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German A1 - Chapter 4: Daily Activities and Hobbies

Welcome to Chapter 4! In this chapter, we will explore vocabulary related to daily activities and hobbies in German. Understanding how to talk about what you do every day will help you engage in conversations about your life and interests. 1. Key Vocabulary: Daily Activities aufstehen - to get up frühstücken - to have breakfast arbeiten - to work lernen - to learn/study essen - to eat trinken - to drink spielen - to play gehen - to go lesen - to read fernsehen - to watch TV schlafen - to sleep 2. Key Vocabulary: Hobbies lesen - to read spielen - to play (a sport or game) zeichnen - to draw reisen - to travel musizieren - to make music fotografieren - to take photos wandern - to hike schwimmen - to swim tanzen - to dance 3. Grammar Point: Present Tense In German, verbs are conjugated based on the subject pronoun. Let’s dive deeper into how to conjugate some common verbs in the present tense: Regular Verbs The present tense in German typically follows a regular patter...

German A1 - Chapter 3: Family & Descriptions

Welcome to Chapter 3 ! In this chapter, we'll focus on vocabulary related to family and how to describe people in German. Understanding family terms and basic adjectives will help you in conversations about your loved ones and in making descriptions. 1. Key Vocabulary: Family die Familie - family der Vater - father die Mutter - mother der Bruder - brother die Schwester - sister der Sohn - son die Tochter - daughter die Eltern - parents die Großeltern - grandparents der Großvater - grandfather die Großmutter - grandmother der Onkel - uncle die Tante - aunt der Cousin - cousin (male) die Cousine - cousin (female) 2. Key Vocabulary: Descriptive Adjectives Here are some basic adjectives that will help you describe people: groß - tall klein - short/small jung - young alt - old freundlich - friendly sympathisch - nice intelligent - intelligent sportlich - sporty schön - beautiful hübsch - pretty schlank - slim dick - fat 3. Grammar Point: Describing People In G...

German A1 - Chapter 2: Numbers and Basic Math

  Welcome to the second chapter of our German A1 course! Today, we'll learn about numbers and basic mathematical operations in German. This knowledge is essential for everyday situations like shopping, telling time, and more. 1. Key Vocabulary: Numbers 0-20 0 - null 1 - eins 2 - zwei 3 - drei 4 - vier 5 - fünf 6 - sechs 7 - sieben 8 - acht 9 - neun 10 - zehn 11 - elf 12 - zwölf 13 - dreizehn 14 - vierzehn 15 - fünfzehn 16 - sechzehn 17 - siebzehn 18 - achtzehn 19 - neunzehn 20 - zwanzig 2. Grammar Point: Forming Numbers 21-99 To form numbers between 21 and 99: Say the ones digit Add "und" (and) Say the tens digit For example: 21 = einundzwanzig (one and twenty) 35 = fünfunddreißig (five and thirty) 48 = achtundvierzig (eight and forty) Note: For 30, we say "dreißig" instead of "dreizig". 3. Basic Math Operations plus (+) - plus minus (-) - minus mal (×) - ...

German A1 - Chapter 1: Introductions and Greetings

Welcome to your first step in learning German! In this chapter, we'll cover basic introductions and greetings, essential for starting conversations in German.   1. Key Vocabulary   - Hallo - Hello - Guten Morgen - Good morning - Guten Tag - Good day - Guten Abend - Good evening - Auf Wiedersehen - Goodbye - Tschüss - Bye (informal) - Ich - I - Du - You (informal) - Sie - You (formal) - Wie - How - heißen - to be called   2. Grammar Point: Personal Pronouns In German, personal pronouns change based on their role in the sentence. For now, we'll focus on the nominative case (subject of the sentence):   - ich (I) - du (you - informal singular) - Sie (you - formal singular or plural) - er (he) - sie (she) - es (it) - wir (we) - ihr (you - informal plural) - sie (they)   3. Useful Phrases - Wie heißen Sie? - What's your name? (formal) - Wie heißt du? - What's your name? (informal) - Ich heiße [Name]. - My n...