Does the T-shirt fit, or does it suit you? Many learners mix up passen and stehen because both are used when you talk about clothes. In this A2 lesson you learn the difference (size versus style), the Dativ pattern both verbs share, useful adjectives like zu eng and zu weit, and the other everyday...
Gestern war Samstag, morgen habe ich frei und bald ist Weihnachten. This one sentence already contains three German time adverbs. In this lesson you learn the most important Temporaladverbien from A1 to C1, sorted into groups, with example sentences and a simple rule for where they go in the sente...
Six German prepositions always, under any circumstances, take the accusative case: fĂĽr, gegen, ohne, durch, um and bis. Johannes gives you two example sentences for each one, built around little scenes such as Jonas at the doctor, so you can see both the meaning and the case change. Learn these si...
"Deshalb" is one of the most useful connecting words in German: it lets you link a reason to its consequence — "he overslept, that's why he was late" — in a single, natural-sounding structure. The good news is that once you know the sentence pattern, "deshalb" is genuinely easy to use correctly. T...
Heute arbeite ich 8 Uhr. Heute studiere ich Deutsch. WeiĂźt du das Buch? All three sentences are typical German learner mistakes. In this lesson, Luzi from YourGermanTeacher (who has taught German for about 10 years) shows you 10 very common mistakes from beginner to intermediate level. For each on...
German has a little more than 100 reflexive verbs, and 20 of them belong to the A2 level. In this lesson, YourGermanTeacher goes through all 20 in alphabetical order, with prepositions, example sentences and a bonus tip about idioms.
The A1 level has 16 reflexive verbs. In the video, reflexive pro...
Feeling ill in a foreign country is stressful, but the right German phrases make a doctor's visit simple. In this lesson, Johannes from YourGermanTeacher follows a typical visit at a German family doctor's office, from the phone call to the pharmacy, with bonus tips on insurance and emergencies.
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There are only 12 verbs at A2 level that require the dative, and once you know them, you know when the dative is needed. This lesson goes through all of them with the meaning and an example sentence for each one, plus a bonus tip on passen versus stehen.
Why Dative Verbs Are Worth Learning
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There is so much you can do with money: invest it, win it, lose it or give it to somebody. This lesson teaches you 20 important German verbs you can use with Geld, each with an example sentence. At the end you get a bonus list of everyday slang words for money.
First: Banknoten and MĂĽnzen
Money (G...
With gehören, gefallen, schmecken and passen the thing is the subject and the person is in the dative. These verbs can be confusing, especially gefallen, because the structure is different from English. All four require the Dativ.
Gehören (to belong)
Gehören is a regular verb. You mostly use it fo...
