German A1 — All Lessons

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1

Greetings & Introductions

Your first words: how to say hello, introduce yourself, and greet Germans like a local.

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2

Numbers 0–20 & Everyday Counting

Prices, phone numbers, ages, and counting — the survival numbers you use every day.

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3

Days, Months & Telling Time

Appointments, opening hours, birthdays — days, months, and how to actually tell time in German.

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4

Common Phrases & Politeness

Please, thank you, sorry, asking for help, and Sie vs du — the everyday manners Germans expect.

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5

Sentence Structure & Pronouns

Word order and ich/du/er/sie — how to build correct German sentences.

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6

haben & sein

The two verbs German runs on — "to have" and "to be."

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7

Present Tense — Regular Verbs

Conjugate regular verbs and talk about what you do every day.

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8

Present Tense — Irregular Verbs

e→i, e→ie, a→ä — the verb changes that don't follow the rules.

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9

Articles — der, die, das

Every German noun has a gender. Learn to spot and use the right article.

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10

Cases — Nominative & Accusative

Why "der" sometimes becomes "den" — subjects vs. objects.

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11

Modal Verbs — können, müssen, wollen

Can, must, want — and the sentence pattern they create.

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12

Possessive Pronouns — mein, dein, sein

My, your, his — saying what belongs to whom.

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13

Negation & Question Words

nicht vs. kein, plus the W-questions that unlock real conversation.

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14

Separable Verbs — aufstehen, anrufen, mitkommen

aufstehen, anrufen, mitkommen — the prefix jumps to the end.

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15

Dative Case & Personal Pronouns — mir, dir, ihm

mir, dir, ihm, uns — the pronouns behind helfen, danken, and gefallen.

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16

Dative Prepositions — aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu

aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu — no exceptions, ever.

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17

Perfekt Tense with haben

ge-t and ge-en — how to say what you did, with haben.

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18

Perfekt Tense with sein

Motion, change of state, and a few exceptions — the verbs that use sein instead.

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19

Two-Way (Wechsel) Prepositions

The same 9 prepositions switch between accusative and dative, depending on movement vs. location.

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20

Imperative Mood — Giving Commands

du, ihr, and Sie — three ways to tell someone what to do.

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21

Adjective Endings

Why "der rote Apfel" but "ein roter Apfel"? Adjective endings, decoded.

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