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| TOPIC Thema |
Lesson Lektion |
| Accusative Case - The accusative (direct object) case (11), accusative prepositions (14) | Lesson 11 Lesson 14 |
| Adjectives and Colors (Farben): Common German adjectives with sample sentences | Lesson 5 |
| Adverbs of Time/Wann? - Today, tomorrow, later, now, etc. | Lesson 10 |
| Alphabet - Das Abc: The German alphabet (with sound) plus a Pronunciation Guide for German letters and words. | Lesson 1b |
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| Body Vocabulary - Von Kopf bis Fuß - From head to toe: Talking about the human body. | Lesson 15 |
| Calendar and Appointments - Days of the week, months and dates - Ordinal numbers | Lesson 12 |
| Cases - The accusative, dative, genitive, and nominative cases in German Also see Adjective Endings and Lesson 5 |
Noun Cases |
| Colors and Adjectives (Farben): Common German colors and adjectives with sample sentences | Lesson 5 |
| Counting and Numbers: German numbers from 0-20 and 21-100. With exercises and audio. | Lesson 7 Lesson 8 |
| Countries, Nationalities, and Languages - Land und Leute: With exercises and a quiz. | Lesson 6 |
| Dative of Interest - Shopping & Buying - Im Kaufhaus - At the Department Store | Lesson 17 |
| Dative Phrases with the calendar and appointments, days of the week, months and dates | Lesson 12 |
| Dative Reflexive - Verb phrases using the dative reflexive - Wo tut's weh? Where does it hurt? | Lesson 15 |
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| Days of the Week with the calendar, days of the week, months, seasons, and dates | Lesson 12 |
| Directions and Going Places - Wie komme ich dorthin?: How do I get there? | Lesson 10 |
| Family: Meine Familie und ich - Talking about your family and relations. | Lesson 9 |
| Food and Drink - Essen und Trinken - Eating and drinking, buying groceries, the table setting | Lesson 13 |
| Gender and Nouns: der, die, das. With two German Gender Quizzes. | Lesson 3 |
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| Giving and Taking - geben und nehmen - Stem-changing verbs, accusative case, command forms | Lesson 11 |
| Greetings/Courtesies - Grüße/Nettigkeiten: Common greetings and courtesies. | Lesson 1a |
| haben (to have) - Two important verbs: To have and have not (haben); to be or not to be! (sein) | Lesson 4a |
| House and Home - Haus und Hof - Apartments/flats, houses, rooms and furniture. - Pres. perfect tense. More 2-way prepositions | Lesson 18 |
| Know: How to Say Know - kennen/wissen/können - The three German verbs for "to know." | Lesson 16 |
| Languages, Countries, and Nationalities - Land und Leute: With exercises and a quiz. | Lesson 6 |
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| Modal Verbs - The six German modal verbs | Lesson 16 |
| Nouns and Gender: der, die, das. With two German Gender Quizzes. | Lesson 3 |
| Numbers and Counting: German numbers from 0-20 and 21-100. With exercises and audio. | Lesson 7 Lesson 8 |
| Occupations - Berufe - Plus more on the accusative case and accusative prepositions. | Lesson 14 |
| Ordinal Numbers with the calendar, appointments, days of the week, months and dates | Lesson 12 |
| Present Tense: How to conjugate German verbs and form sentences in the present tense. | Lesson 4b |
| Present Perfect Tense - House and Home - The German present perfect tense, plus more two-way prepositions | Lesson 18 |
| Prepositions: Accusative - The accusative prepositions in German. | Lesson 14 |
| Prepositions: Two-Way - German two-way prepositions can be either accusative or dative. | Lesson 18 |
| Pronouns: I, he/she, Sie/du, we, they, etc. German personal pronouns with related expressions. | Lesson 2 |
| Pronunciation - Aussprache: How to pronounce German letters and words. | Lesson 1b |
| Review Tests - Two review tests covering lessons 1-5 and 6-10. Test yourself! | Test 1 Test 2 |
| Seasons of the Year with the calendar, days, months, and dates | Lesson 12b |
| sein (to be) - Two important verbs: To have and have not (haben); to be or not to be! (sein) | Lesson 4a |
| Separable & Inseparable Verb Prefixes: How to conjugate verbs in sentences with these prefixes. | Lesson 19 |
| Shopping & Buying - Im Kaufhaus - At the department store: departments, floors, etc. | Lesson 17 |
| Verbs: Present Tense: How to conjugate German verbs and form sentences in the present tense. | Lesson 4b |
| Verbs: Present Perfect: How to conjugate verbs and form sentences in the present perfect tense. | Lesson 18 |
| Verbs: Separable & Inseparable Prefixes: How to conjugate verbs in sentences with these prefixes. | Lesson 19 |
| Verbs: German Verbs - A guide to conjugating and using German verbs | |
| Weather: How to talk about das Wetter plus dative expressions. | Lesson 20 |
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