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Knowing how to pronounce hätte correctly in German is one thing. Using it correctly is another.
In today's German lesson you'll learn both how to say hätte correctly and how to use it in a few specific phrases.
Imagine how confident you'll feel knowing exactly what to say and pronouncing everything correctly. This will be a step up for your German.
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This audio and article will take the fear out of using wäre in German. All it means is "would be," but would be has nothing to do with reality. It actually has to do with things which are unreal. Something that isn't true now, but would be nice or would be nuts or would be fantastic.
This grammar topic is known as the "Konjunktiv II." We'll use only the present tense today.
If this is brand new for you, it's best to take it one step at a time. The first step are the very straight-forward sentences (or "simple sentences") in this audio.
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Summer vacation (or summer holidays) are drawing to a close for loads of people in the northern hemisphere.
So what are these called in German?
Das sind die Ferien.
And why is that word so frequently confused with "feiern"?
Because they are so similar.
In this article plus audio, you'll learn how to pronounce these two words, which article you should use with Ferien (it's simpler than you might think), and a couple of example sentences so you can remember which word to use when.
You'll use a bit of rhythm, some repetition, and a fun story to help you keep these two words separate and distinct from one another.
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In this 5th episode of the GermanWithNicole.com Podcast you'll learn what these designations mean for German learning.
You've surely seen this alphabet-number combination on German learning materials and maybe you've seen or taken a German language assessment test and received one of these combinations as a result. “You can take a class at the A2 level.”
But what does it mean?! And why should you care?!
Hint: Understanding these combinations will make your German learning life sooooo much easier. Answers to those questions and so much more today!
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If you mean something, then you mean it, but a word can mean something entirely different from what you think it means. And whatever change occurs in your life means something to you, but it doesn't mean the same thing for me.
You mean something, a word means something, and a change means something for you, but not for me.
To mean, to mean, to mean.
This is actually easier in German. Because there are three different words! Meinen, bedeuten, heißen They're similar, and they are sometimes confusing because they do overlap, and in some contexts you can use them interchangeably because they are synonyms. However I hope that these three examples, all in German, will help you tell them apart better.
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