German A1 · Beginner

The absolute basics: introduce yourself, talk about everyday things, and form simple present-tense sentences in German.

• The verb "sein" (to be: bin, bist, ist...)
• The verb "haben" (to have: habe, hast, hat...)
• Personal pronouns (ich, du, er, sie, es, wir, ihr, sie/Sie)
• Present tense: regular verbs
• Word order: the verb in second position
• W-questions (wer, was, wo, wann, wie, warum)
• Yes/no questions (verb first)
• Noun gender (der, die, das)
• Definite articles in the nominative (der, die, das)
• Indefinite articles in the nominative (ein, eine, ein)
• Plural of nouns
• Negation with "nicht" and "kein"
• Present tense: stem-changing verbs (fahren → fährt, essen → isst)
• Modal verbs and "möchten": können, müssen, wollen, dürfen, möchten
• The accusative case
• Articles in the accusative (den, einen, keinen)
• Personal pronouns in the accusative (mich, dich, ihn, sie, es...)
• Separable verbs (aufstehen, einkaufen)
• The imperative (du, ihr, Sie forms)
• Possessive articles in the nominative and accusative (mein, dein, sein...)
• "es gibt" (there is / there are)
• Basic prepositions of place and time (in, aus, nach, bei, um, am)