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Riima

English course, word for word

This course assumes German as the base language: under every English word is its literal German, and the plain line is German too. If you are learning from English, it is not for you — it exists for readers whose first language is German. Short episodes about real places in North America, Ireland and Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand, listened to many times, offline on your device.

Three of 94 episodes are recorded, 6 minutes in total. Recording continues.

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The sections

  1. Der Osten Nordamerikas
  2. Der Westen und der Norden
  3. Irland und Großbritannien
  4. Australien und Neuseeland
  5. Anna erzählt
  6. Ankunft am Hafen
  7. Arbeit im Gästehaus
  8. Menschen und Orte
  9. Pläne und Winter
  10. Der Abschied vom Sommer
  11. Ein Jahr in der Stadt
  12. Der Buchladen
  13. Land und Geschichte
  14. Meinungen
  15. Erzählungen
  16. Ideen und Versammlung
  17. Der Streit um den Hafen
  18. Die Zeitung
  19. Die Rede und das Urteil

The episodes

The first episodes are about real places. The first one leads to the Statue of Liberty. After that, Anna tells the story, and later the episodes follow her through a year on the coast. The remaining episodes are planned and are being recorded. The section and episode titles are shown in German, because that is the language the course is taught in.

  1. 1Die Freiheitsstatue

  2. 2Die große Halle auf Ellis Island

  3. 3Die Brooklyn Bridge

  4. 4Der Erie-Kanalbeing recorded

  5. 5Ein Jahr an den Niagarafällenbeing recorded

  6. 6Die erste Eisenbahn durch die Ebenebeing recorded

  7. 7Der heiße Boden von Yellowstonebeing recorded

  8. 8Die Route sechsundsechzigbeing recorded

  9. 9Der Grand Canyonbeing recorded

  10. 10Ein Jahr auf einer Farm in der Präriebeing recorded

  11. 11Die Gezeiten in der Bay of Fundybeing recorded

  12. 12Die Cliffs of Moherbeing recorded

  13. 13Ein Steinbruch in den Bergen von Walesbeing recorded

  14. 14Stonehengebeing recorded

  15. 15Ein Jahr im Leuchtturm auf dem Bell Rockbeing recorded

  16. 16Wie die Londoner U-Bahn gegraben wurdebeing recorded

  17. 17Das Great Barrier Reefbeing recorded

  18. 18Die Zwölf Apostelbeing recorded

  19. 19Der Milford Soundbeing recorded

  20. 20Ein Jahr auf einer Schaffarm im Hochlandbeing recorded

  21. 21Anna erzählt: der Ostenbeing recorded

  22. 22Anna erzählt: der Westenbeing recorded

  23. 23Anna erzählt: Irland und Englandbeing recorded

  24. 24Anna erzählt: der Südenbeing recorded

  25. 25Am Fahrkartenschalterbeing recorded

  26. 26Das Frühstück im Gästehausbeing recorded

  27. 27Die Reise nach Westenbeing recorded

  28. 28Im Café am Hafenbeing recorded

  29. 29Der erste Brief aus dem Gästehausbeing recorded

  30. 30Die Zimmerbeing recorded

  31. 31Regen am Meerbeing recorded

  32. 32Der verlorene Schirmbeing recorded

  33. 33Der Markt am Hafenbeing recorded

  34. 34Der Samstag am Hafenbeing recorded

  35. 35Beim Arztbeing recorded

  36. 36Die Nachbarnbeing recorded

  37. 37Das alte Fotobeing recorded

  38. 38Der Bus in die Stadtbeing recorded

  39. 39Ein freier Tagbeing recorded

  40. 40Im Geschäftbeing recorded

  41. 41Die Fahrt an die Küstebeing recorded

  42. 42Der Winter in den Bergenbeing recorded

  43. 43Am Telefonbeing recorded

  44. 44Sonntag am Meerbeing recorded

  45. 45Die Werkstattbeing recorded

  46. 46Das Konzert in der Hallebeing recorded

  47. 47Der Umzugbeing recorded

  48. 48Die Erzählung der alten Fraubeing recorded

  49. 49Der letzte Abendbeing recorded

  50. 50Ein Zimmer in der Stadtbeing recorded

  51. 51Der erste Tag im Buchladenbeing recorded

  52. 52Der Mieter unter dem Dachbeing recorded

  53. 53Eine Stadt in Regenbeing recorded

  54. 54Ein Brief an die Großmutterbeing recorded

  55. 55Der Markt und der Bürgermeisterbeing recorded

  56. 56Eine Frage der Höflichkeitbeing recorded

  57. 57Die Bibliothek am Flussbeing recorded

  58. 58Ein Tag ohne Strombeing recorded

  59. 59Was bleibt, wenn es dunkel wirdbeing recorded

  60. 60Der Weg zur alten Mühlebeing recorded

  61. 61Ein Dorf und seine Kirchebeing recorded

  62. 62Die Sprache der Gegendbeing recorded

  63. 63Der Mann, der die Karten zeichnetebeing recorded

  64. 64Was die Karten erzähltenbeing recorded

  65. 65Ich glaube, du hast unrechtbeing recorded

  66. 66Wenn ich mehr Geld hättebeing recorded

  67. 67Ein Fehler beim Bestellenbeing recorded

  68. 68Die Entscheidung des Chefsbeing recorded

  69. 69Was ich gelernt habebeing recorded

  70. 70Ein Zug, der nicht kambeing recorded

  71. 71Wie es dazu kambeing recorded

  72. 72Die Großmutter erinnert sichbeing recorded

  73. 73Der Sommer, der vorübergingbeing recorded

  74. 74Ein Jahr in Erzählungenbeing recorded

  75. 75Zwei Meinungen über ein Hausbeing recorded

  76. 76Was ein Brief bewirktbeing recorded

  77. 77Die Versammlungbeing recorded

  78. 78Nach der Versammlungbeing recorded

  79. 79Das Ende des Jahresbeing recorded

  80. 80Ein neuer Plan für den Hafenbeing recorded

  81. 81Was man dem Plan vorwirftbeing recorded

  82. 82Hätte man früher gefragtbeing recorded

  83. 83Zahlen, die etwas sagenbeing recorded

  84. 84Die Sitzung im Rathausbeing recorded

  85. 85Eine Zeitung im Wandelbeing recorded

  86. 86Was in einer Überschrift stehtbeing recorded

  87. 87Ein Leserbriefbeing recorded

  88. 88Der Anruf einer Leserinbeing recorded

  89. 89Die Zeitung von morgenbeing recorded

  90. 90Eine Rede zum Abschiedbeing recorded

  91. 91Der Lehrer und die Stadtbeing recorded

  92. 92Was man sagt und was man meintbeing recorded

  93. 93Wer entscheidet, was gut istbeing recorded

  94. 94Das Ende einer langen Geschichtebeing recorded

Base language

The English course can be listened to from German only. With English as the base language, the app does not offer it.

Der Osten Nordamerikas · Der Westen und der Norden

The course begins in the east of North America, with places everyone has seen in a picture at some point, and then moves on west and north. The English of these episodes is built short and clear so that the literal German line underneath really helps while reading along.

Irland und Großbritannien · Australien und Neuseeland

The later sections change sides of the world. The same language, other places, and a vocabulary that builds on that of the first episodes.

What an episode says was checked before recording.

Courses

Listen to English

Riima is currently available as a beta through TestFlight. The English course plays from German only; with German as your base language, start with the first episode and listen to it until the German underneath is no longer needed.

Try it free — Opens TestFlight at Apple

For iPhone, iOS 18 or later. The app is currently available as a beta through TestFlight, the link takes you to Apple.