
Master the German alphabet and key reading rules. Learn pronunciation differences from English, umlauts, a unique letter, common letter combinations, noun capitalization, and definite articles.
Master German basics through greetings, polite phrases, and self-introduction, using essential verbs and pronouns, with pronunciation practice to build confidence for the rest of the course.
Master personal pronouns and informal you, then conjugate sein with ich bin, du bist, er ist, wir sind, ihr seid, Sie sind, and form sentences like ich bin Natalia.
Learn to ask for help and directions in German with können and helfen, using ich habe eine frage and ich verstehe nicht, plus basic location words.
Learn to search for housing, read real apartment ads, and communicate with landlords, while mastering essential rental vocabulary such as anzeigen, die wohnung, zentral, ruhig, möbliert, unmöbliert, zimmer, küche, wohnzimmer.
Practice describing your current or future living space in German using haben and wohnen, and learn adjectives like hell, ruhig, grosse, kleine through guided sentence-building exercises.
Learn to read a real housing ad by decoding key rental terms: house rules, minimum rental period, utilities, inclusive versus not included costs, notice periods, with a downloadable pdf.
Learn essential German grocery shopping vocabulary in a real supermarket, including fruits, vegetables, meat, beverages, household items, opening hours, and how to ask for help and handle checkout conversations.
Learn essential German for shopping: say you’re looking for pasta, ask where to find it, choose size, pay with cash or card, and say das ist alles.
Explore bakeries and markets, learn essential phrases and the ich will construction with wohnen, and master eat here or take away plus self-service and pfand concepts.
Learn to make medical appointments in Austria and Germany, speak with a doctor, and call an ambulance, while mastering German numbers, telling time, and weekday terms.
Learn to describe common health issues in German for a doctor's appointment, including fever, flu, aches, and back pain, and understand how to use ein rezept to visit the pharmacy.
Explore essential survival German for pharmacy visits, including how to ask for medicine at Apoteket, understand prescriptions, express dosage and frequency, and name an address in strasse and city.
Navigate bureaucracy in Germany and Austria by registering after renting, enabling bank accounts and insurance. Compare light meter and van meter utilities, and use melda for residence permits.
Explain how insurance works in Germany and Austria, with public coverage for workers and private plans for freelancers. Note compulsory coverage for visas and verify which treatments are covered.
Open a bank account in Austria or Germany by visiting the bank with your passport or residence card, choose a checking and a savings account, and handle cards in person.
Navigate Austria and Germany public transport by buying tickets online or at counters with OBB and Deutsche Bahn, check timetables at Hauptbahnhof, and always validate tickets to avoid fines.
Learn to ask for directions in German by focusing on accusative and dative, with nominative as the base, and how articles change with each case for movement or location.
Master essential travel vocabulary for taxis and trains, online bookings, and card payments, handle delays or cancellations in Germany, and complete the final project by handwriting a German letter.
Even if you studied german grammar before, everyday situations where you actually have to speak often feel impossible in real life. I have experienced this exact feeling when I first moved to Austria 6 years ago, and now I want to help other people overcome this fear. After being a private german tutor for 3 years, I know exactly what you need for a successful start.
This course was carefully curated by years of my own observations, created to pass by this knowlege. The best thing is, that you won't have to spend 6 years of your life !
I created this Basic German Survival Course for people who really want to use their german language knowledge, not only memorize tons of new words and rules. Here you’ll learn practical phrases, essential vocabulary, and simple grammar.
It also includes a FREE GUIDEBOOK and a FINAL PROJECT with personal review from me. The guide contains all of the words, rules and even practise tests after every module! You can download and print it out anytime .To secure a stronger result you will have to complete a FINAL PROJECT which I will review personaly.
By the end of this course, you will not only know more than 200 German words and phrases, but also be able to use them in real conversations with ease.
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