The verb "machen" (to make / to do) is used very often in German. In this video, Eylin introduces some frequently used phrases involving “machen,” and provides its conjugations in the perfect tense.

What's the difference between "tun" and "machen?” While they both are translated as “to do,” there are some clear distinctions. Eylin breaks it down in this video. Enjoy!

Eylin talks about the beauty of fall and the fun children can have with the leaves. The only thing she dislikes about the season is the number of leaf blowers around.

How do people in German cities get from one place to the next? Eylin looks at the possibilities in Hamburg, where she has found owning a car to be quite impractical.

In this video, Eylin talks about her last hiking vacation using the German preterite (simple past), which is the tense more typically used in written German.

Eylin introduces us to some more important verbs in the preterite form as she tells us about her hiking adventure.

What do people in Germany eat and what do many now pay attention to in terms of nutrition? Eylin shares her experiences.

In this second part, you will learn important vocabulary related to cooking and also get some valuable tips and recipe ideas.

If you were invited to have dinner with a group of Germans, would you know how to behave at the table? In this video, Eylin tells us what rules she was taught as a child.

In Germany, November to March is the season for colds. Eylin introduces us to all the important vocabulary related to this topic and shares some useful tips on how to alleviate the symptoms of the common cold.

Our favorite foods and drinks regularly add a lot of enjoyment to our lives! In this video, you'll learn some vocabulary for expressing what something tastes like.

How do you describe the taste of different foods? That's not so easy, as you'll learn in this video. However, using various examples, Eylin shows us how it can be done.

In this video, Eylin tells us about contractions in the German language and gives us some common examples.

Here are some more contractions that are frequently used in spoken German. In many cases, they are made up of a preposition and an article.

To be able to join in a conversation, it is important to know some typical ways to confidently begin a sentence. Because once that's taken care of, the rest will follow much more easily!