The ability to think enables human beings to take influence on their life and on the world in a very active and conscious way. The philosopher René Descartes once said: "Ich denke, also bin ich [I think, therefore I am]." Enjoy learning to conjugate this important verb!

Diane wants to go to the disco. Will her father allow that? In a conversation between father and daughter Diane and Franca present the verb "dürfen" [may/to be allowed to do s.th.] in the different tenses and in conjunction with alternating pronouns. Have fun!

We human beings have to eat in order to live, however it can also be a source of pleasure. It's enhanced all the more when enjoyed with good friends. Diane and Franca are meeting for food, conversation and even a short vocabulary lesson — because today they are showing us how to conjugate „essen“ [to eat], an indispensable German verb. Enjoy!

Yabla star reporter (and future hip-hop dancer) Diane and her special guest Franca give us a tour of the verb brauchen (to need). Diane is sure that quitting her stressful office job to pursue a career in hip-hop dancing is a great idea, but luckily Franca is a bit more sceptical. Viel Spaß beim Lernen!

Donna and Cettina are enjoying the sunny day and grilling in their garden, and at the same time they're conjugating the verb "to grill" for Yabla students. Guten Appetit beim Lernen!

Jenny and Sabine take us through the various conjugations of the verbs "to give" (geben) and "to pass on" (weitergeben).

Jenny and two friends take us through the conjugations for the verb wissen ("to know") in multiple tenses. Viel Spaß beim Deutschlernen!

Go for a ride with Yabla's Cettina and Cornelia and learn the conjugations of the verb "to drive" in the present, past, conditional, and future tenses.

“Lernen” is a tricky verb for English speakers, since it can be translated as either “to study” or “to learn.” Here, Sabine and Jan present all the conjugations of the verb, and show the various contexts in which it can appear.

The regular verb “arbeiten” (“to work”) is one of the most commonly used verbs in German. Here, Jan and Sabine give us several sample sentences that use different tenses.

Some rhetorical devices are used in English and German alike, one of these being the climax.

Jenny talks about the different types of clocks ("Uhren") that there are and the basics of how to tell the time of day ("die Uhrzeit").

Jenny demonstrates how to talk about schedules and how long things take.

It is winter. And in winter you have to put on a couple of more things than in the summer to protect yourself from the cold.

The arrival of colder weather and the changing colors of the trees are things we associate with the fall season. Enjoy this video, which introduces basic vocabulary related to this time of year.