Many German textbooks and websites mix up possessive articles and possessive pronouns — but knowing the difference between "mein" and "meiner" or "meins" really does help you speak more naturally. This lesson shows what makes them different, when to use each one, and easy ways to remember the endi...
Dative verbs are verbs that require their object in the dative case, and this lesson gives you the 19 B1 dative verbs with an example sentence for each. In every example the object that stands in the dative is the one the verb forces into that case. Some of the verbs are separable (abraten, einfal...
"Je...desto" is how German expresses "the more... the more" — and while the meaning is simple, the double word-order flip trips up even confident B1 learners. Here's the grammar behind it, the sentence structure you need to memorize, and enough examples to make it feel natural.
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"How long does it take to learn German from A1 to B1?" is one of the questions we get asked all the time — B1 is a huge milestone for most German learners, roughly the point where you can hold your own in daily life. Here's a realistic answer, plus the factors...
Look at sich freuen: you can say Ich freue mich fĂĽr dich, Ich freue mich auf den Urlaub and Ich freue mich ĂĽber deine Nachricht, three sentences with the same verb and three different prepositions. That is why verbs with prepositions feel annoying. This lesson gives you the 20 most important and m...
"Seit" and "bis" already do double duty as German prepositions, but they can also connect two full clauses as conjunctions — and that second job comes with its own word order rule. This lesson focuses specifically on that conjunction use: how "seit" and "bis" link a main clause to a subordinate cl...
German actually has two ways to talk about the past — the Perfekt you probably learned first, and the Präteritum (simple past) — and knowing when to reach for each one makes a real difference in how natural you sound. This lesson covers what the Präteritum is, how to build it for both regular and ...
You probably know all the words in these combinations, but do you know what they mean when you put them together? This lesson from Johannes covers 10 combinations that are really important, because they are used all the time in spoken German. Understanding them is one thing. If you want to sound m...
You do not speak alone in the Goethe A2 speaking exam: there are two examiners and two candidates, and you have to start talking right away. Johannes walks you through the three parts of the SPRECHEN section of the Goethe-Zertifikat A2 with full example questions and answers, so you know what the ...
"Welcher" behaves exactly like the definite article "der" — which is great news, because it means you already know most of what you need to use it correctly with prepositions. This lesson shows how "welch-" changes its ending (welchem, welcher, welchen, and so on) depending on the case a prepositi...
