CBG 2.22 | Mein Vater wohnte lange in einem kleinen Dorf
So far in Coffee Break German we've learned to use haben, sein and some modal verbs in the Präteritum. In this lesson Andrea and Mark look at other verbs in the Präteritum which are not used commonly ...
22 Jan 201829min
CBG 2.21 | Als ich ein Kind war, durfte ich nicht so viel fernsehen
In this lesson you'll learn to talk about rules and regulations in the past using the Präteritum of the modal verbs dürfen and müssen. By the end of the lesson you'll know how to talk about what you w...
8 Jan 201828min
CBG 2.20 | Als ich 10 war, wollte ich Astronautin werden
This lesson marks the end of the first half of our second season of Coffee Break German. Mark and Andrea take the opportunity to review the topics covered in lessons 11 to 19 with lots of new examples...
13 Nov 201732min
CBG 2.19 | Wie alt warst du, als du Deutsch lernen wolltest?
In the last lesson we looked at the Präteritum, the past tense form which is commonly used with verbs such as sein, haben and so on. In this lesson, we'll be taking the Präteritum a little further and...
30 Okt 201725min
CBG 2.18 | Wie alt warst du, als du ein Handy gekauft hast?
This episode of Coffee Break German introduces the verbs sein and haben and how they are used in the past. In fact, these verbs use a different tense, the Präteritum, or "imperfect" as it is often ref...
16 Okt 201736min
CBG 2.17 | Ich habe die Hausaufgaben nicht gemacht, weil der Hund sie gefressen hat
In this episode we're focusing on the use of weil with the Perfect Tense and you'll be learning to give excuses as to why you arrived late and why you haven't done your homework! This season of Coffe...
4 Okt 201725min
CBG 2.16 | Schokolade schmeckt vielen Leuten
In this lesson we're looking further at the dative case and specifically at verbs which need the dative like geben, schicken, schenken, antworten and helfen. You'll also be learning to use the dative ...
22 Sep 201729min
CBG 2.15 | Mark fragt, ob Heidelberg schön ist
This lesson focuses on the topic of asking questions, both "open" questions using the W Fragewörter, and more closed questions which are more likely be answered by ja or nein. You'll learn to ask que...
4 Sep 201725min
