Deutsch With Layla

Learn quick German gender cues for der, die, das by spotting endings and patterns. Explore feminine endings like -e and -in, plural cues, neuter endings, and exceptions.

Learn tips to guess German noun gender by word endings. Explore endings like shaft and Universitat to identify die Wissenschaft and die Universitat; professions often end in -n.

Explore time expressions such as today, tomorrow, yesterday, and the day after tomorrow, plus during, until, and since.

Explore A1–A2 reflexive verbs in Deutsch with Layla, including sich freuen, sich fühlen, sich interessieren, sich treffen, sich vorstellen, sich befinden, and sich informieren.

Assess your A1 and A2 verb knowledge with test 3: verben, including kaufen, sagen, wollen, sehen, finden, bleiben, dürfen, spielen, wissen, nehmen.

Practice starting to speak by testing your knowledge of common a1 and a2 verbs, such as sprechen, arbeiten, schreiben, treffen, brauchen, suchen, versuchen, fahren, glauben, and fragen.

Practice essential basic German conversation, including greetings, introductions, polite phrases, asking questions, and practical phrases like where is the restroom and how much does it cost.

Practice German time expressions in this test edition of Deutsch with Layla, featuring words like today, yesterday, tomorrow, always, never, later, soon, and next time.

Test your German knowledge with common conjunctions like und and aber, and practice when, while, because, and other connectors to improve confidence.

Learn to describe moods in German using common words such as glücklich, traurig, aufgeregt, einsam, surprised, and lonely. Practice naming emotions like happy, sad, hungry, thirsty, and shocked.

Explore German pronouns across nominative, dative, and accusative cases with color-coded examples. See how nominative forms appear in blue and dative and accusative forms in red.

Explore definite and indefinite articles in German across nominative, accusative, and dative cases, and see how masculine forms shift to den and how ein behaves, reinforced by practice.

Master the definite and indefinite articles in German by reviewing nominative, dative, and accusative cases for masculine, feminine, neutral, and plural nouns, with der, dem, den, ein, and related forms.

Learn when to use nominative, dative, and accusative in German, and memorize common dative verbs like folgen, zuhören, geben, schicken, schreiben, schenken, erlauben, gehören, and gefallen, with practical examples.

Learn how to use German prepositions with dative and accusative by recognizing wo vs wohin, and by identifying prepositions that are always dative or always accusative.

Explore how the German preposition zu expresses direction toward someone or something and contracts nouns to zum or zur by gender, including zu Hause and nach Hause.

Clarify the German prepositions 'an' and 'in' and their contractions am and im, showing im equals inside and am equals at or beside, with train station examples.

Explore reflexive verbs in German, where English speakers may struggle, and learn how reflexive pronouns like mich, dich, sich, euch, and uns change meaning and usage.

Master German pronunciation and vocabulary with Deutsch with Layla, learning how to read common verbs and their meanings, such as to wake up, to grow up, and to mix up.

Test your German pronunciation by reading aloud common words like haben, essen, trinken, brauchen, fragen, and to go, and let me know in the comments.

Learn to buy a train ticket to Berlin. Choose a single or return fare and request a window seat, with a total of €30 on Saturday morning.

Learn to express 'open 24/7' in German with 'Der Laden ist rund um die Uhr geöffnet,' and note that 'Der Laden ist Sieben Geöffnet' doesn't work.

Learn how to say phrases in German and embrace the idea that practice makes perfect. Exercise creates the master; you become a master through persistent practice.

Learn three German reply options when someone says einen tag, including the simplest and the two forms ebenfalls and gleichfalls, with gleich meaning the same.

Learn basic German phrases for talking about water and drinking, including expressing water presence and absence. See you in the next video.

Explore the difference between kennen and wissen in German, distinguishing acquaintance from possessing facts, with cafe and song examples to illustrate usage.

Explore the difference between kein and nicht in German, showing how kein accompanies nouns like zeit, freunde, kinder, and lust, while nicht denies an entire sentence or phrase.

Als marks a one-time past event, whereas wenn signals habitual or repeated actions in the present or past. Examples include I am always happy when we go out.

Explore the difference between weil and denn in German, where weil moves the verb to the sentence end, and denn keeps the verb in second position.