Video Lessons

Short explanations of German topics. Videos are played from YouTube. Press the button under a video when you have watched it.

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A1: Greetings and Goodbyes

Say hello and goodbye in German, formal and informal.

A1: Family Members and Possessives

Learn the German words for family members and describe your family with mein and meine.

A1: Family Members Vocabulary

Easy family words and simple sentences for beginners.

A1: der, die, das - How to Find the Gender

Three ways to work out a noun's gender: meaning, biological sex and suffixes.

A1: Rules and Hints for Articles

Practical hints to guess whether a noun takes der, die or das.

A1: Food and Drinks (Essen und Trinken)

Food and drink vocabulary, useful verbs and short dialogues for beginners.

A1: Breakfast Words and Sentences

Say what you eat and drink for breakfast and ask others.

A1: Talking About Food and Drink

A conversation-style episode about food and drink with Easy Deutsch.

A1: haben and sein

Conjugate the two most important German verbs and use them in short sentences.

A1: Ordering in a Restaurant or Cafe

A short dialogue showing how to order food and drinks.

A1: Hobbies in German

Common hobbies and how to talk about what you love doing.

A2 14 videos

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A2: How to Write a Formal Email

Structure, greetings, closings and useful phrases for a formal email (Goethe A2 writing).

A2: Writing an Email in German

Step-by-step guide to composing formal and informal emails.

A2: als, wenn, ob and wann

Learn when to use als, wenn, ob and wann, with example sentences.

A2: The Perfekt with haben, sein and Partizip II

Build past-tense sentences: choosing haben or sein and forming the past participle.

A2: Praeteritum - war and hatte

The simple past of sein and haben, and when Germans use it.

A2: war, hatte and Past Modal Verbs

Use war, hatte, konnte, musste, wollte, durfte and sollte for everyday past situations.

A2: Polite Requests with Konjunktiv II

Make polite requests and questions with koennten and wuerden.

A2: wann vs wenn vs als

A second explanation of the three German words for 'when'.

A2: Hotel buchen (Booking a Hotel)

Real hotel dialogues: reservation, check-in, problems and check-out.

A2: How to Book a Hotel in Germany

Room types, reserving a room and asking if breakfast is included.

A2: Travel and Accommodation Vocabulary

24 travel words with articles, plurals, examples and quizzes.

A2: Two-Way Prepositions

Wechselpraepositionen: accusative or dative, with many examples.

A2: Strong and Irregular Verbs in the Perfekt

Past participles such as gesehen, gelesen, getrunken and gedacht in real sentences.

A2 Full course

Your complete A2 German course in one video: grammar, vocabulary, and listening exercises designed to help learners confidently reach the A2 level.

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