German Grammar Made Simple: A1-A2 Fast Track

Discover what verbs are and why they are essential for saying anything in German. Conjugation and endings are no longer a mystery after this lecture.

Are personal pronouns a mystery to you? Then this quick refresher will get you up to speed in no time.

German verb endings are very regular and you already know them. Now watch this lecture to learn about the strong and weak verbs, and what this means for you.

In every language, “to have” and “to be” are among the most important verbs. German is no different, so watch this lecture to make sure you’ve got it covered.

Get to know important grammar terms and understand what gender is in this quick lecture.

Learn how to correctly predict the gender of a German word.

German negation rules differentiate between saying “no” and “not” - here’s what you need to know about that.

We’ll start by introducing how sentences work and use these foundations to understand the German case system. After this lecture, you'll understand the difference between Nominativ and Akkusativ case.

Before going forward, download this workbook and test your knowledge of gender, articles and how Nominativ and Akkusativ work

German verbs are strange little things. Sometimes they separate! Watch this lecture to find out why and how they do it.

The Perfekt is perfect for describing events in the past. Germans use this one all the time, and now you can do it too.

Watch this lecture to get to know the "Life or Death" rule about haben and sein in the past tense.

Knowing modal verbs will instantly liven up your sentences and add hundreds of variations to what you can say. They are very common and help you form the most essential sentences.

Test yourself in this section's workbook

In this lecture, you'll learn how to know, use and recognize the Dativ and Genitiv cases in German sentences.

This lecture is about possessive pronouns and guides you through

• What possessives are
• How they're used
• How to avoid being intimidated by a HUGE grammar table
• How to build agreement with case and gender

Sounds boring, but how else will you say "Hands off, that's mine!"

This lecture is all about the little words that make a big impression.

This lecture explains which prepositions trigger which cases, and how to memorize these rules.

For more information about how to memorize vocabulary and grammar rules, check out my book The Vocab Cookbook which is available on my website and on Amazon.

This lecture contains a simple story to help you learn German. Part of the exercises in Workbook Noun and Sentence 102 are going to be based on this story, so please read it and learn the vocabulary.

Kindly donated by André Klein, author of German learning stories available on Amazon, Kobo, Nook, iBooks and in paperback.

This workbook is partly based on André Klein's story Dino lernt Deutsch which you can download as a resource right here.

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