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You are walking through a forest. At first, the path is clear. You can see where you are going. Every step makes sense. You learn a few things, practice them, and move forward.
Then suddenly, you ...
In this German listening practice, you will hear a short everyday conversation about making plans with friends. Anna runs into Ben at the shopping center, and they realize they have not seen each o...
You learned that the verb in a German sentence is in second position. And for a while, that probably helped.
But then your sentences started getting longer, and somewhere in the middle of them, ev...
If you feel like you can understand German, but only when it’s slow, clear, and carefully spoken, you are not alone. This is one of the most common frustrations German learners face, especially aro...
There are certain phrases in German that are so versatile that learning them can unlock a level of fluency you may not have thought possible. Today, we are going to look at a few of those phrases a...
No one starts learning to ride a bike with the goal of memorizing the names of all its parts. In the same way, learning German isn’t about mastering every grammatical term or linguistic component r...
If you are learning German, you probably already know the word bis. It usually means until or up to, so at first it seems simple enough.
Then you try to say something harmless like “We walked unti...
If you are learning German, this situation probably feels familiar. You can follow videos. You can understand what you read. You can listen to German and get the general meaning.
But the moment yo...
If you can say how you feel in German, the next step is being able to explain why. In this lesson, you’ll learn two simple connectors (denn and weil) so you can make natural sentences like: Ich bin...
Welcher der folgenden Sätze ist richtig?
Es ist mir wichtig, pünktlich zu sein.
Mir ist es wichtig, pünktlich zu sein.
Die Antwort: Beide sind richtig.
Aber sie klingen nicht gleich.
Und genau hie...
If you want to start speaking German confidently, you need the verbs Germans use every day. In this guide, you’ll learn the 100 most common German verbs and how to conjugate them in the present ten...
Es ist Samstagvormittag. Ich stehe vor der Haustür, ziehe meine Jacke an und lese noch einmal meine Einkaufsliste.
Auf der Liste steht:
- Brot
- Milch
- Eier
- Butter
- Äpfel
- Spinat
- Nudeln
- Tomaten ...
