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Lesson 1 - Statements, Verben, Conjugations

Lesson 2: Unusual Verbs

Lesson 3: Introduction to Articles and Nouns in German

Lesson 4: Modal Verbs

Lesson 5: Verbs with Prefixes

Lesson 6: Imperativ

Lesson 7: Ja-/Nein-Fragen

Lesson 8: W-Fragen

Lesson 9: der, die, das, die (Review)

Lesson 10: er, sie, es, sie

Lesson 11: ein, eine, ein, -

Lesson 12: kein, keine, kein, keine

Lesson 13: Possessivartikel

Lesson 14: Verbs in the Simple Past Tense

Lesson 15: The Cases in German: Nominativ

Lesson 16: The Cases in German: Akkusativ

Lesson 17: The Cases in German: Dativ

Lesson 18: Personalpronomen and Possessivpronomen in the Three Cases

Lesson 19: Prepositions in the Nominativ and Akkusativ

Lesson 20: Prepositions in the Dativ

Lesson 21: Wechselpräpositionen

Lesson 22: Verbs in Present and Future Tenses

Lesson 23: Verbs in the Perfekt

Lesson 24: The Adjective Endings in the Nominativ

Lesson 25: The Adjective Endings in Akkusativ und Dativ

Episode #14

Lesson 14: Verbs in the Simple Past Tense

14.1 How to Recognize the Präteritum

Often, a verb in the Präteritum is short, sometimes the main vowel changes, and sometimes it ends with a consonant.

The two verbs German learners learn first in the Präteritum are sein and haben. Sein in the Präteritum is war and means was; haben in the Präteritum is hatte and means had.

war:

ich war wir waren
du warst ihr wart
er/sie/es war sie/Sie waren

Here, the verb form is short, the main vowel changes, and it ends with a consonant.

hatte:

ich hatte wir hatten
du hattest ihr hattet
er/sie/es hatte sie/Sie hatten

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