German Simple Past Tense – Regular Verbs
Past Tense 2: Imperfect (das Imperfekt/Präteritum) The simple past/imperfect/preterite tense (das Präteritum/das Imperfekt) is the form of the past tense most often found in writing (i.e. narrative…
CEFR Language Level: A1 Level
Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has. Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
German Imperative
The imperative mood in German has several forms, and can be “softened” by adding flavoring particles (‘doch’ and ‘mal’) and the word ‘bitte’ (please). ‘Doch’…
The Dative Case in German
The dative case in German is one of the four German Cases and home of the indirect object, but it can also be used for indicating location.
German Present Perfect – Mixed Verbs
Mixed Verbs (gemischte Verben) Another category of verbs that display both strong and weak forms are the “mixed” verbs (gemischte Verben), otherwise known as weak irregular…
German Present Perfect – Irregular Verbs
Das Perfekt mit “sein“ sein + (usually) ge+(main part of the verb)+en Most verbs that express movement from one point to another point, indicate a change of…
German Present Perfect – Regular Verbs
German Present Perfect Regular Verbs The present perfect is generally used in spoken language to express something that happened in the past. The preterite tense…
German Modal Verbs
German Modal verbs modify the content of the main verb of the sentence (i.e. the way or how something is done). The conjugated modal verb…
German Cardinal & Ordinal Numbers
In English and in German there are cardinal numbers, used for counting, calculating and staring years and age. Ordinal numbers are used to order or…
German Separable Prefix Verbs
Verbs with a separable prefix (trennbare Verben) Some verbs in German have a prefix attached to the verb stem. In some cases the prefix is not…
German Question Words
In English and in German, we can differentiate between two kinds of direct questions: “Ja/Nein Fragen” (Yes/No questions), or Ergänzungsfragen (problem questions). 1. Ja/Nein-Fragen/ Entscheidungsfragen …