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A0

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Foundations & First Sentences

Subject (personal) pronouns

Pronouns

The verb sein (to be) — present

The verbs sein & haben

The verb haben (to have) — present

The verbs sein & haben

Definite articles (nominative)

Nouns & articles

Grammatical gender — introduction

Nouns & articles

Basic word order — the verb in second position

Simple statements & questions

Yes/no questions — verb in first position

Simple statements & questions

Wh-questions (W-words) — basics

Simple statements & questions

Basic negation

First negation & numbers

Cardinal numbers and counting — basics

First negation & numbers

A1

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Verbs & Present Tense

Regular (weak) verbs — present tense

Present-tense conjugation

Stem-changing (strong) verbs — present tense

Present-tense conjugation

Irregular verbs in the present tense

Present-tense conjugation

Articles, Nouns & Accusative

The indefinite article (nominative)

Articles & accusative

The accusative (direct object)

Articles & accusative

Article declension in the accusative

Articles & accusative

kein (the negative article)

Articles & accusative

Possessive determiners (nominative & accusative)

Possessives

Personal pronouns — accusative

Pronouns

Forming noun plurals

Nouns

Compound nouns — introduction

Nouns

Modal & Separable Verbs

Modal verbs — present tense

Modal verbs

Separable verbs — present tense

Separable verbs

Imperative

The imperative (commands)

Commands

Word Order & Conjunctions

Verb-second and the sentence fields

Sentence fields

Adverbial order — introducing TeKaMoLo

Sentence fields

Coordinating conjunctions

Conjunctions

Prepositions

Accusative prepositions

Negation

Negation: nicht vs kein

nicht vs kein

Past Tense (intro)

The Perfekt — introduction (regular verbs)

Perfekt

Questions

Question formation (consolidation)

Question formation

Adverbs

Expressing preferences with gern(e)

Preference

Time & Numbers

Numbers, telling time and dates

Time expressions

A2

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Dative Case

The dative (indirect object)

Dative core

Personal pronouns — dative

Dative core

Dative verbs

Dative core

Object order: dative and accusative

Object order

Prepositions (A2)

Dative prepositions

Two-way prepositions — sometimes accusative, sometimes dative (Wechselpräpositionen)

Two-way prepositions

Determiners (A2)

Possessives across all cases

Possessives & demonstratives

Demonstratives and der-words

Possessives & demonstratives

Past Tenses

The Perfekt (full system)

Perfekt (full)

Präteritum of sein/haben/modals

Präteritum (core)

Modal Verbs (A2)

Modal verbs (full meanings & Präteritum)

Modal meaning & past

Reflexive Verbs

Reflexive verbs and pronouns (accusative)

Reflexive (accusative)

Dative reflexive pronouns

Reflexive (dative)

Adjectives (A2)

Predicative adjectives — after the verb, no ending

Predicative & comparison

Comparative and superlative

Predicative & comparison

Adjective endings (introduction)

Attributive adjectives

Subordinate Clauses (A2)

Subordinate clauses (introduction)

Verb-final clauses

Subordinating conjunctions (basics)

Verb-final clauses

Indirect questions (introduction)

Indirect questions

Connectors (A2)

Conjunctional adverbs (position 1 + inversion)

Conjunctional adverbs

Future & werden

werden (to become) + overview of uses

werden

Futur I (werden + infinitive)

Futur I

Genitive (intro)

The genitive (introduction)

Possession

Impersonal es

es gibt / impersonal es

Placeholder & impersonal

Verb + Preposition (intro)

Verbs with a fixed preposition (introduction)

Prepositional objects

B1

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Genitive (full)

The genitive (full system)

Genitive system

Genitive prepositions

Past Tenses (B1)

The Präteritum (full system)

Präteritum (full)

The past perfect (Plusquamperfekt)

Plusquamperfekt

Konjunktiv II

Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) — present

Subjunctive (present)

Unreal conditionals (present)

Conditionals

Passive Voice (B1)

The processual passive (Vorgangspassiv)

Vorgangspassiv

Passive with a modal verb

Passive + modal

Relative Clauses

Relative pronouns

Prepositional and place relatives

Prepositional & local relatives

Adjective Declension (full)

Adjective declension (all cases & types)

All cases & types

Nominalized adjectives

Infinitive Clauses

The zu-infinitive

zu-infinitive

um…zu, ohne…zu, anstatt…zu

Purpose & substitution

Connectors (B1)

Adverbial subordinating conjunctions

Subordinators

Two-part connectors

Pronouns & Prepositional Objects

da-/wo- compounds

Verb valency (verbs with prepositions)

Verb valency

Adjective and noun valency (with prepositions)

Adj/Noun valency

Nouns (B1)

Weak nouns (n-declension)

Weak nouns

Reflexive (B1)

Reflexive verbs with a preposition

Reflexive + preposition

Comparison Clauses

Comparison syntax (als/wie, je…desto, als ob)

Comparative syntax

Directional Adverbs

hin / her (direction)

hin / her

B2

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Konjunktiv II (advanced)

Konjunktiv II in the past (unreal)

Unreal past

The conditional system

Conditional system

Reported Speech

Konjunktiv I

Indirect (reported) speech

Indirect speech

Passive (advanced)

The passive in all tenses

All tenses

The stative passive (Zustandspassiv)

Zustandspassiv

Passive alternatives

Subjective Modality

Subjective (epistemic) modals

Epistemic modals

Modality without modal verbs

Modality without modals

Participles & Attributes

Present participle (Partizip I)

Partizip I

Participles as attributes

Participial attributes

Extended attributes

The gerundive (zu + Partizip I)

Gerundive

Nominalization & Style

Nominalization

Style transformation (nominal ↔ verbal)

Style transformation

Light-verb constructions (Funktionsverbgefüge)

Funktionsverbgefüge

Connectors (B2)

Advanced connectors

Proportional and restrictive connectors

Proportional/restrictive

Word Order (B2)

Full Mittelfeld ordering & emphasis

Mittelfeld & emphasis

Negation (advanced)

lassen

lassen (causative & passive-reflexive)

Causative & passive-reflexive

C1

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Register & Style

Nominal register (academic style)

Nominal register

De-nominalization (verbal style)

De-nominalization

Pragmatics

Modal particles

Konjunktiv (register)

Konjunktiv in formal register

Formal Konjunktiv

Advanced Syntax

Topicalization (the Vorfeld)

Topicalization

Extraposition (Ausklammerung)

Extraposition

Ellipsis

Complex clause embedding

Complex embedding

Prepositions (C1)

Formal genitive prepositions

Verb Valency (C1)

Verb government (advanced)

Government

Concessive/Conditional (C1)

Advanced concessive & conditional structures

Advanced structures

Aspect & Aktionsart

Aspectual nuance (Aktionsart)

Aspectual nuance

Cohesion & Discourse

Discourse markers (structuring an argument)

Discourse markers

Idiomatic Grammar

Fixed grammatical constructions

Fixed constructions

C2

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Register Mastery

Full register control

Rhetoric & Stylistics

Rhetorical syntax

Particle & Mood Nuance

Particle stacking

Literary Konjunktiv

Variation

Regional and colloquial variation

Regional & colloquial

Advanced Lexicogrammar

Collocations and fossilized cases

Collocational government

Pragmatics (C2)

Implicature and stance

Implicature & stance

Tense/Aspect Stylistics

Stylistic use of tenses

Stylistic tense use

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