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| Lektion | Title | Key grammar | Vocab count | Status | | Lektion | Title | Key grammar | Vocab count | Status |
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| 1 | | | | not started | | 1 | [Hallo! Ich bin Nicole ...](lektion-01.md) | Verb conjugation (kommen/heißen/sein), W-Fragen, du vs. Sie | ~45 | done |
| 2 | | | | not started | | 2 | | | | not started |
| 3 | | | | not started | | 3 | | | | not started |
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# Lektion XX — [Title] # Lektion XX — [Title]
Source: [ ] Course book [ ] Workbook Kursbuch S. [XX–YY] · Arbeitsbuch S. [XX–YY]
## Vocabulary ## Overview
| German | English | Notes (gender, plural, irregularities) | - Topic: [e.g. Begrüssung, Befinden]
- Communicative goals: [Hören/Sprechen/Lesen/Schreiben aims, from Kursbuch INHALTE]
- Characters/context introduced: [recurring characters, story thread]
## Vocabulary (official Lernwortschatz)
Grouped by category, from the Arbeitsbuch's Lernwortschatz page. Regional
variants (A = Austria, CH = Switzerland) noted where given.
### [Category]
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---| |---|---|---|
| | | |
## Grammar ## Grammar
### Topic name ### [Topic, e.g. Verb conjugation]
- Explanation | | verb1 | verb2 | verb3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | | | |
| du | | | |
- Explanation / rule
- Example sentences (DE → EN) - Example sentences (DE → EN)
## Key phrases / Dialogues ## Communication patterns
- German phrase — English meaning - Situation — phrase(s) used
## Exercise types practiced ## Course book exercises (Kursbuch)
- e.g. fill-in-the-blank conjugation, matching, listening comprehension Brief summary of what each exercise practices — not full instructions.
## Audio / Listening 1. [skill practiced]
2. ...
Transcript source: [ ] Official (Hueber Transkriptionen) [ ] ASR (faster-whisper — review for errors, especially names/numbers) ## Workbook exercises (Arbeitsbuch)
### Track [X.X] — [short description, e.g. "Anna and Ben introduce themselves"] 1. [skill practiced]
...
## Audio / Listening (official Hueber Transkriptionen)
Transcript source: Official (Hueber Transkriptionen), unless marked ASR.
### Kursbuch audio
``` ```
[transcript text or path to transcripts/lektion-XX/trackname.txt] [dialogue transcript]
``` ```
### Arbeitsbuch audio
```
[dialogue transcript]
```
## Answer key highlights
Selected answers useful for self-checking or for Claude to verify exercise
answers against — not necessarily exhaustive.
## Notes / gotchas ## Notes / gotchas
- Anything tricky, false friends, exceptions worth flagging in future practice - Anything tricky, false friends, exceptions worth flagging in future practice
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# Lektion 1 — Hallo! Ich bin Nicole ...
Kursbuch S. 9–12 · Arbeitsbuch S. 6–11
## Overview
- Topic: Begrüssung, Befinden (greetings, wellbeing)
- Communicative goals: Hören/Sprechen — sich begrüßen/verabschieden (greet/say
goodbye); nach dem Befinden fragen (ask how someone is); sich und andere
vorstellen (introduce self and others)
- Characters introduced: Nicole (from Austria), Paco Rodriguez (from Mexico),
Frau Wachter — these three recur through the course as the running story.
- Regional grammar focus: Konjugation Singular (ich/du/Sie/er-sie); W-Fragen
(Woher...? / Wie...?)
## Vocabulary (official Lernwortschatz, Arbeitsbuch S. 11)
### Begrüßung und Abschied (greeting & farewell)
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hallo | Hi / Hello | A: also Servus / Grüß dich; CH: also Hoi / Sali / Salü |
| Guten Morgen | Good morning | |
| Guten Tag | Good day/afternoon | A: Grüß Gott; CH: Grüezi |
| Guten Abend | Good evening | |
| Gute Nacht | Good night | |
| Auf Wiedersehen | Goodbye (formal) | CH: also Adieu |
| Tschüs | Bye (informal) | A: also Servus / Baba; CH: also Adieu / Ade / Adie |
### Name
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ich heiße .../Ich bin ... | My name is .../I am ... | |
| Mein Name ist ... | My name is ... | |
| Das ist ... | This is ... | introducing someone else |
| Wer ...? | Who ...? | |
| Wie ...? | How/What ...? | used for "Wie heißen Sie?" |
### Personalien (personal details)
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| die Frau, -en | woman / Mrs./Ms. | |
| der Herr, -en | man / Mr. | |
| der Name, -n | name | |
| der Vorname, -n | first name | |
| der Familienname, -n | family name/surname | |
### Herkunft (origin)
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Woher ...? | Where ... from? | |
| kommen aus ... | to come from ... | |
| aus ... | from ... | |
### Länder (countries)
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| das Land, -̈er | country | |
| Deutschland | Germany | no article: "aus Deutschland" |
| Österreich | Austria | no article: "aus Österreich" |
| die Schweiz | Switzerland | takes article: "aus **der** Schweiz" |
(Lesson also uses, from Kursbuch exercise 4/5: Iran, Spanien, Frankreich,
Türkei — see grammar note on "aus dem/der" below.)
### Befinden (wellbeing)
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Wie geht's? | How's it going? | informal |
| sehr gut | very good | |
| gut | good | |
| es geht | so-so / it's ok | |
| nicht so gut | not so good | |
### Weitere wichtige Wörter (other key words)
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| das Alphabet, -e | alphabet | |
| buchstabieren | to spell (out loud) | |
| auch | also/too | |
| danke | thanks | |
| ja | yes | |
| nein | no | |
| sehr | very | |
| und | and | |
## Grammar (Kursbuch S. 12)
### Verb conjugation — Singular
| | kommen | heißen | sein |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | komme | heiße | bin |
| du | kommst | heißt | bist |
| Sie | kommen | heißen | sind |
| er/sie | kommt | heißt | ist |
### W-Fragen: wer, wie, woher (question word in position 2... actually position 1, verb in position 2)
| Question word | Position 2 (verb) | |
|---|---|---|
| Wer | ist | das? |
| Wie | heißen | Sie? |
| Woher | kommst | du? |
### Aussage (statement) — verb always in position 2
| Subject | Position 2 (verb) | |
|---|---|---|
| Ich | heiße | Paco. |
| Ich | komme | aus Österreich. |
| Mein Name | ist | Valerie. |
### du vs. Sie — addressing people
- **Sie** → address by Familienname: *Herr Rodriguez*, *Frau Wachter*
- **du** → address by Vorname: *Nicole*, *Paco*
### "aus" + country — article rule
- Most countries: **aus** + country, no article — *aus Deutschland/Spanien/Wien/...*
- Exceptions that take an article: **aus der** Schweiz, **aus der** Türkei,
**aus dem** Iran
## Communication patterns (Kursbuch S. 12)
| Situation | Sie-form | du-form |
|---|---|---|
| Ask name | Wie heißen Sie? | Wie heißt du? |
| Ask name (alt.) | Wer sind Sie? | Wer bist du? |
| Ask origin | Woher kommen Sie? | Woher kommst du? |
| Ask wellbeing | Wie geht es Ihnen? / Wie geht's? | Wie geht es dir? |
| Answer wellbeing | Sehr gut. / Gut, danke. / Es geht. / Nicht so gut. | (same) |
| Introduce self | Ich bin/heiße Nicole. / Mein Name ist Paco Rodriguez. | |
| Introduce someone else | Das ist Paco / Frau Walter. Er/Sie kommt aus Mexiko. | |
| Ask for repetition | Wie bitte? | |
## Course book exercises (Kursbuch, S. 9–12)
1. Listening warm-up — song, recall German names known
2. Kettenspiel (chain game) — practice "Hallo! Ich bin ... / Und wer bist
du?"; also: draw a seating plan and note names
3. Listening — match who says what (Paco/Nicole dialogue: origin questions)
4. Grammar discovery — fill in "du komm__" / "ich komm__" conjugation
5. Listening — match country flags to music heard (Iran, Österreich,
Spanien, Frankreich, Türkei)
6. Listening — match statements to speaker (Paco/Nicole/Frau Wachter)
7. Fill-in-the-blank — completing "Woher kommst du?" dialogue with Sie-form
8. Fill-in-the-blank with word bank — reconstructing the Nicole/Frau
Wachter/Paco introduction dialogue
9. Speaking — "Wer ist das?" with famous people (Angela Merkel, Mother
Teresa shown as examples)
10. Listening — match wellbeing questions/answers (du vs Sie forms)
11. Speaking practice — asking about wellbeing, partner work
12. Sprechtraining: Das Alphabet — hear and repeat the German alphabet,
including Umlauts (Ä, Ö, Ü) and ß (Es-Zett); dictate your own name
13. Hallo oder tschüs? — sort greeting/farewell expressions by
Begrüßung/Abschied
14. Practice saying goodbye at end of class
## Workbook exercises (Arbeitsbuch, S. 6–11)
1. Fill-in-the-blank — "Hallo! Ich bin ... / Und wer bist du?" exchanges
2. Sort a jumbled dialogue into correct order (Roberto/Melanie intro)
3. Match sentence halves (Wie heißt du? / Ich komme... / etc.)
4. Fill-in-the-blank — two full introduction dialogues
5. Match country names to landmark photos (Brandenburger Tor→Deutschland,
Eiffelturm→Frankreich, Stephansdom→Österreich, Matterhorn→Schweiz,
Hagia Sophia→Türkei)
6. du oder Sie? — classify situations (photos) as formal/informal; compare
du/Sie translation to English "you" and to student's own language
7. du oder Sie? — mark correct choice in 5 short dialogues
8. Fill in correct verb endings (komm-/heiß-) in 3 dialogues
9. Write sentences about famous people from photos (Philipp Lahm, Mozart,
Prinz Felipe, Martina Hingis) using "Das ist X. Er/Sie kommt aus Y."
10. Full conjugation table to complete: heißen/kommen/sein × ich/du/Sie/er-sie
11. Multiple choice — correct verb form (bist/ist/sind, komme/kommst/kommt...)
12. Match wellbeing emoji to phrase (Sehr gut/Gut/Es geht/Nicht so gut)
13. Fill-in-the-blank — completing two "Wie geht's" mini-dialogues
14. Listening (audio) — identify names heard
15. Sort scrambled greeting/farewell words and match to pictures (Guten Tag,
Gute Nacht, Tschüs, Auf Wiedersehen, Hallo, Guten Abend...)
### Training: Hören
1. Listening comprehension — fill in wie/woher/wer in questions, then match
answers
2. Listening (audio, tracks 1.03–1.05) — multiple choice: Frau Talipa's
origin, Laura's wellbeing, correct spelling of a name (Aljoscha)
### Training: Aussprache (Satzmelodie — sentence intonation)
1. Listen & repeat — rising/falling intonation on statements vs. questions
2. Fill in the intonation rule: statements ↘, W-questions ↘, Rückfragen
(echo questions like "Und wer bist du?") ↗
3. Practice a short dialogue with a partner, marking intonation
### Test (self-check, with point values)
1. Match greeting word fragments (4 pts)
2. Multiple choice on question words / verb forms (6 pts)
3. Fill in correct verb form: heißen/kommen/sein (9 pts)
4. Complete two short dialogues (7 pts)
5. Reorder scrambled dialogue lines into two conversations (8 pts)
## Audio / Listening (official Hueber Transkriptionen)
Transcript source: **Official** (Hueber Transkriptionen — Kursbuch and
Arbeitsbuch audio booklets, © 2012 Hueber Verlag).
### Kursbuch audio
**Aufgabe 2a/3** (Nicole & Paco meet):
```
Paco: WINFRIED!! ... Baramm ... baraaa-aaah!
Nicole & Paco: WINFRIED!! ... Baramm ... bampam ... bampam ... baraaa-aaah!
Paco: Hmh?
Nicole: WINFRIED!
Paco: Hallo! Ich heiße Paco und wer bist du?
Nicole: Ich heiße Nicole. ... Baramm ... bampam ...
Nicole & Paco: bampam ... baraaa-aaah!
Nicole: Woher kommst du, Paco? Aus Spanien?
Paco: Nein, ich komme aus Mexiko.
Nicole: Aus Mexiko? Wow!
Paco: Und woher kommst du? Nein, Moment! Du kommst aus Deutschland, hm?
Nicole: Nn-nn!
Paco: Aus der Schweiz?
Nicole: Nein, ich komme aus Österreich.
Paco: Ah, aus Österreich.
```
**Aufgabe 5 / 6c** (introducing Paco to Frau Wachter):
```
Nicole & Paco: WINFRIED!! ... Baramm ... bampam ... bampam ... baraaa-aaah!
Frau Wachter: Ja, hallo!
Nicole: Hallo, Frau Wachter! Wie geht's?
Frau Wachter: Gut, danke! Und wie geht's Ihnen?
Nicole: Auch gut. Ähm, ach ja: Das ist Paco. Und das ist Frau Wachter.
Paco: Guten Tag, Frau Wachter.
Frau Wachter: Guten Tag, Herr ... ähm ...
Paco: Rodriguez
Frau Wachter: Rodriguez? Woher kommen Sie? Aus Spanien?
Paco: Nein, ich ...
Nicole: Er kommt aus Mexiko.
Frau Wachter: Aah! Aus Mexiko!
Paco: Ja.
Frau Wachter: Tja, also dann. Auf Wiedersehen, Herr Rodriguez!
Paco: Auf Wiedersehen, Frau Wachter!
Frau Wachter: Tschüs!
Nicole: Tschüs!
```
**Aufgabe 10** (greeting/farewell word list, audio only — see vocabulary
table above): Hallo, Guten Tag, Guten Morgen, Guten Abend, Gute Nacht,
Tschüs, Auf Wiedersehen.
### Arbeitsbuch audio
**Übung 14** (spelling dictation — Diktat):
```
a Mein Name ist Lothar Müller. — Wie bitte? — Ich buchstabiere: L-O-T-H-A-R M-Ü-L-L-E-R
b Mein Name ist Lena Egger — Wie bitte? — Warten Sie, ich buchstabiere: L-E-N-A E-G-G-E-R
c Mein Name ist Yvonne Schuster. — Wie bitte? — Ich buchstabiere: Y-V-O-N-N-E S-C-H-U-S-T-E-R
d Mein Name ist Sebastian Wimmer — Wie bitte? — Moment, ich buchstabiere: S-E-B-A-S-T-I-A-N W-I-M-M-E-R
```
**Training: Hören, Übung 2**:
```
a
Ramon: Guten Morgen, mein Name ist Barnuevo, Ramon Barnuevo.
Maria: Guten Tag. Ich bin Maria Talipa. Woher kommen Sie, Herr Barnuevo?
Ramon: Ich komme aus Spanien. Und Sie?
Maria: Aus Österreich. .... Ah, da kommt mein Kollege. Das ist Herr Zubenko.
Er kommt aus Russland.
b
Laura: Hallo Paul. Wie geht es dir?
Paul: Danke, sehr gut. Und dir, Laura?
Laura: Danke, es geht.
Paul: Was ist denn los ...
Laura: Ach, weißt du ...
```
(Dialogue b is left unresolved/cut off — a narrative hook, likely continued
in a later lesson's audio.)
## Answer key highlights
**Kursbuch:**
- 2a: Paco (heißt Paco); Nicole
- 3a: Paco comes from Mexico (not Spain); Nicole comes from Austria (not
Germany/Switzerland)
- 3b: du komm**st**; ich komm**e**
- 4: countries in order heard — 2 Spanien, 3 Türkei, 4 Frankreich, 5 Österreich
- 6a: "...kommen Sie?" (Sie-form completion)
- 6c: das; Tag; Guten; Er kommt; aus (fill-in order)
- 7: Nicole → "Auch gut."; Frau Wachter → "Gut, danke. Wie geht es Ihnen?"
- 10: Begrüßung (greeting): Guten Tag, Guten Morgen, Guten Abend. Abschied
(farewell): Tschüs, Auf Wiedersehen.
**Arbeitsbuch:**
- 1: Hallo! Ich bin Wiebke. Und wer bist du? — Hallo, ich bin Stefan. /
Ich heiße René. Und wie heißt du? — Ich heiße Alfred.
- 8: a) kommst, komme, komme b) heiße, heißt, heiße c) kommen, komme
- 9: B — Das ist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Er kommt aus Österreich.
C — Das ist Prinz Felipe. Er kommt aus Spanien.
D — Das ist Martina Hingis. Sie kommt aus der Schweiz.
- 11: b ist, c kommen, d kommt, e kommt
- 12: a Sehr gut, danke. b Gut, danke. c Es geht. d Nicht so gut.
- 15: a Gute Nacht, b Guten Tag, c Tschüs, d Auf Wiedersehen, f Guten Abend
**Test:**
- 1: Guten Morgen; Guten Abend; Gute Nacht; Auf Wiedersehen
- 3: a heiße, kommst b heißen, kommen, komme c bist, bin d ist, kommt
## Notes / gotchas
- **du vs. Sie** is the first big distinction — pay attention to which form a
dialogue uses; the workbook explicitly drills recognizing the situation
(formal photo vs. informal photo) before the grammar.
- **aus** normally takes no article ("aus Deutschland") but **die Schweiz**,
**die Türkei**, and **der Iran** are exceptions — "aus der Schweiz", "aus
der Türkei", "aus dem Iran". Worth flagging every time a new country name
turns up, since this exception list grows through the course.
- Verb endings for this lesson: **-e** (ich), **-st** (du), **-en** (Sie),
**-t** (er/sie) — sein is irregular (bin/bist/sind/ist) and worth
memorizing separately.
- Austrian (A) and Swiss (CH) greeting variants are introduced early —
useful to recognize even though standard German forms are the default to
produce.
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## How to use this with Claude ## How to use this with Claude
At the start of a study session, point Claude at the relevant lesson file(s) At the start of a study session, point Claude at the relevant lesson file(s)
under the current book folder (e.g. `A1.1/course-book/lesson-05.md` and (e.g. `A1.1/lektion-05.md`), or the whole `A1.1/INDEX.md` for a running
`A1.1/workbook/lesson-05.md`), or the whole `A1.1/INDEX.md` for a running
summary. Ask Claude to only use vocabulary/grammar that appears in those summary. Ask Claude to only use vocabulary/grammar that appears in those
files (or earlier lessons) when creating exercises, example sentences, or files (or earlier lessons) when creating exercises, example sentences, or
corrections — this keeps practice within what I've actually learned. corrections — this keeps practice within what I've actually learned.
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``` ```
A1.1/ A1.1/
course-book/lesson-XX.md ← vocab, grammar, dialogues from the course book lektion-XX.md ← everything for one lesson: vocab, grammar, communication
workbook/lesson-XX.md ← additional vocab/exercise types from the workbook patterns, course book + workbook exercise summaries,
official audio transcripts, answer key highlights
_template.md ← template used to build each lektion-XX.md
INDEX.md ← one-line summary of every lesson so far INDEX.md ← one-line summary of every lesson so far
A1.2/ ← added once I move on to the next book A1.2/ ← added once I move on to the next book
... ...
scripts/
transcribe.py ← local ASR fallback (faster-whisper) for audio with no
official transcript
``` ```
Each lesson is one combined file rather than separate course-book/workbook
files, because *Menschen*'s workbook exercises constantly reference course
book sections (e.g. "KB 2b") and share the same grammar — splitting them
apart would just duplicate content.
## Adding a new lesson ## Adding a new lesson
1. Upload photos or a PDF of the course book / workbook pages for that lesson. 1. Get the course book pages, workbook pages, and (if available) the
2. Claude extracts content into `lesson-XX.md` using `_template.md`. official Hueber Transkriptionen PDF pages for that lesson — as PDFs,
photos, or a folder path.
2. Claude extracts/summarizes content into `lektion-XX.md` using
`_template.md`: vocabulary (from the workbook's Lernwortschatz page),
grammar boxes, communication patterns, a brief summary of what each
exercise practices (not full exercise text), audio transcripts, and
answer key highlights.
3. Review and correct anything Claude got wrong or over-summarized. 3. Review and correct anything Claude got wrong or over-summarized.
4. Update `INDEX.md` with a one-line entry for the lesson. 4. Update `INDEX.md` with a one-line entry for the lesson.
5. Commit. 5. Commit.
## Audio (listening exercises) ## Audio (listening exercises)
Hueber (the publisher) releases official **Transkriptionen** PDFs for both Hueber releases official **Transkriptionen** PDFs for both the Kursbuch
the Kursbuch (course book) and Arbeitsbuch (workbook) — these are the (course book) and Arbeitsbuch (workbook) — these are the primary source for
primary source for audio content, not the *Lösungsschlüssel* (answer key, audio content, not the *Lösungsschlüssel* (answer key — a different
found at the back of the workbook, which is a different thing). Raw audio document). Raw audio files are **not** stored in this repo (see
files are **not** stored in this repo (see `.gitignore`); only transcripts `.gitignore`); only transcripts (text) are, since that's what gives Claude
(text) are, since that's what gives Claude context. context.
Primary workflow — official transcripts: Primary workflow — official transcripts:
1. Get the Kursbuch and Arbeitsbuch Transkriptionen PDFs for the relevant book 1. Get the Kursbuch and Arbeitsbuch Transkriptionen PDFs for the relevant
(A1.1, A1.2, ...) — search "Menschen [level] Kursbuch/Arbeitsbuch book (A1.1, A1.2, ...).
Transkriptionen pdf Hueber", or check the publisher's site. 2. Extract the per-track dialogue text into that lesson's `.md` file under
2. Send/upload the pages for a lesson the same way as course book/workbook "Audio / Listening", marked as official-sourced.
content — Claude extracts the per-track dialogue text into that lesson's
`.md` file under "Audio / Listening".
3. No review needed for accuracy — these are publisher-official text, not ASR. 3. No review needed for accuracy — these are publisher-official text, not ASR.
Fallback workflow — local ASR (only if no official transcript exists for a Fallback workflow — local ASR (only if no official transcript exists for a
given track, e.g. supplementary listening material): given track, e.g. supplementary listening material):
1. Get the audio files locally (publisher CD/app/download), any folder outside git. 1. Get the audio files locally (publisher CD/app/download), any folder
2. Run `scripts/transcribe.py` (uses `faster-whisper` on GPU) to transcribe them: outside git.
2. Run `scripts/transcribe.py` (uses `faster-whisper` on GPU) to transcribe
them:
```bash ```bash
pip install faster-whisper pip install faster-whisper
python scripts/transcribe.py "<path-to-lesson-audio>" "A1.1/course-book/transcripts/lektion-XX" python scripts/transcribe.py "<path-to-lesson-audio>" "A1.1/transcripts/lektion-XX"
``` ```
3. Skim the `.txt` output for ASR mistakes (names, numbers, fast speech) and fix them. 3. Skim the `.txt` output for ASR mistakes (names, numbers, fast speech) and
4. Reference/paste the transcript into the lesson's `.md` file under "Audio / Listening", fix them.
flagged as ASR-generated (the template already does this), or point at the 4. Reference/paste the transcript into the lesson's `.md` file under "Audio
`transcripts/lektion-XX/*.txt` path — transcripts are small text files so / Listening", flagged as ASR-generated — transcripts are small text
committing them is fine. files so committing them is fine.
## Adding a new book (e.g. A1.2) ## Adding a new book (e.g. A1.2)