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Die Döner-Verwirrung | Discovering Deutschland Ep. 3

In this episode, our friends Bruce, Richard, and Jason set out for the famed Istanbul Döner, where Bruce and Jason teach Richard how to order food in German. After mastering phrases like “without o...

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Die Rucksack-Rettung | Discovering Deutschland Ep. 2

In this episode of Discovering Deutschland, join our friends Bruce, Richard, and Jason as they rush back to the airport in search of Jason's misplaced backpack, only to find themselves navigating m...

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Am Flughafen angekommen | Discovering Deutschland Ep. 1

This is the first episode of an engaging B1-level journey through Germany, where each episode brings you closer to real-life language and culture. In this first episode, Bruce, Richard, and Jason a...

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The Ultimate Guide to Reflexive Pronouns & Verbs in German

 In this German grammar lesson you will learn all you need to know about reflexive verbs and pronouns in German. 

If you wished that this lesson had more example sentences in it, I made a lesson j...

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How to Use Accusative Pronouns in German

Today I’m going to teach you how to use the accusative case personal pronouns in German. 

If you really want to master the German case system, you need Herr Antrim's book "Mastering the German Cas...

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Special Phrases of the Dative Case in German

There are a number of German phrases that use the dative case, but aren’t immediately obvious why that is. Today we will be exploring some of these dative phrases and I’ll explain why they use the ...

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Dative Verbs: What are they and how do you use them?

In this lesson I will explain pretty much every dative verb you will ever come across. These are German verbs that for some reason or other require a dative object. Similar to dative phrases, these...

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Dative Case Personal Pronouns in German

Dative pronouns in German are super easy. Once you know how to use the dative case with indirect objects, using the personal pronouns in the dative case with indirect objects is a breeze.

In a pre...

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German Dative Case Basics with Indirect Objects

Lots of German learners think that the dative case is the most complicated of the German cases, but it doesn’t have to be. Over the next several lessons I will teach you all of the things you need ...

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mögen vs möchten vs wollen

What is the deal with mögen, möchten and wollen? Mögen means “to like”, but there is also “gern haben”, which means “to like”. There is also “wollen”, which means to want and this word, I see all o...

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German Two-Part Conjunctions: Entweder... oder, je... desto & MORE

In this German grammar lesson I will teach you how to use the two-part conjunctions, sometimes also called “compound conjunctions” or “Doppelkonjunktionen”. By the end of this lesson you will be an...

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Adverbial Conjunctions: also, dann, trotzdem, jedoch and MORE!

This lesson is my 4th and final lesson about German conjunctions. I’ve already explained coordinating, subordinating and two-part conjunctions. Today I will teach you how to use the German adverbia...

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