Best Way to Learn German Language: Intermediate Pt.1 (B1.1)

Explore the präteritum form of irregular German verbs, focusing on stem changes and endings, with examples like kommen, finden, schlagen, nehmen, and gefallen.

Explore exceptions in forming the Präteritum, focusing on the verb werden with its stem change and altered endings, and see its use in the future tense and passive voice.

Compare Perfekt and Präteritum in German, noting the difference lies in usage, with Perfekt in spoken language and Präteritum in writing, and haben, modal verbs, and würden in the preterite.

Watch a German interview with Anna-Lena about founding a company, overcoming fear and doubt, growing to seven employees, and fostering equality and motivation in the company.

Learn how als functions as a preposition, conjunction, and adverb in German, with examples of time, comparison, and simple sentence roles.

Learn how to connect two past actions using plusquamperfekt with connectors like nach dem and bevor, noting verb-final placement and the distinction between conjunctions and prepositions.

The lecture explains all three past tenses—perfekt, präteritum, and plusquamperfekt—how to form them with haben or sein and participles, and when to use each in written and everyday German.

Explore how all three past tenses in German fit together in sentences, with practical examples and repetition exercises to reinforce usage.

Meet Annalena and her company as this unit 1 wrap-up highlights the topics learned in unit one.

Explore team roles, describe a team, and learn to organize effective team building in unit two. Master grammar topics such as although versus while and relative pronouns.

The team introduces itself, highlighting Marion in customer service, customer care, and as a competent advisor on products and service, and Serhat as a programmer contributing to app development.

Meet the team: Anna-Lena leads in the Middle East, Angelina founded the company, and Walter serves as development manager guiding analysis, planning, and testing to ensure safe, quality app performance.

Learn how a team in a German company introduces itself, covers finances, salaries, invoicing, taxes, and growth, while introducing a new member and expanding the customer base.

Explore team-building ideas and events, including film nights, outings, meals, cooking together, and games like paintball and pinball. Consider concerts and interactive exhibitions as possible options, with proposal prompts.

Explore how to talk about films in German at intermediate B1, focusing on separable and irregular verbs, verb placement, and evaluating genres like action, horror, romance, comedy, and detective cinema.

I present reasons against going to the cinema, including noisy audiences, people talking loudly, expensive popcorn and drinks, and the comfort of staying at home.

Explore the connector obwohl, meaning although or even though, and learn its verb placement: end of the obwohl clause, second position in the main clause, with a comma.

Master how to use weil and obwohl in German, meaning because and although, with verb-final placement in weil clauses and differences between obwohl and weil illustrated by film examples.

Explore grad partikeln, intensity particles in German, that modify statements without declination or conjugation, and learn how absolut, äußerst, besonders, total express intensity.

Explore diverse team-building activities such as yoga retreats, escape rooms, marshmallow and spaghetti challenges, and environmental projects to strengthen collaboration, problem solving, and group dynamics.

Learn how German relative clauses introduce information about a noun with relative pronouns that look like definite articles, decline by gender and case, and place verbs at the end.

Learn how German relative pronouns decline in accusative and dative, following the same pattern as definite articles, and how to weave them into longer sentences with correct commas and case.

Describe the escape room team-building experience, assessing excitement, working through puzzles, and its impact on teamwork and communication, alongside varied participant opinions and planning reflections.

Conclude unit 2 and reflect on meeting the team in England. Look ahead to future discourses to hear more about them and review all we learned in this unit.

Learn to discuss symptoms and illnesses in German, prepare for doctor visits, navigate health insurance and examinations, and use passive voice and genitive.

Learn when to visit the doctor, what a sick note is, and what documents, medications, and tests to bring, including the electronic health card.

Learn how to ask doctors the right questions to diagnose causes and risks, explore investigations, treatments, second opinions, and insurance coverage, and prepare for medical consultations.

Explore the German health insurance system, including statutory and private plans, eligibility, contributions, and coverage basics, with practical guidance on choosing and understanding benefits.

Master the German genitive: express possession by placing the owner before or after the possessed noun, with examples like Marion's computer and Land der Leute, plus genitive prepositions like während.

Learn how to take sick leave in German, including getting a doctor's note, reporting illness to work, and using health care terms like krankmeldung and krankenkasse.

Learn how a health check supports preventive care by reviewing health, lifestyle, diet, and exercise. Doctors assess sleep, smoking, and alcohol to tailor recommendations during a full body examination.

Observe how a doctor gives advice and recommendations in German, using konjunktiv forms, formal sie, and examples on sleep, exercise, diet, medications, treatment options, and tests.

Learn the German present passive (passiv präsens) by forming with werden and the past participle, handling separable and irregular verbs, with practical examples.

Learn how to form the passive present in German with modal verbs, including word order, the second-position modal, and the infinitive/participle placement.

Learn to prioritize workplace health by optimizing ergonomics, nutrition, hydration, healthy meals, stress management, and by taking regular breaks and staying physically active.

Explore vocabulary related to health and covid-19, including corona, quarantine, mask, vaccination, tests, and prevention measures, plus practical sentences about staying home and protecting others.

Learn correct gendering in German by using the gender colon after masculine forms to include feminine and neutral alternatives, with examples like student to studenten and professor to professoren.

Explore the realities of job searching versus finding a job in Germany and learn where to look online for opportunities.

Learn to craft a strong schriftliche bewerbung by structuring the header, intro, education, experience, qualifications, and a formal closing with signature.

Examine sample job applications and learn what makes a strong bewerbung, including compelling introductions, why you are a perfect candidate, and detailing soft skills, qualifications, and relevant experience.

Learn to express unreal situations with German unreal conditional clauses (bedingung satz). Build the conjunctive like the präteritum, add an umlaut, and use haben or sein as auxiliaries.

Explore forming the Konjunktiv II of modal verbs, including müssen, dürfen, wollen, sollen, können, and mögen, and using würde plus an infinitive to express unreal situations with wenn clauses.

Learn how nicht nur, sondern auch functions as a two-part German conjunction, including comma placement and how to express not only but also with practical examples.

Explore a broad set of German adjectives to describe work ethic, skills, and fit in job interviews and resumes, including adaptable, detail oriented, honest, efficient, and reliable traits.

Master key German job-interview verbs to describe applying, coordinating, developing, and presenting your knowledge. Use precise vocabulary to sell yourself and make a strong impression in a few minutes.

Learn in part 2 how the adjective declension works without articles, with endings mirroring definite articles, and note the genitive masculine and neutral exception that changes endings.

Practice a German job interview scenario, including self-introduction, answering common questions, engaging in small talk, and discussing a past project as a digital designer.

Learners create a job ad, practice applying for a job, and perform a job interview to improve their German at the intermediate level B1.1.