Learn about the subjunctive mood (Konjunktiv 2) as it is used with the verb "werden" (würden) in this short German grammar lesson.

This is the 26th video of German with Puppets Series #1. In this video my puppets talk about separable, inseparable and dual prefixes.

This is the German version of The Itsy Bitsy Spider. I have included 3 sets of subtitles: German = German only; English = Non-Literal English Translation w/ German; and English (United States) = Literal English Translation w/ German

This is a very brief overview of the countries that use the Euro and the currency itself. This is to replace the section of our textbook that talks about Marks and Pfennig. I thought it was time for an update.



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I asked my 7 1/2 month old daughter to tell me a story in German. This is the result of that. I have to say, I'm pretty excited about it. My personal favorite part is the very last part. She is awesome. I hope you enjoy this as much as I...

This is the 11th video in German with Puppets Series #2. In this video my puppets explain how to use the modal auxiliaries, haben and sein in the past tense.

This is the 16th video in German with Puppets Series #2. This is the first of three videos about adjectives.

This is a song I wrote using the tune from "A Whole New World" from the Aladdin soundtrack from the Disney movie from 1992.

This is the 1st part of a 45 minute long video I made while reviewing with my 2nd hour class for their 2nd semester final. I uploaded the original, but I thought 45 minutes was too long, so I deleted the video and cut it into separate...

In this episode of 3 Minuten Deutsch I explain what the relative pronouns are, how they are formed and how you can use them in your own German learning.

In this video I explain the worksheet that goes with German with Puppets Series #2 Episode #4 about the possessive pronouns in German. You can see the original video here:    • #4 Possessive Pronouns (GwP2) - Deuts... 

In this video I teach you some other phrases to tell time in German including half hours and quarter hours. Then I teach you how to decide where to put the time element in a sentence.

This is the 19th video in German with Puppets Series #2. In this video my puppet teaches the two-way prepositions (AKA: Wechselpräpositionen, Präpositionen des Ortes, changing prepositions, prepositions of location, etc.). Each...

This is the 8th video of German with Puppets Series #2. In this video my puppets explain how to use the imperfect tense (simple past or narrative past) with regular verbs.

In this video several animals introduce themselves, talk about some of their attributes (mostly through sarcasm), and slide down a slide. The zoo keeper also introduces himself. Animals in this video include: das Nilpferd...

This is the first video for chapter 6 for my German 1 students. This is a short conversation that I wrote to replace the boring one from the book. It is just as boring as the one in our textbook, but at least it is...

This is the 5th video about chapter 6 from our German 1 book. In this video I explain how to conjugate essen. I also talk about some more food vocabulary and talk about how to answer the question "Wie schmeckt's?"

In this episode of 3 Minuten Deutsch I use a timeline to show when the different tenses in the German language are used and give examples of each tense and one ridiculous example of all tenses in one sentence. <br/>

This is one of my favorite German tongue twisters. It shows you how to make compound nouns in German and makes some ridiculous ones in the process. I hope you all enjoy Rhabarberbarbara as much as I do. <br/>

Learn about the German past participles and how they can be used as adjectives in the German language. <b<br/>r/>

Categories of Irregular Verbs:    • Klassen von unregelmäßigen Verben - 3...  

This is the 11th video in German with Puppets #1. In this video my puppets talk about the modal auxiliary "mögen" and gern haben.

Today I am going through the lyrics of Nena's song "In meinem Leben" to teach you a grammar lesson. You can find the official YouTube video here:    • Video  



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This video is about the difference between sollen (should, to be supposed to, ought to) and müssen (must, to have to) in German. <br/>

In this episode of 3 Minuten Deutsch I explain the rules for subordinating conjunctions in German. I talk about main clauses and dependent clauses and the word order rules for them. <br/>