A1 German Grammar Intensive Crash Course

N.B. This video course is currently available only to residents of the US & Canada.
(Blame the tax laws.)

This A1 German Grammar Intensive Crash Course is an online, video course made specifically for you by Frau Warner. This video course is here within this website at GermanWithNicole.com. All instructions to access it will be provided to you.

This A1 German Grammar Intensive Crash Course is for you if:

• you'd like to review the A1 level,

  • perhaps you want to take Frau Warner's A2 class on Wednesday evenings Central time this fall,

• you aren't quite up to speed for the A1 grammar topics, and/or

• you're a self-starter and want more.

Upon successful payment of your tuition, you will have:

• access to this course for the duration of the build PLUS 12 months.

• full access to the entirety of this course*.

• 24/7 access to the course, so you can work on it in your own time and on your own schedule.

This course is focused solely on the grammar and sentence structure, and thus it is not a complete A1 course, however it is also coordinated with the book studio [21] A1. It is optional if you want to purchase the books for studio [21] A1, however if you want to complete this course as a self-study course for A1, you will find the coordinating chapters listed in the lessons.

*N.B. that this course is currently being built.

The Lessons in this Course Are:

Bolded titles indicate lessons which have been created and published.

Italicized titles indicate lessons which I am working on that this very minute. (I work from this list for the course, so it's a living document.)

Teil 1

0. das Alphabet, including "achor consonants," vowel combinations and consonant combinations

1. Greetings, Good-byes, and when to use them
2. The 9 German Personal Pronouns
3. Verbs: The 'infinitive' form and the 'conjugations' (and what those are)
   • And why the difference between regular and irregular verbs isn't as important as you might think.
4. Numbers, money, and telephone numbers

Teil 2

1. Articles galore! der/die/das/die, ein/eine/ein/-, kein/kein/kein/kein
2. The 8 plural forms
   • and what they are, including special examples.
   • and how to use these in your learning (and save yourself loads of time down the road).
   • (I'm waiting on an edit to the video and this should be published this week 28.08.2024.)

Teil 3

1. war (past tense)
   
2. German Sentence Structure and German Sentence Yoga (I'll explain.)
   • Includes the A1 German Sentence Structure Guide.

Teil 4

1. die Orientierung (geographical locations and directions)
   • How to use the 'Herr Miyagi' Method.
2. Describe things with adjectives and then negate those adjectives with 'nicht.'
3. Learn to use the Akkusativ - cute dog photo included.
4. Say what belongs to whom -- Possessive Pronouns in the Nominativ only!

Teil 5

1. Understand time and the prepositions used with time (both formal and informal)
2.  Separable verbs - get out your pinking sheers!
3.  You're going places with Akkusativ.
4.  hatte (past tense)

Teil 6

1.  It's always mit + Dativ.
2.  Where you are is with the Dativ.
3.  Cardinal numbers (Ordinalzahlen) in the Nominativ and the Dativ.

Teil 7

1.  Modal Verbs (Modalverben): können, müssen, möchten, wollen

Teil 8

1. Understanding and giving directions. (Orientierung)
2.  Prepositions with Akkusativ

Teil 9

1.  The Present Perfect (das Perfekt) - the past tense!
2.  Appointments and using von...bis.

Teil 10

1.  Modal Verb (Modalverb): mögen
   • including nicht mögen
2. Comparative and Superlative
3. Ich hätte gern...an introduction to the Konjunktiv II

Teil 11

1.  The Adjective Endings: first in the Nominativ, then the Akkusativ, and then the Dativ.
2.  Which shoes do you like? - Demonstrative Pronouns (Demonstrativa)
3.  Talking about the weather (das Wetter 'es')

Teil 12

1.  Modal Verb (Modalverb): dürfen, nicht dürfen, as well as nicht müssen
2. der Imperativ (command form)
3.  It's for you: Accusative Personal Pronouns.

Supplies you'll need:

1. A 3-ring binder and/or a notebook and a writing utensil (or three).

2. You may need access to a printer to print out a few PDFs.

   • If you don't have access to a printer, you can write out the worksheets in one color pen, then fill in the worksheets in a pencil or a different color pen. Das ist einfach.
     

3. OPTIONAL:

   1. studio 21 A1 Kurs- und Übungsbuch mit DVD-ROM ISBN 9783065205269

   2. studio 21 A1 Intensivtraining mit Hörtexten ISBN 9783065205702 (think of this as the 'extra credit' exercises, but without the pressure and with some fun)

   3. studio 21 A1 Glossary German - English ISBN 9783065205597 (for Vocabulary work)

You are welcome to comment on the course and ask questions! Frau Warner reads every comment and responds personally to questions.