tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508460171355541182024-03-18T15:34:49.781+01:00German GrammarPodThis blog accompanies a podcast about German grammar.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-9384566295309709092012-08-19T21:21:00.001+02:002012-08-19T21:21:14.868+02:00Adjectival nounsPlease click <a href="http://archive.org/download/Laura29AdjectivalNouns/Adjectival_nouns.mp3">here</a> to listen to the adjectival nouns podcast directly on your computer.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com122tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-58742981726791486212011-10-24T21:31:00.001+02:002011-10-24T21:32:59.035+02:00Reported Speech and Konjunktiv ITo listen to this podcast directly on your computer, please click <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/LauraReportedSpeechandKonjunktivI/Reported_speech.mp3">here</a>.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com98tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-742560382943128962011-07-17T09:18:00.002+02:002011-07-17T11:28:36.840+02:00CommandsTo listen to this podcast directly on your computer, please click <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/LauraCommands_0/Commands.mp3">here</a>.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-61728274400837375582011-05-08T13:34:00.002+02:002011-05-08T13:34:50.399+02:00Reciprocal Verbs and EinanderTo listen to this podcast directly on your computer, please click <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/LauraReciprocalVerbsandEinander/ReciprocalVerbs.mp3">here</a>.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-2069764218429781652011-04-05T16:09:00.002+02:002011-04-05T16:11:11.394+02:00Where Have All the Posts Gone?I've taken most of the content of my posts out in an attempt to get round Feedburner's size limits which are stopping my podcasts appearing in iTunes and get my first ten or so episodes of the podcast downloading again. I've moved the content to become comments.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-12505438282939694742011-04-01T17:31:00.003+02:002011-04-05T16:11:41.605+02:00Reflexive VerbsTo listen to this podcast on your computer, please click <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/LauraReflexiveVerbs/ReflexiveVerbs.mp3">here</a>.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-72830399764470624852011-03-27T17:08:00.003+02:002011-04-05T16:12:51.251+02:00Reflexive PronounsTo listen to this podcast directly on your computer, click <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/LauraReflexivePronouns/ReflexivePronouns.mp3">here</a>.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-12092646500944887642010-11-14T13:23:00.004+01:002011-04-05T16:13:35.471+02:00Adjectives and Adjectival EndingsTo listen to this podcast directly on your computer <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/LauraAdjectives/Adjectives.mp3">click here</a>.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-66233553447947211612010-10-21T12:44:00.003+02:002011-04-05T16:15:58.558+02:00Must Read German Children's BooksThis post has been moved to the comments section for space reasons.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-13529417520764762602010-07-24T18:50:00.004+02:002011-04-05T16:17:06.818+02:00How to Use a DictionaryTo listen to this podcast directly on you computer, click <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/LauraHowtoUseaDictionary/DictionaryUse.mp3">here</a>.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-45913571408256208462010-04-05T20:27:00.001+02:002010-04-05T20:29:23.206+02:00General Tips & TricksThis podcast gives you a wide range of tips and tricks for learning a language. It focuses on German, but these tips and tricks could be applied to learning any language.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast on your computer, click <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/LauraGeneralTipsandTricks/GeneralTips.mp3">here</a>.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-46331766059548230762010-01-09T17:36:00.005+01:002011-04-05T16:18:09.633+02:00Relative Pronouns3To listen to this podcast directly on your computer, click <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/Laura20RelativePronouns3/Relativepronouns3.mp3">here</a>.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-77459039253674273242009-08-22T19:53:00.005+02:002017-06-08T20:01:45.251+02:00Relative Pronouns 2This podcast covers relative pronouns after prepositions and some other special cases.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast directly on your computer, click <a href="https://ia800200.us.archive.org/31/items/LauraRelativePronouns2_0/Relativepronouns2.mp3">here</a>.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-6811009172396531662009-07-21T13:55:00.004+02:002011-04-05T16:19:29.653+02:00New Web Address<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/germangrammarpod/home">http://sites.google.com/site/germangrammarpod/home</a>.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-90635123789360241182009-05-31T20:29:00.003+02:002011-04-05T16:20:48.295+02:00Relative PronounsTo listen to this podcase directly on you computer, click <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/LauraRelativePronouns1/Relativepronouns.mp3">here</a>.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-88940629871703580832009-04-26T16:32:00.006+02:002011-04-05T16:22:20.398+02:00The Conditional 3<p></p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-11678531169844097442009-04-19T18:49:00.003+02:002011-08-12T20:46:57.112+02:00The Conditional - Part 2This episode is about more of the really practical stuff you need to know about the conditional.
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-70475101187472133222009-02-01T21:48:00.006+01:002011-04-05T16:24:31.932+02:00The Conditional and UmlautsThe conditional basically means sentences with a would. For instance, if I were rich, I would buy a house. To download this podcast directly on your computer, <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/LauraTheConditional1/Conditional1.mp3">click here</a>.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-43043502757009101902008-11-30T21:25:00.004+01:002011-04-05T16:25:03.253+02:00Word Order - Multi-Clause SentencesTo listen to this podcast on your computer, click <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/LauraWordOrder3-Multi-ClauseSentences/Word_Order_3_64kb.mp3">here</a>.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-90263262964684310942008-07-13T15:52:00.006+02:002011-04-05T16:26:03.211+02:00WeddingSee Comments.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-46148645444530024582008-07-13T15:37:00.002+02:002008-07-13T15:52:03.960+02:00Word Order - Exceptions to the Standard Main ClauseWord order has a highly complex set of rules in any language. So many, that I'm not convinced anyone has ever managed to write them all down for any given language. For pretty well every rule there is an exception, and there are even exceptions to exceptions.<br /><br />This podcast focuses on the most productive rules about exceptions to standard word order, the ones that have a big effect on sentence structure and apply to lots of sentences. It also gives suggestions about what approach to take if you want to be right all of the time instead of most of the time (plus a guide to the level of effort that could take), or what to do to be right enough of the time to be fully understood, without attempting perfection (learning the most productive rules). It also gives some further detail on how standard word order works.<br /><br />To listen to the podcast on your computer, click <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/LauraWordOrder2Exceptions/Word_Order_2.mp3">here</a>.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-26633276494084287492008-04-06T22:23:00.002+02:002008-04-06T22:30:09.466+02:00Word Order in a Standard Main ClauseGerman word order in a completely standard, neutral main clause is a follows:<br /><br />* nominative subject,<br />* conjugated verb,<br />* accusative then dative pronoun,<br />* nouns with definite determiners, in the order dative, accusative<br />* most adverbials<br />* nicht – or other negation particles<br />* adverbials of manner<br />* nouns with indefinite determiners, in the order dative, accusative<br />* the complement, and finally<br />* any other verbs.<br /><br />My podcast on German word order contains more information about what those terms mean, and also a more detailed version of word order. You can listen to the podcast directly on your computer by clicking <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/LauraWordOrder_TheStandardMainClause/Word_Order_1.mp3">here</a>.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-52566886761342656032008-03-22T19:57:00.002+01:002008-03-22T20:01:39.185+01:00Your RecommendationsI've noticed that the blog post about everyone's recommendations for German learning resources on the Internet has slipped off the bottom of the first page of this blog. As I think it's the best and most important post on this blog, I'm putting a link to it in <a href="http://germangrammarpod.blogspot.com/2007/08/your-recommendations-for-german.html">here</a>.<br /><br />If anyone knows any good German learning resources, it'd be great if you could add to it too.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-82116332180924510952008-02-27T14:29:00.003+01:002008-02-27T14:44:04.843+01:00February's podcastHi all,<br /><br />It's my aim to put a podcast out every calendar month, but I won't be able to make it this month (February 2008). In part I've had a lot on (I'm getting married in May and the wedding's taking up a lot of my time), but in part the topic I've chosen has taken a lot more work that usual (even more work than the past tense podcasts). That's because the topic is word order, and it's one of the most complex grammar topics there is. I had no idea how much existing knowledge of some things you needed to understand others, before I started writing. Because I try and write my podcasts so that beginners can listen to them too, this has made it an extremely hard topic to approach.<br /><br />I'm now on my third attempt to write the podcast - and I'm a lot happier with this attempt than I was with the first two, but unfortunately I still haven't managed to finish it. I've decided that instead of rushing and getting more stressed, I'm just going to turn this into March's podcast. I hope when I do manage to finish it, you'll all think it's been worth the wait.<br /><br />Thanks for listening, everyone.<br /><br />LauraLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650846017135554118.post-60221286350258768352008-01-27T12:59:00.000+01:002008-01-27T13:13:16.167+01:00The PluperfectThe pluperfect is the <i>ich hatte es getan</i> or <i>I had done</i> tense. You make the pluperfect in German by taking the perfect tense (the <i>ich habe es getan</i> tense) and changing the auxiliary verb (the <i>habe</i> or the <i>bin</i> etc.) into the simple past version of itself (<span style="font-style: italic;">hatte</span> or <span style="font-style: italic;">war</span> etc.). So instead of <span style="font-style: italic;">ich habe ein Eis gegessen</span> – <span style="font-style: italic;">I have eaten an ice cream</span> you get <span style="font-style: italic;">ich hatte ein Eis gegessen</span> – <span style="font-style: italic;">I had eaten an ice cream.</span> And instead of <span style="font-style: italic;">ich bin im Ozean geschwommen</span> – <span style="font-style: italic;">I have swum in the ocean</span> you get <span style="font-style: italic;">ich war im Ozean geschwommen</span> – <span style="font-style: italic;">I had swum in the ocean</span>.<br /><br />Basically, where you would use the pluperfect in English, you also use it in German. There's one exception to this though. Where you are referring to a situation that started in the distant past, but which is still ongoing at a point in the nearer past that you are talking about, although you'd use the pluperfect in English, in German you'd use the simple past. For instance: <i>Since I had lived in Munich, I had been visiting him every Saturday</i> = <i>Seitdem ich in München wohnte, besuchte ich ihn jeden Samstag</i>.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast on your computer, click <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/Laura11PastTenses_ThePluperfect/PastTensesThePluperfect.mp3">here.</a>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08678215965433126167noreply@blogger.com14