Grammar Videos

German Case Lessons

What is nominative, accusative, dative and genitive? How do I use these? These videos build on each other. If you find a video lesson difficult to follow, watch some of the earlier videos first.

Case in English (Seriously? We have such a thing? Understanding your own language helps you make sense of German)

Case in German - The Definite Article (der, die, das, den, dem... Which one should I use?)

Case in German - The Indefinite Article (ein, eine, einen, einem, einer... Which one should I use?)

Dative Verbs (Wait, I thought the direct object was supposed to be accusative! These verbs are exceptions.)

Prepositions and Case (What case should I use after this preposition? Accusative Prepositions: durch, für, gegen, ohne, um. Dative prepositions: aus, ausser, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu. The troublesome two-way prepositions: in, an, auf, unter, über, neben, hinter, vor, and zwischen)

"Der" Words (Words the follow the same pattern as definite articles DER/DIE/DAS: diese, jene, welche, solche, manche)

"Ein" Words (Words the follow the same pattern as indefinite article EIN: kein, mein, dein, sein, ihr, euer, unser)

Pronouns (Those short words that substitute for repeating the noun over and over again: he/him, she/her, they/them, and it)

Adjective Endings (This is not as difficult as you think)

German Verb Lessons

Present Tense

Giving Commands

Conversational Past (otherwise known as Present Perfect)

Narrative Past (otherwise known as simple past or imperfect)

Passive (I am not sure who did it, but here is what happened: "The man was robbed." "His car has been stolen." "The thief was arrested.")

Word Order Lessons

Subordinating Conjunctions (connecting multiple small sentences into one more complex sentence)

Relative Pronouns (These are subordinating conjunctions too, but you need to pay attention to case and gender)

Object word order (what comes first the dative or the accusative?)