Exercise 4 for Lesson 8
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
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 3 for Lesson 7
3 Read and assign the descriptions Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Lessons
Exercise 2 for Lesson 7
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
Numbers till one million, newspaper article
W-questions & verb conjugations singular: (du) kommst, wohnst, arbeitest
Exercise 3 for Lesson 6
Numbers till one million, newspaper article
W-questions & verb conjugations singular: (du) kommst, wohnst, arbeitest
Exercise 2 for Lesson 6
Numbers till one million, newspaper article
W-questions & verb conjugations singular: (du) kommst, wohnst, arbeitest
Exercise 5 for Lesson 5
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 + Arbeit Ich gehe zur Arbeit. I go to work. 5 Translate the phrases Mark […]
Exercise 4 for Lesson 5
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 2 for Lesson 3
2 What happened in episodes 1-3? Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Lessons
Exercise 3 for Lesson 2
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
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 […]