Learn German with John Berlin A1-B1
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The course is presented by John Berlin author of the German Course Book ‘ Learn German in less than 32 hours’. This is a course for all German Enthusiasts who seek to learn German for language certification, study in Germany, business opportunities, or travel to any German speaking country. The course will not just teach you the German language but aim to provide you excellence and command of the German language in the most time efficient manner possible!
The course includes 32 hours of videos which unfold hand in hand with the German course book. The language of instruction in this course is predominantly English. The logical approach in this book will help you progress step by step from the basics to the intermediate level, in a matter of 12 weeks.
The course consists of three parts A1, A2 and B1, a booklet with grammar tables and an answer book. You can obtain certification from Goethe or TELC after learning with this book. It is recommended to learn as many new German words and vocabulary from newspapers, websites and books to further enhance the learning experience with this course.
So get ready to invest your 32 hours to learn German now….
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1LEVEL A1 OVERVIEW- WHAT TO EXPECTVideo lesson
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.
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2LEVEL A2 OVERVIEW- WHAT TO EXPECTVideo lesson
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!
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3LEVEL B1 OVERVIEW- WHAT TO EXPECTVideo lesson
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!
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4LEARN GERMAN ALPHABETS AND THEIR SOUNDSVideo lesson
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
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5PRACTICE READING GERMAN AND THE SPECIAL CHARACTERSVideo lesson
Learn sounds of combination characters and practice reading German with syllables.
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6LETS READ A GERMAN TEXTVideo lesson
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!"
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7STRUCTURE OF GERMAN SENTENCEVideo lesson
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8GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTION IN GERMANVideo lesson
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.
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93 BASIC GRAMMAR TABLES IN GERMAN - FOUNDATIONVideo lesson
Work on the foundation of German grammar. In this lecture you will be introduced to genders of nouns, personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, and articles
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10CASES IN GERMAN LANGUAGE - HOW ARE SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS STRUCTURED IN A SENTENCEVideo lesson
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
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11LEARN TO IDENTIFY SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS IN A SENTENCE - NOM, AKK, DATVideo lesson
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)
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12LEARN THE 1ST GRAMMAR TABLE - PERSONAL PRONOUNS WITH THE HELP OF CASESVideo lesson
Learn the German grammar table for personal pronouns with the help of the cases we learned earlier.
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13EXERCISE FOR THE PERSONAL PRONOUN TABLEVideo lesson
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.
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14EXERCISE FOR THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS TABLES II CONTINUEDVideo lesson
Continue practice of using personal pronouns with some passive based verbs!
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15EXERCISE FOR THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS TABLE IIVideo lesson
Further practice the personal pronouns table with other sentences
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16LEARN THE 2ND GRAMMAR TABLE IN GERMAN - ARTICLESVideo lesson
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!
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17CONTINUE PRACTICE OF ARTICLE TABLESVideo lesson
Continue the practice of German articles.
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18EXERCISE FOR PRACTICING GERMAN ARTICLESVideo lesson
Practice the German articles with the help of an exercise.
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19WHERE ARE THE 3RD PERSON PRONOUNS DERIVED FROM AND THEIR RELATION TO ARTICLES.Video lesson
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.
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20HOW TO NEGATE A SENTENCEVideo lesson
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.
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21NEW COURSE -'GERMAN DIALOGUES WITH JOHN BERLIN A1 - B1 WITH VOCABULARY PRACTICE'Video lesson
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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
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22FREE PREVIEW - A1 - GERMAN DIALOGUES WITH JOHN BERLIN , ATOMIC SENTENCESVideo lesson
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23FREE PREVIEW - A1 - GERMAN DIALOGUES WITH JOHN BERLIN INTRODUCTIONVideo lesson
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24FREE PREVIEW - A1 - GERMAN DIALOGUES WITH JOHN BERLIN, SHORT MESSAGESVideo lesson
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25FREE PREVIEW - A2 - GERMAN DIALOGUES WITH JOHN BERLIN , BUY THEATER TICKETVideo lesson
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26FREE PREVIEW - A2 - GERMAN DIALOGUES WITH JOHN BERLIN TO RESPOND , BATTERYVideo lesson
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27FREE PREVIEW - A2 - GERMAN DIALOGUES WITH JOHN BERLIN , BUY GROCERIESVideo lesson
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28FREE PREVIEW - B1 - GERMAN DIALOGUES WITH JOHN BERLIN - LETTER TO ASK LEAVEVideo lesson
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29FREE PREVIEW - B1 - GERMAN DIALOGUES WITH JOHN BERLIN , SHOP MOBILEVideo lesson
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30FREE PREVIEW - B1 - GERMAN DIALOGUES WITH JOHN BERLIN - REPORT MISSING DOGVideo lesson
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31WHAT IS THE RIGHT ORDER OF CASESVideo lesson
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
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32LIST OF COMMON VERBS AND THEIR CASESVideo lesson
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?'
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33EXERCISE PLACING VERBS ACCORDING TO THEIR CASE TYPEVideo lesson
Do the exercise to place the verbs in the table H. For all future practice use the 'H table' to understand any verb.
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34LEARN TO CONJUGATE VERBS IN GERMANVideo lesson
Learn how to conjugate verbs in German. Pay attention to the rules of conjugating and the exceptions. Tip: learn guidelines to conjugate verbs.
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35CONTINUE PRACTICE OF CONJUGATING VERBSVideo lesson
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.
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36HOW TO SAY 'THERE IS' IN GERMAN?Video lesson
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'.
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37EXERCISE FOR MAKING COMPLETE SENTENCES WITH VERBS ARTICLES AND PERSONAL PRONOUNSVideo lesson
We learned personal pronouns with the funny sentence- You are a good person... Now we will learn to write the complete sentence in German.
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38EXERCISE FOR MAKING MORE SENTENCES IN GERMAN...Video lesson
Exercise for making simple sentences in German with the help of a consolidated table of personal pronouns, articles and conjugation endings of verbs.
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39CONTINUE EXERCISE FOR MAKING SENTENCES IN GERMANVideo lesson
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.
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40POSESSIVE PRONOUNS AND THEIR DECLINATIONVideo lesson
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
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41EXERCISE FOR MAKING SENTENCES WITH POSESSIVE PRONOUNSVideo lesson
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.
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42LEARN SOME NEW VERBS TO MAKE AN INTRODUCTIONVideo lesson
Learn some more verbs to make an introduction in German
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43HOW TO MAKE PLURALS IN GERMAN?Video lesson
Learn how to make plurals in German. Tip: these are guidelines to make plurals. There can always be exceptions.
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44HOW TO CONVERT MALE NOUN INTO FEMININE NOUN AND DIMUNITIVES .Video lesson
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)
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45HOW TO MAKE COMPOUND WORDS IN GERMAN?Video lesson
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.
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46HOW TO MAKE GENITIVE SENTENCES IN GERMAN?Video lesson
Genitiv is the 4th case of German. It has the reference question ' Whose'.
There are two types of Genitiv sentences:
With names
With nouns
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47GENITIV ARTICLES IN GERMANVideo lesson
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.
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48HOW TO USE GENITIV POSSESSIVE ARTICLES?Video lesson
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.
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49HOW TO COUNT NUMBERS IN GERMAN?Video lesson
Learn how to count the numbers in German. Tip: We count from left to right, but units come before tens!
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50HOW TO MAKE QUESTIONS IN GERMAN?Video lesson
Learn to make questions in German. There are two types of questions
Question with question pronouns - W Frage
Direct questions
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51EXERCISE TO PRACTICE QUESTION MAKINGVideo lesson
Practice how to make questions.
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52HOW TO MAKE DIRECT QUESTIONS IN GERMAN?Video lesson
Learn how to make questions directly with verbs.
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53HOW TO GIVE ORDERS IN GERMAN? IMPERATIVE SENTENCEVideo lesson
Learn how to give order, or polite request in German.
Example:
Come here!
Sit down!
Make me a coffee please!
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54EXERCISE MAKING ORDERS IN GERMANVideo lesson
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.
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55HOW TO SEE TIME IN GERMAN? (INFORMAL)Video lesson
Lear how to see the informal time in German, and the way day is divided into different times.
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56HOW TO SEE TIME IN GERMAN CONTINUEDVideo lesson
Learn to see time in German continued...
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57HOW TO USE ADJECTIVES IN GERMANVideo lesson
Learn some basic German adjectives.
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58FORMS OF ADJECTIVE- COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE.Video lesson
Learn how to convert an adjective into comparative, and superlative form.
Example
Good better best
high higher highest
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59HOW TO WRITE ADJECTIVE ENDINGS? DECLINATIONVideo lesson
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
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60HOW TO WRITE ADJECTIVE ENDINGS? DECLINATION CONTINUED...Video lesson
Exercise the usage of adjective endings with sentences.
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61EXCERCISE FOR THE ADJECTIVE ENDINGS CONTINUED...Video lesson
Exercise for the adjective endings continued...
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62HOW TO CONVERT ADJECTIVES INTO NOUNSVideo lesson
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.)
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63HOW TO USE MODAL VERBS IN GERMAN? CAN SHOULD MUST...Video lesson
Learn the helping verbs like can, should, must, and more in German.
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64MODAL VERBS AND THEIR MEANING IN GERMANVideo lesson
Learn the correct meaning of modal verbs in German.
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65EXERCISE THE MODAL VERBS IN GERMAN WITH SENTENCES.Video lesson
Exercise for practicing modal verbs and their meaning in German.
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66EXERCISE FOR MODAL VERBS CONITINUED...Video lesson
Excercise for modal verbs continued...
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67HOW TO MAKE SEPERABLE VERBS IN GERMAN?Video lesson
Learn how to use separable verbs in German.
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68EXERCISE SEPERABLE VERBS IN GERMANVideo lesson
Learn separable verbs and their meanings in German
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69HOW TO USE FUTURE TENSE IN GERMAN?Video lesson
Learn how to make a sentence if future tense in German.
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70HOW TO USE FUTURE TENSE WITH MODAL VERBS IN SENTENCES?Video lesson
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71HOW TO MAKE SENTENCES IN PAST TENSE IN GERMAN? PRÄTERITUMVideo lesson
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.
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72EXERCISE PAST TENSE WITH MODAL VERBS IN GERMANVideo lesson
Practice modal verbs in past tense in German.
I was able to - can
I had to - must
It was ideal - should
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73HOW TO MAKE PAST TENSE WITH IRREGULAR VERBS?Video lesson
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.
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74EXERCISE SENTENCES WITH PAST TENSE.Video lesson
Practice making sentences in past form for both regular, and irregular verbs.
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75HOW TO WRITE A FORMAL LETTER IN PAST TENSE?Video lesson
Practice writing a formal letter using verbs in past tense. Tip: not the structure of the letter.
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76HOW TO WRITE INFORMAL LETTER IN PAST TENSEVideo lesson
Practice writing an informal letter using verbs in past tense. Tip: notice the structure of letter.
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77HOW TO USE PERFECT TENSE IN GERMAN?Video lesson
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.
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78HOW TO MAKE A PERFECT TENSE WITH VERBS HAVING MOVEMENT?Video lesson
Practice making perfect sentences with verbs having movement.
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79EXERCISE THE PERFECT SENTENCES WITH VERBS WITH MOVEMENT AND NO MOVEMENTVideo lesson
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.
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80EXERCISE THE PERFECT SENTENCES WITH VERBS WITH MOVEMENT AND NO MOVEMENT IIVideo lesson
Practice making perfect sentences with verbs having movement and no movement. Continued...
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81HOW TO MAKE PERFECT SENTENCES WITH MODAL VERBS?Video lesson
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
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82STRUCTURE OF A SENTENCEVideo lesson
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.
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83HOW TO CONNECT SENTENCES WITH CONNECTORS?Video lesson
Learn how to connect sentences on the basis of connectors like or, and, rather, but, and because.
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84HOW TO USE ARTICLE WORDS IN GERMAN? WHICH, THIS, WHAT KIND OF , SUCHVideo lesson
Learn words derived from articles to describe or identify like which, this, what kind of, such.
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85HOW TO USE ARTICLE WORDS ? WHAT KIND OF, SUCHVideo lesson
Learn how to use article word like what kind of, such to ask the description or to demonstrate something.
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86HOW TO USE ARTICLE WORD? THAT ONE, THATVideo lesson
Learn how to use article word like, that one there and that to describe something.
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87EXERCISE THE ARTICLE WORDS - THATVideo lesson
Learn how to use the article word- That
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88HOW TO USE ARTICLE WORDS - THE SAME AND THE SIMILAR?Video lesson
Learn to use the article words - the same and the similar in German.
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89EXERCISE THE ARTICLE WORDS - THE SIMILARVideo lesson
Practice the article word the similar ...
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90HOW TO USE ARTICLE WORDS- NOONE AND SOMEONEVideo lesson
Use article words no one and someone. Since these article words are anonymous in their meaning, by default they are used in male form.
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91EXERCISE ALL ARTICLE WORDS TOGETHERVideo lesson
Practice all the article words by filling in the right ones in the text!
