Dürfen means “to be allowed to”, and you will see it on signs, hear it from your boss and use it to ask for permission. In this lesson Luzi teaches you the conjugation of dürfen, three situations where you use it, and a bonus tip with common alternatives like verboten and erlaubt, the polite dürft...

Müssen means “to have to”, and the most important tip is to never translate it as “must”. In this lesson Luzi teaches you the conjugation of müssen, the four situations where you use it, and a bonus tip: nicht brauchen zu as a nicer alternative to nicht müssen.

A Quote With Three Modal Verbs

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Wollen means “to want”, and it is stronger and less polite than möchten. In this lesson Luzi teaches you everything about the modal verb wollen: how to conjugate it, the four situations where you use it, and the difference between wollen and möchten, so you never sound rude when you order a coffee...

Mögen, möchten and gern all mean something like “to like” or “to want”, but you use them in very different situations. In this lesson Luzi explains the modal verb mögen with its conjugation and four uses, then shows you why möchten is not a verb of its own, and finishes with the bonus tip gern.

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How do you say bricks, leather or concrete in German? This lesson teaches you the most important materials (Materialien) with their articles, and how to ask what something is made of: Aus welchem Material ist ...?

How to Ask and Answer

Question: Aus welchem Material ist der Tisch? Answer: Er ist a...

Learn all the colors in German, from the three primary colors to twelve more, and the words to describe them in detail. You also learn how to ask about colors: Welche Farbe hat ...?

The Three Primary Colors (Grundfarben)

The dative pronouns are mir, dir, ihm, ihr, uns, euch and ihnen, and you need them after verbs like helfen, gefallen and vertrauen. In this lesson Luzi shows you how the personal pronouns change in the dative, gives you ten question-and-answer examples with seven dative verbs, and ends with a bonu...

In the accusative, only some of the German personal pronouns change: ich becomes mich, du becomes dich and er becomes ihn. In this lesson Luzi gives you the full table, 12 question-and-answer examples with verbs that take the accusative, and a bonus tip about where a pronoun stands in the sentence...

Personal pronouns are the short words that replace a person or a thing, and in German you choose them by the gender of the noun. In this lesson Luzi explains what a personal pronoun is, gives you all the nominative forms with examples, shows you how to replace a noun like Kühlschrank with the righ...

A German walks up to you and asks Wie spät ist es? You can show him your phone, or you can tell him the time in perfect German. In this lesson Luzi shows you the two ways to tell the time in German, the easy one used on radio and TV and the everyday one used in conversation, and finishes with two ...