German for Beginners
Activity Overview
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Episodes
Lesson 25: Wanderlust / The Adjective Endings in the Akkusativ and Dativ
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First we will cover die Deklination im Akkusativ and then we'll explore the Dativ. We hope you'll find these so helpful you'll refer to them again a...
Lesson 24: Die weibliche Perspektive / Adjective Endings in the Nominative
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is one of the most important points in German, and the German language is (in)famous for its endings, so you've likely heard of them already. Her...
Lesson 23: Ausgemalt (Envisioned) / Verbs in the Perfekt
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The word tense or tenses refers to the time that a verb describes. The present tense describes now, today, or currently. The future tense indicates so...
Lesson 22: Reif für die Insel / Verbs in Present and Future Tenses
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The word tense or tenses refers to the time that a verb describes. The present tense describes now, today, or currently. The future tense indicates so...
Lesson 21: Tooooor (Gooooooal) / Wechselpräpositionen
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
These Wechselpräpositionen are also known as the "two-way prepositions." You could also think of them as double-use prepositions or change-up preposi...
Lesson 20: Im falschen Film / Präpositionen mit Dativ
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Dativ prepositions are also very reliable. Difficult sometimes, but always reliable. Review the transcript, study the lesson and do the quizzes: w...
Lesson 19: Klavier oder Küche? / Präpositionen mit Akkusativ
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The two most important things to know about prepositions are: 1. Prepositions tell us how one thing is related to something else. 2. Prepositions ar...
Lesson 18: Zombie Nation / Personalpronomen und Possessivpronomen in the Three Cases
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This lesson serves two purposes: one is to help you learn more about the Personalpronomen (personal pronouns) and the Possessivpronomen with the dec...
Lesson 17: Wir sind im Bilde / Dativ
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The third and final case we'll explore is the Dativ. It's completely unlike the other two cases, so everything really is different in the Dativ. Revie...
Lesson 16: Schlaue Frauen / Akkusativ
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The second case we'll explore is the Akkusativ. It's very similar to the Nominativ, with one important difference. Review the transcript, study the le...
Lesson 15: Märchenwälder / Nominativ
29 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As mentioned in lesson 13, there are four cases in German. The cases refer to the very specific ways we must speak about anything in German. The four...
Lesson 14: The Never Ending Story / Simple Past (Limited)
28 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The simple past tense has several additional names: the Präteritum (preterite) or the Imperfekt(imperfect). Use whichever name works best for you. He...
Lesson 13: Kleider machen Leute / Possessivartikel
28 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To keep things manageable for this beginner's course, we're going to work with the Possessivartikel (the possessive articles) in the Nominative case o...
Lesson 12: Glück oder Unglück? / Verneinung mit kein und keine
28 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You learned kein, keine, kein, keine back in lesson 7.3 as answers to Ja-/Nein-Fragen. You can also simply use them in sentences to say everyday thin...
Lesson 11: Ein Hundeleben (A dog's life) / Indefinite articles
28 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Now that you can see the direct relationship between people, things, pronouns, and definite articles, it's time to branch out one step further to the ...
Lesson 10: Erfindungen und Entdeckungen / Pronouns
28 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In lesson 1 you learned that we can replace someone's name with a pronoun. You may specifically remember that we talked about Gisela (sie): Gisela lie...
Lesson 9: Lernen lernen / General review and repetition of articles: der die das
28 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this lesson, we're going to build upon what you learned about the articles in Lesson 3 and add one more layer. We'll also cover a bit of the rules ...
Lesson 8: Wage es, weise zu sein / W-Fragen
28 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Now that you've got a handle on Positions 1 and 2, you can start working with questions that will help you acquire more information than only a Yes/No...
Lesson 7: Traditionen / Ja/Nein-Fragen
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In lesson 6, we used the verb in Position 1 to create the Imperativ. You also need to utilize Position 1 to ask a question for which there is a Yes or...
Lesson 6: Pick Up After Yourself! / Der Imperativ
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The command form or Imperativ in German is used differently and much more frequently than it is in English. So, this lesson is as much a cultural les...
Lesson 5: Once Upon a Time in the German Wild West / Inseparable Prefixes
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You've already learned about verbs with separable prefixes, and now we're going to explore verbs with set prefixes. These prefixes are glued on, so th...
Lesson 4: What We Wish For / Modalverben
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The modal verbs are in a league of their own because they conjugate in their own unique ways. Modal verbs help us say things like can, should, want to...
Lesson 3: Do Articles Change the Way We Think? / Artikel und Hauptwörter
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most noteworthy things about learning German is one particular aspect: the many different words we have for the article the. You may find t...
Lesson 2: Wir fahren los / Weird verbs: Werden und trennbare Verben
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just like some regions have unusual plants, some languages have rather unusual verbs. German has a number of unusual verbs. Make sure to review the tr...
Lesson 1: The First German Course you Can't Fail! / Statements, Verben, Conjugations
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This first lesson is full of information, so we made sure to lay it out step-by-step. It may seem like a lot of information, but by the end of this fi...
Let's begin with good news!
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our goal here is to start at zero German and then end with the ability to continue as a regular listener of "News in Slow German for Beginners". We'll...