Exercise 4 for Lesson 8

sentence structure & verb conjugations

Topic: talk about family, alphabet part 2
Grammar: the w-question sentence & verb conjugations plural: (wir, ihr, sie, Sie) kommen/kommt, wohnen/wohnt, arbeiten/arbeitet

Exercise 4 for Lesson 7

Make an appointment & alphabet

More grammar When you make a statement or observation, the sentence has this basic structure: 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. Wir gehen einkaufen. And just like in English, the sentence ends with a period, the first […]

Exercise 2 for Lesson 7

Make an appointment & alphabet

Grammar We complete all singular verb forms in our list of regular verbs: kommen (to come)   ich komme du kommster, sie, es kommt wohnen (to live) ich wohnedu wohnster, sie, es wohnt arbeiten (to work) ich arbeitedu arbeitester, sie, es arbeitet So, with er, sie, and es, we add the ending -t to a verb. Except if it […]

Exercise 4 for Lesson 6

verb conjugations singular: du

Numbers till one million, newspaper article
W-questions & verb conjugations singular: (du) kommst, wohnst, arbeitest

Exercise 3 for Lesson 6

verb conjugations singular: du

Numbers till one million, newspaper article
W-questions & verb conjugations singular: (du) kommst, wohnst, arbeitest

Exercise 2 for Lesson 6

verb conjugations singular: du

Numbers till one million, newspaper article
W-questions & verb conjugations singular: (du) kommst, wohnst, arbeitest

Exercise 5 for Lesson 5

German lessons: 5 | Eine Fahrkarte bitte / A ticket please: Paul has to hurry and buys a ticket to get to work. But the ticket seller takes a lot of time... The subway train is already coming. Topic: German numbers 13-22, buy a ticket for public transport, ask politely Grammar: verb conjugations singular: (ich) komme, wohne, arbeite

Hint Beware of false friends! Mist has nothing to do with low visibility or water that is in the air. It literally means dung (from cows, etc.). Unlike real dung, this word is child-friendly. Some words often go together: zur + ArbeitIch gehe zur Arbeit.I go to work.   5   Translate the phrases https://youtu.be/rH_GuNi_Yoc Klick […]

Exercise 4 for Lesson 5

German lessons: 5 | Eine Fahrkarte bitte / A ticket please: Paul has to hurry and buys a ticket to get to work. But the ticket seller takes a lot of time... The subway train is already coming. Topic: German numbers 13-22, buy a ticket for public transport, ask politely Grammar: verb conjugations singular: (ich) komme, wohne, arbeite

Remember: At the moment you’re still riding with training wheels. That means, in our writing exercises it is currently no problem if you forget a punctuation mark (,.!?) or disregard upper and lower case. But that will change soon! In the future, all nouns and sentence beginnings must be written in upper case and the […]

Exercise 2 for Lesson 5

German lessons: 5 | Eine Fahrkarte bitte / A ticket please: Paul has to hurry and buys a ticket to get to work. But the ticket seller takes a lot of time... The subway train is already coming. Topic: German numbers 13-22, buy a ticket for public transport, ask politely Grammar: verb conjugations singular: (ich) komme, wohne, arbeite

Grammar In the previous episodes, we already covered conjugations a little bit. In German, like in English, verbs must be conjugated (changed) depending on the personal pronoun. Let’s compare two verbs: to be I amyou arehe, she, it is  we are(you (pl.) are)they are kommen ich kommedu kommster, sie, es kommt wir kommenihr kommtsie kommen The […]

Exercise 3 for Lesson 5

German lessons: 5 | Eine Fahrkarte bitte / A ticket please: Paul has to hurry and buys a ticket to get to work. But the ticket seller takes a lot of time... The subway train is already coming. Topic: German numbers 13-22, buy a ticket for public transport, ask politely Grammar: verb conjugations singular: (ich) komme, wohne, arbeite

   Read, listen and repeat If -ig is a word ending it sounds like ich:zwanzig, einundzwanzig, zweiundzwanzig, fünfzig. Otherwise it sounds normal:Igor, Entschuldigung. Remember: At the moment you’re still riding with training wheels. That means, in our writing exercises it is currently no problem if you forget a punctuation mark (,.!?) or disregard upper and […]

Exercise 4 for Lesson 4

pronouns in plural: ihr sie / Sie

Remember: At the moment you’re still riding with training wheels. That means, in our writing exercises it is currently no problem if you forget a punctuation mark (,.!?) or disregard upper and lower case. But that will change soon! In the future, all nouns and sentence beginnings must be written in upper case and the […]

Exercise 3 for Lesson 4

pronouns in plural: ihr sie / Sie

  3   Listen, and choose the right translation If you’d like to change the speed of the audio, tap on the floating audio player on the bottom of your screen. Then tap on the “1x”: Hint Notice how German has no real -ing form. Both „he walks to work“ and „he is walking to work“ […]

Exercise 2 for Lesson 4

pronouns in plural: ihr sie / Sie

Grammar In this lesson, we complete our collection of personal pronouns: ich  Idu  youer, sie, es  he, she, it wir  weihr  you (plural)Sie  you (formal, sing./pl.)sie  they Ihr is the German personal pronoun for saying „you guys“ or „all of you“. It’s the plural of du. Also notice how the formal Sie is used both […]

Exercise 5 for Lesson 3

numbers 1-12; German lessons: 3 | Wo ist das Büro? / Where is the office?: Paul helpf Meili to find Anna Maywald's office Topic: say thank you Grammar: the possessive -s

Grammar The Possessive -s is similar to English. But Germans leave out the apostrophe (’): Wo ist Frau Maywalds Büro?Where is Mrs. Maywald’s office? Exceptions are words that end on -s, -ß, -x, or -z. Here, we leave out the s, not the apostrophe: Das ist Fritz’ Büro.That is Fritz’s office. Hint Let’s take another look […]

Exercise 4 for Lesson 3

numbers 1-12; German lessons: 3 | Wo ist das Büro? / Where is the office?: Paul helpf Meili to find Anna Maywald's office Topic: say thank you Grammar: the possessive -s

  4   Connect the parts Play the video https://german-stories.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Immersive-Learning-Explainer_3_compressed.mp4 For the best possible user experience, please do not mute your phone or switch between apps while in the Immersive Learning mini app. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Lessons

Exercise 3 for Lesson 3

numbers 1-12; German lessons: 3 | Wo ist das Büro? / Where is the office?: Paul helpf Meili to find Anna Maywald's office Topic: say thank you Grammar: the possessive -s

  3   Listen and fill the gaps Write only digits, e.g. “10” in the gaps. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Lessons

Exercise 3 for Lesson 2

German lessons: 2 | Können Sie mir helfen? / Can you help me?: Meili asks Paul for Help Topic: ask for help Grammar: personal pronouns: du, sie, es, wir

Grammar See how nicely these new personal pronouns fit into our collection: ich Idu youer, sie, es he, she, it wir weSie you (formal)    Listen and repeat Often confused words: wir↔wer wir↔wie wir↔will wie↔will wir↔hier Stressed and subtle r: Frau Büro studieren arbeite hier mir wir   3   Connect the parts    Learning suggestion […]

Exercise 2 for Lesson 2

German lessons: 2 | Können Sie mir helfen? / Can you help me?: Meili asks Paul for Help Topic: ask for help Grammar: personal pronouns: du, sie, es, wir

  2   The sentences are wrong. Fill in and correct them. Hint You’ve probably noticed that nouns are capitalized and have different articles in German. We Germans figured that having three articles instead of only one makes our language more fancy: (male article) der Tag the day(female article) die Frau the woman(neuter article) das Büro […]

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