German for beginners (A1 - Part 1/5)
- 5 hours on-demand video
- 24 articles
- 100 downloadable resources
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- Certificate of Completion
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Try Udemy for Business- conjugate German regular verbs
- conjugate the modal verbs
- make simple sentences with a subject, a verb and an object
- spell your name
- present yourself and others
- ask questions with and without question pronouns
- know the German numbers
- tell the time in German
- understand and fill in simple forms
- No previous knowledge of the German language required.
This course will give you a stable foundation for your endeavour of learning German.
In video lessons, I will guide you through lectures which are clearly structured, building up on each other and versatile, including not only grammar explanations, but also a lot of video-guided exercises, vocabulary, additional information.
After having completed this first part, you will know how to conjugate German regular verbs, the modal verbs, you will be able to make simple sentences containing a subject (the nominative case), a verb and an object (the accusative case). You will know how to spell your name and how to present yourself as well as others. You will be able to ask questions with and without question pronouns. You will know the German numbers and be able to tell the time. You will understand simple forms and be able to fill them in with information about yourself.
Should questions come up while learning with my course, please feel free to ask me, I will be happy to answer them.
After completing parts 1 - 5 of the course, you should be able to complete the A1 exam. The levels A2 and B1 are available on my website.
- Take this course if you would like to learn German step by step, if you want to learn it right, right from the beginning.
- Take this course if you are looking for versatile guided self-learning, a course that contains not only grammar, but also many, many exercises, vocabulary as well as information on Germany and its people.
- Do not take it if you are looking for a course that does not contain any grammar.
- Do not take the course if you just want to learn some sentences by heart without understanding the logic behind them.
Herzlich willkommen! Welcome to the course!
In this video, I will teach you the letters of the German alphabet.
“MfG” is short for “Mit freundlichen Grüßen” (“With friendly greetings”), which is a very common formula used at the end of an email or letter. The abbreviation can be used in informal written communication. Apart from “MfG”, this song contains many other abbreviations and is great to review the German alphabet. Download the pdf and read along. They sing, really, really fast, and even for Germans, it is hard to sing along, but why don’t you just give it a try!?
In this interactive exercise, you will present Angela Merkel, Claudia Schiffer and yourself and ask me questions. We will practise asking questions in the third and second person singular. The video has been made in a way that it will seem as if we were having a real discussion. I will make pauses during which you can formulate your answers.