German Stories from level A2

Lay down the foundations for speaking in German using "war vs wäre" or "würde" plus other verb except "sein."

Lay down the foundations for speaking in German using "haben/hatten vs hätten."

How can you use "I would like" in the simple past "I wanted to ..."

Using I would like in the simple past.

Verbs of the senses versus reflexive verbs.

accusative (mich), dative (mir)

werden vs wollen, will vs werden, duerfen vs muessen, will vs sollen

Wozu umzu dazu

Bad vs bad / more vs less than / the same as

Slowly build up your own sentences laying down the foundations for speaking. Link sentences with the subordinate conjunctions "weil, wenn and als"

Listen to a fun story and see if you can formulate your own replies for speaking practise. Read along on my website www.growyourgerman.com

Listen to a fun story from level A2 in time for the queens jubilee. You can read along on my website www.growyourgerman.com

Simple past of "haben und koennen." Add "nicht, noch nicht, schon, mehr." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unangreaveaolcom/message

Listening to a fun story and formulate your own reply for speaking practise. (Transcript and English translation available on www.growyourgerman.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unangreaveaolcom/message

Switch between the active and passive voice when speaking. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unangreaveaolcom/message

This is an example of how you could record yourself every day on your phone making yourself speak German. The 5-4-3-2-1 is actually a relaxation technique used to calm down restless thoughts and bring you back into the present using the 5 senses. I find its also extremely useful to become aware of mistakes when trying to speak with more precision in German. Use the articles correctly, the linking words, cases and prepositions.

German word order rules, add the words in brackets. Linking sentences with "weil, wenn, als." Wenn ich Zeit habe vs hätte. (Subjunctive of "haben".) Wenn ich du wäre. (Subjunctive of "sein.")

Know the difference between "es, das und dass" when linking two ideas or clauses. Listen and think or use as a 10 minute "speak German" warm up using the text on www.growyourgerman.com "Werden" when it means to get or to become. Wissen versus kennen. To know a fact vs to be familiar with something or someone. Switch between present and perfect tense.

Hier ist Teil 2 der Geschichte. Du kannst Grammatik ab A2 wiederholen: Vergangenheit, Konjunktiv II und Plusperfect. Zuerst musst du 5 Fragen beantworten, was du nur kannst, wenn du die Geschichte gehört hast. Also viel Spaß und bis bald...

Ich lese dir heute eine Geschichte vor. Es ist der erste Teil von zwei Teilen. Die Geschichte heißt: “Unhöfliche Empfangsdame.” Du kannst Grammatik ab A2 wiederholen. Das  sind die Grammatikpunkte: die Vergangenheit (ging, las, vorbeikam), das Plusperfekt (hatte vorher geschrieben), Konjunktiv II (als ob...nicht gehört hätte, als ob... nicht gesehen hätte) ... Bis bald!

JANUAR SPAZIERGANG LISTEN TO THE STORY... FIND THE STORY TO READ ALONG ON: WWW.GROWYOURGERMAN.COM COPY THE TEXT INTO A TRANSLATION MACHINE IF YOU NEED HELP WITH VOCABULARY. CAN YOU ANSWER THE QUESTIONS?

Revise German reflexive verbs, accusative and dative pronouns or linking sentences with this fun story.

Listen to a fun story about Marion, who can't stop dreaming about Italy. You should be able to answer the questions on level A2 German. Learn the set prepositions träumen von ... to dream about. How to say to start doing something ... anfangen zu ... To stop doing something ... aufhören zu ...