The words "whoever" and "whatever" are pronouns that can refer to anyone or anything without specification. Their German equivalents also have a particular form in which the pronoun/determiner is combined with auch immer, or sometimes just immer. 

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Erstens: Holt alle Informationen über die Einwohner ein, wer auch immer sie sein mögen.

First: Gather all the information about the inhabitants, whoever they may be.

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Wer auch immer sie fertigmachen will, taucht früher oder später bei ihr auf.

Whoever wants to finish her off, they'll show up sooner or later with her.

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Also, wer immer nur von Freiheit redet, muss verstehen ...

So, whoever only always talks about freedom, must understand...

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Sometimes the German word was can be used when talking about something that is not actually determined, and is translated as "whatever." However, sentences like this next one require was auch immer in order to emphasize that there are many choices possible. 

Also, was auch immer ihr tut, ihr dürft diese Büchse niemals öffnen!

So whatever you do, you may never open this box!

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Jeder kann glauben, was er möchte.

Everyone can believe in whatever they want.

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The adverb "however" as in "in whatever way" or "regardless of how" is wie auch immer or wie immer in German. Of course, wie immer often means "as always."

Na ja, wie auch immer, also, wie Sie das mit der Kerze hingekriegt haben, das war... fantastisch.

Well, anyway, so, however you did that with the candle, that was... fantastic.

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Genießt euren Kaffee, wie auch immer ihr den zubereitet,

Enjoy your coffee, regardless of how you make it,

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Generally, wann immer and wann auch immer are interchangeable. These are used to talk about a time that can't (yet) be determined. 

Auch die rosigen Hausschweine dürfen aus ihrem Stall, wann immer sie wollen.

Even the rosy domestic pigs are allowed to leave their stable whenever they want.

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Und vor allem, sprich so viel und wann immer du kannst.

And above all, talk as much and whenever you can.

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You will find many more instances of the words above used in context on Yabla German.

The standard negation in German — when you say that something is "not" by using nicht — is relatively straightforward for native English speakers. Although its placement in a sentence may differ from English, often falling at the end of a sentence (Ich liebe dich... nicht!), it usually parallels the use of the English word "not." A standard German phrase combined with the preposition ohne ("without") might read:

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Das ist nicht ohne Risiko.

This is not without risk.

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Nee, nee, nee, mein Lieber, nicht ohne dich.

No, no, no, my dear, not without you.

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Und da bin ich nicht ohne Sorge.

And there I'm not without worries.

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Note that in the above cases, the phrase nicht ohne has an object that defines what is lacking, in the above examples Risiko, dich, and Sorge respectively. But what does it mean when somebody says nicht ohne without an object? To say "Oh, that's not without" in English is a sentence fragment with no clear meaning.

To say nicht ohne with no defined object in German, however, is an idiomatic or slang usage that has been in use since at least the 17th century, according to the Redensarten-Index website. To leave a word out of a sentence is what's known in linguistics as an ellipsis. This particular ellipsis is more difficult to immediately understand than most of those in English, however. 

Ein Radfahrer... Das ist nicht ohne.

A bicyclist... That is difficult.

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Mein Fahrgestell ist nämlich auch nicht ganz ohne.

My undercarriage isn't exactly without its dangers, either.

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Thus, depending upon the specific context, the phrase nicht ohne can mean that something is difficult, dangerous, or to be taken seriously.

Further Learning
Read the above link for the Redensarten-Index and search for more examples of nicht ohne on Yabla German to see other ways that the phrase can be used in German sentences.

Like English, 45% of which comes from French or Latin language sources, German has many French loan words or Gallicisms. If you can learn to recognize words in your native English as having a French origin, there is a fair chance that they are used in German. 

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In last week's lesson, we took a look at some of the more commonly used German words with a French origin. These have obvious French word endings such as -ment, -ion, or -age. This week, let's take a look at some more French-derived words in German that also have English counterparts.

Vor genau sechsundsechzig Jahren befreite die Rote Armee die Überlebenden des Nazi-Vernichtungslagers Auschwitz.

Exactly sixty-six years ago the Red Army liberated the survivors of the Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz.

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The German word for "army," die Armee, comes from the French word armée. Note that the German capitalizes the noun as per German grammar rules and has dropped the accented letter E. 

„Die Süßigkeit“ ist etwas Süßes: Gummibär, Kaugummi, Bonbon.

"Candy" is something sweet: a gummy bear, a [piece of] chewing gum, a bonbon.

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The German Bonbon can be the masculine der but is most commonly the neuter das. The French bonbon is literally "good good," from what a child might say when they see some candy!

Aktualisieren Sie bitte das Budget.

Please update the budget.

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Das Budget is the same word "budget" in French and English as well, though the French and German both render the T silent.

Ein bisschen Weihnachtsdekoration, so Engel... -Dekoration, ja.

A little bit of Christmas decoration, such angels... -Decoration, yes.

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The word "decoration" in English is closer to the French décoration, but then most hard C sounds in German utilize the letter K!

Das ist tatsächlich ein Hotel in Berlin mit einem ganz verrückten Konzept.

This is, in fact, a hotel in Berlin with a completely crazy concept.

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The French word hôtel is spelled with a circumflex accent on the O, and of course pronounced entirely differently.

Ich bin bei der Firma SAC Applikations-Ingenieur.

I am an applications engineer for the company SAC.

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The German der Ingenieur provides another fairly rare example of the soft G pronunciation in German. It's spelled nearly the same as the French ingénieur. 

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As a general rule, French words found in German are spelled the same, or nearly the same, as the French words found in English, but are pronounced in a German manner and written according to German grammatical rules—with nouns capitalized, for example. Take a look at this list of Gallicisms in German and go to Yabla German to find other real-world examples of the words used in videos.