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Plusquamperfekt (Past Perfekt Tense)

Wenn ich in ein Zimmer gehe und meinen zweijährigen Sohn mit diesem Gesicht sehe, weiß ich genau, dass, kurz bevor ich ins Zimmer getreten bin, er etwas ganz verschmitzt gemacht hatte.

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Futur 2 (German Future Perfect Tense) - Talking about Completed Actions in the Future

You have likely already heard about the future tense in German, which is called “Futur 1”. But, if there is a Futur 1, there has to be a “Futur 2”, right? Of course. Today we are going to learn how...

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How to Talk About the Future in German

Morgen wird Max eine Reise machen. Er wird in den Zoo gehen, weil er die Tiere sehen will. Um 9 Uhr fährt er mit dem Bus los. Im Zoo wird er eine große Tüte Popcorn kaufen. Max wird seine Freundin ...

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Introduction to German Modal Verbs & How to Use Them

In this lesson you will learn how to conjugate and properly use German modal verbs (auxiliaries) in sentences. I'll explain what modal verbs are, why they are important and what you need to know ab...

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How to Understand Fast Spoken German Effortlessly | Understand German quickly

Speaking German with native speakers is tough. It can be incredibly frustrating when you can’t understand everything they are saying, they speak too quickly for you to understand and you don’t know...

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Du hast eine echt coole Party verpasst! - German Perfekt Tense Listening/Reading Comprehension Practice

This lesson is a listening/reading comprehension lesson focusing on the Perfekt tense. It is a conversation between two friends about a party from the weekend before. You can watch the video above ...

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Was hast du am Wochenende gemacht? - German Perfekt Tense Listening/Reading Comprehension

This lesson is a listening/reading comprehension lesson focusing on the Perfekt tense. You can watch the video above or read the text below and expand your knowledge of the German Perfekt tense. 

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How to Form & Use Irregular Verbs in the German Perfekt Tense

If you want to talk about the past in German, you need the Perfekt tense. If you want to do it with any style, you will need to learn how to use irregular verbs in the Perfekt tense. Today I’m going ...

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The Basics of the Perfekt Tense & Regular Verbs

In my last video I introduced you to the Perfekt tense through a conversation about the question “Was hast du am Wochenende gemacht?” Today I’m going to explain a bit about when to use the Perfekt ...

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How to Form All 6 German Tenses & When to Use Them

The German language has 6 tenses. In this lesson I will introduce them all to you and show you a general overview of how they are used, why they exist and how you form them.

For each of these tens...

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6 German vs. 12 English Tenses: When to Use Which?

Hallo, Deutschlerner. Do you know how to translate this sentence into English?

Bob isst.

It seems like this should be pretty easy to do, but what if I told you that you could translate this ONE G...

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Patterns of Irregular Verbs in German: 3 Principal Parts of German Verbs

Learning irregular verb forms in German can be tricky. It can seem completely arbitrary. Luckily, when you zoom out a bit, there are patterns that emerge. This post will show you these patterns and...

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