German conversation

Build useful German skills through du, sie and courteous requests, yes or no and information questions.

Choose a concrete goal

Begin with du, sie and courteous requests. Read its examples for meaning, then explain one contrast aloud before choosing an answer. Each lesson gives a model you can adapt to your own situation.

Move from examples to your own sentences

Read the modeled decision first. Complete the guided example with the answer covered. After the explained questions, write or say the two production responses. Compare your meaning and form with the models; several personal answers can be valid.

Return after a pause

Try the same distinctions again later without rereading first. If an answer changes the person, object, register or intended meaning, say exactly what changed. Regional labels describe the documented expression rather than every speaker. Follow the source links for the limits behind a short beginner rule.

Sources

• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Nominative pronouns
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Present regular verbs
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Haben
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Sein
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Sprechen
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Modal verbs
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Dative pronouns
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Imperative
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Question words
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Word order
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Time adverbs
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Place and manner adverbs
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Subordinating conjunctions
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Accusative