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Learn German with John Berlin A1-B1
Learn German in 32 hours
Created byJohn Berlin
Last updated 4/2026
English
What you'll learn
- German language from level A1 to B1
- German grammar
- Written German
- Spoken German, and German listening skills.
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Course content
16 sections • 196 lectures • 35h 11m total length
- LEVEL A1 OVERVIEW- WHAT TO EXPECT3:00
Note: German course book "Learn German in 32 hours by John Berlin" is available for download attached as resource in all the starting lessons.
You may please overview all three 'Intro Videos' to obtain a fair idea of what to expect from this entire course from A1 to B1 .
Here you will see what to expect in the first 12 hours of the course as you learn the basics of German. You will learn the correlations in German grammar and its structure. You will be ready after this level to make solid single sentences in all tenses.
- LEVEL A2 OVERVIEW- WHAT TO EXPECT2:37
Note: German course book "Learn German in 32 hours by John Berlin" is available for download attached as resource in all the starting lessons.
Congratulation on overviewing the basics of German. Now in the next 12 hours you can expect to make more than one sentences with the help of connectors and conjunctions along with changing the form of sentences to passive. Also you will learn finer things like prepositions, sub clauses like relative sentences and much more!
- LEVEL B1 OVERVIEW- WHAT TO EXPECT2:14
Note: German course book "Learn German in 32 hours by John Berlin" is available for download attached as resource in all the starting lessons.
Now that you have overviewed the complete set of basics of German. In level B1 you can expect to learn the advanced structures of sentences with a lot many conjunctions. This will enable you to become intermediate German speaker.
Having overviewed all three videos now you have a fair idea what to expect from this course in the next 32 hours!
- LEARN GERMAN ALPHABETS AND THEIR SOUNDS6:18
Note: German course book "Learn German in 32 hours by John Berlin" is available for download attached as resource in all the starting lessons.
I. DIE BUCHSTABEN – THE ALPHABETS.
Learn how to pronounce the alphabets in German
- PRACTICE READING GERMAN AND THE SPECIAL CHARACTERS4:35
Learn sounds of combination characters and practice reading German with syllables.
- LETS READ A GERMAN TEXT10:14
We will learn to read a text in German by stringing together all the syllables which make the word. The thing to remember "Read what is written!"
- STRUCTURE OF GERMAN SENTENCE22:59
- GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTION IN GERMAN8:16
Note: German course book "Learn German in 32 hours by John Berlin" is available for download attached as resource in all the starting lessons.
Learn the look and feel of the basic German sentences related to 'Greetings and Introduction'. You will learn to make such sentences after the section A1 II.
- 3 BASIC GRAMMAR TABLES IN GERMAN - FOUNDATION9:31
Work on the foundation of German grammar. In this lecture you will be introduced to genders of nouns, personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, and articles
- CASES IN GERMAN LANGUAGE - HOW ARE SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS STRUCTURED IN A SENTENCE15:04
Learn about the 3 cases in German, namely 'Nominativ', 'Akkusativ', and 'Dativ'. In other words, how to identify the subject, direct object, and indirect object in a sentence?
Who / what - Nominativ
Whom / what - Akkusativ
To whom / for whom - Dativ
- LEARN TO IDENTIFY SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS IN A SENTENCE - NOM, AKK, DAT10:17
Learn how to identify subject and objects in any sentence with the help of the following questions
NOMINATIV SUBJECT WHO WHAT
AKKUSATIV DIRECT OBJ WHOM WHAT
DATIV INDIR. OBJECT TO WHOM, FOR WHOM
(PERSON)
- LEARN THE 1ST GRAMMAR TABLE - PERSONAL PRONOUNS WITH THE HELP OF CASES25:35
Learn the German grammar table for personal pronouns with the help of the cases we learned earlier.
- EXERCISE FOR THE PERSONAL PRONOUN TABLE15:57
Practice the German personal pronouns table with the help of a funny sentence. - I am a good person. You invite me. You bake for me a cake! Tip: learn the personal pronouns horizontally.
- EXERCISE FOR THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS TABLES II CONTINUED2:10
Continue practice of using personal pronouns with some passive based verbs!
- EXERCISE FOR THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS TABLE II7:37
Further practice the personal pronouns table with other sentences
- LEARN THE 2ND GRAMMAR TABLE IN GERMAN - ARTICLES14:03
Learn the 2nd grammar table in German - the articles. They are definite, indefinite and negative article. All articles are derived from the definite article. Tip: learn the definite article and its ending to remember all other articles!
- CONTINUE PRACTICE OF ARTICLE TABLES1:56
Continue the practice of German articles.
- EXERCISE FOR PRACTICING GERMAN ARTICLES10:35
Practice the German articles with the help of an exercise.
- WHERE ARE THE 3RD PERSON PRONOUNS DERIVED FROM AND THEIR RELATION TO ARTICLES.11:33
Learn the derivation of 3rd person pronouns like - 'he she it they/ him her it them/ to him, to her , to it and to them' Based on the gender they are derived from the German article - The.
- HOW TO NEGATE A SENTENCE5:21
Learn how to negate a sentence- There are no apples in the shop OR The shop does not have apples. One may either negate the noun with no or negate the verb with not! Both ways the sentence gets negated.
- NEW COURSE -'GERMAN DIALOGUES WITH JOHN BERLIN A1 - B1 WITH VOCABULARY PRACTICE'0:43
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Hello Berliners as I call my existing German language students.
I'm thrilled to introduce a new and exciting course to new and old students who have already learnt the grammar fundamentals in 'Learn German in 32 hours.' I am now introducing an exclusive speaking course 'German Dialogues with John Berlin.A1 - B1' This course is designed to enhance your conversational skills, expand your vocabulary, and refine your listening abilities. Through engaging dialogues, you'll have the opportunity to practice listening, responding, and even dive into extempore speaking and official coresspondence. Join in to get a 360 purview of day to day speaking situations for a student or a traveler to Germany... bis gleich
- A1 - ATOMIC SENTENCES2:52
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- A1 - INTRODUCTION6:50
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- FREE PREVIEW - A1 - DICTATE SHORT MESSAGES5:50
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- FREE PREVIEW - A2 - BUY THEATER TICKET4:36
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- FREE PREVIEW - A2 - TO RESPOND , BATTERY AND MOBILE2:23
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- FREE PREVIEW - A2 - BUY GROCERIES10:00
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- FREE PREVIEW - B1 - LETTER TO ASK LEAVE2:16
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- FREE PREVIEW - B1 - SHOP MOBILE7:47
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- FREE PREVIEW - B1 - REPORT MISSING DOG2:17
- WHAT IS THE RIGHT ORDER OF CASES15:46
Learn about the right order of cases.
Nouns- The teacher teaches to the students the sentence - who teaches to whom what - dat, akk
Pronouns- He teaches it to them - who teaches what to whom - akk, dat
Noun/ pronoun - He teaches to them the sentence - pronoun, noun
Noun/ pronoun He teaches it to the studentents pronoun, noun
- LIST OF COMMON VERBS AND THEIR CASES14:56
Learn common verbs and understand the verbs with the help of cases. Tip: for all future practice use the question 'what does the verb require?'
- EXERCISE PLACING VERBS ACCORDING TO THEIR CASE TYPE8:11
Do the exercise to place the verbs in the table H. For all future practice use the 'H table' to understand any verb.
- LEARN TO CONJUGATE VERBS IN GERMAN6:24
Learn how to conjugate verbs in German. Pay attention to the rules of conjugating and the exceptions. Tip: learn guidelines to conjugate verbs.
- CONTINUE PRACTICE OF CONJUGATING VERBS14:34
continue to learning new verbs in German and how to conjugate them. Tip: pay attention to non active, or in other words passive verbs for example to rain, to snow, to be liked etc.
- HOW TO SAY 'THERE IS' IN GERMAN?2:08
Learn how to say there is or there are in German. Both are the same. In German there is sounds like - 'it gives'.
In English you will say 'There is a cat in the room' BUT in German you will say ' It gives a cat/cats in the room'.
- EXERCISE FOR MAKING COMPLETE SENTENCES WITH VERBS ARTICLES AND PERSONAL PRONOUNS23:54
We learned personal pronouns with the funny sentence- You are a good person... Now we will learn to write the complete sentence in German.
- EXERCISE FOR MAKING MORE SENTENCES IN GERMAN...7:00
Exercise for making simple sentences in German with the help of a consolidated table of personal pronouns, articles and conjugation endings of verbs.
- CONTINUE EXERCISE FOR MAKING SENTENCES IN GERMAN9:24
Continue the exercise for making simple sentences in German with the help of a consolidated table of personal pronouns, articles and conjugation endings of verbs.
- POSESSIVE PRONOUNS AND THEIR DECLINATION19:00
How to use possessive pronouns and how to give them their endings. Tip: Possessive pronouns replace articles, so they get their endings from definite article too!
I go to the old friend
I got to my old friend
- EXERCISE FOR MAKING SENTENCES WITH POSESSIVE PRONOUNS13:46
Exercise for making sentences with possessive pronouns. Tip: since possessive pronouns replace definite article, you can write the sentence with article first then replace with possessive pronoun, giving the ending of the article to the possessive pronouns.
- 3 -TO FILL A FORMULAR5:40
- 4 - TO FILL STUDENT FORM3:16
- 6 - BUY - city plan4:57
- 7 - STADTPLAN - BUS TICKET2:22
- 8 - TO BUY PLANE TICKET4:42
- 9 - TO BUY TRAIN TICKET2:58
- 10 - T O BUY MOVIE TICKET5:54
- 12 -TO BUY CITY TOUR TICKET2:47
- LEARN SOME NEW VERBS TO MAKE AN INTRODUCTION7:36
Learn some more verbs to make an introduction in German
- HOW TO MAKE PLURALS IN GERMAN?10:35
Learn how to make plurals in German. Tip: these are guidelines to make plurals. There can always be exceptions.
- HOW TO CONVERT MALE NOUN INTO FEMININE NOUN AND DIMUNITIVES .6:34
Learn how to convert a male noun into feminine noun. Tip: when making a plural of a noun that has been converted from male into feminine, please not that there is an extra 'n'
Example - die Studentin - Die Studentinnen
Also, learn how to make a diminutive of a noun.
Example - der Tisch - das Tischen
( the table) ( the small table)
- HOW TO MAKE COMPOUND WORDS IN GERMAN?6:28
Learn how to make compound words in German , known was 'Kompositum'. One can write a noun and a noun, a noun and a verb, a noun and an adverb/adjective , or a mixture of all together to make a new word in German. No wonder one has big words in German, since they are made of compound words.
- HOW TO MAKE GENITIVE SENTENCES IN GERMAN?6:24
Genitiv is the 4th case of German. It has the reference question ' Whose'.
There are two types of Genitiv sentences:
With names
With nouns
- GENITIV ARTICLES IN GERMAN14:15
Learn Genitiv articles just like you learnt the articles for the other cases.
Example
ENGLISH - That is a doctor's clinic That is the doctor's clinic That is no doctor's clinic
GERMAN - That is clinic of a doctor That is clinic of the doctor That is clinic of no doctor
Tip: In Genitive case for nouns we require Genitiv articles.
- HOW TO USE GENITIV POSSESSIVE ARTICLES?15:20
Learn how to use Genitiv possessive pronouns. Tip: We know possessive pronouns replace articles and borrow their endings, we can do the same for Genitiv articles.
Example for difference in English and German
English: That the his sister's room
German: That is the room of his sister
Tip: In Genitive case for nouns we require Genitiv possessive pronouns.
- HOW TO COUNT NUMBERS IN GERMAN?15:35
Learn how to count the numbers in German. Tip: We count from left to right, but units come before tens!
- Buy School Supplies4:40
- 14 -TO ASK AND RESPOND - CIGARETTES1:56
- 16 - TO ASK ANS RESPOND -TIME3:21
- HOW TO MAKE QUESTIONS IN GERMAN?14:10
Learn to make questions in German. There are two types of questions
Question with question pronouns - W Frage
Direct questions
- EXERCISE TO PRACTICE QUESTION MAKING11:08
Practice how to make questions.
- HOW TO MAKE DIRECT QUESTIONS IN GERMAN?8:12
Learn how to make questions directly with verbs.
- HOW TO GIVE ORDERS IN GERMAN? IMPERATIVE SENTENCE15:13
Learn how to give order, or polite request in German.
Example:
Come here!
Sit down!
Make me a coffee please!
- EXERCISE MAKING ORDERS IN GERMAN15:33
Exercise how to make orders in German.
Tip: one can give orders only in second person, i.e. a person/ people in front of you.
- HOW TO SEE TIME IN GERMAN? (INFORMAL)7:27
Lear how to see the informal time in German, and the way day is divided into different times.
- HOW TO SEE TIME IN GERMAN CONTINUED10:48
Learn to see time in German continued...
- HOW TO USE ADJECTIVES IN GERMAN11:24
Learn some basic German adjectives.
- FORMS OF ADJECTIVE- COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE.3:19
Learn how to convert an adjective into comparative, and superlative form.
Example
Good better best
high higher highest
- HOW TO WRITE ADJECTIVE ENDINGS? DECLINATION22:08
Learn how to use the adjective with its adjective endings which depends on 3 factors:
The gender of the noun
the case of the noun
the article used with the noun
- HOW TO WRITE ADJECTIVE ENDINGS? DECLINATION CONTINUED...13:55
Exercise the usage of adjective endings with sentences.
- EXCERCISE FOR THE ADJECTIVE ENDINGS CONTINUED...8:03
Exercise for the adjective endings continued...
- HOW TO CONVERT ADJECTIVES INTO NOUNS6:02
Convert an adjective used with a person into a noun.
Example
I met a good man.
I met a good. ( In German it by default means a good man, the gender is determined by the adjective ending.)
- HOW TO USE MODAL VERBS IN GERMAN? CAN SHOULD MUST...11:39
Learn the helping verbs like can, should, must, and more in German.
- MODAL VERBS AND THEIR MEANING IN GERMAN20:39
Learn the correct meaning of modal verbs in German.
- EXERCISE THE MODAL VERBS IN GERMAN WITH SENTENCES.10:31
Exercise for practicing modal verbs and their meaning in German.
- EXERCISE FOR MODAL VERBS CONITINUED...13:23
Excercise for modal verbs continued...
- HOW TO MAKE SEPERABLE VERBS IN GERMAN?7:37
Learn how to use separable verbs in German.
- EXERCISE SEPERABLE VERBS IN GERMAN23:40
Learn separable verbs and their meanings in German
- HOW TO USE FUTURE TENSE IN GERMAN?10:56
Learn how to make a sentence if future tense in German.
- HOW TO USE FUTURE TENSE WITH MODAL VERBS IN SENTENCES?5:32
- HOW TO MAKE SENTENCES IN PAST TENSE IN GERMAN? PRÄTERITUM22:37
Learn how past tense is used in German. It is mostly used to write letters and read story books. In German people mostly use perfect tense while speaking instead of past tense.
- EXERCISE PAST TENSE WITH MODAL VERBS IN GERMAN6:11
Practice modal verbs in past tense in German.
I was able to - can
I had to - must
It was ideal - should
- HOW TO MAKE PAST TENSE WITH IRREGULAR VERBS?13:16
Learn to make past tense with irregular verbs. Tip: only with practice one can learn which is a regular verb and which is an irregular verb.
- EXERCISE SENTENCES WITH PAST TENSE.15:31
Practice making sentences in past form for both regular, and irregular verbs.
- HOW TO WRITE A FORMAL LETTER IN PAST TENSE?13:07
Practice writing a formal letter using verbs in past tense. Tip: not the structure of the letter.
- HOW TO WRITE INFORMAL LETTER IN PAST TENSE8:12
Practice writing an informal letter using verbs in past tense. Tip: notice the structure of letter.
- HOW TO USE PERFECT TENSE IN GERMAN?23:57
Learn how to make a perfect sentence in German. In German there are two helping verbs to make a sentence in German. If a verb has movement the helping verb is 'Sein', and if a verb has no movement the helping verb is 'Haben'/ Tip: one needs to think different than in English to learn the right helping verbs.
- HOW TO MAKE A PERFECT TENSE WITH VERBS HAVING MOVEMENT?20:13
Practice making perfect sentences with verbs having movement.
- EXERCISE THE PERFECT SENTENCES WITH VERBS WITH MOVEMENT AND NO MOVEMENT11:18
Practice making perfect sentences in German with verbs having movement and no movement.: Tip: decide the perfect helping verb on the basis of the main verb, if it has movement or not.
- EXERCISE THE PERFECT SENTENCES WITH VERBS WITH MOVEMENT AND NO MOVEMENT II16:57
Practice making perfect sentences with verbs having movement and no movement. Continued...
- HOW TO MAKE PERFECT SENTENCES WITH MODAL VERBS?7:39
Learn to make perfect sentences with modal verbs.
Example
I have had to go
I have been able to finish the project
I have wanted to meet you
I have been allowed to drive
- 17 - TO ASK AND RESPOND - ROUTE3:18
- 18 - TO ASK AND RESPOND -WEATHER4:07
- STRUCTURE OF A SENTENCE6:46
Learn the structure of a sentence on the basis of subject and verb. TIP: subject and rest of the sentence are interchangeable i.e. one can interchange the 1st and 3rd position of a sentence.
- HOW TO CONNECT SENTENCES WITH CONNECTORS?9:58
Learn how to connect sentences on the basis of connectors like or, and, rather, but, and because.
- HOW TO USE ARTICLE WORDS IN GERMAN? WHICH, THIS, WHAT KIND OF , SUCH13:07
Learn words derived from articles to describe or identify like which, this, what kind of, such.
- HOW TO USE ARTICLE WORDS ? WHAT KIND OF, SUCH19:38
Learn how to use article word like what kind of, such to ask the description or to demonstrate something.
- HOW TO USE ARTICLE WORD? THAT ONE, THAT6:34
Learn how to use article word like, that one there and that to describe something.
- EXERCISE THE ARTICLE WORDS - THAT9:27
Learn how to use the article word- That
- HOW TO USE ARTICLE WORDS - THE SAME AND THE SIMILAR?12:26
Learn to use the article words - the same and the similar in German.
- EXERCISE THE ARTICLE WORDS - THE SIMILAR9:03
Practice the article word the similar ...
- HOW TO USE ARTICLE WORDS- NOONE AND SOMEONE8:00
Use article words no one and someone. Since these article words are anonymous in their meaning, by default they are used in male form.
- EXERCISE ALL ARTICLE WORDS TOGETHER7:53
Practice all the article words by filling in the right ones in the text!
- HOW TO USE RELATIVE PRONOUNS IN GERMAN?14:57
Learn relative pronoun in German. A relative pronoun describes a person or a thing in the other relating sentence.
Example
There lives my friend, who visits me often
There lives my friend, whom I visit often.
- EXERCISE SENTENCES WITH RELATIVE PRONOUNS2:56
Exercise relative pronouns with help of sentences.
- EXERCISE SENTENCES WITH RELATIVE PRONOUNS II16:59
Exercise of relative pronouns continued. Part II
- EXERCISE SENTENCES WITH RELATIVE PRONOUNS III8:47
Exercise sentences with relative pronouns continued...
- EXERCISE SENTENCES WITH RELATIVE PRONOUNS IV5:12
Exercise sentences with relative pronouns continued
- EXERCISE SENTENCES WITH RELATIVE PRONOUNS IV B5:31
Exercise the remaining part of relative pronouns. Part IV
- HOW TO USE DEFINITE PRONOUNS?8:59
Learn how to use definite pronouns. Tip: they look just like the relative pronouns!
- HOW TO USE QUESTION ARTICLES AS RELATIVE PRONOUNS?9:20
Learn how to use question articles to make relative sentence.
Example
I do not know, who did that.
I do not know , when he will come.
Tip: the question articles are not used to make question, but to describe the last sentence and relate to it.
- EXERCISE THE USE OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS.5:46
Practice the relative pronouns by using common words to describe in this activity
Example
Mobile- This is the mobile that I bought yesterday.
- HOW TU USE ARTICLE WORD - WHICHEVER/WHO EVER WITH THE HELP OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS16:08
Learn how to use the article words- whoever/whichever with the help of relative pronouns
Example
Whomever, who wins the game, I will invite to the party.
- HOW TO USE REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS IN GERMAN?19:24
Learn how to use reflexive pronouns with certain verbs that have the person doing the action and receiving the action as the same.
Example
I stopped myself from eating the whole pizza
I prepared myself for the exam
Tip: not all verbs which are reflexive in English are reflexive in German and vice versa
- LEARN AND EXERCISE REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS18:06
Learn reflexive pronouns in German and exercise sentences with them.
- EXERCISE IF A VERB IS REFLEXIVE OR NOT?6:36
Some verbs in German can be both- reflexive, and not reflexive.
- REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS AND SIMILAR WORDS .12:58
Learn related words to reflexive pronouns like , by myself, myself also, myself by myself, to myself also etc
Example
He killed himself
He killed someone by himself
He killed himself by himself
He could not kill himself also
- HOW TO MAKE A SENTENCE IN PASSIVE SPEECH?33:44
Learn how to change the speech of a sentence from active to passive.
Steps
maintain the structure of active sentence
make the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence
introduce the helping verb for passive
- EXERCISE MAKING A SENTENCE INTO PASSIVE SPEECH? PART II9:36
Exercise making active sentences into passive.
Steps
maintain the structure of active sentence
make the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence
introduce the helping verb for passive
- HOW TO MAKE PASSIVE SENTENCES WITH MODAL VERBS?17:47
Learn how to make passive sentences with modal verbs.
Example
The project must be finished by me till tomorrow
The computer can be repaired by me
Steps
maintain the structure of active sentence
make the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence
introduce the helping verb for passive
- HOW TO MAKE PASSIVE SENTENCE IN PERFECT?23:30
Learn how to make passive sentence in perfect?
Example
The thief has been caught
The cake has been baked
Tip: passive perfect is used to read news pieces!
Steps
maintain the structure of active sentence
make the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence
introduce the helping verb for passive
- HOW TO MAKE PASSIVE SENTNENCE IN PERFECCT WITH MODAL VERBS?22:20
Learn how to make passive sentence in perfect with modal verbs.
Example
The thief has been able to be caught
The project has had to be finished
Steps
maintain the structure of active sentence
make the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence
introduce the helping verb for passive
- EXERCISE MIXED PASSIVE SENTENCES17:21
Exercise mixed passive sentences as learnt up till now.
- HOW TO USE VERBS WITH PREPOSITIONS?16:47
Learn how to use verb and preposition combination. Some verbs in German require prepositions.
Example
Ich suche nach - I search after
Ich warte auf- I wait for
Tip: do not compare German prepositions with English preposition i.e Ich warte auf, meaning I wait for somebody. This does not imply that auf means for . That means use English preposition only to understand the prepositions in German not compare them
- EXERCISE PREPOSITIONS WITH VERBS9:35
Exercise verbs with prepositions with the help of a text.
- EXERCISE VERBS WITH PREPOSITIONS PART II9:03
Exercise verbs with prepositions with the help of text. Part II
- HOW TO MAKE REFERENCE WORDS WITH PREPOSITIONS17:03
Learn how to make reference words with prepositions. A reference word can refer to something already spoken or something that is spoken in the subsequent sentence.
Example
The man celebrates his 75 Birthday as if his 18th. But, he is not shy about that.
He has taken care of that, that he invites all his old friends.
Tip: In German these reference words are made with the help of the corresponding preposition which is used with the verb!
- WHAT IS THE MEANING OF PREPOSITIONS, AND ON WHAT BASIS TO UNDERTAND THEM?12:29
Learn the meaning of prepositions and find out the basis on which it is understood.
- WHAT IS THE MEANING OF PREPOSITIONS, AND ON WHAT BASIS TO UNDERTAND THEM? II14:34
Further learn about interchangeable prepositions. They are the prepositions which are both Akkusativ and Dativ ! Learn how to determine if an interchangeable preposition is Akkusativ or Dativ?
- EXERCISE THE INTERCHANGEABLE PREPOSITIONS AND INDENTIFY AKKUSATIV OR DATIV14:59
Exercise the interchangeable preposition and identify , if they are used as Akkusativ or Dativ in a sentence depending on: If the verb has movement/ change in position or the verb has no movement.
- LEARN MEANING OF PREPOSITIONS PART 1 - AKKUSATIV PREPOSITIONS13:56
Learn prepositions on the basis of time, position and general meaning
- LEARN MEANING OF PREPOSITIONS PART 2 - INTERCHANGEABLE PREPOSITIONS13:12
Learn which prepositions interchangeable between Akkusativ and Dativ. Also learn their usage in terms of time, position, and in general.
- LEARN MEANING OF PREPOSITIONS PART 3 - INTERCHANGEABLE PREPOSITIONS12:16
Learn which prepositions interchangeable between Akkusativ and Dativ. Also learn their usage in terms of time, position, and in general.
- LEARN MEANING OF PREPOSITIONS PART 4 - INTERCHANGEABLE PREPOSITIONS9:58
Learn which prepositions interchangeable between Akkusativ and Dativ. Also learn their usage in terms of time, position, and in general.
- LEARN MEANING OF PREPOSITIONS PART 5 - INTERCHANGEABLE PREPOSITIONS10:34
Learn which prepositions interchangeable between Akkusativ and Dativ. Also learn their usage in terms of time, position, and in general.
- LEARN MEANING OF PREPOSITIONS PART 6 - INTERCHANGEABLE PREPOSITIONS8:52
Learn which prepositions interchangeable between Akkusativ and Dativ. Also learn their usage in terms of time, position, and in general.
- LEARN MEANING OF PREPOSITIONS PART 7 - DATIV PREPOSITIONS8:41
Learn which Dativ prepositions . Also learn their usage in terms of time, position, and in general.
- LEARN MEANING OF PREPOSITIONS PART 8 - DATIV PREPOSITIONS8:35
Learn which Dativ prepositions . Also learn their usage in terms of time, position, and in general.
- LEARN MEANING OF PREPOSITIONS PART 9 - DATIV PREPOSITIONS13:12
Learn which Dativ prepositions . Also learn their usage in terms of time, position, and in general.
- LEARN MEANING OF PREPOSITIONS PART 10 - DATIV PREPOSITIONS7:45
Learn which Dativ prepositions . Also learn their usage in terms of time, position, and in general.
- EXERCISE PREPOSITIONS PART 1 - NAMES OF PLACES10:35
Exercise prepositions in reference to names of places. Tip: one uses 'nach' to refer to going to a place. But, if the name of a place has an article, then one uses 'in' to refer to going to that place!
- EXERCISE PREPOSITIONS PART 2 - HOME AND HOUSE14:27
Exercise prepositions in reference to home or house. Home is referred to as an adverb in German 'hause' , whereas house is a noun in German ' das Haus'
- EXERCISE PREPOSITIONS PART 3 - COMING FROM PLACES .9:00
Exercise prepositions in reference places in a city.
Tip: When one goes to a local place in a city, to a person, or an activity one uses 'Zu'.
If one is in a place, one can come out of it 'AUS'. If one is at or on a place, one can come from it 'VON'.
- EXERCISE PREPOSITIONS PART 4 - PLACES IN A BUILDING7:58
Lear how to use prepositions in reference to places in a building.
- EXERCISE PREPOSITIONS PART 5 - FACILITIES LIKE INTITUTES AND UNIVERSITIES7:52
Learn how to use preposition for places like institutes, language schools, and universities.
- EXERCISE PREPOSITIONS PART 6 - PLACES IN A CITY11:22
Learn how to use prepositions in reference to places in a city. Tip one goes to any place in the local area, to the place of a person or to an activity : 'Zu'. Mostly used to refer in real time as one takes the route to these places.
- EXERCISE PREPOSITIONS PART 7 - TO GO, OR BE AT AN ACTIVITY.7:54
Learn how to use prepositions in reference to activities. If one is going to an activity or if one is at the activity.
Tip: if one goes to an activity, place of a person, or a place : 'Zu'
if one is at an activity, persons place, or a place : 'Bei'
- EXERCISE PREPOSITIONS PART 7 - MULTIMEDIA RELATED9:16
Learn prepositions related to multimedia like websites, forums etc
- HOW TO DESCRIBE AN IMAGE?13:16
Learn how to describe an Image with the right prepostions.
- HOW TO USE PREPOSITIONS IN A RELATIVE SENTENCE?4:25
Learn how to use prepositions in a relative sentence.
Example
That is the table, on which I keep the computer.
- 19 - LETTER - TO ASK FOR SIDE JOB3:10
- Motivation Letter6:48
- 21 - LETTER - TO UNSUBSRIBE FROM A UNWANTED SUBSCRIPTION3:37
- 22- LETTER - FOR REPORTIN INTERNET MISUSE1:37
- Letter to a Friend - Summer Vacations2:07
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