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October 25, 2025
German for Beginners Unit 15: Intuitive Languages
<p>Guten Tag!</p><p>Welcome to Unit 15.</p><p>Well done on making it this far into the course! Hopefully you are continuing to try to produce the sentences yourself. </p><p>In this unit we will continue talking about "he" and "she" as well as reviewing some older material.</p><p><br></p><p>The ways to say “he or she has to”, “he or she wants”, “he or she would like”, “he or she wants”, “he or she can” and “he or she should” are the same as the forms for “I”.</p><p>First, let’s repeat the forms for “I”.</p><p>I have to.</p><p>Ich muss.</p><p>I have to go.</p><p>Ich muss gehen.</p><p>I should.</p><p>Ich sollte.</p><p>I should go but I can’t.</p><p>Ich sollte gehen, aber ich kann nicht.</p><p>I want.</p><p>Ich will.</p><p>I want to go now.</p><p>Ich will jetzt gehen.</p><p>I should go but I don’t want to.</p><p>Ich sollte gehen, aber ich will nicht.</p><p>I have to learn German.</p><p>Ich muss Deutsch lernen.</p><p>So, can you guess what: “he wants and she wants” is in German?:</p><p>He wants. She wants.</p><p>Er will. Sie will.</p><p>What about: He has to. She has to.</p><p>Er muss. Sie muss.</p><p>He would like. She would like.</p><p>Er möchte. Sie möchte.</p><p>He can. She can.</p><p>Er kann. Sie kann.</p><p>He should. She should.</p><p>Er sollte. Sie sollte.</p><p>He wants to speak.</p><p>Er will sprechen.</p><p>She wants to go.</p><p>Sie will gehen.</p><p>He would like to learn.</p><p>Er möchte lernen.</p><p>She would like to speak.</p><p>Sie möchte sprechen.</p><p>She can’t speak.</p><p>Sie kann nicht sprechen.</p><p>He can speak no German.</p><p>Er kann kein Deutsch sprechen.</p><p>She should learn German.</p><p>Sie sollte Deutsch lernen.</p><p>She can work in Germany.</p><p>Sie kann in Deutschland arbeiten.</p><p>She can work in Germany if she learns German.</p><p>Sie kann in Deutschland arbeiten, wenn sie Deutsch lernt.</p><p>Possible.</p><p>Möglich</p><p>If possible.</p><p>Wenn möglich. </p><p>It’s very possible.</p><p>Es ist sehr möglich.</p><p>Very easy.</p><p>Sehr einfach.</p><p>Very difficult.</p><p>Sehr schwierig.</p><p>Very interesting.</p><p>Sehr interessant.</p><p>She would like to do that if possible.</p><p>Sie möchte das machen, wenn möglich.</p><p>He should learn if possible.</p><p>Er sollte lernen, wenn möglich. </p><p>I know.</p><p>Ich weiß.</p><p>I think I know.</p><p>Ich denke, ich weiß.</p><p>What is it? </p><p>Was ist es? </p><p>I know what he’s doing.</p><p>Ich weiß, was er macht.</p><p>Where?</p><p>Wo?</p><p>I don’t know where.</p><p>Ich weiß nicht, wo.</p><p>He is.</p><p>Er ist.</p><p>I don’t know where he is.</p><p>Ich weiß nicht, wo er ist.</p><p>I am.</p><p>Ich bin.</p><p>I know where I am.</p><p>Ich weiß, wo ich bin.</p><p>Is she in Berlin? I don’t know where she is.</p><p>Ist sie in Berlin? Ich weiß nicht, wo sie ist.</p><p>I don’t know when.</p><p>Ich weiß nicht, wann.</p><p>He can come.</p><p>Er kann kommen.</p><p>Can he come? </p><p>Kann er kommen? </p><p>Can she come? Yes, but I don’t know when.</p><p>Kann sie kommen? Ja, aber ich weiß nicht, wann.</p><p>He wants to work.</p><p>Er will arbeiten.</p><p>If he wants to work.</p><p>Wenn er arbeiten will.</p><p>He should learn German.</p><p>Er sollte Deutsch lernen.</p><p>He should learn German if he wants to work.</p><p>Er sollte Deutsch lernen, wenn er arbeiten will.</p><p>To come to work.</p><p>zur Arbeit kommen.</p><p>She has to come to work.</p><p>Sie muss zur Arbeit kommen.</p><p>Can she come to work? </p><p>Kann sie zur Arbeit kommen? </p><p>Can he come? No he can’t. He has to work.</p><p>Kann er kommen? Nein, er kann nicht. Er muss arbeiten.</p><p>She has to work.</p><p>Sie muss arbeiten.</p><p>She wants to come but she can’t because she has to work.</p><p>Sie will kommen, aber sie kann nicht, denn sie muss arbeiten.</p><p>The word for “today” is:</p><p>Heute.</p><p>Let’s say it again:</p><p>Heute.</p><p>I am working today.</p><p>Ich arbeite heute.</p><p>I can do it.</p><p>Ich kann es machen.</p><p>I can do it today.</p><p>Ich kann es heute machen.</p><p>She can do it today.</p><p>Sie kann es heute machen.</p><p>I can’t do it today.</p><p>Ich kann es heute nicht machen.</p><p>I can’t do it today but I think she kann.</p><p>Ich kann es heute nicht machen, aber ich denke, sie kann.</p><p>He should.</p><p>Er sollte.</p><p>He should do it today.</p><p>Er sollte es heute machen.</p><p>She should do it today if possible.</p><p>Sie sollte es heute machen, wenn möglich.</p><p>I think it’s very easy and I can do it today.</p><p>Ich denke, es ist sehr einfach und ich kann es heute machen. </p><p><br></p>
October 9, 2025
German for Beginners Unit 14: Intuitive Languages
<p>Transkript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dVIVc6KOov5KXLrqYyWUrnV7i84nozUnNIVjpvyHshc/edit?usp=sharing </p>
September 30, 2025
German for Beginners Unit 13: Intuitive Languages
<p>Guten Tag Leute!! </p><p>Welcome to Unit 13. In this unit we will learn the word "should" and repeat a lot of what we have already learned.</p><p>Viel Spaß und los geht's!</p><p><br></p><p>I have to come.</p><p>Ich muss kommen.</p><p>I have to come to work.</p><p>Ich muss zur Arbeit kommen.</p><p>I have to speak.</p><p>Ich muss sprechen.</p><p>I speak no German.</p><p>Ich spreche kein Deutsch.</p><p>I have to learn it.</p><p>Ich muss es lernen.</p><p>I speak no German but I have to learn it.</p><p>Ich spreche kein Deutsch aber ich muss es lernen.</p><p>You want.</p><p>Du willst.</p><p>You want that.</p><p>Du willst das.</p><p>I know what you want.</p><p>Ich weiß was du willst.</p><p>I do that.</p><p>Ich mache das.</p><p>If I do that.</p><p>Wenn ich das mache.</p><p>I can learn if I do that.</p><p>Ich kann lernen wenn ich das mache.</p><p>The way to say: “I should” in German is:</p><p>Ich sollte.</p><p>Let’s say that again.</p><p>Ich sollte.</p><p>I should do that.</p><p>Ich sollte das machen.</p><p>I should learn German.</p><p>Ich sollte Deutsch lernen.</p><p>I should learn a little German.</p><p>Ich sollte ein bisschen Deutsch lernen.</p><p>Possible.</p><p>Möglich.</p><p>I should do that if possible.</p><p>Ich sollte das machen wenn möglich.</p><p>The way to say: “good” or “well” in German is:</p><p>Gut.</p><p>And the way to say: “bad” or “badly” is:</p><p>Schlecht.</p><p>Let’s repeat that last one again.</p><p>Schlecht.</p><p>Good and bad.</p><p>Gut und schlecht.</p><p>It’s good.</p><p>Es ist gut.</p><p>It’s good because I can learn German.</p><p>Es ist gut denn ich kann Deutsch lernen.</p><p>It’s bad.</p><p>Es ist schlecht.</p><p>It’s bad because I don’t have time.</p><p>Es ist schlecht denn ich habe keine Zeit.</p><p>I don’t have time.</p><p>Ich habe keine Zeit.</p><p>If I have time.</p><p>Wenn ich Zeit habe.</p><p>It’s good if I have time.</p><p>Es ist gut wenn ich Zeit habe.</p><p>If it’s good.</p><p>Wenn es gut ist.</p><p>If it’s bad.</p><p>Wenn es schlecht ist.</p><p>I think that’s good.</p><p>Ich denke das ist gut.</p><p>I think that’s bad.</p><p>Ich denke das ist schlecht.</p><p>It’s easy.</p><p>Es ist einfach.</p><p>I think it’s easy.</p><p>Ich denke es ist einfach.</p><p>It’s difficult.</p><p>Es ist schwierig.</p><p>I think German is difficult.</p><p>Ich denke Deutsch ist schwierig.</p><p>I think German is a little difficult.</p><p>Ich denke Deutsch ist ein bisschen schwierig.</p><p>I should learn German but I can’t and that’s bad.</p><p>Ich sollte Deutsch lernen aber ich kann nicht und das ist schlecht.</p><p>It’s possible.</p><p>Es ist möglich.</p><p>The German word for good can also mean “well”.</p><p>How would you say:</p><p>I speak well</p><p>Ich spreche gut.</p><p>I want to speak well.</p><p>Ich vill gut sprechen.</p><p>I learn German because I want to speak well.</p><p>Ich lerne Deutsch denn ich vill gut sprechen.</p><p>I speak badly.</p><p>Ich spreche schlecht.</p><p>I should learn now.</p><p>Ich sollte jetzt lernen.</p><p>I should learn now because I speak badly.</p><p>Ich sollte jetzt lernen denn ich spreche schlecht.</p><p>You speak</p><p>Du sprichst.</p><p>The way to say: “you should” is:</p><p>Du solltest.</p><p>You should speak.</p><p>Du solltest sprechen.</p><p>You speak badly.</p><p>Du sprichst schlecht.</p><p>If you speak badly.</p><p>Venn du schlecht sprichst.</p><p>You should learn if you speak badly.</p><p>Du solltest lernen wenn du schlecht sprichst.</p>
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