If you’re learning the German language, then it can be difficult trying to decide which article we’re meant to be using. Is it ein, eine, einer, Die der das, den dem, des or any of those other forms. Or maybe you’ve heard of all those confusing Cases, the Nominative, Accusative, dative and genitive, but aren’t really sure what they are for? There’s a lot more to understanding CASES than just learning a whole stack of tables that list all the different articles, personal pronouns, possessive adjectives and relative pronouns. That’s not what we’re doing today, but just in case that’s what you’re here for, here are some fancy tables for you to look at, and if you’re interested you can download them for free from the links below or check them out in our textbooks at the links in the description. Get your free tables here [don't get too excited ;) ] Check out our new Bausteine Shop: ? Watch the whole Bausteine eins playlist here Get your own copy of Bausteine eins here You can get a PDF version of the book here to follow along: GET BAUSTEINE EINS HERE GET BAUSTEINE ZWEI HERE And check out all our ever-growing collection of How-To Guides here Band 1 German Negation 101 Band 2 Likes and Dislikes in German Band 3 How to Compare in German Band 4 Making Sense of German Cases Band 5 All about German Prepositions Band 6 An Introduction to German Sentences ‘coming soon’ We aim to simplify the German language by providing guidelines for language learning. There are of course lots of ways of explaining the same thing. We recommend listening to as many explanations as you can until you find one that makes sense to you. Here, we try to keep vocab simple and to introduce ideas and grammatical structures in a logical way, building on what we have covered in previous weeks. For more on the Dative WATCH THIS AND THIS For more on the Genitive WATCH THIS ABOUT US........................................................................... We're currently in Austria (in der Steiermark), but we’ve been living in Australia on and off since 2000. Together with my Austrian wife, Christine, and our daughter, we are a German-speaking family. Pronunciation varies throughout the German-speaking world, much as it does in the English-speaking world. My English usage is a mixture of Australian, British and Irish usage; my German is influenced by central German origins [Bonn] and the overwhelming influence of my Austrian wife :)