German for Beginners

Lesson 25: Wanderlust / The Adjective Endings in the Akkusativ and Dativ

First we will cover die Deklination im Akkusativ and then we'll explore the Dativ. We hope you'll find these so helpful you'll refer to them again and again! Review the

Lesson 24: Die weibliche Perspektive / Adjective Endings in the Nominative

This is one of the most important points in German, and the German language is (in)famous for its endings, so you've likely heard of them already. Here you want to be sur

Lesson 23: Ausgemalt (Envisioned) / Verbs in the Perfekt

The word tense or tenses refers to the time that a verb describes. The present tense describes now, today, or currently. The future tense indicates something that will ha

Lesson 22: Reif für die Insel / Verbs in Present and Future Tenses

The word tense or tenses refers to the time that a verb describes. The present tense describes now, today, or currently. The future tense indicates something that will ha

Lesson 21: Tooooor (Gooooooal) / Wechselpräpositionen

These Wechselpräpositionen are also known as the "two-way prepositions." You could also think of them as double-use prepositions or change-up prepositions. To understand

Lesson 20: Im falschen Film / Präpositionen mit Dativ

The Dativ prepositions are also very reliable. Difficult sometimes, but always reliable. Review the transcript, study the lesson and do the quizzes: www.newsinslowgerma

Lesson 19: Klavier oder Küche? / Präpositionen mit Akkusativ

The two most important things to know about prepositions are: 1. Prepositions tell us how one thing is related to something else.  2. Prepositions are language-specif

Lesson 18: Zombie Nation / Personalpronomen und Possessivpronomen in the Three Cases

This lesson serves two purposes: one is to help you learn more about the Personalpronomen (personal pronouns) and the Possessivpronomen with the declensions (endings) the

Lesson 17: Wir sind im Bilde / Dativ

The third and final case we'll explore is the Dativ. It's completely unlike the other two cases, so everything really is different in the Dativ. Review the transcript,

Lesson 16: Schlaue Frauen / Akkusativ

The second case we'll explore is the Akkusativ. It's very similar to the Nominativ, with one important difference. Review the transcript, study the lesson and do the qu

Lesson 15: Märchenwälder / Nominativ

As mentioned in lesson 13, there are four cases in German. The cases refer to the very specific ways we must speak about anything in German. The four cases are the Nomina

Lesson 14: The Never Ending Story / Simple Past (Limited)

The simple past tense has several additional names: the Präteritum (preterite) or the Imperfekt(imperfect). Use whichever name works best for you. Here, we'll use the Prä

Lesson 13: Kleider machen Leute / Possessivartikel

To keep things manageable for this beginner's course, we're going to work with the Possessivartikel (the possessive articles) in the Nominative case only. (The Nominative

Lesson 12: Glück oder Unglück? / Verneinung mit kein und keine

You learned kein, keine, kein, keine back in lesson 7.3 as answers to Ja-/Nein-Fragen. You can also simply use them in sentences to say everyday things like "There is no

Lesson 11: Ein Hundeleben (A dog's life) / Indefinite articles

Now that you can see the direct relationship between people, things, pronouns, and definite articles, it's time to branch out one step further to the indefinite articles.

Lesson 10: Erfindungen und Entdeckungen / Pronouns

In lesson 1 you learned that we can replace someone's name with a pronoun. You may specifically remember that we talked about Gisela (sie): Gisela liest die Nachrichten u

Lesson 9: Lernen lernen / General review and repetition of articles: der die das

In this lesson, we're going to build upon what you learned about the articles in Lesson 3 and add one more layer. We'll also cover a bit of the rules of der/die/das group

Lesson 8: Wage es, weise zu sein / W-Fragen

Now that you've got a handle on Positions 1 and 2, you can start working with questions that will help you acquire more information than only a Yes/No answer. These are c

Lesson 7: Traditionen / Ja/Nein-Fragen

In lesson 6, we used the verb in Position 1 to create the Imperativ. You also need to utilize Position 1 to ask a question for which there is a Yes or a No answer. So,

Lesson 6: Pick Up After Yourself! / Der Imperativ

The command form or Imperativ in German is used differently and much more frequently than it is in English. So, this lesson is as much a cultural lesson as it is a gramma