Is It Der, Die, or Das? Here's How to Actually Know
German nouns come in three genders ā€” masculine (der), feminine (die), and neuter (das) ā€” and every noun needs the right one. The good news: gender in German isn't random. Once you know the patterns, you can guess correctly most of the time, even ...
Wie oft machst du Sport? Wie oft gehst du shoppen? Wie oft lernst du Deutsch? To answer these questions you need the German temporal adverbs of frequency (Temporale Adverbien der HƤufigkeit). In this A1.1 lesson, Luzi from YourGermanTeacher shows you nie, fast nie, selten, manchmal, oft and immer ...
You can learn the German alphabet quickly if you say each letter out loud along with the teacher. This lesson is about pronunciation practice: you repeat all 26 letters, the four special characters and some example words, and at the end you get tips for the more difficult letters.
How to Use This ...
The German past participle follows a few clear rules, and once you know them you can form it for almost any verb. This lesson puts all the rules in one place: regular verbs, irregular verbs, separable verbs, inseparable verbs and verbs ending in -ieren. You need the past participle (das Partizip 2...
German has six tenses, but knowing just two of them, the present tense and the present perfect, lets you handle most conversations. In this beginner lesson you see all six tenses first, then learn the present tense (das PrƤsens) in detail: when to use it, how to conjugate regular and irregular ver...
To make an appointment or talk about a schedule you need at least one of these five time prepositions. These are all the time prepositions (temporale PrƤpositionen) you need for A1.1. There is nothing more at this level.
The Five Prepositions
| Preposition | Use with | Example |
|---|---|---|
| um (at) | clock time (Uhrzeit) | ...
A separable verb splits apart in a main clause, but it stays together in a subordinate clause. This is Part 2 of the separable verbs series. You learn the three situations that decide what happens to the prefix: main clauses, subordinate clauses (Nebensatz) and sentences with modal verbs.
Situatio...
In a separable verb the prefix changes the meaning, and in most sentences it jumps to the end. This is Part 1 of the separable verbs series. You learn what a separable verb (trennbares Verb) is, how to conjugate it, where the prefix goes in statements and questions, and which prefixes tell you whe...
TeKaMoLo is not a strict rule, but a tendency, and it is only one of three tendencies that decide where words go in a German sentence. This is Part IV of the German sentence structure series. You learn the position of the subject, verb, objects and adverbial phrases in one complete sentence, why t...
Once a German verb has both a dative and an accusative object, word order comes down to one simple question: are they nouns or pronouns? In this lesson, we cover the basic noun-object order, what changes once pronouns are involved, and a memory hack to keep both rules straight.
The Basic Rule: Dat...
