Exercise 3 for lesson 18
A1 Learn: Greetings and farewells in a text message Irregular verbs: geben/lesen/sehen, modal particle ‚aber‘ More grammar Aber mostly means “but”. However, in some sentences this translation makes no sense. That’s probably because it’s being used as a modal particle in order to provide more info about feelings. The modal particle aber expresses positive or…...
Exercise 2 for lesson 18
A1 Learn: Greetings and farewells in a text message Irregular verbs: geben/lesen/sehen, modal particle ‚aber‘ More hints In an informal text message in any messenger or chat, use these simple greetings and farewells: Hi! | Hallo! Tschüss! | Bis dann / später / morgen / …! Grammar Vowel change e → i: ich gebedu gibster,…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 17
A1 Learn: Phone call, give out personal information Modal particle ‚mal‘ 3 Write the sentences between Fritz‘s linesMove the orange boxes with the words in the right order. 📱↷ Turn your mobile phone for a better view of the whole sentence. You are the suspect for the Großkauf burglary from the previous exercise. But you’re…...
Exercise 2 for Lesson 17
A1 Learn: Phone call, give out personal information Modal particle ‚mal‘ Grammar The word “mal” comes from “einmal” (once). It limits a statement to a single time:Warst du schon mal in Mexiko?Have you already been to Mexico once? (meaning: have you ever been there) But sometimes it makes no sense if you translate it as…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 16
A1 Learn: Explain a situation, give advice, make it up with somebody Irregular verbs: sprechen/essen/treffen, modal particles ‚denn‘ and ‚ja‘ Grammar As we know, modal particles are short words that give additional info about feelings. And they are hard to translate because their meaning is abstract. denn Denn is an adverb which we will learn in…...
Exercise 2 for Lesson 16
A1 Learn: Explain a situation, give advice, make it up with somebody Irregular verbs: sprechen/essen/treffen, modal particles ‚denn‘ and ‚ja‘ Grammar… Log in or create a FREE ACCOUNT now!Log in New Account...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 15
A1 Learn: Name and order meals Irregular verbs: wissen/nehmen/helfen/sollen 3 Listen and connect the phrases An inner monolog while reading the menu. Connect the lines so that the monolog makes sense. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Lessons… Log in or create a FREE ACCOUNT now!Log in New Account...
Exercise 2 for Lesson 15
A1 Learn: Name and order meals Irregular verbs: wissen/nehmen/helfen/sollen Grammar The irregular verbs wissen, nehmen, helfen and sollen The grey verb forms are the ones we’ve already learned. Regular forms are underlined. The irregular verb wissen belongs to a group of verbs that behave similarly: Vowel change i → ei: wissen (to know)ich weißdu weißter, sie, es…...
Exercise 4 for Lesson 15
A1 Learn: Name and order meals Irregular verbs: wissen/nehmen/helfen/sollen 4 Connect the parts so they make sense together Listen and repeat The letter V almost always sounds like an F:Verkäuferin, Vater, vierzig, von Except for when it’s in a Latin loanword, etc. Then it sounds like a W:Valentin, Virus We get the W sound…...
Exercise 4 for Lesson 14
A1 Learn: Express eating preferences, decide on different options and prices Irregular verbs: wollen/heißen/möchten, modal particle ‚doch‘ 4 Write the missing part of the verbs Grammar Modal particle “doch” uses and meanings Modal particles are a specialty in German. They are short words that give more information to a sentence – usually about feelings. Their…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 14
A1 Learn: Express eating preferences, decide on different options and prices Irregular verbs: wollen/heißen/möchten, modal particle ‚doch‘ 3 Match the pictures with the words Listen and repeat The hard and soft ch- sound macht – nichts braucht – ich Hochzeit – China Buch – München doch – nicht suchst – möchte kochen – sechzehn Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Lessons… Log in or...
Exercise 2 for Lesson 14
A1 Learn: Express eating preferences, decide on different options and prices Irregular verbs: wollen/heißen/möchten, modal particle ‚doch‘ Grammar Take a look at the irregular verbs heißen, wollen and möchten. The grey verb forms are the ones we’ve already learned. Regular forms are underlined in the 3 verbs that we focus on: regular rule ich …-edu…...
Exercise 4 for Lesson 13
A1 Learn: Get to know people, chat online Irregular modal verbs: können/müssen/mögen, enumeration in a sentence 4 Listen and connect the phrasesThe sentences you hear make sense if they go together with one of the options on the right Listen, drink 🥛 and repeat For this exercise you’ll need a cup of water (and…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 13
A1 Learn: Get to know people, chat online Irregular modal verbs: können/müssen/mögen, enumeration in a sentence Grammar This line from the dialog is a good example for an enumeration in a sentence: Laura: … Du bist Paul, kannst gut kochen und magst Sport. She lists these different things in one sentence: 1) You are Paul…....
Exercise 2 for Lesson 13
A1 Learn: Get to know people, chat online Irregular modal verbs: können/müssen/mögen, enumeration in a sentence Grammar Modal verbs are words like can, must, and like. They show possibility, ability, intent, obligation, or necessity. If a sentence has one of these, it most likely has another verb, too. Let’s see how to conjugate three of…...
Exercise 4 for Lesson 12
A1 Learn: Online profiles, understand descriptions of people Irregular verbs: sein/haben, sentence type summary: declarative sentence, W-question sentence, yes/no-question sentence Grammar You can see that we’ve already learned most verb forms of the irregular verbs sein and haben: regular ruleich …-edu …-ster, sie, es …-twir …-enihr …-tsie/Sie …-en sein (to be)ich bindu bister, sie, es…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 12
A1 Learn: Online profiles, understand descriptions of people Irregular verbs: sein/haben, sentence type summary: declarative sentence, W-question sentence, yes/no-question sentence 3 Choose the right words Paul‘s father is nagging. Make sense of his thoughts by choosing the right options for the blanks. Listen and repeat In German, these double consonants exist: bb, dd,…...
Exercise 2 for Lesson 12
A1 Learn: Online profiles, understand descriptions of people Irregular verbs: sein/haben, sentence type summary: declarative sentence, W-question sentence, yes/no-question sentence Grammar Declarative sentence 1) the subject(who/what is doing something?) Wir 2) the verb(what are they doing?) gehen 3) the rest of the sentence(when, where, what, etc.) einkaufen. W-question sentence 1) w-question word(wer, wie, wo, was,…...
Exercise 4 for Lesson 11
A1 Learn: Give and receive advice as well as a gift Articles kein/keine VS ein/eine, nein VS nicht VS kein Learning suggestion The total amount of new words per episode varies slightly. But the number of new words you’re supposed to study is leveling off at 16 ± 2 per episode. A very important…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 11
A1 Learn: Give and receive advice as well as a gift Articles kein/keine VS ein/eine, nein VS nicht VS kein Grammar Let’s complete the negative forms: We make verbs negative with NICHT:Ich bin nicht Igor. I am not Igor. We use NICHT also for adjectives:Meili ist nicht verheiratet. Meili is not married. NEIN is just…...
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