Before you begin the A2.1 course, watch this short introduction to understand how the course is structured, how to use the video lessons, and how to work with the exercises, vocabulary lists, phrases, and printable PDF materials.

Welcome to A2.1! In this module, we begin by strengthening your German foundation and carefully stepping into more advanced territory. You’ll review the Perfekt, learn useful time expressions and prepositions, work with verbs that need specific cases, and meet the Präteritum. It sounds like German is putting on a serious jacket now — but don’t worry, we’ll keep everything clear, practical, and pleasant

German now becomes more expressive — and a little more opinionated. This module focuses on verbs that like to travel with prepositions, sentences with “dass” and “weil,” and the small words that quietly change the meaning of a sentence. These topics may look harmless, but they do a lot of work. Once you understand them, your German will sound more natural, more precise, and much less like a collection of lonely beginner sentences.

This module is all about making your German more detailed and more connected. You’ll learn how to describe people and things with relative sentences, how adjective endings work after definite articles, how der-words and ein-words behave, and how to use “wenn” and “als” to talk about repeated situations and past events. In other words: your sentences are about to get longer, smarter, and slightly more German than before.

You’ve reached the A2 midterm test — very nice progress! In this module, you’ll review the most important grammar, vocabulary, and sentence patterns from the first half of the A2 course. The test will help you see what already feels solid and what may need one more friendly little grammar visit before moving on to A2.2. No panic, no drama — just a clear checkpoint.