20 lessons, Beginner (A1)
Learn German in short chat lessons
The German course is 20 lessons for beginners, in standard German as written and spoken in Germany. It starts with the three genders and the capital letter on every noun.
What the course covers
Der, die and das, and the plural die. Du and Sie, and when each one fits. How to read any German word aloud, verb endings for each person, and the everyday words for greeting, thanking and ordering.
How a lesson works
A few lines in a chat, then a question. The reply under your answer says what the words meant and whether it worked. New words appear on cards first, and missed words come back sooner.
Variety taught: Standard German (Hochdeutsch) as written and spoken in Germany.
Every lesson in the course
Beginner (A1), 20 lessons
How German works
Say who you are, and point at people and things with der, die and das.
Hello, thank you, sorry
Greet, thank and apologise, and choose between Tschüss and Auf Wiedersehen.
Ich bin, du bist, Sie sind
Say who you are and who somebody else is, and address Jonas with du and Herr Wagner with Sie.
The letters that lie
Read any German word aloud correctly, and order two beers.
Der, die, das, and die for every plural
Say 'a table' and 'a flat', and make a noun plural the way German does.
One ending per person
Say where you come from and where you live, and ask Jonas the same.
The verb sits in seat two
Ask who, where, where from and what, and start a sentence with 'today' without breaking it.
Counting, and the sounds ch and sch
Count to twelve and say the sounds English does not have: acht, sechs, zwölf.
Only the masculine moves
Say what and who you have, and use den and einen for a der word.
Mein, dein, sein, ihr
Name your people and your things, and ask whose something is.
Nicht or kein
Say that something is not so, that you have no time, and that you do not drink coffee.
Second verb goes to the end
Say what you would like, what you can do and what you have to do, with the second verb parked at the end.
Halb neun is 8:30
Tell the time, say when something happens, and understand that halb neun is half past eight.
Ich stehe um sieben auf
Walk somebody through your morning with the verbs that split in half.
Where things sit
Say where people and things are, and what there is in your street.
Getting there
Say where you are going and how, and ask the way to the station.
The vowel that flips
Talk about food and drink with the verbs whose vowel changes for du and er.
Mögen, gern, lieber
Say what you like, what you like doing, and what you would rather have.
Im Café: the whole script
Order, ask what something costs, and pay in a German café from start to finish.
A whole first conversation
Meet a German-speaking stranger and carry a first conversation from hello to goodbye.