German Language Intensive Course A2 Elementary

Explore German past tenses with Präteritum and Perfekt, using modal verbs müssen, können, sollen, wollen, dürfen, mögen, and haben and sein; practice first and third person forms in pretérito.

Master modal verbs in the past in German through beginner-ready phrases about everyday scenes like a film, pizza, and apartment life, aligned with the A2 elementary level.

Explore how to connect ideas in German using common conjunctions such as und, aber, oder, denn, sondern. Learn when to repeat subjects or avoid repetition in main clauses.

Unlock connecting statements with German adverbs such as deshalb, deswegen, darum, and trotzdem. Master verb-second word order and how these adverbs express cause, effect, and contrast in everyday examples.

Engage in a German adverbs exercise that links phrases and negation using nicht and trotzdem to shape meaning. Build foundational adverb usage for time, manner, and emphasis.

Wir lernen, Haupt- und Nebensätze mit weil zu verbinden, beachten Komma und die Position des Verbes am Ende, wie ich bin müde, weil ich letzte Nacht schlecht geschlafen habe.

Practice forming subclauses with weil to express reasons in German, using short phrases from the caption such as ich muss, ich kann, and ich hab for practical application.

Master how to connect statements with wenn and als in German subclauses, express time and conditions, and distinguish als for a single past event from wenn for repeated past actions.

Learn to connect statements with obwohl and damit using subclauses, distinguish main and subordinate clauses, and practice intonation through examples and exercises.

Practice subclauses with obwohl and damit using example exercises and project-related sentences to strengthen German grammar.

Learn to connect statements with dass in indirect speech, using examples to form dass-clauses and distinguish main clauses from subordinate clauses in German, with practice exercises.

Join an exercise on German subclauses with dass, using simple examples to reinforce how dass introduces subordinate clauses for A2 elementary learners.

Learn to fill German personal information forms, including name, address, postal code, city, phone, mobile, and email, and practice self-introductions with age, birthday, origin, education, languages, and hobbies.

Learn German family vocabulary and relationships, from father, mother, son, daughter, siblings, grandparents, uncles, aunts, to in-laws, spouses, engagement, divorce, widow, pregnancy, and moving out.

Learn to describe your place of residence in German, including living in cities or by rivers or the sea, moving houses, and talking about neighborhoods and cultural amenities.

Learn German housing vocabulary, including apartment and family homes, floors, and shared living, plus essential kitchen and bathroom items like fridge, microwave, cabinets, cutlery, and washing machine.

Discover how languages are learned and spoken, from mother tongues to foreign languages, through short courses for beginners and advanced learners, and exams testing understanding, writing, and speaking.

Explore the German school system from kindergarten through gymnasium, and learn terms for classes, subjects, exams, and grades. Discover berufsbildung and ausbildung, abitur, university study, and Erasmus opportunities.

Explore German professions and employment types, including full-time, part-time, and self-employed work, and learn about taxes, social and health insurance, sickness leave, and unemployment benefits.

Explore a basic daily routine example in German, from waking to work, coffee, bus, shopping, time with friends, and private emails using simple present verbs.

Explore how German expresses changes of state using werden, with present and past forms. Learn about the participle geworden and imperfekt, and apply to weather, age, and growth.

Practice German language through an exercise on change of state, at the A2 elementary level, to reinforce basic grammar and everyday usage.

Learn to express the future in German using werden with an infinitive and present tense for certain plans. See an example: ich werde morgen anrufen.

Practice the future tense in German through an exercise centered on vacation scenarios and everyday dialogue, reinforcing common phrases and language structure.

Learn how to form indirect questions using ob, with examples like wissen sie ob der laden geöffnet ist, and practice converting direct questions into polite ones.

Practice indirect questions in German, using phrases from the caption such as is that so and how often, with Berlin as a setting.

Master Konjunktiv II, its formation from haben and umlauts, and its use in polite requests such as ich hatte gerne and könnten sie, plus advice with sollen.

Practice making requests in German for A2 elementary learners through everyday topics like sports, health, meals, drinks, and travel phrases.

Explore Konjunktiv II for expressing wishes with ich würde gerne and ich würde lieber, using city versus country living and everyday desires like coffee, travel, and more.

Discover the German past: use Präteritum in speech and writing, compare with imperfect, learn regular and irregular verb endings with practical examples.

Practice regular Präteritum forms in German at the A2 elementary level through focused exercises, building confidence in sentence construction.

Practice irregular präteritum forms through focused exercises, helping A2 learners master präteritum and build confidence in practical narration.

Use the Präteritum to describe completed past actions, especially in narrations, stories, memoirs, and biographies, as shown with Schiller's life.

Explore how German relative clauses attach extra information to subjects and objects, using der, die, das and other pronouns across nominative, accusative, and dative cases, with practical examples.

Engage in an exercise on German relative clauses at the A2 level, building grammar fluency with short sentences about family and people within a German language intensive course.

Explore how to spend leisure time through sports like jogging, tennis, football, basketball, volleyball, gym workouts, karate or boxing, swimming, yoga, board games, media, and social outings.

Explore holidays and travel planning, from organized tours to independent trips, including booking hotels or vacation homes, visas, travel documents, and essential packing for camping and flights.

Explore German transport basics, from car, bus, taxi, bicycle, motorcycle, scooter, and airplane, to licensing, insurance, safety checks, and public transit like tram and U-Bahn.

Learn how money moves through daily life: earn, spend on housing, food, clothing, transport, and leisure; save and invest with girokonto and spar-konto, cards, and bank machines.

Explore essential health vocabulary in German, including symptoms such as schnupfen, kopfschmerzen, and fieber, and remedies such as rest, fluids, lemon with honey, and nasal spray.

Explore German demonstrative and possessive pronouns, negative articles, and praenomen usage across nominative, accusative, and dative cases, with everyday showing and possession examples.

Practice German pronouns and possessives through dialogue prompts, focusing on forms like mein and mine and constructions such as mit meinem to build correct usage.

Learn how reflexive verbs and pronouns work in German, using sich with accusative and dative forms through examples like sich waschen, sich anziehen, sich treffen, and sich freuen.

Practice reflexive verbs and pronouns in German at the A2 level, using example phrases such as ich freue mich and ich mich, to form natural reflexive sentences.

Learn how German verbs pair with prepositions to govern accusative or dative objects, with examples like sich interessieren für and sich informieren über.

Practice verbs with prepositions in German at the A2 level by exploring phrases from the caption, such as warten auf den bus, sich mit freunden, and über die zukunft.

Explore German special adjectives, including participle verb forms used as adjectives, form comparatives and superlatives before nouns, and apply correct declination with practical examples.

Study special adjectives in German through a series of short phrases, such as 'Hampton has shrunk' and 'Hoffentlich schmeckt wine', while listening and identifying patterns.

Der genitiv erklärt besitz und zugehörigkeit im deutsch, zeigt namen mit s anhängen und beispiele wie das haus meines vaters und das tagebuch meiner mutter.

Explore the German genitiv through short phrases and possessives, including Gupta's partner and das ende der strasse, to build foundational understanding at the A2 elementary level.

Master German word order in main clauses by placing the conjugated verb in second position, understanding michelfeld, vorfeld, and nachwelt with time, reason, and object placements.

Practice German word order through a sequence of mixed phrases about people, places, and topics such as bahnhof, garten, der stadt, mit freunden, spanien, mathematik, and geschichte.

Explore the present passive in German using the auxiliary werden and participle II, with von for agents, when the actor is unknown or unimportant.

Practice German passive voice through short, real-world phrases drawn from the caption, including a film, an email, and a vendor, to build elementary level comprehension.

Learn the German infinitive with zu in present tense, including the two main uses: um zu for purpose and ohne zu for doing something without, with subject staying the same.

Practice forming infinitives with zu in German expressions, using examples like zu danken, zu erhalten, zu essen, zu gießen, and zu kaufen.

Explore traditional holidays and celebrations in the german-speaking world, including Christmas, Sylvester, Fasching, and Oktoberfest, plus family events like weddings, birthdays, and naming days.

Connect your smartphone or tablet to the internet with a charged battery and charger, then register with email and password to access social platforms for sharing, commenting, and following groups.

Learn to describe people by appearance, hair color and style, height and build, clothing, and notable features, and to express character and behavior in social contexts.

Finish the German language intensive course with encouragement to continue learning, improve your German, reach the next level, and explore podcasts and materials on the instructor's website.