GerGermanGrammarPodcasts

The Six Active Voice Tenses

Mon, 3 Dec 2007 04:43:00 GMT

This podcast is about tenses in the active voice, indicative mood. It is not a lecture but an exercise podcast. Students will hear the three principal parts of sixteen verbs and their perfect infinitives. They will then hear the verb in one of the tenses and be asked to transform it into another tense. The teacher will provide the correct answers.

The 3 Perfect Tenses

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:13:00 GMT

The teacher explains how to form the present, past, and future perfect tenses using the perfect infinitive. Yes, he also explains what is meant by perfect infinitive.

The Future and Future Perfect Tenses

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:19:00 GMT

The future tense in German consists of WERDEN and the PRESENT ACTIVE INFINITIVE. Examples: WIR WERDEN SPIELEN - WE WILL PLAY, WIR WERDEN GEHEN - WE WILL GO

The future perfect tense in German consists of WERDEN and the PERFECT ACTIVE INFINITIVE. Examples: WIR WERDEN GESPIELT HABEN - WE WILL HAVE PLAYED, WIR WERDEN GEGANGEN SEIN - WE WILL HAVE GONE

What is a PRESENT ACTIVE INFINITIVE? It is the infinitive that we learned in Level 1 German, just with a fancier name.

What is a PERFECT ACTIVE INFINITIVE? TO HAVE PLAYED - GESPIELT HABEN and TO HAVE GONE - GEGANGEN SEIN are examples of perfect infinitives. They consist of the helping verb TO HAVE - HABEN or SEIN and a PAST PARTICIPLE.

Listen to the podcast if you need or want a more detailed explanation!

More SEIN and PAST PARTICIPLE Combinations

Sun, 5 Aug 2007 03:37:00 GMT

The teacher explores two uses of SEIN and PAST PARTICIPLES in this podcast episode.

He discusses SEIN as a mainverb and linking verb together with a PAST PARTICIPLE that is used as a predicate adjective. He discusses the SEIN or statal passive voice.

The main purpose of this podcast is to help students become HABEN and SEIN experts.

HABEN and SEIN?

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:45:00 GMT

The students know when to conjugate verbs with "haben" and when with "sein" in the present and past perfect tenses, active voice, indicative mood. They are confused, however, when they see or hear what they perceive to be "haben-verbs" used with "sein" and "sein-verbs" used with "haben." Why are they confused? What confuses them? The teacher tries to explain some of the reasons in this podcast.

Sein

Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:59:00 GMT

The teacher makes recommendations to help students determine when to use the helping verb "sein" in forming the indicative mood, active voice, present and past perfect tenses in German.

How to say "to" in German

Thu, 24 May 2007 03:53:00 GMT

This episode is about the English preposition to and its German equivalents zu, nach, in, an and auf. Determining which preposition to use can be confusing, but it need not be, if we remember the teacher's eleven hints for selecting the right German preposition for to.

Haben

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:55:00 GMT

Many German students at all levels continue to struggle selecting the proper helping verb for the present perfect and the past perfect tenses. Is it HABEN or is it SEIN? Listen to this presentation as the teacher explains when HABEN is used to form the present perfect and past perfect tenses!

LIEGEN or LEGEN?

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 22:58:00 GMT

This teacher recently listened to podcasts from Grammar Girl about the confusion that exists between the verbs TO LIE and TO LAY and TO HANG and TO HANG in English. Well, the same problems exist in German. Take a student who does not know the differences in English, and you will have a student who is really confused in German. It is hoped that by listening to this podcast students will no longer confuse the above verbs in German and in English, and also the verbs SITZEN and SETZEN, and STEHEN and STELLEN in German.

Indirect Speech and Subjunctive One

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:53:00 GMT

The teacher tries to clarify why we use the subjunctive 1 in indirect speech and also why we sometimes use the subjunctive 2 or alternate subjunctive instead.

Overview of the Subjunctive Mood

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:37:00 GMT

Many students who study German as a second language experience difficulties when they learn the subjunctive mood. It is hoped that by listening to this podcast all students will gain a better understanding what subjunctive mood is, how it is formed, and when it is used.

(Please credit Lang-Kleefeld, Antonia, Zweifelsfaelle: Deutsch leicht gemacht, Buch und Zeit Verlagsgesellschaft, mbH, Koeln, 1995, for the organization of this podcast.)

Commands and Requests

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:46:00 GMT

People like to give orders, but not receive them. This podcast is about commands and the imperative mood. Students will review how to form the du, ihr, Sie and Wir-Imperatives, and also hear and learn about alternative ways of making requests.

Uses of LASSEN

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:25:00 GMT

This podcast about the various uses of LASSEN is dedicated to Sgt. Mike Kashkush, US Marine Corps, a former Chagrin Falls High School German student, who recently was KIA in Iraq. Semper Fi, Mike, die, die Dich gekannt haben, werden Dich niemals vergessen!

Wo-Compounds as Relative Pronouns

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:41:00 GMT

You do remember that WO-COMPOUNDS can be used as interrogatives or question words, yes? Well, they can also be used as relative pronouns. In this podcast the teacher tries to explain when and under what circumstances WO-COMPOUNDS can be used as relative pronouns.

Random Grammar Review 1

Tue, 2 Jan 2007 18:52:00 GMT

It is time for a random review. Included in this review are parts of speech and cases, relative pronouns and subordinating conjunctions, unpreceded adjectives, wo-compounds as question words, and verb tenses in both the active and passive voice.

The Relative Pronoun WAS

Fri, 1 Dec 2006 06:21:00 GMT

We know that WAS is a question word. However, WAS can also be a relative pronoun. The teacher tries to explain in this podcast episode how WAS can be used as a relative pronoun.

WERDEN

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:34:00 GMT

In this podcast the teacher explains the role of the helping verb WERDEN in forming tenses, voice and mood of the different verbs in German.

Dass and Ob

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:47:00 GMT

DASS and OB are subordinating conjunctions. DASS means THAT in English and OB means IF. Simple, yes? If it is so simple, why do so many of my students make mistakes when they use them? I do not know, but I hope that my explanations in this podcast will help them to make those mistakes less frequently.

Dass or das?

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:57:00 GMT

Is it dass, or is it das? Is it a conjunction, or is it a relative pronoun? If you have trouble distinguishing between the two, listen to the explanations in this podcast and maybe, just maybe, your troubles are over.

Question Word or Relative Pronoun?

Thu, 7 Sep 2006 13:59:00 GMT

When is Whose a question word and when is it a relative pronoun? The teacher uses the following sentences in his explanation - Wessen Geld gibst du aus? Mit wessen Geld hast du das Auto gekauft? Ich moechte wissen, wessen Geld du ausgegeben hast. Ich kenne den Mann, dessen Geld du ausgegeben hast. Ich spreche mit dem Maedchen, dessen Geld du ausgegeben hast. Die Frau, deren Geld du ausgegeben hast, ist meine Mutter. Hier kommen die Leute, deren Geld du ausgegeben hast.

Possession and the Genitive Case

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:54:00 GMT

In this podcast the teacher reviews the subjects, indirect objects and direct objects in simple sentences. He also explains how the genitive case can be used to establish possessive relationships. The four sample sentences contain only nouns with definite articles and there are separate sentences for masculine, neuter, feminine, and plural nouns.

Participles as Adverbs

Fri, 4 Aug 2006 03:46:00 GMT

Present and past participles can be used as adjectives, however, they can also be used as adverbs. The teacher tries to explain in this podcast how present and past participles can be used as adverbs and he uses the following sentences in his explanations: Ich habe ein Buch geschenkt bekommen. Der Hund kam bellend angelaufen. Der Lehrer stand lÃchelnd und verwirrt vor seinen SchÃlern.

Adverbs

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:40:00 GMT

This podcast is about adverbs and what they are and how they are different from adjectives.

Agent Nouns

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:35:00 GMT

Do you know what Spieler, Lehrer, Trainer and Arbeiter have in common? Do you know what agent nouns are? If not, then listen to this podcast because you owe it to yourself to find out.

Adjectives2

Mon, 3 Jul 2006 15:42:00 GMT

Present and past participles can be used as adjectives. In this podcast the teacher explains what present and past participles are and how they can be used as unpreceded and preceded adjectives.

Wer? Wessen? Wem? Wen?

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 03:32:00 GMT

Wer, wessen, wem, and wen are interrogative pronouns. Do you know what interrogative pronouns are? If not, then listen to this podcast and find out...

Adjective Endings 1

Thu, 8 Jun 2006 03:46:00 GMT

Adjectives and adjective endings? Complicated? No! Listen to the teacher as he explains predicate and unpreceded and preceded adjectives!

Ein Words

Thu, 1 Jun 2006 03:52:00 GMT

Kein and all the possessive adjectives are EinWords. What does that mean? Listen to the teacher explain!

DerWords

Mon, 22 May 2006 03:51:00 GMT

Dieser, jeder, jener, welcher, and solche and manche are DerWords. Listen to this podcasts as the teacher tries to explain the significance of learning all DerWords together.

Four Types of Pronouns

Mon, 22 May 2006 00:18:00 GMT

Can you tell the difference between personal, reflexive, demonstrative, and relative pronouns? If you cannot, then listen and maybe you will be able to.

Da, Weil, Denn

Wed, 3 May 2006 12:12:00 GMT

Da and weil are subordinating conjunctions and denn is a coordinating conjunction. The purpose of this podcast is to explain when to use one over the others, and then how to use them correctly.

Als Wenn Wann

Mon, 1 May 2006 11:55:00 GMT

Als, wenn, or wann? All three can mean when in English, but there is a problem, they are not interchangeable in German.

Modals in the Present Tense

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:25:00 GMT

Modals? What are modals? Listen to this podcast for my level one students and find out!

Intro to Subordinating Conjunctions

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:59:00 GMT

What are subordinating conjunctions? Listen to this podcast to obtain a general overview of subordinating conjunctions. Specific subordinating conjunctions will be discussed in other podcasts.

Linking Verbs

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:27:00 GMT

Sein, heissen, and werden are very common German linking verbs! It is hoped that after listening to this podcast, my students will never again use the dative or accusative cases after a linking verb.

DaCompounds

Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:53:00 GMT

What are daCompounds? Find out what they are by listening to this podcast and by doing the exercises on the Chagrin Falls High School German webpage on Blackboard.com!

Coordinating Conjunctions

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:40:00 GMT

What are the most common coordinating conjunctions? How are they used? Listen and find out!

Tenses in the Passive Voice

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:43:00 GMT

This podcast is the first of three podcasts dealing with the different tenses in the passive voice. How do you form the passive voice? The teacher tries to explain how...

Double Infinitives in the Present and Past Perfect Tenses

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:09:00 GMT

You do not always need "haben" or "sein" and a past participle to form the present and past perfect tenses. You can use the double infinitive construction. How? The teacher explains how in this podcast.

Relative Pronouns 1

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:17:00 GMT

In this podcast the teacher discusses relative pronouns that are the subjects, direct objects, and indirect objects of their relative clauses.

Indirect Objects in a Simple Sentence

Wed, 8 Mar 2006 16:39:00 GMT

This podcast treats indirect objects in a simple sentence. The subjects, direct objects, and indirect objects in all examples are nouns. The verbs are in the indicative mood, active voice, present tense.

The Indefinite Article "ein" in the Nominative and Accusative Cases

Mon, 6 Mar 2006 16:50:00 GMT

In this podcast the teacher reviews the indefinite article ein in the nominative and accusative cases.

Tenses in the Active Voice

Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:29:00 GMT

This podcast is about verb tenses in the active voice, indicative mood. It is intended for Chagrin Falls High School German students as supplementary material.

Direct Objects in a Simple Sentence

Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:18:00 GMT

Find out here, what a direct object is and what case it takes! This podcast is mainly for German 1 students...