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Current Status

A1.9 β€” Separable Verbs: Completed βœ…

Currently doing:

A1 Reading & Speaking Bootcamp

Goal: consolidate existing grammar and vocabulary through reading, comprehension, sentence formation, and conversation before moving to the next major grammar topic.

πŸ“Š Current A1 Progress

Completed

  • βœ… Pronouns
  • βœ… Articles
  • βœ… Possessives
  • βœ… Question words
  • βœ… Basic sentence structure
  • βœ… Regular verbs
  • βœ… Irregular verbs
  • βœ… Modal verbs
  • βœ… Negation
  • βœ… Basic connectors
  • βœ… Basic prepositions
  • βœ… Accusative
  • βœ… Family vocabulary
  • βœ… Everyday nouns
  • βœ… Time vocabulary
  • βœ… Separable verbs
  • βœ… Basic questions
  • βœ… Yes/No questions
  • βœ… Basic reading comprehension
  • βœ… Basic sentence transformation
  • βœ… Basic conversation
  • βœ… Reading 3 β€” Meine Woche (20 comprehension questions)
  • βœ… Sentence formation drill (5/5)

Currently Practicing

  • πŸ”„ Reading A1 texts
  • πŸ”„ Speaking
  • πŸ”„ Daily routines
  • πŸ”„ Days of the week
  • πŸ”„ Numbers
  • πŸ”„ Calendar vocabulary
  • πŸ”„ Common phrases
  • πŸ”„ Automatic verb conjugation
  • πŸ”„ Word order

Not Yet Formally Learned

  • ⏳ Dative
  • ⏳ Perfekt
  • ⏳ Reflexive verbs
  • ⏳ More advanced prepositions
  • ⏳ Past-tense narration
  • ⏳ More complex subordinate clauses

🟑 Encountered but NOT Yet Fully Learned

These have appeared naturally in writing/conversation but should not be marked as completed grammar.

Dative

Ich spiele mit meinem Hund.

The rule that mit takes dative has been introduced, but the dative case has not yet been formally studied.

ins BΓΌro

Ich gehe ins BΓΌro.

This has appeared in personal writing, but the grammar behind ins has not yet been formally taught.

nach Hause

Ich komme nach Hause.

This is currently treated as a fixed expression.

Progress Timeline

  • βœ… A1.1 Foundations
  • βœ… A1.2 Regular Verbs
  • βœ… A1.3 Irregular Verbs
  • βœ… A1.4 Sentence Structure
  • βœ… A1.5 Reading, Writing & Conversation
  • βœ… A1.6 Modal Verbs
  • βœ… A1.7 Accusative Case
  • βœ… A1.8 Additional Modal Verbs
  • βœ… A1.9 Separable Verbs
  • πŸ”„ A1 Reading & Speaking Bootcamp

Next:

➑️ A1.10 (Coming Next)

Next topic β€” Numbers + Months + Dates: numbers 0–20, months, dates, saying today's date, saying birthdays, reading dates, and a short A1 passage using dates and numbers.

🎯 Current Study Strategy

A1 Reading & Speaking Bootcamp

Duration: 7–10 days

Daily practice:

  1. πŸ“– Read an A1 passage
  2. ❓ Answer comprehension questions
  3. πŸ”„ Transform sentences
  4. ✍️ Write about personal life
  5. πŸ—£οΈ Practice conversation
  6. ⚑ Review previously learned vocabulary
  7. πŸ†• Add only a small number of new words

Current goal

Read a 15–20 sentence A1 German passage without translating every sentence into English.

After the bootcamp, continue with the next A1 grammar/vocabulary unit.