Nach, nachdem or danach? How to say 'after' and 'during' in German

About this episode

This episode explains the use of the German words for 'after' and 'during'.

English gets by with one little word, after, but German has three: nach , nachdem and danach . In this episode, Thomas picks up where the 'before' episode left off and shows you when to use each one, along with während , the single German word for during. He finishes with some handy vocabulary for saying just, right and directly before or after something. ➡️ Click here to watch the video version of this episode . ➡️ Download the free practice exercises for this lesson here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Thomas

Topics covered

• German language
• grammar
• vocabulary
• language learning
• education

Keywords

• nach
• nachdem
• danach
• während
• German grammar
• language learning
• vocabulary

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Organizations: Coffee Break Languages

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