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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 #25

Lesson 25: The Adjective Endings in Akkusativ und Dativ

25.1 What is the Deklination im Akkusativ?

You'll likely remember that the Akkusativ doesn't vary much from the Nominativ, only in the der grouping.

25.1.1 Definite Article

Here is the first time you see the der -en ending.

den heißen Kaffee, die kluge Krähe, das neue Buch, die interessanten Nachrichten

25.1.2 Indefinite Article

Here, the der adjective ending is also -en.

einen heißen Kaffee, eine kluge Krähe, ein neues Buch, - interessante Nachrichten

25.1.3 Negative Article

The der grouping -en ending continues the pattern in the Akkusativ.

keinen heißen Kaffee, keine kluge Krähe, kein neues Buch, keine interessanten Nachrichten

25.2 Adjective Endings by Grouping

Here are the adjective endings organized by grouping and case.

Nominativ:

der heiße Kaffee
ein heißer Kaffee
kein heißer Kaffee 		die kluge Krähe
eine kluge Krähe
keine kluge Krähe 		das neue Buch
ein neues Buch
kein neues Buch 		die interessanten Nachrichten
- interessante Nachrichten
keine interessanten Nachrichten

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