German Language Intensive Course B1 Intermediate

Explore how to use the dative object as indirect object in German, including dative prepositions and pronoun order. Learn how emphasis and questions shift the dative and subject pronoun focus.

Explore the dative object in German, practice verb conjugations with gefallen and helfen, and learn dative endings in singular and plural through practical examples.

Learn how the German pronoun es marks general statements and situations, not specific nouns, with examples like es ist kalt and es sind Blumen, including when used with subordinate clauses.

Explore how German grammatical categories and order patterns influence meaning, with examples of s and z, pronominal signs, and the notion of complicit context across situations.

Master the n-declension in German, including dative plural endings with an added n, masculine nouns and nation names, and examples across nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive cases.

Master the German n-declension by examining der, die, das endings and practicing with objects and clients as illustrated in the caption.

Explore how to ask about kind, material, color, and category in German using welche, welcher, welches and was für. See practical examples from blousons to cars, foods, and destinations.

An exercise in German B1 focusing on questions and answers in a shopping context, including how to inquire about and order items such as ice.

Master genitive adjective declension without an article and identify possession with phrases like die Tür des Hauses; note that adjectives end in -en in genitive.

Practice the genitive without articles by forming noun phrases with adjectives, using examples from the caption such as the scent of fresh flowers as reference.

Explore genitive in German relative clauses with nominative, accusative, and dative forms, and see how masculine singular and feminine and plural nouns pair with the pronoun deren.

Practice German genitive relative clauses using examples with dessen and deren, such as der autor des buches, das auto der frau, and die kunden, deren computer nicht funktioniert.

Explore using the genitive with prepositions such as wegen, aufgrund, innerhalb, and außerhalb, and compare genitive with accusative and dative in formal versus informal contexts.

Explore genitive prepositions and their use in past contexts, compare genitive with pretérito and past tense forms, and learn alternatives like statt and anstatt in sentence construction.

Learn German relative clauses with prepositions, placing the preposition before the relative pronoun; explore dative and genitive forms and possessive constructions with examples.

Practice relative clauses with prepositions in German, using infinitive forms and reflexive verbs through everyday example sentences.

Explore German relative clauses with pronouns like wo and in dem, covering place, time, and manner, with practical examples and notes on spoken language usage.

Practice using relative clauses and pronouns in German, focusing on was, wo, and als, with examples and explanations.

Master the use of relative pronouns with preposition-based questions in German, including mit wem, für wen, and wofür, plus wo- and da- constructions like womit and worauf.

Practice German usage of the question words 'wofür' and 'dafür' through an exercise that shows how to ask what someone is interested in and what they have thanked for.

Explore wofür and dafür through a dialogue-focused exercise, addressing purpose, information gaps, moving decisions, motivation, and the documents required for an application.

Explore how German uses the present tense to describe planned future actions and how werden marks real future events or assumptions. Learn through examples of exams, appointments, promises, and warnings.

This exercise on Futur I teaches using werden with infinitive to express future actions, plans, and promises, contrasting present form and future usage in German contexts.

Discover how futur II, the completed future in German, expresses a future action and supports past assumptions using werden, the participle II, and haben or sein.

Master Futur II (future perfect) with examples of actions that will have been completed in the future, such as meals eaten, shoes bought, and projects completed.

Master German past tenses by using Präteritum and Plusquamperfekt, with regular and irregular verbs, and practice with conjugation tables; understand when Perfekt is common in speech.

Practice forming the präteritum and plusquamperfekt through exercises and text examples, mastering conjugations and perfect forms. Identify imperfect, reflexive verbs, and past narrative usage.

Explore emotion and filler particles in German, focusing on modal particles like denn, ja, and doch, and their role in questions, emphasis, and everyday speech.

Learn emotion and filler words in German, partikeln (particles), and practice using them in everyday phrases and conversations.

Understand how the German verbs sehen, schauen, and gucken convey different meanings and informal usage, including directional uses with prepositions and phrases like watching a film.

Practice using the German verbs sehen, schauen, and gucken through examples like watching a film, looking at someone’s eyes, and examining fossils at a museum.

Explore how to use the German subjunctions indem and sodass/so dass to express means, purpose, and consequence, with examples using so that, damit, and weshalb.

Learn German subjunctions indem and sodass, crafting sentences that show cause and outcome with everyday examples like saving money, cooking, exercising, and exam preparation.

Master the german connectors namlich und zwar and zwar... aber to introduce specifics and contrasts with examples like water and coffee.

Explore namlich, und zwar, and zwar ... aber in German, using examples about speaking two languages, weather, and daily activities.

Learn konjunktiv II in german: form and function for polite speech, wishes, and hypothetical or ideal situations, using würde plus infinitive and select irregular verbs.

Master Konjunktiv II forms and functions in German, exploring hypothetical versus real situations, verb use (haben, sein, benutzen), and common writing contexts such as emails.

Explore the German konjunktiv II past, describing unreal past scenarios with participles and the auxiliary verbs sein or haben, including imperfect forms and hypothetical conditions.

Practice konjunktiv ii past by forming hypothetical past statements with wenn clauses, illustrated by examples of verbs like verlieren, kaufen, and essen.

Explore Konjunktiv II with past modal verbs to express obligations and missed opportunities, including forms like hattest sollen and hattest müssen, with examples about telling the truth.

Practice konjunktiv ii with past modal verbs, drawing on sentences from the previous exercise to form and interpret past-subjunctive structures with forms like konnte, durfte, and sollten.

Learn to use hin and her with wo and wohin to express movement to or from a place, including phrases like hinfahren and herkommen.

Master directional German with hierhin, dorthin, hin and her, practicing correct word order and inversion through situational practice.

Master linking clauses in German using subjunctions and conjunctional adverbs such as deshalb, deswegen, and falls, with proper verb placement and time relationships.

Practice using more subjunctions and one adverb in German through guided sentence construction. Work with everyday topics like einkaufen and light usage to see how da and wenn connect clauses.

Explore nominalization in German by converting verbs and adjectives into nouns, forming masculine or feminine designations for people, and using participle-based nominalized forms.

Explore nominalization in German through practical exercises and everyday vocabulary drawn from hospital scenes and daily routines, building B1 intermediate language skills.

Learn how to use local prepositions um herum and entlang to describe around objects or people and parallel paths, with movement and standing examples highlighting accusative and genitive patterns.

Exercise: local prepositions teach German learners to use entlang and um with objects to describe location, direction, and movement along borders, rivers, and buildings.

Explore the infinitive with zu, including phrases like etwas zu tun and es ist leicht etwas zu tun, and examine its use with subject consistency and general versus specific statements.

Practice the infinitive with zu in German using examples such as zu kochen and zu führen from the exercise.

Learn to form the passive voice with modal verbs in German, using werden and the past participle, with examples like das haus muss gebaut werden and das zimmer sollte werden.

Explore the passive voice with modal verbs and werden, including past and conjunctive forms, with examples using soll, muss, durfte, konnte, and könnte.

Analyze how to form the past passive in German using werden, with examples like das haus wurde gebaut and das zimmer wurde benutzt, and note pretérito versus perfekt usage.

Practice the passive voice in the past with German sentences and perfect forms, using examples like 'the book is written' and other passive constructions.

Explore how German nouns express names, objects, abstract concepts, and professions like sportler and tischler, with gender forms.

Explore how to use lassen to have someone do something for you, with examples like ich lasse mir die haare schneiden and ich lasse mein auto reparieren, plus gelassen.

Learn the German lassen and tun lassen construction to have things done by others, with examples like 'ich lasse meine brille anpassen' and 'sie lässt sich die haare färben'.

Master the position of nicht in German sentences, including the verb-second position, sentence brackets, and how nicht moves with time, manner, and place.

Explore the position of nicht in German sentences, practice negation with verbs of movement and prepositions, and work with relative clauses and verb order in real examples.

Finish your German language intensive course B1, review what you learned, and practice regularly using website materials like podcasts, the course book, and other sources to continue learning.