German grammar - the tenses #2 - the past tenses in German
What you'll learn
- Understand the difference between the perfect and the imperfect tense in the German language
- Understand when to use the German verbs HABEN or SEIN in the perfect tense
- Understand how to form past participles of regular German verbs
- Understand how to form past participles of irregular German verbs
- Understand how to conjugate regular German verbs in the imperfect tense
- Understand how to conjugate irregular German verbs in the imperfect tense
- Understand what the pluperfect tense is in the German language and how to use it
- Have a better understanding about the German past tenses
- Understand what happens to new verbs in the German language
Requirements
- Pen and paper to make notes
- A printer if students wish to print out the lists (optional)
- Students need to be familiar with German verbs in the present tense before starting this course.
Description
German grammar - the tenses #2 - the past tenses in German
Learn how to conjugate & use the German perfect, imperfect & pluperfect tenses in the German language.
Are you a German learner and struggling to conjugate German verbs in the past tense?
Do you keep on forgetting how the German verbs change from the present tense to the past tense? Do you often wonder if it's a regular or irregular verb or if you need to use HABEN or SEIN?
Is this really annoying you?
Then this course is going to help you!
In this course we will only look at German verbs in the past tense and we'll cover the following:
the perfect tense with haben
the perfect tense with sein
regular verbs
irregular verbs
separable verbs
inseparable verbs
the imperfect tense
the pluperfect tense
new verbs
This course is not necessarily designed for you to work your way through.
If you are a beginner then this course isn't for you yet. This course assumes that you already have a sound knowledge of the present tense, so make sure you know how to conjugate verbs in the present tense before buying this course.
If you are an advanced student, you probably know everything in this course but it might be a welcome refresher.
If you are an intermediate student, then either watch all the videos to revise what you have already learned, or pick those chapter that you are struggling with.
It doesn't matter how quickly you complete the course - it isn't a race - the important bit is that you can conjugate verbs in the past tense!
At the end of the course you will have a better understanding of German verbs in the past tense which will make life a lot easier when you want to be able to tell people in German about things you have done.
How is this course different from other courses?
Most German courses or textbooks cover many topics, but not always in great detail. Normally, there is a tutor to explain more. That can be a problem for those who are teaching themselves as they might not have anybody to explain further.
My courses are in depth, easy to understand and come with worksheets, quizzes, assignments to help you practice what you have learned.
The German language is a delight to learn. Find out and learn German with me!
Who this course is for:
- This course is not for beginners.
- This course is for intermediate learners who have a sound knowledge of the German present tense and want to move on to the past tenses.
- Advanced learners might find it useful to go the basics again.
- This course is useful for German learners working towards levels A1 and A2.
Instructor
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Once upon a time there was a little girl in Germany who had this idea of moving to England as soon as she was grown up and to make all English people like the German language. Then she wanted to be an air hostess, a ballet dancer, a famous singer ……
Fast forward to the present and this little girl hasn’t quite achieved what she wanted, but …
Angelika is a qualified teacher and native German speaker from Lower Saxony in the North of Germany, who moved to England in 1982. She has been teaching German since 1991. Her students are private and business clients, school children and adults in evening classes, with the youngest student being 3 years old and her oldest 80!
Angelika has written six books, two in German and four in English and several planners and journals for language learners. She translates from English to German and vice versa, and she teaches face-to-face, via Whereby or Zoom and on Udemy!