Konjuntiv I has to do with indirect speech, or when you are relating things that  other people have said.. Konjuntiv

Der Relativsatz / Relative Clause Relative pronouns are used for stylistic purposes; they help eliminate redundancy of nouns and connect ideas

There is no Präteritum in Konjunktiv II Just use Konjunktiv II Perfekt if you are talking about unreal situations in

Konjunktiv II is a mood and It’s used to express wishes, desires, speculation, conditionality, politeness and other “unreal” conditions.  The Konjunktiv

To form the comparative for most adjectives or adverbs you simply add .-er, as in klein/kleiner (small/smaller). To form the superlative,

Heraus /       Hinaus     Hin and her are used in their most literal sense with verbs of movement or activity that

German adjectives work just like English ones, except that they take on case end- ings when they come right before

Reflexive Pronoun We use reflexive pronouns with reflexive and reciprocal verbs. They always refer to the subject    akk  dat  ich  mich 

Der Genitiv Genitive   The German genitive case is used to either indicate possession, or ownership. It is marked by pronouns,

Imperativ Imperative The imperative is used to give orders or instructions or to express requests. For example “Give me the purse!”,

Unterordnende Konjunktion       Subordinating Conjunction   Subordinating conjunctions are very common and very useful. They always follow the same pattern. After a subordinating

Wechselpräposition  Two -case Preposition These are prepositions that change their case depending on how they are used. if there is a

Das Passiv / Passive Voice The passive voice is used more frequently in written German than in spoken German. The

Trennbares Verben Separable Verbs German has two categories of prefixes: inseparable prefixes and separable prefixes.   Untrennbar – Inseparable Prefixes   

Das Plusquamperfekt       Past Perfect Tense With the past perfect, we express actions that took place before a certain point inthe past.

Futur       Future Tense  In German the Futur tense is formed with the present tense of the verb werden andthe infinitive

Modal Verben Modal Verbs Modal verbs are verbs used to modify or change other verbs to show such things as

Das Präteritum       Past Tense    The Präteritum is equivalent to the English Simple Past tense. But usually, the Präteritum is not used

Das Perfekt       Perfect Tense    This tense is used in spoken and written German to express something that hap- pened in the

Der Dativ / Dative Dative case is very important in German, and it also changes in all the three genders +

The German accusative case is used when the noun/pronoun is the direct object of the sentence, that is, the person

Das Verb       Verb The most basic word order in German, just like in English, is thesubject -verb -directobjectsequence: A simple statement is constructed in the following manner,the subject comes first, then the conjugated verb, then the object and any infinitives or participles. In

Nominativ       Nominative  Nomantive is always the subject of a sentence. The person or thing which per- forms an action, defined by the

Possesiv Pronomen / Posessive Pronoun   ich  mein  my  du  dein  your  er  sein  his  es  sein  its  sie  ihr 

Abschnitt 3       Hallo!  Hello!  Guten Morgen!  Good Morning!  Guten Tag!  Good Day!  Guten Abend!  Good Evening!  Gute

Bestimmter Artikel  –  Definite Article       In English you can refer the definite article as “the” and In

Das Nomen       Noun    German nouns (a person, place or thing, Substantive) always begin with a CAPITAL letter!     Personal Pronomen  Personal Pronouns  Ich  I  du  you  er  he  es  it  sie  she  wir 

Der Vokal       Vowels   The German alphabet, just like the English, has five main vowels: A E I O U   A (a) as a in hard