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Lesson 1 - Statements, Verben, Conjugations

Lesson 2: Unusual Verbs

Lesson 3: Introduction to Articles and Nouns in German

Lesson 4: Modal Verbs

Lesson 5: Verbs with Prefixes

Lesson 6: Imperativ

Lesson 7: Ja-/Nein-Fragen

Lesson 8: W-Fragen

Lesson 9: der, die, das, die (Review)

Lesson 10: er, sie, es, sie

Lesson 11: ein, eine, ein, -

Lesson 12: kein, keine, kein, keine

Lesson 13: Possessivartikel

Lesson 14: Verbs in the Simple Past Tense

Lesson 15: The Cases in German: Nominativ

Lesson 16: The Cases in German: Akkusativ

Lesson 17: The Cases in German: Dativ

Lesson 18: Personalpronomen and Possessivpronomen in the Three Cases

Lesson 19: Prepositions in the Nominativ and Akkusativ

Lesson 20: Prepositions in the Dativ

Lesson 21: Wechselpräpositionen

Lesson 22: Verbs in Present and Future Tenses

Lesson 23: Verbs in the Perfekt

Lesson 24: The Adjective Endings in the Nominativ

Lesson 25: The Adjective Endings in Akkusativ und Dativ

Episode #12

Lesson 12: kein, keine, kein, keine

12.1 How do These Relate to der/die/das/die?

Here are two tables that will help you relate kein, keine, kein, keine to what you already know.

The definite articles and their negations:

Definite articlesNegations
derkein
diekeine
daskein
die (plural)keine

This might seem familiar to you. Watch what happens when we line up the indefinite articles and these negations.

The indefinite articles and their negations:

Indefinite articlesNegations
einkein
einekeine
einkein
-keine

Ah yes, now you know you're still moving in fairly familiar territory!

Let's take a look at all of these together in one table.

The definite articles, the indefinite articles, and their negations:

Definite articlesIndefinite articlesNegations
dereinkein
dieeinekeine
daseinkein
die (plural)-keine

12.2 Negate the Vocabulary from Lesson 3.2

In lesson 3.2 you learned 15 vocabulary words that are frequently found in the news. Take a look at how these words are negated.

Words with der and negations

der Mordkein Mord
der Besuchkein Besuch
der Anschlagkein Anschlag
der Kriegkein Krieg
der Computerkein Computer

Words with d

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