, and finish by saying it out loud.
The whole course follows Priya, who has moved to Berlin for a year, her new neighbors, and a very polite yak named Anton. In the lost-property box behind the counter of the corner bakery lies an old key that nobody can explain.
Meet the cast
PriyaJust moved to Berlin for a year and a little too quick to say Sie. In the lessons, you speak as her.
RenateRuns Bäckerei Krause, has no patience for long sentences, and remembers every order.
AntonA very polite yak with a Deutschlandticket on a cord, who sits at the corner table and never finishes his Milchkaffee.
JulePriya's friend from the co-working loft. A sound engineer from Hamburg who lives on WhatsApp voice messages.
DenizRenate's nephew. He runs the Späti across the street and is sure the key in the Fundkiste opens a treasure.
Herr SchulzePriya's formal landlord, usually in the courtyard with a clipboard and the house rules.
Dr. AlbrechtThe calm family doctor above the pharmacy, who asks what hurts and what you have already tried.
JonasPriya's team lead at a small startup that builds a recycling app. He says du from day one.
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How the course is built
Every lesson teaches a handful of short lines people really say in Berlin, not grammar tables. You read and hear each line, follow a short story, practise it with quick exercises, and finish by saying it out loud.
The lessons follow one story, so the same people and places come back and earlier lines keep showing up. Nothing you learn is used once and forgotten. You will meet du and Sie the way Berliners use them: du with friends and colleagues, Sie with strangers, shop staff and the landlord.
It goes from A1 (your first Guten Morgen) to B2 (holding your own in a real conversation). Each lesson takes about 15 minutes.
The course is built around text and audio. The voices are computer-generated, clear and the same every time, so you can replay a line as often as you like. Speaking practice is record-only: you record yourself and compare it with the voice, but the course does not score your pronunciation.