A1 · Absolute beginner

Greetings, introductions, everyday vocabulary and the present tense.

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   Fragen zum Kennenlernen

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   Introducing yourself: name, origin, and the questions you are asked first.

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   Aussprache

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   The German alphabet and the sounds that do not exist in English.

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   Getränke

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   Ordering a drink, and the vocabulary of a German café.

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   Verbkonjugation im Präsens

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   Present-tense endings, and the verbs that change their vowel.

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   sein und haben

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   The two verbs everything else is built on, and why they are irregular.

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   Zahlen

   Numbers, and the German habit of saying the units before the tens.

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   Über Preise sprechen

   Asking what something costs, and understanding the answer.

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   Im Kursraum

   Classroom language: the things you need to be able to ask on day one.

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   Artikel im Nominativ

   der, die, das — and why the article matters more than the noun.

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    Länder, Städte und Sprachen

    Where you are from, where you live, and which languages you speak.

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    W-Fragen und Satzfragen

    Questions with a question word, and questions that start with the verb.

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    Personalpronomen

    ich, du, er, sie — the pronouns, and the formal Sie.

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    Wohnen

    Rooms, furniture, and describing where you live.

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    Adjektive

    Describing things, and adjectives that stand after the verb.

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    Adjektivendungen im Nominativ und Akkusativ

    What happens to an adjective when it stands in front of the noun.

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    Der Akkusativ

    The accusative case, and the one article that actually changes.

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    Possessivartikel

    mein, dein, sein, ihr — saying what belongs to whom.

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    Die Uhrzeiten

    Telling the time, officially and the way people actually say it.

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    Wochentage und temporale Präpositionen

    Days of the week, and am, um, im — when to use which.

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    Trennbare Verben

    Separable verbs, and where the prefix goes in a sentence.

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    Negation — kein und nicht

    Saying no: which negation goes with which kind of word.

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    In der Stadt

    Places in town, and asking where something is.

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    Der Dativ

    The dative case, and the verbs that demand it.

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    Lokale Präpositionen mit Dativ

    bei, mit, nach, von, zu — location prepositions that always take the dative.

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    Ordinalzahlen

    First, second, third — dates and floors.

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    Lerntipps

    How to study German so that it stays in.

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    Berufe

    Jobs, and talking about what you do for a living.

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    Modalverben

    können, müssen, wollen, dürfen, sollen, möchten — and the Infinitiv at the end.

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    Präpositionen mit Akkusativ und Dativ

    The prepositions that take either case, and what decides which.

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    Orientierung in Trier

    Asking for and giving directions.

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    Eine Postkarte schreiben

    Writing a postcard: the shape of a short, friendly German text.

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    Urlaub

    Holidays: where you went, and what you did there.

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    Das Perfekt

    The past tense you actually speak, with haben and sein.

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    Lebensmittel

    Food shopping, and the vocabulary of a German supermarket.

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    Häufigkeiten

    immer, oft, manchmal, nie — how often you do something.

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    Das Fragewort welch-

    Asking which one, and matching the ending to the noun.

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    Komparativ und Superlativ

    Comparing things: gut, besser, am besten.

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    Kleidung und Farben

    Clothes and colours, and shopping for both.

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    Demonstrativpronomen

    dieser, diese, dieses — pointing at a particular one.

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    Das Wetter

    Weather, seasons, and small talk that always works.

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    Gesund leben

    Health, habits, and giving advice.

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    Imperativ

    Telling someone to do something, politely and informally.

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    Der Körper

    The body, and saying what hurts at the doctor.

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