In this episode of 3 Minuten Deutsch I explain what the relative pronouns are, how they are formed and how you can use them in your own German learning.

In this video Rainer takes the next step to living in Germany. He calls a German airline and attempts to book a flight. In this video you will learn the necessary vocabulary and phrasing to help you book and talk about flights in German.

This is the 8th video of German with Puppets Series #2. In this video my puppets explain how to use the imperfect tense (simple past or narrative past) with regular verbs.

In this video several animals introduce themselves, talk about some of their attributes (mostly through sarcasm), and slide down a slide. The zoo keeper also introduces himself. Animals in this video include: das Nilpferd...

This is the first video for chapter 6 for my German 1 students. This is a short conversation that I wrote to replace the boring one from the book. It is just as boring as the one in our textbook, but at least it is...

This is the 5th video about chapter 6 from our German 1 book. In this video I explain how to conjugate essen. I also talk about some more food vocabulary and talk about how to answer the question "Wie schmeckt's?"

In this episode of 3 Minuten Deutsch I use a timeline to show when the different tenses in the German language are used and give examples of each tense and one ridiculous example of all tenses in one sentence. <br/>

This is one of my favorite German tongue twisters. It shows you how to make compound nouns in German and makes some ridiculous ones in the process. I hope you all enjoy Rhabarberbarbara as much as I do. <br/>

Learn about the German past participles and how they can be used as adjectives in the German language. <b<br/>r/>

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This is the 11th video in German with Puppets #1. In this video my puppets talk about the modal auxiliary "mögen" and gern haben.

Did Erlkönig ever make sense to you? I didn't think so. Here is my version using Xtranormal and loads of sarcasm.

Today I am going through the lyrics of Nena's song "In meinem Leben" to teach you a grammar lesson. You can find the official YouTube video here:    • Video  



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This video is about the difference between sollen (should, to be supposed to, ought to) and müssen (must, to have to) in German. <br/>

In this video I tell the story of the 5 kleine Affen und das Krokodil (5 Little Monkeys and the Crocodile) to my 3 year old son in German. We then talk about the colors of the monkeys from his "Jumpin' Monkeys" game. <br/>

In this episode of 3 Minuten Deutsch I explain the rules for subordinating conjunctions in German. I talk about main clauses and dependent clauses and the word order rules for them. <br/>

In this video I talk about some German vocabulary used to describe one's house, apartment, condominium or other place of dwelling. This vocabulary list is specifically targeted towards my German 2 students in the 4th chapter.

This is the fairytale, "Der süße Brei" (the Sweet Porridge) by the Brothers Grimm. In this video I read the fairytale and show you an animated film that I made. <br/>

I liked the song ABC Die Katze lief im Schnee, but it lacked the rest of the alphabet. I remedied this problem in this video. I use all of the alphabet and I changed the song to the present tense so I can use it with my German 1 students...

In this video I explain how to use and form the past perfect (Pluperfect) in German. <br/>

This is the 6th video in the German with Puppets Series #2. In this video my puppets and I teach the reflexive pronouns and when and how to use them. Helpful links below.

Learn how to form the 2 versions of the passive voice in the German present tense.

In 2009 I went to Berlin for a month long course at Humboldt University. I took a rubber ducky along with me. I took some pretty random pictures while I was there involving that duck. I thought this song would be perfect to show some of...

In this video I talk about the accusative prepositions in German.

This is the second video in the videos about chapter 6 from out German 1 book. In this video I introduce some vocabulary about German restaurants and food that can be purchased there.