German

Practise your German language skills with this BBC Bitesize festival game for students aged 11-14. Complete the sentence, put the words in order, translate and hear German audio.

How you say words is often different in German. Learn about phonics in German in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

Saying your name, age and where you live is useful in German! Learn how to introduce yourself in German in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

Who is in your family? Do you have a pet? Learn how to talk about your family and pets in German in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

Use adjectives to describe someone's appearance and personality. Learn how to describe yourself and others in German in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

Knowing how to say the date is really useful. Learn about German days, months and numbers 1-31 in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

Talking about the time is really useful. Learn how to tell the time in German in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

Use verbs in the present tense to talk about what you like to do. Learn how to talk about your hobbies in German in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

Do you live in a house or a flat? Learn how to talk about where you live in German in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

Use 'es gibt' (there is) and adjectives to talk about what is in your room. Learn how to describe your room in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

What do you like to eat? Learn how to talk about food and drink in German in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize

German has three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. Learn how to use gender in German in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

The verb 'sein' (to be) is really useful verb. Learn how to conjugate 'sein' in German in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

The verb 'haben' (to have) is really useful verb. Learn how to conjugate 'haben' in German in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

The present tense helps you talk about what you do, or are doing right now. Learn how to use the present tense in German in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

The perfect tense is a past tense. Learn how to conjugate the perfect tense in German in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

An infinitive is the base form of the verb that you find in the dictionary. Learn how to use infintives in German in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

In German, the verb always has to be the second idea. Learn more about German word order in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

German adjectives change depending on where they are in the sentence. Learn how to use adjectives in German in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

Learn about some differences in the pronunciation of words between German and English.

Learn about the three genders (feminine, masculine and neuter) in German.

Explaining how to conjugate the verb 'to like' in German, and how adding descriptors to the verb can add to its meaning.

An explanation of question words and the order of sentences when asking questions in German, plus a disucssion on the proper uses of 'Sie' and 'Du'.

Learn how to make use of adjectives and conjunctions in German, making sentences more interesting.

Learn about the importance of sentence structure in German. The verb must usually be the second item in a sentence, and the subject and verb must always stay together.

An explanation of how to conjugate the verb 'To be' in German, in the present, past and future tenses.

Discover how to conjugate the verb 'To have' in German, in the present, past and future tenses.

When conjugating regular verbs in German, the person doing the verb needs to match up with the verb ending.

The perfect tense in German means to have done something. To form it you use 'the person + haben + past participle'.