About this episode

Thomas explains the German continuous tense and introduces the am-progressive construction.

Thomas explains how German handles continuous actions, something that doesn't come with its own dedicated tense the way English '-ing' forms do. He also introduces the increasingly popular am-progressive: 'Wir sind gerade am Entspannen', 'Gestern waren wir am Wandern'. It's a handy shortcut that also means one less set of conjugation rules to worry about. ➡️ Click here to watch the video version of this episode . ➡️ Get free mini-lessons and language tips every week by signing up to our newsletter: https://coffeebreaklanguages.kit.com/newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Thomas

Topics covered

• German language
• continuous tense
• am-progressive
• language learning
• grammar

Keywords

• German continuous tense
• am-progressive
• language tips
• grammar rules
• learning German

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