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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...
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...
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...
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...
If you want to learn how to use subordinating conjunctions in German such as dass, weil, ob, wenn and more, you have come to the right place. Not only will I explain the word order and sentence...
Conjunction junction, what’s your function?
Hookin’ up words and phrases and clauses.
This song is a classic and it explains perfectly what conjunctions do. They connect words,...
Herr Antrim: If the following scene feels familiar, this lesson is for you. I’ll explain when you need to use “zu” with an infinitive and when you don’t. And...
Alles? Alle? Allem? Allen? Is this one word being declined or many words that look similar? If you don’t know, read this post.
Let’s talk about two little words...
eins, zwei, drei. Ich habe ein Buch. Er hat auch eins. Sie wird eines Tages eins haben. Meine Schwester hat eine Eins in Mathe.
Seriously, German?
Sometimes I think this language is simply...
There are three different pronouns in German that are all written as s-i-e. When you hear the word “sie” in German, it could mean “she” or “they” or...
This post is the first of 2 lessons about the genitive case. In this lesson I will cover the basics. Why the genitive case exists, when to use it and how to form it. In the...
If you really want to master the German case system, you need Herr Antrim's book "Mastering the German Case System". It is available here as an ebook or on Amazon as a paperback...
