Importance of German Language

Importance of German language is one of the important topic in the Goethe Institut's Byaheng Germany Webinar, not because it is hosted by Goethe Institut (and they wanted to get more students) but because it is really very important if you wanted to move to Germany. I know some of you thinks, "why do I …

German Language Exam(s) Tips

(Cross-post only. Original post in my other blog, German for Filipinos.) While each (grammar) topic is important para matutunan ang language na eto, maaaring ang priority mo for now ay how to pass the exam, kaya I thought of summarizing what I think the important aspects of German language exams. I did my best to …

Basics of German Language: Verbs and its Cases

Are you like me, having the problem to differentiate which case to use for specific verbs, ending up interchanging the accusative and the dative cases? While in most sentences, accusative and dative cases are both present, there are verbs that would simply need an accusative OR dative to complete the sentence, say for example, "Ich …

The Basics of German Language: The Indefinite Article

Okay, sorry if I am going to make this quite short, I am not yet fully recovered and sitting in front of the PC for long time is quite strenous for me. Hence, I will be sharing to you only a table guide of indefinite articles. Please note that there are no plural indefinite article, …

The Basics of German Language: Definite Articles

Unlike the English language, the article is very important in the German language. And the article in the German language is not simply like in English, where the  only articles are "the" and "a/an". German articles are categorized according to its gender.  All nouns have its gender, regardless if it's a living or non-living thing. …