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Hallo, Deutschlerner. If you have seen words like “damit”, “womit”, “davon” and “danach” in your German learning and aren’t quite sure how to...
You have seen words like “dafür”, “dadurch” or even “wofür” in your German learning and aren’t quite sure how to use them. I have decoded these...
Wo-compounds or Wo-Komposita are a type of question word that are made up of a preposition and the prefix “wo”. For example, you can add “mit” to “wo” to make...
What's the difference between wo, wohin and woher?
The use of wo, wohin and woher all comes down to location (wo), destination (wohin) and origin (woher).If you are talking about a...
In this German grammar lesson we will explore why there are so many different words for "why" in German. This list includes: Warum, Wieso, Weswegen, Weshalb, Wozu, Wofür, and Aus welchem...
In this lesson you will learn the question word “wie” and all of its variations. If you want to know how to use these words, this is the lesson for you.
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In this lesson you will learn which question words to use when you aren’t asking about people. There are only two words on my list for today (was and welcher), but there are a...
This German grammar lesson explains the German question words for people. There are four of them, one for each case in the German language: wer, wen, wem and wessen.
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In this reading/listening comprehension exercise you will learn how to answer the German question "Was machst du beruflich?" (What do you do for a living? or What is your occupation?) Watch the...
In this lesson you will learn how to answer the question "Was machst du gern in deiner Freizeit?" (What do you like to do in your free time?) in German with a ton of example sentences using some...
In this lesson you will learn a bunch of different ways to greet and say farewell to people in German. I’ll explain when to use each one and a little bit of the background of the...
Modal particles in German are those tiny words that don’t seem to have a direct translation in English, yet they pack a whole lot of meaning into your sentences.
Words like doch, ja, mal,...
