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My Chagrin Falls Memorial Day Speech 2010
This is no grammar podcast but it is the speech which I prepared for Memorial Day 2010 in Chagrin Falls. Although we managed to get in most of the Memorial Day festivities, my speech was rained out or "thundered out." I guess I shouldn't feel too bad as President Obama's speech in Chicago was also rained out.
The topic of my speech was "We are Chagrin! We are America!" In the speech I give thanks to the American GI's who helped my family and me at the conclu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | My Chagrin Falls Memorial Day Speech 2010This is no grammar podcast but it is the speech which I prepared for Memorial Day 2010 in Chagrin Falls. Although we managed to get in most of the Memorial Day festivities, my speech was rained out or "thundered out." I guess I shouldn't feel too bad as President Obama's speech in Chicago was also rained out.
The topic of my speech was "We are Chagrin! We are America!" In the speech I give thanks to the American GI's who helped my family and me at the conclusion of World War 2 and who by pu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Cheatsheet 2 for Writing Simple Sentences"Das Maedchen bringt dem Lehrer den Apfel. Dem Lehrer bringt das Maedchen den Apfel. Den Apfel bringt das Maedchen dem Lehrer." What do the three sentences have in common? They all mean "The girl brings the teacher the apple." How is this possible? Listen to this podcast as the teacher tries to explain why and how.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Cheatsheet 2 for Writing Simple Sentences"Das Maedchen bringt dem Lehrer den Apfel. Dem Lehrer bringt das Maedchen den Apfel. Den Apfel bringt das Maedchen dem Lehrer." What do the three sentences have in common? They all mean "The girl brings the teacher the apple." How is this possible? Listen to this podcast as the teacher tries to explain why and how.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Cheatsheet 1 for Writing Simple SentencesThe purpose of this podcast was to create a cheatsheet which would help students write better simple German sentences. There were three objectives: To help students form simple sentences consisting of a subject, a verb, an indirect object and a direct object. To convince students to accept that subjects in German are always in the nominative case, indirect objects in the dative case, and direct objects in the accusative case. To motivate students to memorize the definite ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Cheatsheet 1 for Writing Simple SentencesThe purpose of this podcast was to create a cheatsheet which would help students write better simple German sentences. There were three objectives: To help students form simple sentences consisting of a subject, a verb, an indirect object and a direct object. To convince students to accept that subjects in German are always in the nominative case, indirect objects in the dative case, and direct objects in the accusative case. To motivate students to memorize the definite ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Six Active Voice TensesThis podcast is about tenses in the active voice, indicative mood. It is not a lecture but an exercise podcast. Students will hear the three principal parts of sixteen verbs and their perfect infinitives. They will then hear the verb in one of the tenses and be asked to transform it into another tense. The teacher will provide the correct answers.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Six Active Voice TensesThis podcast is about tenses in the active voice, indicative mood. It is not a lecture but an exercise podcast. Students will hear the three principal parts of sixteen verbs and their perfect infinitives. They will then hear the verb in one of the tenses and be asked to transform it into another tense. The teacher will provide the correct answers.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The 3 Perfect TensesThe teacher explains how to form the present, past, and future perfect tenses using the perfect infinitive. Yes, he also explains what is meant by perfect infinitive.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The 3 Perfect TensesThe teacher explains how to form the present, past, and future perfect tenses using the perfect infinitive. Yes, he also explains what is meant by perfect infinitive.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Future and Future Perfect Tenses
The future tense in German consists of WERDEN and the PRESENT ACTIVE INFINITIVE. Examples: WIR WERDEN SPIELEN - WE WILL PLAY, WIR WERDEN GEHEN - WE WILL GO
The future perfect tense in German consists of WERDEN and the PERFECT ACTIVE INFINITIVE. Examples: WIR WERDEN GESPIELT HABEN - WE WILL HAVE PLAYED, WIR WERDEN GEGANGEN SEIN - WE WILL HAVE GONE
What is a PRESENT ACTIVE INFINITIVE? It is the infinitive that we learned in Level ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Future and Future Perfect TensesThe future tense in German consists of WERDEN and the PRESENT ACTIVE INFINITIVE. Examples: WIR WERDEN SPIELEN - WE WILL PLAY, WIR WERDEN GEHEN - WE WILL GO
The future perfect tense in German consists of WERDEN and the PERFECT ACTIVE INFINITIVE. Examples: WIR WERDEN GESPIELT HABEN - WE WILL HAVE PLAYED, WIR WERDEN GEGANGEN SEIN - WE WILL HAVE GONE
What is a PRESENT ACTIVE INFINITIVE? It is the infinitive that we learned in Level 1 German, just with a fancier name.
What is a PE ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | More SEIN and PAST PARTICIPLE Combinations
The teacher explores two uses of SEIN and PAST PARTICIPLES in this podcast episode.
He discusses SEIN as a mainverb and linking verb together with a PAST PARTICIPLE that is used as a predicate adjective. He discusses the SEIN or statal passive voice.
The main purpose of this podcast is to help students become HABEN and SEIN experts.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | More SEIN and PAST PARTICIPLE CombinationsThe teacher explores two uses of SEIN and PAST PARTICIPLES in this podcast episode.
He discusses SEIN as a mainverb and linking verb together with a PAST PARTICIPLE that is used as a predicate adjective. He discusses the SEIN or statal passive voice.
The main purpose of this podcast is to help students become HABEN and SEIN experts.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | HABEN and SEIN?The students know when to conjugate verbs with "haben" and when with "sein" in the present and past perfect tenses, active voice, indicative mood. They are confused, however, when they see or hear what they perceive to be "haben-verbs" used with "sein" and "sein-verbs" used with "haben." Why are they confused? What confuses them? The teacher tries to explain some of the reasons in this podcast.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | HABEN and SEIN?The students know when to conjugate verbs with "haben" and when with "sein" in the present and past perfect tenses, active voice, indicative mood. They are confused, however, when they see or hear what they perceive to be "haben-verbs" used with "sein" and "sein-verbs" used with "haben." Why are they confused? What confuses them? The teacher tries to explain some of the reasons in this podcast.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SeinThe teacher makes recommendations to help students determine when to use the helping verb "sein" in forming the indicative mood, active voice, present and past perfect tenses in German.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SeinThe teacher makes recommendations to help students determine when to use the helping verb "sein" in forming the indicative mood, active voice, present and past perfect tenses in German.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | How to say "to" in GermanThis episode is about the English preposition to and its German equivalents zu, nach, in, an and auf. Determining which preposition to use can be confusing, but it need not be, if we remember the teacher's eleven hints for selecting the right German preposition for to.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | How to say "to" in GermanThis episode is about the English preposition to and its German equivalents zu, nach, in, an and auf. Determining which preposition to use can be confusing, but it need not be, if we remember the teacher's eleven hints for selecting the right German preposition for to.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | HabenMany German students at all levels continue to struggle selecting the proper helping verb for the present perfect and the past perfect tenses. Is it HABEN or is it SEIN? Listen to this presentation as the teacher explains when HABEN is used to form the present perfect and past perfect tenses!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | HabenMany German students at all levels continue to struggle selecting the proper helping verb for the present perfect and the past perfect tenses. Is it HABEN or is it SEIN? Listen to this presentation as the teacher explains when HABEN is used to form the present perfect and past perfect tenses!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | LIEGEN or LEGEN?
This teacher recently listened to podcasts from Grammar Girl about the confusion that exists between the verbs TO LIE and TO LAY and TO HANG and TO HANG in English. Well, the same problems exist in German. Take a student who does not know the differences in English, and you will have a student who is really confused in German. It is hoped that by listening to this podcast students will no longer confuse the above verbs in German and in English,  ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | LIEGEN or LEGEN?This teacher recently listened to podcasts from Grammar Girl about the confusion that exists between the verbs TO LIE and TO LAY and TO HANG and TO HANG in English. Well, the same problems exist in German. Take a student who does not know the differences in English, and you will have a student who is really confused in German. It is hoped that by listening to this podcast students will no longer confuse the above verbs in German and in English, and also th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Indirect Speech and Subjunctive OneThe teacher tries to clarify why we use the subjunctive 1 in indirect speech and also why we sometimes use the subjunctive 2 or alternate subjunctive instead.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Indirect Speech and Subjunctive OneThe teacher tries to clarify why we use the subjunctive 1 in indirect speech and also why we sometimes use the subjunctive 2 or alternate subjunctive instead.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Overview of the Subjunctive Mood
Many students who study German as a second language experience difficulties when they learn the subjunctive mood. It is hoped that by listening to this podcast all students will gain a better understanding what subjunctive mood is, how it is formed, and when it is used.
(Please credit Lang-Kleefeld, Antonia, Zweifelsfaelle: Deutsch leicht gemacht, Buch und Zeit Verlagsgesellschaft, mbH, Koeln, 1995, for the organization of this podcast.)
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Overview of the Subjunctive MoodMany students who study German as a second language experience difficulties when they learn the subjunctive mood. It is hoped that by listening to this podcast all students will gain a better understanding what subjunctive mood is, how it is formed, and when it is used.
(Please credit Lang-Kleefeld, Antonia, Zweifelsfaelle: Deutsch leicht gemacht, Buch und Zeit Verlagsgesellschaft, mbH, Koeln, 1995, for the organization of this podcast.)
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Commands and RequestsPeople like to give orders, but not receive them. This podcast is about commands and the imperative mood. Students will review how to form the du, ihr, Sie and Wir-Imperatives, and also hear and learn about alternative ways of making requests.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Commands and RequestsPeople like to give orders, but not receive them. This podcast is about commands and the imperative mood. Students will review how to form the du, ihr, Sie and Wir-Imperatives, and also hear and learn about alternative ways of making requests.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Uses of LASSENThis podcast about the various uses of LASSEN is dedicated to Sgt. Mike Kashkush, US Marine Corps, a former Chagrin Falls High School German student, who recently was KIA in Iraq. Semper Fi, Mike, die, die Dich gekannt haben, werden Dich niemals vergessen!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Uses of LASSENThis podcast about the various uses of LASSEN is dedicated to Sgt. Mike Kashkush, US Marine Corps, a former Chagrin Falls High School German student, who recently was KIA in Iraq. Semper Fi, Mike, die, die Dich gekannt haben, werden Dich niemals vergessen!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Wo-Compounds as Relative PronounsYou do remember that WO-COMPOUNDS can be used as interrogatives or question words, yes? Well, they can also be used as relative pronouns. In this podcast the teacher tries to explain when and under what circumstances WO-COMPOUNDS can be used as relative pronouns.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Wo-Compounds as Relative PronounsYou do remember that WO-COMPOUNDS can be used as interrogatives or question words, yes? Well, they can also be used as relative pronouns. In this podcast the teacher tries to explain when and under what circumstances WO-COMPOUNDS can be used as relative pronouns.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Random Grammar Review 1It is time for a random review. Included in this review are parts of speech and cases, relative pronouns and subordinating conjunctions, unpreceded adjectives, wo-compounds as question words, and verb tenses in both the active and passive voice.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Random Grammar Review 1It is time for a random review. Included in this review are parts of speech and cases, relative pronouns and subordinating conjunctions, unpreceded adjectives, wo-compounds as question words, and verb tenses in both the active and passive voice.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Relative Pronoun WASWe know that WAS is a question word. However, WAS can also be a relative pronoun. The teacher tries to explain in this podcast episode how WAS can be used as a relative pronoun.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Relative Pronoun WASWe know that WAS is a question word. However, WAS can also be a relative pronoun. The teacher tries to explain in this podcast episode how WAS can be used as a relative pronoun. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WERDENIn this podcast the teacher explains the role of the helping verb WERDEN in forming tenses, voice and mood of the different verbs in German.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WERDENIn this podcast the teacher explains the role of the helping verb WERDEN in forming tenses, voice and mood of the different verbs in German.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dass and ObDASS and OB are subordinating conjunctions. DASS means THAT in English and OB means IF. Simple, yes? If it is so simple, why do so many of my students make mistakes when they use them? I do not know, but I hope that my explanations in this podcast will help them to make those mistakes less frequently.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dass and ObDASS and OB are subordinating conjunctions. DASS means THAT in English and OB means IF. Simple, yes? If it is so simple, why do so many of my students make mistakes when they use them? I do not know, but I hope that my explanations in this podcast will help them to make those mistakes less frequently.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dass or das?Is it dass, or is it das? Is it a conjunction, or is it a relative pronoun? If you have trouble distinguishing between the two, listen to the explanations in this podcast and maybe, just maybe, your troubles are over.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dass or das?Is it dass, or is it das? Is it a conjunction, or is it a relative pronoun? If you have trouble distinguishing between the two, listen to the explanations in this podcast and maybe, just maybe, your troubles are over.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Question Word or Relative Pronoun?When is Whose a question word and when is it a relative pronoun? The teacher uses the following sentences in his explanation - Wessen Geld gibst du aus? Mit wessen Geld hast du das Auto gekauft? Ich moechte wissen, wessen Geld du ausgegeben hast. Ich kenne den Mann, dessen Geld du ausgegeben hast. Ich spreche mit dem Maedchen, dessen Geld du ausgegeben hast. Die Frau, deren Geld du ausgegeben hast, ist meine Mutter. Hier kommen die Leute, deren Geld du ausgegeben hast.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Question Word or Relative Pronoun?When is Whose a question word and when is it a relative pronoun? The teacher uses the following sentences in his explanation - Wessen Geld gibst du aus? Mit wessen Geld hast du das Auto gekauft? Ich moechte wissen, wessen Geld du ausgegeben hast. Ich kenne den Mann, dessen Geld du ausgegeben hast. Ich spreche mit dem Maedchen, dessen Geld du ausgegeben hast. Die Frau, deren Geld du ausgegeben hast, ist meine Mutter. Hier kommen die Leute, deren Geld du ausgegeben hast.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Possession and the Genitive CaseIn this podcast the teacher reviews the subjects, indirect objects and direct objects in simple sentences. He also explains how the genitive case can be used to establish possessive relationships. The four sample sentences contain only nouns with definite articles and there are separate sentences for masculine, neuter, feminine, and plural nouns.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Possession and the Genitive CaseIn this podcast the teacher reviews the subjects, indirect objects and direct objects in simple sentences. He also explains how the genitive case can be used to establish possessive relationships. The four sample sentences contain only nouns with definite articles and there are separate sentences for masculine, neuter, feminine, and plural nouns.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Participles as AdverbsPresent and past participles can be used as adjectives, however, they can also be used as adverbs. The teacher tries to explain in this podcast how present and past participles can be used as adverbs and he uses the following sentences in his explanations: Ich habe ein Buch geschenkt bekommen. Der Hund kam bellend angelaufen. Der Lehrer stand lächelnd und verwirrt vor seinen Schülern.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | |