In this video I explain five exceptions in German: the subjunctive of "stehen", the n-declination, the pronunciation of French loan words, modal verbs in the perfect with another verb and a subclause with haben and more than 2 verbs.
This video explains how adjectives are used in German. To understand it you should know about article declination in German. If you are not sure about that you should watch my video on article declination first.
This video explains German relative clauses and relative pronouns. It does not include special relative clauses which are relative to the entire sentence. You should know the article declination before watching and knowing normal subclauses helps to understand.
This video explains the German subjunctive form "Konjunktiv 2". To understand it you should know how to conjugate a modal verb, build the simple past (Präteritum) and know all types of German verbs.
If you want to emphasize a word you can put it at the beginning of the sentence. In this example it is the word "heute" (today). The animation shows how it pushes the subject from the first to the third position, right after the verb.
This video explains how to construct the past participle in German. overview: weak verbs: ge_____t strong verbs: ge____en sep.prefix: prefix + ge___t/en insep. prefix: prefix + _____t/en -ieren: _____iert list of separable prefixes: ab an auf aus bei ein fort mit nach vor weg zu zurück zusammen list of inseparable prefixes: be ge er ent emp ver zer miss list of dual prefixes: durch hinter über um unter wider wieder
Many people wonder if "nicht" is completely random in German. Even native speakers often can't help them. But there are 3 simple rules in this video if you follow them you will always create a natural negation of your German sentences.
Germans spelling and pronunciation are bound together so if you know all the sounds that are connected to the spelling you will be able to perfectly read a German text even if you dont know any of the words. In this video I explain all the rules and read the sounds.