LOOK FORWARD TO Today starts a little series on everyone's favourite topic: phrasal verbs. We start with a classic, and you get a pro tip that almost everyone needs. What are you looking forward to doING?  Wenn Sie immer das neuste „Tuesday Tip“ Video wöchentlich...

GROSS Pronunciation In class 9 out of 10 people say this word incorrectly. So, check it out, repeat it a few times, and send it to others you'd like to help sound better.Recipe - Receipt - Prescription Today's three words are linked to the German word "Rezept" (two...

THE FUTURE - Part Four The meeting begins in 20 minutes. My plane lands at 8 pm. These are all examples of using the simple present for the future. My next class starts at 8:30 am.THE FUTURE - Part Three You can use the present progressive when talking about the...

WILL VS WANT - Part Two I hear a lot of people struggle with translating "Ich wollte...". Here's the right way to do it.WILL VS WANT - Part One Today's tip helps you avoid a classic German false friend. What will you do today? And what do you want to do today?...

Irregular Verbs - Part Six Here I've grouped the irregular verbs that go I-A-U. Like swIm-swAm-swUm In my little "story" I mix verbs and a couple of nouns at the end. The main thing is to get the images into your head connected together. Then by remembering one or...

Passive Voice - Part 3 Today you see how to create sentences like: "My car is being repaired at the moment." "The room was being cleaned when I arrived."Passive Voice - Part 2 Here you see five simple tenses (no ing) changed from active to passive. It goes pretty...

Question tags - PART FIVE Today rounds out our Question Tag series with some exceptions to the rules you've seen so far. Do your best to use question tags more and more; they just take practice. And speaking of practice: they are an excellent way to practice your...

Simple Past - Signal Words    This post is to remind you not to say "I have done it yesterday" or "We have seen him last week", which are classic mistakes when translating from German.Wenn Sie immer das neuste „Tuesday Tip“ Video wöchentlich automatisch erhalten...

Present Perfect - SIGNAL WORDS | Check out these ten signals for present perfect! They go pretty quickly, so watch it a few times to note the keywords and also how the present perfect is built. Keep in mind that PRESENT perfect has a link to the PRESENT and all these...

"For and Since" For and Since with the present perfect. Not always easy. Wie benutze ich FOR und SINCE? Wann setze ich sie wie ein. Einer der meist gemachten Fehler von Deutschen ist hier die falsche Übersetzung der Zeit und oft auch die falsche Verwendung von FOR und...