Our goal here is to start at zero German and then end with the ability to continue as a regular listener of “News in Slow German for Beginners”. We'll start slow and will gradually pick up the pace as we go. In fact, after just today’s lesson, we promise you… yes, PROMISE you that you will be able to understand an entire paragraph in German through the magic of cognates and learning just two simple verbs.

Transcript: www.newsinslowgerman.com/series/guts/0/wow/1

This first lesson is full of information, so we made sure to lay it out step-by-step. It may seem like a lot of information, but by the end of this first lesson you will know everything you need to know to understand and create your own basic German sentences.

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Just like some regions have unusual plants, some languages have rather unusual verbs.

German has a number of unusual verbs.

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One of the most noteworthy things about learning German is one particular aspect: the many different words we have for the article the.

You may find this mind-blowing, frustrating, or even entertaining. Maybe all three! You will likely decide what you think of this by the end of this lesson.

Because this is early in the German learning process, remember too, that learning this takes time and loads of repetition. No one learns this the first time they read it.

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The modal verbs are in a league of their own because they conjugate in their own unique ways. Modal verbs help us say things like can, should, want to, would like to. They also usually require the use of a second verb, however not always.

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You've already learned about verbs with separable prefixes, and now we're going to explore verbs with set prefixes. These prefixes are glued on, so they have to stay where they are. They are inseparable prefixes.

Because this is a beginner's course, this lesson functions very well as a reference for you as you read various news articles. We'll give you the gist, and you can always pick up more details and more inseparable prefix verbs as you go along.

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The command form or Imperativ in German is used differently and much more frequently than it is in English. So, this lesson is as much a cultural lesson as it is a grammatical one.

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In lesson 6, we used the verb in Position 1 to create the Imperativ. You also need to utilize Position 1 to ask a question for which there is a Yes or a No answer.

So, first be very clear in your mind that we've now switched to asking questions.

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