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Reproach, stroll down memory lane

Subjunctive II: würde

Accusations, reasons, and excuses

Subjunctive II: hätte

Blow off steam, make excuses

Order of dative & accusative in a sentence: both objects are personal pronouns

Travel words, neighborhood rules

Order of dative & accusative in a sentence: one object is a personal pronoun

Hotel room amenities and their convenience

Order of dative & accusative in a sentence: both objects are nouns

Baggage and paperwork words

Dative reflexive verbs & sentence structure: mir etwas anziehen, mir etwas kaufen, mir etwas leihen

Understand online comments

Question words and pronouns in the accusative & dative: wem, wen, welcher, welchen, jemandem, …

Describe a place, tourism vocab

Possessive pronouns in the accusative & dative: unserem/-r/-n, eurem/-r/-n

Demand, complain and apologize

Possessive pronouns in the accusative & dative: ihrem/-r/-n, Ihrem/-r/-n

Understand a movie description

Possessive pronouns in the accusative & dative: seinem/-r/-n, ihrem/-r/-n

Complain about pain, congratulate and spur someone on

Possessives in the accusative & dative: meinem/-r/-n, deinem/-r/-n

Write a story, explain a reason

Dative verbs: antworten, danken, sagen, fehlen, gefallen, gehören,
glauben, helfen, passen

Explain hardships of the past

Personal pronouns in the dative: euch, ihnen / Ihnen

Talk about the weather, hobbies and technology

Personal pronouns in the dative: ihr, uns

Vocab for games and application documents

Personal pronouns in the dative: mir, dir, ihm

Make a decision based on simple job descriptions

Sum-up: all dative and accusative prepositions and their contractions

Understand an article in a tabloid newspaper

Fusion of prepositions and articles: am, beim, im, vom, zum, zur, ins

Career planning, interest-based words

Question word: welch-

Talk about social problem areas and career choices, tip the waitress

Subordinate clause with accusative (der Mann, den ich sehe)

Compare things, talk about the past

Comparative & superlative