Building Structures in German - Structure 4
Learn about how the German language is put together by breaking it down into its different sentence structures.
The whole of the German language can be broken down into several different structures. If you take any sentence from any German book or any utterance, you will see that it fits into one of these structures.
I remember one weekend, I was writing some lessons for the week ahead, when I suddenly realised this. I noticed that there are a certain number of structures in German, and that every sentence follows one of these structures. I spent the rest of the weekend working out all the structures, and I wrote them all down.
Every structure you learn gives you the ability to say a huge amount. Some structures are used more than others, but all the structures together make up the whole German language. Once you’ve learnt how a structure works, all you have to do is insert different words into the slots and you have a sentence.
This course introduces you to structure 4. I’ve limited each course to one structure so as not to overburden you. By looking at just one structure at a time, you can really get to grips with it and understand its usage. It will help to clarify the German language and make it more like a reflex rather than something you have to think about as is it were a maths equation.
Each structure can also help to propel you to fluency; if you can manipulate the structures at high speed, you can start to say anything you want without having to thing about how to say it.
This course contains plenty of practice opportunities for you to revise what you’ve learnt and it also contains some hints and tips on how best to learn and memorise the structures and the vocabulary that goes with them. You’ll learn how to make questions out of structure 3, how to make statements and how to turn positive statements negative.
The Building Structures in German series is set out using the same learning techniques as the 3 Minute German courses. You can work through the course in three minute chunks, enabling anybody to learn German, no matter how little time you have.
Your Instructor
Hello, bonjour, hola, hallo, ciao and olá!
I’m Kieran and I’m a language tutor based in the UK, and I also create online courses and write books to make language learning accessible to all.
My books and online courses are based on the methodology I developed for teaching languages, which I've been using in all my classes for many years. The methodology will get you speaking quickly, without the struggle normally associated with language learning.
Course Curriculum
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 1 (3:23)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 2a (3:16)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 2b (5:54)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 2c (3:20)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 2d (2:05)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 3 (4:03)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 4 (4:17)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 5a (2:53)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 5b (5:03)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 6a (3:33)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 6b (3:27)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 6c (1:56)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 7a (3:18)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 7b (3:24)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 7c (3:23)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 7d (3:21)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 7e (3:22)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 7f (3:29)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 7g (3:17)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 7h (3:24)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 7i (3:22)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 7j (4:14)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 8a (3:10)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 8b (3:06)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 8c (3:09)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 8d (3:21)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 8e (3:23)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 8f (3:34)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 8g (5:29)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 9a (3:02)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 9b (3:24)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 9c (3:21)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 9d (3:15)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 9e (3:16)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 10a (3:38)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 10b (3:06)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 10c (3:52)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 10d (3:16)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 10e (3:09)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 10f (2:44)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 10g (3:19)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 10h (3:05)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 10i (3:22)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 10j (3:21)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 11 (4:02)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 12a (3:35)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 12b (3:03)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 12c (1:45)
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StartGerman - Structure 4 - Chapter 12d (4:05)