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If you want to talk about the past in German, you need the Perfekt tense. If you want to do it with any style, you will need to learn how to use irregular verbs in the Perfekt tense. Today...
In my last video I introduced you to the Perfekt tense through a conversation about the question “Was hast du am Wochenende gemacht?” Today I’m going to explain a bit about when...
The German language has 6 tenses. In this lesson I will introduce them all to you and show you a general overview of how they are used, why they exist and how you form them.
For each of these...
Hallo, Deutschlerner. Do you know how to translate this sentence into English?
Bob isst.
It seems like this should be pretty easy to do, but what if I told you that you could translate this ONE...
Learning irregular verb forms in German can be tricky. It can seem completely arbitrary. Luckily, when you zoom out a bit, there are patterns that emerge. This post will show you these patterns...
Do you use the Perfekt tense of Präteritum tense with modal verbs in German?
Ich habe nach Hause gehen wollen. -
I wanted to go home.
If that looks overwhelming, confusing or just plain dumb,...
The verbs “haben” and “sein” can be tricky in pretty much every tense. When you talk about things that you “had” or “were” in German, you need to...
Es war einmal eine schöne Prinzessin, die lange, prächtige Haare hatte. Sie wohnte in einem großen Turm, der weder Treppe noch Türen hatte. Eines Tages kam ein Prinz zum Turm...
Perfekt vs Präteritum: The Differences Between the Two German Past Tenses
Before I get too deep into the real topic of the day, we need to talk about Perfekt vs Präteritum....
In this lesson you will learn where to put the direct and indirect object in a German sentence. By the time you get to the end of this lesson, you will know what direct and indirect...
"Haben" and "sein" are the two most important verbs in the entire German language. If you are having trouble remembering the conjugation of the verbs "haben" and "sein", this song will cure you of...
If you have seen words like “daran”, “worüber” “davor” and “woran” in your German learning and aren’t quite sure how to use them. Let me...
