Herr Antrim's Blog

Speakly: The Best App for Language Learning?

Speakly   is the closest thing to perfection that I have seen in a language learning app. There are a ton of language learning apps out there. A lot of them even offer German. But,...

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What is a dative sentence?

At least twice a year, I will have a student ask me this or something similar. I’ll have my students label parts of sentences using the cases of nominative, accusative and ...

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Direct & Indirect Object Word Order

Hallo, Deutschlerner. Ich bin Herr Antrim and in this lesson I will teach you the word order for direct and indirect objects in German sentences. By the time you get to the end of this lesson, you...

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German Dative Verbs with Examples

In this lesson I will explain pretty much every dative verb you will ever come across. These are German verbs that for some reason or other require a dative object. Similar to dative...

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Dative Case Prepositions in German

In this post you will learn how to use the dative case prepositions in German including a song to help you remember them, a ton of example sentences and the subtle difference between certain...

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Special Dative Phrases in German

Certain phrases in German require the dative case. The reasoning for this may not be immediately clear. In this lesson I explain what the special dative phrases are and how you can use them in your...

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Wechselpräpositionen

This lesson is all about the two-way prepositions (Wechselpräpositionen). To get a general overview of how these prepositions work in German, you can watch the video below, but this blog is...

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Verbs with Fixed Prepositions & the Dative Case

Keeping with our theme of the dative case, today I would like to explain a few verb and preposition combinations that use the dative case, but might not make a whole lot of sense to non-native...

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Fixed Two-Way Prepositions & Dative

Hallo, Deutschlerner. Today I’ll explain some of the verbs that are often paired with the Wechselpräpositionen or two-way prepositions and the dative case. These are often called...

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How to Memorize German Vocabulary Easily with Word Associations

Hello, German learners. If you really want to speak a foreign language well, you have to learn a lot of words. But how can you memorize so many words? You can, of course, read, listen, see and...

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Wie man sich deutsche Wörter leichter merken kann

Hallo, Deutschlerner. Wenn man eine Fremdsprache wirklich gut sprechen möchte, muss man viele Wörter lernen. Aber wie kann man sich so viele Wörter merken? Man kann natürlich...

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Farben lernen mit Fliegen

Ich habe viele bunte Fliegen. Heute lernen wir die Farben auf Deutsch mit meinen Fliegen.

If you are really wanting to put your German learning on track, consider joining Herr Antrim’s ...

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