Grammar book · 15 chapters

German A2 grammar

15 short chapters, one for each topic in the A2 Grammar deck. Each starts with its rule and table: cover the table to test yourself.

All the tables on one page

I · Sentences

3 chapters
  1. 01Word orderIn a main clause the verb comes second. After weil, dass and wenn it goes to the end.
  2. 02nicht, kein, es gibt & mankein replaces ein, or no article. nicht negates everything else.
  3. 03Asking politelyKönnten Sie …?, Würden Sie …?, Ich hätte gern …: the softer way to ask.

II · Nouns & endings

5 chapters
  1. 04Dative or accusativeThe thing you act on is accusative. The person who gets something, or is helped, is dative.
  2. 05Pronounsich, du, er change with the case: er becomes ihn in the accusative and ihm in the dative.
  3. 06PossessivesPossessives take the same endings as ein: mein, meine, meinen, meinem.
  4. 07Adjective endingsMostly -en. Learn the five spots that take something else.
  5. 08Comparing-er with als for more than, so … wie for as … as.

III · Prepositions

3 chapters
  1. 09Prepositions: place & directionwohin? takes the accusative, wo? takes the dative.
  2. 10Prepositions: timeum for clock times, am for days, im for months and seasons.
  3. 11Verb + prepositionMany verbs come with one preposition. Learn verb, preposition and case together.

IV · Verbs

4 chapters
  1. 12Reflexive or notSome verbs always take mich, dich or sich. Others never do.
  2. 13Perfekt: haben or seinMost verbs take haben. Going from A to B, and changing state, take sein.
  3. 14Perfekt: participlesRegular verbs make ge-…-t. Irregular verbs make ge-…-en, often with a new vowel.
  4. 15Past of sein, haben & modalsFor the past of sein, haben and the modal verbs, say war, hatte and konnte, not the Perfekt.