What you'll do
A2.1 is where you stop speaking only in the present. Over the first four weeks and seven units you learn to tell someone what happened, from your move to a new city to your first day at work, using the Perfekt and the Präteritum of modal verbs. The dative and the Wechselpräpositionen come in as you describe your flat and where things go, and weil, dass and wenn let you give reasons and opinions instead of short, separate sentences. Every class includes speaking in pairs, so the grammar gets used the same day you learn it.
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7 units in A2.1
Duration: 4 weeks · Units: 7
Life stories and family
Talking about your family, a move to a new city, how your first weeks went, and why you feel the way you do.
Grammar: weil clauses, Perfekt of separable, inseparable and -ieren verbs, Geetas Mutter / die Mutter von Geeta
Home and neighbours
Saying where things are and where you're putting them, house rules in an apartment building, notes to neighbours, asking for help.
Grammar: Wechselpräpositionen (auf den Tisch / auf dem Tisch), stellen/stehen, legen/liegen, dahin, rein, raus
Food and eating out
How often you eat what, kitchen vocabulary, being a guest at someone's home, ordering and paying in a restaurant.
Grammar: frequency words (nie, selten, oft, immer), indefinite pronouns (einer, eins, eine)
Working life
Messages at work, phone calls with colleagues, talking about work and free time, giving someone advice.
Grammar: wenn clauses, Konjunktiv II of sollen (Du solltest ...)
Sport and health
Fitness tips, signing up at a sports club, asking about and describing your interests.
Grammar: reflexive verbs (sich bewegen), verbs with prepositions (warten auf), worauf? / darauf
School and training
The German school system, your own school days, apprenticeships and further training, your dream job, giving your opinion.
Grammar: Präteritum of modal verbs (musste, konnte, wollte), dass clauses
Celebrations and gifts
Gift ideas, recommending something, short messages about a wedding, planning a party.
Grammar: dative objects, word order with two objects, von + dative