In English it is simply this, but in German you have to choose between dieser, diese, dieses, diesen and diesem. In this lesson, YourGermanTeacher shows you how to form the German demonstrative pronouns (Demonstrativpronomen) and when to use them.
What Are Demonstrative Pronouns?
The name comes fr...
Welcher Tag ist heute? Welches Handy hast du gekauft? In English you only need which, but in German welch- changes its ending. In this lesson, YourGermanTeacher explains when, how and why, with examples for every case and four bonus tips.
The Endings at a Glance
Welch- is a question word that beha...
Stellen, legen, stehen and liegen cause a lot of confusion and are often used the wrong way. This practice lesson by Johannes from YourGermanTeacher gives you 19 sentences to practise the four verbs and the prepositions that come with them. Learning by doing.
The Four Verbs
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Dass is one of the most important and most often used conjunctions in German. In this lesson, Johannes from YourGermanTeacher shows you how to build a correct sentence with dass, when to use it, and how to tell it apart from das.
The Sentence Structure
A sentence with dass has two parts: a main cl...
Do you know how to say the date in German with the right ending: -te, -ten or -ter? In this lesson, YourGermanTeacher shows you how German ordinal numbers (Ordinalzahlen) work in dates, why the endings change with the case, and how to practise them with real questions and answers.
Nominative: Plus...
Weil is the most common German word for giving a reason, but it changes the word order. In this lesson from YourGermanTeacher, you learn the two ways to build a sentence with weil, the rules for subordinate clauses, and the difference between weil, denn and da.
Two Ways to Use weil
Weil means beca...
Mir or mich? This small choice makes many learners hesitate with reflexive verbs. In this lesson from YourGermanTeacher, Luzi shows when the reflexive pronoun is accusative and when it is dative, with clear rules and examples.
The Reflexive Pronouns
Reflexive pronouns exist in the accusative and t...
Most German verbs take only one object, but a small group takes two: a person in the dative and a thing in the accusative. In this lesson, Luzi from YourGermanTeacher explains the grammar behind these verbs, the ten most common ones, the word order rules and a bonus group with two accusative objec...
Nine German prepositions can take the accusative or the dative, and the movement in the sentence tells you which one to use. These are the local two-way prepositions (lokale WechselprƤpositionen). The lesson first gives you one simple rule, then goes through all nine prepositions with a pair of ex...
In the dative case, every possessive article gets an ending: meinem, meiner, meinen. This lesson shows you the possessive articles (mein, dein, sein ...) in the dative case and compares them with the nominative. It does not explain the basic rules of the dative, so if you need those first, read th...
