Excellent.

@bausteine

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

I've been learning German everyday for 20 months now and werden is still the most elusive verb for me. When reading or listening I immediately understand or have a sense/feel of what the speaker or writer is trying to convey but as a native English speaker attempting to use it naturally in conversation is still quite challenging. This video is fantastic. Thank you.

@bausteine

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment! Yes, it can be an elusive verb- the main thing to do is to see whether it is being used with another verb or not (as an auxiliary). If it isn‘t, then it won’t be communicating a change. If it is used with another verb it will probably be a future tense or (if the other verb is the participle) the passive. Alles Gute BB

Guten morgen aus Mexiko und vielen danken für die toll Unterricht!

@bausteine

10 ай бұрын

Grüß Gott! Es freut mich, dass es geholfen hat! Alles Gute nach Mexiko!

I've been learning German on and off for about 15 years and I was almost about to give up, I don't know if you can relate, i thought I was getting somewhere then I watched a German movie on Netflix with no subtitles and understood basically nothing apart from a few words, then I found Billy now I'm back at it, vielen dank Billy

@bausteine

10 ай бұрын

I think - no matter what it is that we try to learn - there are always ups and downs and then those frustrating plateaus. Sometimes we just need to do something different to kickstart the next improvement. I’m glad the videos are helping! Alles Gute BB

Thanks again for this video. I struggle to confidently understand all the uses of Werden. I can use it / understand it for the passive…Mein Auto wird repariert…..und Morgen wird er 15 Jahre alt….but I don’t know/understand when to use “geworden“…Future is easy enough….Er wird ein Buch lesen….Your video will give me hope to continue studying this useful verb-einmal!

@bausteine

10 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! Geworden is just the past participle of werden. Ich werde müde (im becoming tired) vs Ich bin müde geworden (I became tired). I hope that makes sense. Alles Gute BB

@veepotter307

10 ай бұрын

@@bausteine Is geworden always used with the sein helping verb?

@bausteine

10 ай бұрын

Yes, that’s right. Werden just works like sein (ist gewesen) or bleiben (ist geblieben) in the past tense. So if you see geworden you’ll generally be thinking about a change/development that happened in the past

@Casutama

10 ай бұрын

Geworden is the past participle of werden (as Bausteine already said), but (to complicate things): only after an adjective or noun. "Er ist im Sommer braun geworden" (He got a tan in the summer) or "Sie ist Ärztin geworden" oder "Er ist gestern 15 Jahre alt geworden". After a verb (so in all passive sentences), it's not _geworden_ but _worden_ instead. "Mein Auto ist repariert worden."

@bausteine

10 ай бұрын

Exactly right. A very good point. This gets mentioned in the video at around 08:15.