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How to answer "Woher kommst du?"

As the title of this post implies, this post will teach you how to answer the question "Woher kommst du?" (Where are you from?) in German. You can watch the lesson in the video at the top of the po...

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Ein Zimmer im Hotel buchen - German Listening/Reading Comprehension Practice

This is a listening/reading comprehension lesson about booking and checking into a hotel in German. You can choose to watch the video version above or read the text below. Either way you are sure t...

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Big German Numbers: 1 to 1 Trillion

Don’t worry. We won’t really be counting from one to a trillion in this lesson. We don’t have to. In the last lesson in this series, I explained that the numbers in German follow specific rules. If...

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German Numbers 1-100

Today you are going to learn how to count to 100 in German, how to tell time and how to do simple math problems all in German.

Learn more about time and numbers with these lessons!

Numbers 1-100

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How to Read & Write Dates in German: Ordinal Numbers & Calendar Vocabulary

In this lesson you will learn how to read and write dates in German. 

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German Numbers 1 - 100

Big German Numbers 1 - 1 Trillion

How to Read and Write Dates

Ordinal N...

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Polite Requests with Konjunktiv 2 | German Listening Comprehension

Heute sind wir auf dem Viktualienmarkt in München, und wir werden ein paar nützliche Sätze lernen, die man beim Einkaufen verwenden kann. Unser Hauptcharakter, Herr Müller, wird verschiedene Stände...

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Konjunktiv 2 with Modal Verbs

In this lesson you will learn how and why to use modal verbs in the Konjunktiv 2. Grab a notebook and a pen and let’s get started.

All Konjunktiv 1 & Konjunktiv 2 Lessons

Konjunktiv 1 vs Konjunkt...

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Konjunktiv 2: Special Verb Forms Explained

In this lesson you will learn a very short list of verbs that have their own unique Konjunktiv 2 forms.

All Konjunktiv 1 & Konjunktiv 2 Lessons

Konjunktiv 1 vs Konjunktiv 2

Konjunktiv 1 Explaine...

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Konjunktiv 2: Using "haben" and "sein" to Form the Past Tense

Konjunktiv 2 is used to express things that are contrary to reality in German. This often takes the form of wishes, hopes, dreams and the like, but doesn’t have to be.

Today’s lesson will start wi...

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Konjunktiv 2 Basics

You have heard about the dreaded Konjunktiv 2 before in your German lessons. People say it is one of the most difficult things to learn in the entire German language. It seems like an insurmountabl...

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Alternate Realities in German - B1 Listening Comprehension with Konjunktiv 2

This lesson serves as an introduction to the Konjunktiv 2 forms. The idea is to showcase a large range of ways to use the Konjunktiv 2.

All Konjunktiv 1 & Konjunktiv 2 Lessons

Konjunktiv 1 vs Kon...

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Konjunktiv 1 Explained

In this lesson you will learn everything about Konjunktiv 1 in German including when and why you would need to use it, how to form it, which tenses you can use with it and a whole lot more. So grab...

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