100 cards
This deck is designed for learners working at the B1 level of German, focusing on grammar structures that let you sound more natural, polite, and expressive. The cards guide you through Konjunktiv II, including the "würde + Infinitiv" construction and key modal verbs like "können," "dürfen," and "sollen" for making polite requests, suggestions, and asking permission. You'll also practice forming unreal conditional sentences (irreale Konditionalsätze) and get introduced to relative clauses and the relative pronouns that tie complex sentences together.
It's a great fit if you already feel comfortable with present, past, and perfect tenses, basic modal verb usage, and everyday vocabulary, and you're now ready to add nuance to what you say. These structures are essential for moving beyond straightforward statements into more adult, polite, and hypothetical conversation, which is exactly what the B1 stage of language learning pushes you toward.
Because B1 grammar involves abstract thinking (imagining situations that aren't real, for example), spaced repetition really pays off here. Work through the cards in short, regular sessions rather than long cramming blocks, and try writing one or two of your own sentences using each new structure between reviews. Saying the polite phrases and conditionals out loud also helps them stick, since they rely on rhythm and intonation as much as on word order and endings.