Volume two
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Level A2 — past, dative, subordinate clauses
The second volume. The past tense, the dative, and the sentences that hang on other sentences.
Start with Chapter 18Perfekt mit habenContents
The A2 coursePast, dative, subordinate clauses
- 18Perfekt mit habenThe spoken past — haben in position 2, the participle at the end
- 19Perfekt mit seinThe past with sein — journeys, arrivals and everything that changes
- 20DativThe case of the person who receives — and the four articles that change
- 21DativpräpositionenThe seven prepositions that always take the dative — aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu
- 22WechselpräpositionenThe nine prepositions that take two cases — and the case tells you if you move or stay
- 23Nebensätze: weil und dassThe verb goes to the end — and the comma stands in front of the clause
- 24Nebensätze: wenn, als, obwohlOne past event, every time, or in spite of it — and the verb still goes to the end
- 25Modalverben: müssen, dürfen, sollenWhat you must do, what you may do and what you should do
- 26KomparativeComparing two things: a difference, the same, and the best of all
- 27AdjektivdeklinationThe endings on the adjective in front of the noun
- 28Das PassivThe passive — werden in position 2, the participle at the end
- 29Geld und ReklamationPaying, invoices, and the fixed words of a complaint
- 30Präteritum der ModalverbenWhat you could, had to and were allowed to do — the past of the modal verbs