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📅 Study Log — August 13, 2026

German A1 study notes — Day 1 of the 28-Day A1 Study Plan.

• Session start: 20:30 PM
• Current progress: Day 1 of the 28-Day A1 Study Plan

1. Day 1 Vocabulary — 20 Nouns

These 20 nouns were learned today. Each noun should be remembered together with its article.

German	Plural	English
der Name	die Namen	name
der Vorname	die Vornamen	first name
der Nachname	die Nachnamen	surname
die Adresse	die Adressen	address
die Straße	die Straßen	street
die Hausnummer	die Hausnummern	house number
die Postleitzahl	die Postleitzahlen	postcode
die Telefonnummer	die Telefonnummern	telephone number
die E-Mail-Adresse	die E-Mail-Adressen	email address
das Land	die Länder	country
die Sprache	die Sprachen	language
die Nationalität	die Nationalitäten	nationality
der Beruf	die Berufe	profession/job
der Mensch	die Menschen	person
der Freund	die Freunde	male friend
die Freundin	die Freundinnen	female friend
der Nachbar	die Nachbarn	male neighbour
die Nachbarin	die Nachbarinnen	female neighbour
der Gast	die Gäste	guest
das Foto	die Fotos	photo

Vocabulary mistakes corrected today

• die Adresse — not die Addrasse
• der Beruf — not die Beruf
• der Mensch — not der Mansch
• der Gast — not die Gast
• das Foto — not die Foto
• die E-Mail-Adresse
• die Straße — Strasse is acceptable when using a keyboard without ß

2. Verb Lab

We practiced six important Day 1 verbs.

sein — to be

Pronoun	Form
ich	bin
du	bist
er/sie/es	ist
wir	sind
ihr	seid

Examples:

Important correction:

haben — to have

Pronoun	Form
ich	habe
du	hast
er/sie/es	hat
wir	haben
ihr	habt

Examples:

Important correction:

heißen — to be called

Pronoun	Form
ich	heiße
du	heißt
er/sie/es	heißt

Examples:

heisst is acceptable when a German keyboard is unavailable; standard spelling is heißt.

wohnen — to live

Pronoun	Form
ich	wohne
du	wohnst
er/sie/es	wohnt
wir	wohnen
ihr	wohnt

Examples:

kommen — to come

Pronoun	Form
ich	komme
du	kommst
er/sie/es	kommt
wir	kommen
ihr	kommt

Important A1 pattern:

Important distinction

For saying "I am from Nepal", German normally uses:

Not:

kommen aus is the fixed A1 expression for stating where someone is from.

sprechen — to speak

Pronoun	Form
ich	spreche
du	sprichst
er/sie/es	spricht
wir	sprechen
ihr	sprecht

Examples:

Important vowel change:

3. Grammar Practiced

Basic statement — verb position 2

Basic structure:

Examples:

Time-first word order

When a time expression comes first, the conjugated verb stays in position 2:

Pattern:

Important correction from today's practice:

4. Yes/No Questions

Structure:

Examples:

All five were answered correctly.

5. W-Questions

Important question words:

German	English
wer	who
was	what
wo	where
woher	where from
wohin	where to
wann	when
wie	how
warum	why
wie viel	how much/how many

Important fixed A1 question chunks:

Common mistake corrected:

6. Negation

nicht

Used to negate an action/statement:

kein / keine / keinen

Used to negate nouns.

Examples:

The user already knows the basic accusative pattern:

7. Possessives — mein / meine

Basic pattern

mein

meine

Examples:

8. Possessives — sein / seine

sein = his

Basic A1 pattern

Noun type	Form
masculine singular	sein
neuter singular	sein
feminine singular	seine
plural	seine

Examples:

Important concept learned today:

seine is not only feminine.

It is used with:

• feminine singular nouns
• plural nouns

Therefore:

And because Eltern is plural:

not:

9. will + infinitive

We practiced:

Examples:

Pattern:

10. Personal Information Sentences

We practiced the basic A1 self-introduction structures:

Important distinction:

11. Existing German Knowledge From Previous Days

Before today's Day 1 restart, the following had already been learned/practiced:

Time and calendar

• Montag–Sonntag
• Januar–Dezember
• numbers 0–20
• gestern
• heute
• morgen
• dates
• morgens
• nachmittags
• abends
• nachts
• um ... Uhr

Time vocabulary

Family vocabulary

Other verbs already practiced

Other grammar already practiced

• der / die / das
• ein / eine / einen
• kein / keine / keinen
• mein / meine
• sein / seine
• nicht
• basic accusative
• present-tense verb endings
• singular/plural agreement
• separable verbs
• basic word order
• yes/no questions
• W-questions
• will + infinitive

12. Current Progress — August 13

Day 1 Vocabulary

20/20 nouns learned and recalled.

Verb Lab

Six verbs practiced:

Conjugation and production practice was completed successfully.

Grammar

Completed so far:

• statements
• time-first word order
• yes/no questions
• W-questions
• negation
• mein/meine
• sein/seine
• will + infinitive
• basic personal information

Current next section

The next planned part is:

📖 Day 1 Reading — "Ich heiße Ajeet"

Questions:

1. Wie heißt die Person?
2. Woher kommt Ajeet?
3. Warum lernt er Deutsch?
4. Wann beginnt der Kurs?
5. Was macht er am Abend?

Important: Some words in this reading have not yet been formally taught, so they should be introduced before being expected in active production.

Study Rule

The user specifically wants:

Therefore, future exercises should not unexpectedly introduce unknown vocabulary.

New vocabulary should be taught first, preferably with:

For verbs:

Session Start

August 13, 2026 — 20:30 PM

This file represents everything covered in the current Day 1 session up to the present point.

German A1 — Study Update

August 13, 2026

• Study Plan: German A1 — 28-Day Study Plan
• Day: 1 — Restart + Self-Introduction
• Focus: Grammar & Output Drill
• Speaking: Skipped for now
• Status: Day 1 grammar/output completed

1. Today's Main Grammar Practice

Today we practiced transforming German sentences into:

1. Statement
2. Ja/Nein question
3. Negative sentence
4. Time-first sentence
5. weil sentence

The main goal was to become comfortable with German word order.

2. Basic Statement — Verb Position 2

Basic German statement structure:

Examples:

3. Ja/Nein Questions

For a yes/no question:

Examples practiced:

Important:

The verb moves from position 2 to position 1.

Statement

Question

4. Time-First Word Order

When a time expression comes first, the conjugated verb remains in position 2.

Pattern:

Examples practiced:

Important correction:

The subject does NOT have to come immediately after the time expression.

5. nicht — Negation

Today we specifically discussed where nicht goes.

The important lesson:

Its position depends on what is being negated.

Whole action

Examples:

The whole action is being negated.

Negating a specific part

Example:

Here nicht is placed before Deutsch because the specific thing being negated is German.

Adjectives

nicht comes before the adjective:

With will + infinitive

nicht can come before the infinitive phrase:

Important lesson

Do not memorize:

Instead ask:

6. weil — Verb Goes to the End

This was one of the main lessons today.

Normal main clause:

With weil:

Rule

Examples practiced:

7. will + Infinitive

We reinforced the structure:

Normal sentence:

When used with weil, will moves to the end:

Important pattern

Normal:

With weil:

Example:

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8. Pronoun Replacement

We practiced replacing nouns with pronouns.

Schwester → sie

↓

Vater → er

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This reinforces:

Noun	Pronoun
der Vater	er
die Schwester	sie

9. dein / deine

We also reinforced the difference between:

and

Because:

• der Vater → dein Vater
• die Schwester → deine Schwester

Examples:

10. kommen aus

We reinforced the important A1 expression:

Examples:

Question:

Negative:

11. wohnen in

We practiced:

Examples:

With will:

With weil:

12. Full Transformation Drills Completed

Sentence 1

Base

Question

Negative

Time-first

weil

Sentence 2

Base

Question

Negative

Time-first

weil

Sentence 3

Base

Question

Negative

Time-first

weil

Sentence 4

Base

Question

Negative

Time-first

weil

13. Important Correction From Today

A particularly useful correction:

You initially wrote:

The correct structure is:

Why?

Because weil sends the conjugated verb to the end.

Normal:

With weil:

14. What I Successfully Used Today

I successfully practiced:

• ✅ Verb-second statements
• ✅ Verb-first yes/no questions
• ✅ Time-first inversion
• ✅ nicht
• ✅ weil
• ✅ will + infinitive
• ✅ Pronouns (er, sie)
• ✅ dein / deine
• ✅ kommen aus
• ✅ wohnen in
• ✅ German word order
• ✅ Subject/verb agreement

15. Errors / Things to Watch

Error 1

Possible intended meaning was:

Correct:

Important:

Error 2

For the intended simple meaning:

Use:

However, nicht can appear later depending on what exactly is being negated. We discussed this in detail.

Error 3

Correct:

The phrase:

stays together.

16. Current German Understanding

The most important new understanding from today's session is:

Main clause

weil clause

Main clause

Time-first

Statement

Question

17. Speaking

Speaking practice was intentionally skipped today.

For now, learning will focus on:

• Reading
• Grammar
• Writing/typing
• Sentence formation
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension

Speaking exercises can be added later.

18. Study Rule

Continue following the user's main learning rule:

Do not unexpectedly introduce unknown vocabulary in exercises.

If a new word is necessary:

19. Current Position in Day 1

Completed:

• ✅ 20 Day 1 nouns
• ✅ 6 Day 1 verbs
• ✅ Basic statements
• ✅ Present-tense conjugation
• ✅ Yes/No questions
• ✅ W-questions
• ✅ Time-first word order
• ✅ Negation
• ✅ mein / meine
• ✅ sein / seine
• ✅ will + infinitive
• ✅ kommen aus
• ✅ wohnen in
• ✅ weil word order
• ✅ Grammar/output transformation drill
• ✅ Writing/typing practice

Skipped:

• ⏸️ Speaking task

20. Next Learning Step

Continue with the Day 1 Reading section, but only after ensuring that every vocabulary item in the passage is already known or explicitly taught first.

Do NOT introduce unknown words without teaching them first.

Latest Session Summary

Date: August 13, 2026

Main achievement:

Most important rule learned today:

Example:

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