Deine Deutsch-Reise

Week 13–14

Perfect tense — Talking about the past

• •Partizip II: ge-+t/en (machen→gemacht)
• •Auxiliary verbs haben vs sein
• •I have eaten. / I drove.
• •Irregular verbs: gehen, sehen, fahren, essen

Learn 15 irregular verbs/day

Week 15–16

Modalverben — modal verbs

• •6 Modalverben: können, müssen, wollen, dürfen, sollen, möchten
• •Modal (position 2) + main verb (end of sentence)
• •I can speak German.
• •nicht dürfen (forbidden) vs nicht müssen (not necessary)

Learn in pairs of opposites

Week 17–18

Dative — Case 3 & Prepositions

• •Dative: dem/einem (m/n), der/einer (f), den+n (pl)
• •Prepositions Dativ: mit, nach, bei, von, seit, aus, zu
• •prepositions of movement: in, at, on, over, under…
• •Where? (Dative) vs Where to? (Accusative)

I go to school (Akk) vs in the school (Dat).

Week 19–20

Adjective & Comparison

• •Adjective declension after der/ein
• •comparative: faster than; better than
• •Superlative: am schnellsten, am besten
• •Learn adjective endings by case

Learn adjective vocabulary in pairs

Week 21–22

Subordinate clause & separable verb

• •Subordinate clauses: weil, dass, wenn, ob — verb at the end
• •I don't come because I am sick.
• •Separable verbs: aufmachen, anrufen, einladen
• •Main clause + subordinate clause: comma separation

Practice main clause ↔ subordinate clause

Week 23–24

Konjunktiv II & A2 practice tests

• •Konjunktiv II: würde + Infinitiv
• •would have/were/could for conditional & polite sentences
• •I would like to… / Could you…?
• •Do 3–5 A2 practice tests

Konjunktiv II is how you sound polite.