Introduction & First Steps
Naming & Describing Things
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Der Regenschirm (the umbrella) - new sentences (5:01)
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Explanation: masculin noun, subject, adjective (e.g. colour), This is..., It is... (6:03)
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Der Hund (the dog) - same structures, new words (4:49)
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Der Apfel (the apple) - same structures, new words (4:49)
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Der Stuhl (the chair), der Ball (the ball) - practice (1:14)
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Der Stuhl, der Ball - practice solution (2:45)
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Die Flasche (the bottle) - new sentences (4:47)
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Explanation: feminine noun, subject, adjective, This is..., It is... (2:53)
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Die Katze (the cat) - same structures, new words (4:47)
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Die Zitrone (the lemon) - same structures, new words (4:47)
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Die Lampe (the lamp), die Blume (the flower) - practice (1:20)
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Die Lampe, die Blume - practice solution (2:43)
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sauer (sour), dunkel (dark) - additional information (1:18)
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Das Haus (the house) - new sentences (4:46)
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Explanation: neuter noun, subject, adjective, This is..., It is... (2:41)
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Das Buch (the book) - same structures, new words (4:47)
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Das Auto (the car) - same structures, new words (4:49)
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Das Pferd (the horse), das Glas (the glass) - practice (1:11)
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Das Pferd, das Glas - practice solution (2:43)
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Die Regenschirme (the umbrellas) - new material: plural nouns (6:52)
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Explanation: plural noun, subject, adjective, These are..., They are... (7:50)
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Die Hunde (the dogs) - same structures, new words (3:50)
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Die Blumen (the flowers) - practice (1:21)
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Die Blumen - practice solution (5:23)
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Section Quiz (multiple choice) (7:17)
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Section Quiz: explanation (10:54)
What We Do: Sleep, Play, Speak, Read
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Schlafen (to sleep) - new sentences (2:21)
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Spielen (to play) - new sentences (2:18)
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Explanation: verbs & conjugation, pronouns (8:28)
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Sprechen (to speak) - same structures, new words (2:07)
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Lesen (to read) - same structures, new words (2:11)
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Sie, du, ihr (you) - how to address people (5:41)
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Verben im Dialog (verbs in dialogue) - new sentences (2:39)
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Overview & explanation: all pronouns, all verbs, additional vocabulary (8:12)
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Test: Verben (fill in the blanks) (8:04)
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Quiz (multiple choice) (3:10)
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Quiz: explanation (6:14)
Expansion: Adjectives & Verbs
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Der + Adjektiv - new structure (2:27)
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Die + Adjektiv - new structure (2:23)
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Explanation: adjective declension with der/die/das (4:55)
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Das + Adjektiv - same structure (2:27)
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Die (Plural) + Adjektiv - same structure (2:29)
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Test: Adjektive (complete sentences with declined adjectives) (3:43)
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Hören (to hear, listen) - new verb & vocabulary (2:20)
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Leben (to live) - new verb & vocabulary (1:58)
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Arbeiten (to work) - new verb structure & vocabulary (2:34)
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Explanation: arbeiten (1:20)
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Verben im Dialog: hören, leben, arbeiten (2:58)
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Test: Verben (fill in the blanks) (8:22)
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Section Quiz (multiple choice) (3:21)
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Section Quiz (explanation) (1:20)
Places In The Dative, Possessions & This is not a ...
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Die Fälle: Nominativ, Dativ, Akkusativ - What are cases? (4:47)
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Explanation: dative & places (sentences from previous lectures) (5:42)
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Dativ & Ort (dative & place) - example sentences runthrough (2:45)
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Test: Dativ (complete sentences with dative) (5:25)
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man, gern/gerne, seit (you/one, with pleasure, since/for) (2:43)
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Mein Regenschirm, deine Flasche (my umbrella, your bottle) - new material (3:28)
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Das ist kein Hund! (That's not a dog!) - new material (2:08)
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Explanation: mein, dein, sein, ihr & kein (5:00)
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Quiz: mein, dein, sein, ihr, kein (multiple choice) (3:46)
Objects In The Accusative & New Verbs
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Haben (to have) - new verb & vocabulary (3:05)
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Explanation: haben (9:13)
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Akkusativ (accusative case) - new structure (explanation) (4:10)
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Sein vs. haben - examples runthrough (3:23)
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Haben + maskulines Objekt (to have + masculine object) (2:18)
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Explanation: haben + masculine object, accusative pronouns (3:09)
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Test: haben (complete the sentences) (3:05)
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Möchten (would like) - new verb, new structure (2:52)
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Explanation: möchten (3:47)
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Brauchen (to need) - new verb & vocabulary (2:44)
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Können (can) - new verb & vocabulary (2:47)
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Dialog: haben, möchten, brauchen, können (5:23)
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Explanation: haben, möchten, brauchen, können (2:49)
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Test: möchten, brauchen, können (complete the sentences) (8:41)
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Test (explanation) (5:45)
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Ich bin Janine. (text) - known structures & words in context, new vocabulary (12:37)
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Ich bin Janine. (additional information) (5:17)
Expansion: More Important Verbs & Vocabulary
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Gehören (belong to) - new verb with a dative object (5:06)
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Explanation: gehören, dative object as direct object, dative pronouns (8:38)
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Quiz: Gehören, Dativpronomen (this or that) (3:37)
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Mögen (to like) - new verb (3:10)
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Explanation: mögen, gern machen (4:01)
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Kennen (to know) - new verb (3:18)
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Explanation: kennen (2:55)
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Finden (to find) - new verb (2:46)
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Explanation: finden (1:34)
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Test: mögen, kennen, finden (fill in the blanks) (8:41)
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Quiz: Sätze verstehen (understanding sentences, multiple choice) (3:21)
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Quiz (explanation) (6:37)
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Explanation: mit, fixed-case prepositions (1:42)
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Mit (with) - examples (4:05)
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Practice: mit (formulate sentences) (3:58)
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Kaputt (broken), müssen (must, have to) - new vocabulary, new verb, new structures (6:07)
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Explanation: müssen, separable verbs (6:07)
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Müssen - known structure (examples) (2:16)
Daily Routine & Going To The City
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Haushaltsgeräte (household devices) - new material (5:47)
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Explanation: wenn (when/if), subclauses (5:06)
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Wenn ..., dann ... (When ..., then ...) - same structure, new words (2:33)
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Test: müssen wenn (formulate sentences) - higher difficulty (7:21)
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Explanation: müssen wenn, wollen (to want), word order, gehen/fahren zu (go/drive to) (17:23)
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Die tägliche Routine (daily routine) - new material (4:08)
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Explanation: information of time, separable verbs, reflexive actions, new words (8:46)
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Explanation: nehmen, jemand, niemand, etwas, nichts, question words (4:51)
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Pronomen (pronouns) - overview (4:19)
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Pronomen (pronouns) - examples (3:38)
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Explanation: object pronoun, reflexive pronoun (reinforcement) (7:56)
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Test: Die tägliche Routine (formulate sentences) - drill (15:51)
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Die Stadt (the city) - new material (4:02)
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Es gibt ..., teuer, hoch (There is .../There are ..., expensive, high) - additional information (3:39)
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Explanation: being in a place, going to a place (3:14)
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Im Park, in den Park (in the park, to the park) - examples (3:54)
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Explanation: im Park, in den Park (10:40)
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Test: places (this or that) (4:10)
Expansion: Verbs, Phrases & Recipients
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Dürfen, weil ... (be allowed to, because ...) - new words, known structures (2:44)
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Explanation: permission, subclauses, separable verbs (3:25)
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Weil (because) - examples (2:23)
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Schenken, geben (to give), zeigen (to show), bringen (to bring) - new verbs, new structure (2:19)
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Explanation: indirect objects, recipients of objects, sentence order, pronouns (2:29)
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Test: Wem? Warum? (answer questions, complete sentences) (6:27)
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Test: Wem? Warum? (explanation) (3:48)
Speaking About The Past
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Ich war ... (I was/have been ...) - new structure, new words (3:25)
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Explanation: preterite of 'sein', time statements, days of the week, months, dates (15:15)
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Ich hatte ... (I had ...) - new structure, new words (2:09)
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Explanation: preterite of 'haben', time statements, comparatives & superlatives (8:25)
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Test: sein, haben (fill in the blanks) (7:25)
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Ich habe ... gemacht. (I did .../I've done ...) - new structure (3:23)
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Explanation: perfect of regular verbs (4:52)
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Ich habe gefunden. (I('ve) found ...) - new structure (2:11)
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Explanation: perfect of irregular verbs (4:07)
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Test: gemacht, gefunden (8:34)
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Ich bin gefahren. (I drove.) - new structure (2:03)
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Explanation: verbs of movement in the perfect (3:31)
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Werden (to get, become), wachsen (to grow), sterben (to die) - new verbs (2:48)
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Explanation: werden, wachsen, sterben, conjugation & past (3:44)
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Quiz: Sein oder haben? (this or that) (4:51)
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Aufgewacht (woken up) - new structure (1:54)
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Explanation: separable verbs in the perfect (2:28)
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Bezahlt (paid) - new structure (2:14)
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Explanation: verbs with a prefix in the perfect (5:45)
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Trainiert (trained) - new structure (1:30)
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Explanation: -ieren-verbs in the perfect (2:08)
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Test: Was ist gestern passiert? (11:55)
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Luisas Party: konnte, musste, sollte (could, had to, was supposed to) - new structures & vocabulary (3:20)
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Explanation: modal verbs in the preterite (6:34)
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Dialog: konnte, musste, sollte (3:18)
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Test: Ich konnte ... (fill in the blanks) (7:03)
Telling People To Do Something
The End
