Core Grammar

German grammar has more moving parts than English, but fewer exceptions. Once you learn the patterns, they stay reliable. That’s the trade-off, and honestly it’s a good one.

Lessons in this module:

1. Nouns & Gender (der, die, das) — Every noun has a gender. Learn the system and the shortcuts.
2. Articles & Cases — How articles change based on a noun’s role in the sentence.
3. Pronouns — I, you, he, she, it — mapped to their German equivalents.
4. Verbs: Present Tense — How to conjugate verbs and the most common irregular ones.
5. Sentence Structure — The V2 rule and how German word order works.
6. Negation — Nicht vs. kein — two ways to say “not.”
7. Adjective Endings — A simplified system for the endings that change.