Learning German
Start with useful German phrases and forms, then explore noun articles and the structure of the Goethe B1 exam.
Starting German: Useful First Steps Before the Grammar Tables
German can look rather stern to beginners: three articles, cases, long compound words and unfamiliar verb order. Try to understand all of it at once and the language starts to…
Der, Die, Das: Learning German Articles Without Endless Guesswork
You know that Tisch means table. Then you want to say “the table is big,” and suddenly you have to choose der, die or das. German articles frustrate beginners because they…
Preparing for Goethe-Zertifikat B1 Without Living Inside Practice Tests
You open a Goethe-Zertifikat B1 sample paper, see sections for reading, listening, writing and speaking, and decide to complete as many practice tests as possible. It sounds…
Your First Language: When It Helps and When It Gets in the Way
When a Russian-speaking learner says “I very like this city,” the words are familiar, but their combination follows a pattern carried over from Russian. A more natural English expression is “I really
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