THIS MIGHT HELP | The GERMAN CASES | Bausteine zwei
If you’re learning the German language, then it can be difficult trying to decide which article we’re meant to be using. Is it ein, eine, einer, Die der das, den dem, des or any of those other forms. Or maybe you’ve heard of all those confusing Cases, the Nominative, Accusative, dative and genitive, but aren’t really sure what they are for? There’s a lot more to understanding CASES than just learning a whole stack of tables that list all the different articles, personal pronouns, possessive adjectives and relative pronouns.
That’s not what we’re doing today, but just in case that’s what you’re here for, here are some fancy tables for you to look at, and if you’re interested you can download them for free from the links below or check them out in our textbooks at the links in the description. Get your free tables here bausteine.gumroad.com/l/jkblw [don't get too excited ;) ]
GET BAUSTEINE EINS HERE bausteine.gumroad.com/l/gszza OR
HERE [US] bausteine.creator-spring.com/...
GET BAUSTEINE ZWEI HERE
bausteine.gumroad.com/l/pmadh OR
HERE [US] bausteine.creator-spring.com/...
We aim to simplify the German language by providing guidelines for language learning. There are of course lots of ways of explaining the same thing. We recommend listening to as many explanations as you can until you find one that makes sense to you. Here, we try to keep vocab simple and to introduce ideas and grammatical structures in a logical way, building on what we have covered in previous weeks.
For more on the Dative WATCH THIS • The DATIVE in GERMAN |...
AND THIS • HOW to USE the DATIVE ...
For more on the Genitive WATCH THIS • IS the GERMAN GENITIVE...
ABOUT US...........................................................................
We're currently in Austria (in der Steiermark), but we’ve been living in Australia on and off since 2000. Together with my Austrian wife, Christine, and our daughter, we are a German-speaking family. Pronunciation varies throughout the German-speaking world, much as it does in the English-speaking world. My English usage is a mixture of Australian, British and Irish usage; my German is influenced by central German origins [Bonn] and the overwhelming influence of my Austrian wife :)
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Im in my 70 s learning German and this has been a good explanation of language structure, something that was never clearly explained when I was in school. Thanks
@bausteine
11 ай бұрын
Hallo Alison! Thank you for your comment. I think it helps to think a bit more deeply about the structure of the language, rather than just learning all sorts of tables - it’s important to look for patterns in the way things work. I’m happy it helped. Alles Gute BB
Wonderful Video, lot of thought went into making this as simple as possible of a very complex topic that the brain needs to tune to for a non native speaker. Sehr Dankbar Billy. Cheers.😊
@bausteine
11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I'm glad you found it useful. Yes, it's a complex topic. And all the more so, because the way articles behave in the different cases is not particularly uniform across the different genders. But seeing them as categories has been a useful insight for my students. Es freut mich, dass Ihnen das Video gefallen hat. Alles Gute BB
You definitely derserve more followers - I wish this had been available when I first started learning German, but am not too far down the road not to be able to benefit hugely from your clear explanations. Thank you so much.
@bausteine
11 ай бұрын
Hallo Tina! Thank you for your kind comments. I never expect anyone other than my own students to watch these videos, so if anyone else finds them useful or interesting then that’s a bonus:) I’m glad you found it useful. Alles Gute BB
Thanks! As always a great video and explanation……would you also do a video about German reflexive verbs.
@bausteine
11 ай бұрын
Gerne! There‘s a section in Bausteine zwei on these verbs so I think there’s one in the schedule- I’m trying to get the videos out before my students here get to that particular week :)
Thanks Herr Billy!
I have just discovered your videos, amazing! You explain things so well. You referred to a textbook in the last video I watched. Do you have more info about this please?
@bausteine
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for your really kind comment! I’m pleased you‘re finding the videos useful. There are links to the books in the description of each video (usually): You can get a PDF version of the book here to follow along: GET BAUSTEINE EINS HERE bausteine.gumroad.com/l/gszza OR HERE bausteine.creator-spring.com/listing/bausteine-eins-pdf-edition GET BAUSTEINE ZWEI HERE bausteine.gumroad.com/l/pmadh OR HERE bausteine.creator-spring.com/listing/bausteine-zwei-pdf-edition
Danke schön. Es ist eine ausgezeichnete Erklärung. ❤
@bausteine
11 ай бұрын
Gerne! Es freut mich, dass es Ihnen gefallen hat! Alles Gute und weiterhin viel Spaß mit der deutschen Sprache BB
That was a fast pace! p.s. I also make edu videos, what is the software you use for editing/animations please? Camtasia doesn't do these... Danke!
@bausteine
11 ай бұрын
Hallo! Thank you! Yes, it was a fast pace, and a lot to take in. I'm always happy to answer questions about software etc, as its something I really enjoy doing. I use Davinci Resolve. The graphic elements were all made by hand (by me) in the Fusion tab. I'm not familiar with Camtasia, but there is a free version of Resolve that would allow you to do most of what I'm doing here. In earlier videos I used Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere Pro / After Effects), but as long as your software allows you to work with keyframes you shouldn't need anything too special. Viel Glück!
Hui! That was a lot of info in a short video! Hope it helps.