And here comes the preterite, or simple past tense, of "haben" ("to have") and "sein" ("to be")! Eylin introduces us to the conjugations and shows how to use them, with plenty of examples.

Talking on the phone in a foreign language is often much more challenging than speaking with someone in person. In this video, Eylin provides lots of useful phrases, as well as encouragement!

Talking on the phone in a foreign language is always particularly intimidating. Luckily, Eylin is here to guide you through it with some helpful phrases.

Are you interested in astrology? In these three videos, Eylin explains a few basic concepts. This first part deals with the significance of the different planets.

In this third part on the basics of astrology, Eylin tells us more about the houses and their significance.

Let’s talk about love. How do you express your affection for someone in German? There are many ways! Here, Eylin tells us which expression is right for which situation.

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!

In the second part of this mini-series, Eylin introduces us to more common sentence starters and shows us how to respond appropriately. There's also a great tip for practicing and remembering sentence starters.

Donna goes through the German alphabet, including the three umlaut letters (Ä, Ö, and Ü) and the sharp S (ß), a letter found only in German.

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Two little girls teach you how to pronounce the alphabet and the numbers from one to forty in German. Have fun following along!