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Bausteine eins is a textbook for Beginners in the German language. Here we share weekly reviews linked directly to the content of each Chapter.
Bausteine zwei is the second in the series that deals with more advanced beginner topics.
Bausteine DREI is coming with more advanced concepts auf Deutsch
We're happy to answer any questions about the course or textbook by email or video comments.
If you are interested in getting the Textbooks Bausteine eins and Bausteine zwei, you can find them HERE bausteine.creator-spring.com
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Mind blown on the horizontal / vertical thing. That's really helpful.
It sure is a handy thing to know! Thanks for the comment - alles Gute BB
Guten Tag! Sir @bausteine, may I ask, what difference does it make if I use a comma instead of a punkt on these sentences : Ich lese ein Buch. Dann trinke ich einen Kaffee. Ich bin krank. Trotzdem arbeite ich.
Good question. Generally, I think it is better if you connect sentences with a comma and a conjunction. ‚Dann‘ and ‚trotzdem‘ are what I call connectors- they indicate a connection between the two sentences. If you want to join the sentences using a comma, I’d recommend using a conjunction as well and then you know for sure you’ll be right: Ich lese ein Buch, und dann trinke ich einen Kaffee / Ich bin krank, und trotzdem arbeite ich. Hope that makes sense.
@@bausteine Vielen Dank Sir! Alles klar! 😊
Wow! Most of these various translations of "on" I got correct but only after having studied German for years. You've just summarised a subject that took me an age to learn!
That's great! So good that you knew them all - your German must be pretty good! Danke für den Kommentar - weiterhin viel Spaß mit der deutschen Sprache!
It's very useful to understand the usage of "weiter". Vielen Dank!
It’s such a useful prefix and you can use it in so many ways! Welcome back and thanks for your comment! Alles Gute BB 🇦🇹
@@bausteine Thank you! Looking forward to more of your Videos. 😊
What did I miss? Let me know if you can think of other translations of ON not covered here.
Lovely explanation.
Thank you Brian! I’m glad it was useful for you. Alles Gute BB
Danke für die Erklärung und gute Beispiele.💜
Bitte, gerne! Es freut mich, dass das alles gut verständlich war 🤗 alles Gute BB
@@bausteineIch liebe auch dein Bücher. Ich hoffe, gibt es Bau Steine 3. ❤
Super! Ich bin froh, dass auch die Bücher helfen. Ich arbeite noch am 3. Buch: Bausteine 3, aber es kommt! Alles Gute. BB.
@@bausteine Ja! Ich werde darauf warten. Die Bücher sind hilfreich. Viel spaß beim schreiben! 🫡
Danke dir
Gerne! Und danke dir 🤗
I am confuse when i research past tense gehen they conjugate as gingen.
Yes, this is because there are two main ‚forms‘ of the past tense in German. The form you will want to use most of all is ‚Wir sind …. gegangen‘ and NOT ‚Wir gingen‘ - this form is one you’ll see a lot in novels and newspapers but not a lot in spoken or informal German. If you are interested in the ‚gingen‘ form you could watch this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/gKx8prCkc8nJcrg.htmlsi=J6YGxYJ5-J8sfdeU. Let me know if this is still not clear.
@@bausteine thanks for breaking it down. So basically when wanting to use past tense in german use the perfect tense instead of imperfect
@@roaneeroane3451 Exactly. Just use the perfect tense. When reading, you might come across the simple past (imperfect), but you won't often have to use it.
@@bausteine thanks
Danke für dieses Video.
Bitte! Es freut mich, dass es geholfen hat.
Billy, I noticed you chose to use the -ik pronunciation instead of the -ish for -ig endings. Any particular reason, or just the dialect you chose to go with ? It seems like the “standard” pronunciation is -ish, or maybe that’s just me. Thanks!
Standard pronunciation does often favour the softer almost „-ich“ pronunciation of „-ig“. And probably at one stage, when I was living in Bonn, I would also have pronounced it this way (along with a j-sound for most „g“s, but my wife is Austrian and the influence of Austrian German has taken over. So, it’s not really a choice, as such, it’s just influence, habit, and from an objective, aesthetic point of view, preference. But there are all sorts of ways of pronouncing the -ig, that’s true. Alles Gute BB
Yay endlich eine Beschreibung die man verstehen kann!!!
Sehr lieb! Das freut mich! ☺️
Tolle Video 🎉
Freut mich! Danke FÜR den Kommentar
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Hehe!
Vielen Dank Herr Billy. You make the lessons easy to understand for a beginner like me because the German words are also translated in English. Hoping to watch more of your videos, Sir.
Gerne! Thank you for letting me know- I’m pleased you’re finding the videos useful - more videos coming soon - in the meantime you might find the Bausteine eins playlist helpful. Alles Gute BB
Ich habe zewi kinder und judge ist er und sie .sind sie gut zur musik Tschuss lechere
Sehr gut!! Es ist schön, wenn sie Kinder gerne Musik machen. Danke für den Kommentar- alles Gute BB
I'll come back in 2 years, when I can digest this information better :D
Haha! 😂 In the meantime - all you REALLY need to know is in the video linked in the description:)
@@bausteine I'll check out. I just started having past tense this week and found your videos, straight forward and easy to understand!
The effort that has been put into editing the video is ...OHMYGOD Thank you for providing high-quality content and an exciting learning journey!!!
Haha! Thank you - I’m pleased you liked it (and found it useful) - alles Gute BB
this answers some questions that have confused me for years ! Thanks
That’s great. I’m pleased it helped. Alles Gute BB
Hi Billy, in this video you said that we use "zur Uni" but we do spend a whol day on it and we earn to much experience too, i guess it worth to get an "in" on it "in die Uni" "because it's formal", isn't it?
I thought I answered this but don’t see the comment: either one is fine ‚zur Uni‘ or ‚in die Uni‘ - you’ll use the latter particularly if you are going to end up „in the Uni/ in der Uni“.
Guten Tag D.Belly, in 8:05 you said "Es wird morgen kalt in Hobart sein" but the screen shows "Es wird morgen in Hobart kalt sein" are they the same? And where do we put the adj here?
Hallo! Here the most important thing is that you get the time phrase and the place phrase (morgen in Hobart) - objects are often towards the end of the sentence. If you are unsure when to use an element, you can use it at the beginning of the sentence.
I'm seeing a comment section that doesn't go with the video i'm watching right now, how is this possible? I'm on the page for a Tornado livestream and this comment section does not match the vidoe.
That’s certainly strange…KZread craziness!
@@bausteine Great video, yours
You explain things in a very simple and understandable way. Thank you for another lesson.
Thank you very much, I’m glad the video was useful- there are some interesting tenses in German alright! Alles Gute BB
Thank you for breaking this down into a simplistic and understanding way. I just subscribed. I have some catching up to do. I am on my third time trying to learn German. And.....like they say...."third time is a charm". Its true....its all starting to click for me. I have a long way to go..but....there is no turning back.
Welcome aboard! Thank you for getting in touch - I’m glad to hear that you found it useful. There’s a whole course there that aligns with the Bausteine eins playlist if that helps. Alles Gute BB
Vielen Dank. Wie immer sehr klar.
Gerne! Danke für den Kommentar.
Erzälen Sie mal, wie man Partizip II verwendet für Sätze wie "It would have been better if I had xyz" oder "Had it been this way, ABC would have been better/worse." Hätte ich mehr zeit gehabt, hätte ich das kürzer gesagt, zum beispiel.
Mir kommt‘s vor, Sie kennen sich damit schon sehr gut aus! Man verwendet einfach nur ‚wäre‘ und ‚hätte‘ statt ‚bin‘ und ‚habe‘. zB Es wäre gut gewesen, wenn ich das schon gewusst hätte!
DANKE SCHON
Bitte 🥺
Hello Billy Badger, I have a question: While speaking German, which tense (Simple past tense or Perfekt tense) is better? Can we mix both while expressing something in a conversation or have to choose only one particular tense for that conversation? Please guide Thank you
Hallo! You can use the Perfekt for all verbs and then just the simple past for ‚sein‘, ‚haben‘ and the modal verbs. Mostly people don’t really use the simple past must when speaking / occasionally you’ll hear a bit more simple past in the north of Germany but on the whole it’s only really used when writing. You might find this useful kzread.info/dash/bejne/gmd42dihdqfen8o.htmlsi=bgWzQFUEs0rGXH2N
@@bausteine Thank you very much!
I love it and will spread words
Thank you! 🙏 I’m glad it was useful for you, alles Gute BB
Thank you sir ❤❤❤
Most welcome 🤗
I like to buy your book how can I get , or where can I buy it from
Hi Jeffrey, there should be a link in the description - GET BAUSTEINE EINS HERE bausteine.gumroad.com/l/gszza OR HERE bausteine.creator-spring.com/... GET BAUSTEINE ZWEI HERE bausteine.gumroad.com/l/pmadh OR HERE bausteine.creator-spring.com/...
Your teaching stands out of all others i've seen on KZread. I think this is what gifted with talents by God means!! Thank you for this incredible way of delivering classes.
Thank you so much Tina, I’m so pleased that you found the video and my explanation useful. Danke für den lieben Kommentar! Alles Gute BB 😊
Love your videos and succinct instructions ! Hallo aus Texas…
Thanks Vee! Das freut mich! Liebe Grüße nach Texas!
Thanks Billy, that's a really novel and memorable way to explain the use of time related prepositions. This will be my go to video for refreshers on them :) I really enjoy your presentations and I watch them as soon as they arrive on my feed. BTW, between 7:25 and 7:40 the "English" translations are accidentally in German :)
Thanks for watching, Simon, I’m pleased it was useful for you! Although this certainly does seem like something I could do, this time the ‚translations‘ weren’t meant to be English- if people see 8:25 or some other time in German, they have to know how to ‚say‘ it - (8 Uhr 25). That was the idea at least 😀
@@bausteine haha, I'm afraid that fooled me, having the German text written large with the same German text written small above it! Previously I'd only seen you write the German text in a large size either alone or with the English translation above the German in a small size. Genuinely with the same words written twice in German it does look like an error :) Edit: yeah I think I didn't make myself clear in my first post - what I meant was e.g. at 7:25 in a large font size it says "Um 8:10 kommt der Bus" and above it in a small font size it says "Um 8:10 kommt der Bus", whereas at 2:53 the large writing is in German and the small writing is in English :)
@@simongoodwin5989 I probably should be more consistent. I guess, with these I thought that where people would have the most problems is with reading what is said, or knowing how to read it. That's why the text is similar, but it is not the same. BIG: Um 8:10 kommt der Bus; Small: Um 8 Uhr 10 kommt der Bus. The Uhr part is written out, so that students know where and when to say Uhr.
@@bausteine Ah wow, I totally missed that! I'm usually fine with following what you're saying with what I'm simultaneously reading, but the subtle difference between the two lines of German text, which appeared at first glance to be the same, went unnoticed by me. Don't worry, this is just me being an idiot when I thought I was being helpful - thank you for your patience :)
Nah, I need to make the difference more obvious:)
Would you continue this lesson a little further and explain endings when you have two or more adjectives like, an old dead rotten tree, or a very lovely young woman ? Using definite and indefinite articles? Ich danke dir.
Hallo Vee! It actually doesn’t matter how many verbs you have - the adjective ending will always be the same (ich sehe einen schönen, alten, toten, morschen Baum). Also doch ziemlich einfach, zum Glück!!
Well explained, thank you
Glad it was helpful! Das freut mich!
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?
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
Very well explained
Thanks Frosty :) Glad it was useful. Alles Gute BB