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German Foundations

A practical A1 German course for English-speaking adults.

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Adult English to German A1

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Vocabulary presentation, quiz feedback, and review scheduling
70 complete lessons across 10 units

Unit 1

Unit 1 - Greetings and Introductions

Start with the phrases you need to greet people politely and naturally.

7 published lessons

Lesson 1

Lesson 1 - Hello and Goodbye

Learn nine core German greetings and politeness phrases.

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Lesson 2

Lesson 2 - What's Your Name?

Ask someone's name, introduce yourself, and match polite or informal forms.

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Lesson 3

Lesson 3 - How Are You?

Ask how someone is doing, answer with natural degrees, and return the question.

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Lesson 4

Lesson 4 - Please and Thank You

Thank, respond, apologize, and decline with everyday German politeness.

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Lesson 5

Lesson 5 - Where Are You From?

Ask about origin, name common countries, and distinguish where someone is from from where they live.

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Lesson 6

Lesson 6 - Unit Review

Reconnect greetings, introductions, wellbeing, courtesy, origin, and residence before the final assessment.

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Lesson 7

Lesson 7 - Unit Assessment

Demonstrate independent mastery of the complete Greetings and Introductions unit.

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Unit 2

Unit 2 - Numbers and Personal Information

Share age, phone numbers, addresses, and other essential personal details.

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Lesson 1

Lesson 1 - Numbers 0 to 10

Recognize, pronounce, and produce the first eleven German number words.

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Lesson 2

Lesson 2 - Numbers 11 to 20

Build the teens with the unit + zehn pattern and reach zwanzig.

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Lesson 3

Lesson 3 - How Old Are You?

Ask and give ages with the Jahre alt pattern and compound numbers.

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Lesson 4

Lesson 4 - Phone Numbers

Exchange phone numbers digit by digit and ask for repetition politely.

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Lesson 5

Lesson 5 - Address and Email

Give a full German address and read email addresses aloud.

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Lesson 6

Lesson 6 - Unit Review

Reconnect numbers, ages, phone numbers, and addresses before the final assessment.

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Lesson 7

Lesson 7 - Unit Assessment

Demonstrate independent mastery of the complete Numbers and Personal Information unit.

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Unit 3

Unit 3 - Family and People

Talk about family members, relationships, and the people in your life.

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Lesson 1

Lesson 1 - My Family

Name parents, siblings, and children, and introduce them with Das ist.

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Lesson 2

Lesson 2 - Grandparents and Relatives

Extend the family tree with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

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Lesson 3

Lesson 3 - Describing People

Describe character and appearance with sein, haben, er, and sie.

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Lesson 4

Lesson 4 - Who Is That?

Ask who people are and answer with sein and ihr possessives.

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Lesson 5

Lesson 5 - Talking About Family

Ask about siblings and children, count with the accusative, negate with kein.

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Lesson 6

Lesson 6 - Unit Review

Reconnect family, descriptions, possessives, and counting before the final assessment.

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Lesson 7

Lesson 7 - Unit Assessment

Demonstrate independent mastery of the complete Family and People unit.

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Unit 4

Unit 4 - Food and Drinks

Order, offer, and discuss common foods and drinks.

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Lesson 1

Lesson 1 - Essential Food and Drinks

Name everyday foods and drinks and conjugate essen.

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Lesson 2

Lesson 2 - Ordering Drinks

Order politely with möchte and customize with mit and ohne.

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Lesson 3

Lesson 3 - Hunger and Meals

Use the haben idioms and name the meals of the day.

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Lesson 4

Lesson 4 - In the Café

Run a café visit from menu to bill to tip.

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Lesson 5

Lesson 5 - Likes and Favorites

Grade likings with gern, lieber, and Lieblings-, and talk taste with schmecken.

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Lesson 6

Lesson 6 - Unit Review

Reconnect food, ordering, meals, and preferences before the final assessment.

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Lesson 7

Lesson 7 - Unit Assessment

Demonstrate independent mastery of the complete Food and Drinks unit.

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Unit 5

Unit 5 - Home and Everyday Objects

Name rooms, household items, and useful objects around you.

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Lesson 1

Lesson 1 - Rooms of the Home

Name the rooms, build Zimmer compounds, and say where you are.

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Lesson 2

Lesson 2 - Furniture and Es gibt

Furnish the rooms and state what exists with es gibt.

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Lesson 3

Lesson 3 - Where Things Are

Place everything with auf, unter, neben, vor, and hinter plus the dative.

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Lesson 4

Lesson 4 - Describing Your Home

Describe rooms, list features, and talk about renting.

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Lesson 5

Lesson 5 - Everyday Objects

Seek and find the objects everyone loses, with meinen and nicht.

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Lesson 6

Lesson 6 - Unit Review

Reconnect rooms, furniture, positions, and objects before the final assessment.

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Lesson 7

Lesson 7 - Unit Assessment

Demonstrate independent mastery of the complete Home and Everyday Objects unit.

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Unit 6

Unit 6 - Daily Routine

Describe everyday actions, habits, and a simple daily schedule.

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Lesson 1

Lesson 1 - Morning Routine

Wake, rise, shower, and breakfast — with separable verbs.

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Lesson 2

Lesson 2 - Work and Study

Commute with zur Arbeit, work at home, and conjugate arbeiten.

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Lesson 3

Lesson 3 - How Often?

Grade habits with the frequency ladder and jeden Tag.

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Lesson 4

Lesson 4 - Evening and Night

Head home, wind down, and sleep — with vowel-shifting verbs.

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Lesson 5

Lesson 5 - My Day

Chain the whole day with sequencers and the verb-second rule.

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Lesson 6

Lesson 6 - Unit Review

Reconnect the full day before the final assessment.

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Lesson 7

Lesson 7 - Unit Assessment

Demonstrate independent mastery of the complete Daily Routine unit.

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Unit 7

Unit 7 - Time and Dates

Tell time, use dates, and make simple plans.

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Lesson 1

Lesson 1 - What Time Is It?

Ask the time and answer with the Es ist ... Uhr frame.

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Lesson 2

Lesson 2 - Half and Quarter

Read the in-between times: halb, Viertel vor, Viertel nach.

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Lesson 3

Lesson 3 - Days of the Week

Walk the seven der days and pin plans with am.

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Lesson 4

Lesson 4 - Today and Tomorrow

Shift days with bare adverbs and ask when with wann.

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Lesson 5

Lesson 5 - Appointments

Book, span, and measure plans — and earn your Feierabend.

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Lesson 6

Lesson 6 - Unit Review

Reconnect the clock and the calendar before the final assessment.

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Lesson 7

Lesson 7 - Unit Assessment

Demonstrate independent mastery of the complete Time and Dates unit.

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Unit 8

Unit 8 - Shopping

Shop for essentials, ask prices, and handle money politely.

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Lesson 1

Lesson 1 - In the Store

Find the shops, check the hours, and split einkaufen.

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Lesson 2

Lesson 2 - Asking Prices

Ask Was kostet das?, read Euro prices, and judge them.

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Lesson 3

Lesson 3 - Buying and Needing

Need, take, and buy — three accusative verbs and one strong shift.

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Lesson 4

Lesson 4 - Paying

Pay mit Karte oder bar, find the ATM, and tip with Stimmt so.

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Lesson 5

Lesson 5 - Clothes Shopping

Try things on and judge the fit with the dative wearer.

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Lesson 6

Lesson 6 - Unit Review

Rerun the whole shopping trip before the final assessment.

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Lesson 7

Lesson 7 - Unit Assessment

Demonstrate independent mastery of the complete Shopping unit.

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Unit 9

Unit 9 - Getting Around

Use transit, ask for directions, and navigate a German city.

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Lesson 1

Lesson 1 - Bus, Train, and Tram

Ride every vehicle on the mit + dative chunk.

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Lesson 2

Lesson 2 - Tickets and Stations

Buy the Fahrkarte, read the board, and wait auf den Bus.

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Lesson 3

Lesson 3 - Getting On and Off

Board, transfer, and exit with the steigen family.

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Lesson 4

Lesson 4 - Asking for Directions

Ask Wie komme ich zum ...? and follow links, rechts, geradeaus.

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Lesson 5

Lesson 5 - Taking a Trip

Depart, fly, arrive — and wish everyone Gute Reise.

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Lesson 6

Lesson 6 - Unit Review

Ride the whole network once more before the final assessment.

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Lesson 7

Lesson 7 - Unit Assessment

Demonstrate independent mastery of the complete Getting Around unit.

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Unit 10

Unit 10 - Everyday Conversations

Invite, plan, accept, decline, and say goodbye like a local.

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Lesson 1

Lesson 1 - Inviting Someone Out

Open every plan with Wollen wir ...? and the motion chunks.

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Lesson 2

Lesson 2 - Do You Have Time?

Check Zeit and Lust, then invite in two words: Kommst du mit?

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Lesson 3

Lesson 3 - Accepting and Declining

Say yes warmly, no kindly — with können, müssen, and leider.

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Lesson 4

Lesson 4 - Making the Plan

Pin the time, place, and pickup with the planning verbs.

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Lesson 5

Lesson 5 - Goodbyes and Wishes

Close every conversation with the bis goodbyes and the wish family.

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Lesson 6

Lesson 6 - Unit Review

Run one whole conversation before the final assessment.

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Lesson 7

Lesson 7 - Unit Assessment

Demonstrate independent mastery of the complete Everyday Conversations unit.

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