Everyday German: Real Conversation (L3)

By the end

What you'll build

• Build German sentences with the verb reliably in second position
• Use separable verbs correctly, sending the prefix to the end of the clause
• Talk about the past using the spoken perfect tense with haben and sein
• Use the six modal verbs to express ability, obligation, permission and desire
• Ask and answer open questions, and keep a conversation running
• Express opinions, agree, disagree and soften — the way Germans actually do

Curriculum

What's inside

4 modules · 23 lessons

1. 01

   The Verb Goes Second

   4 lessons
   • The One Rule That Runs German
   • Building Sentences, Verb Secondsentence builder
   • Listening: Ordinary Talklistening lab
   • Verb Second in Practicefill blank
2. 02

   The Prefix That Flies to the End

   4 lessons
   • Separable Verbs
   • Separable Verbs in Sentencessentence builder
   • Listening: A Day Describedlistening lab
   • Separable or Not?fill blank
3. 03

   Talking About the Past

   5 lessons
   • The Perfect — The Past Germans Actually Speak
   • Haben or Sein?fill blank
   • Listening: What Did You Do at the Weekend?listening lab
   • Building the Pastsentence builder
   • Speaking Lab: Your Weekendspeaking lab
4. 04

   Modals, Opinions and Keeping It Going

   10 lessons
   • The Six Modal Verbs
   • Modals in Sentencessentence builder
   • Listening: Making Planslistening lab
   • Opinions, Agreement and Pushback
   • Listening: A Real Disagreementlistening lab
   • + 5 more lessons

The shape of it

How this course works