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How Some Words Get Forgetted
English is a confusing language for many reasons. But the irregular verbs might be the most confusing part. Why is "told" the past tense of "tell" but "smold" isn't the past tense of "smell"? It turns out that the study of irregular...
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Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history
What can mathematics say about history? According to TED Fellow Jean-Baptiste Michel, quite a lot. From changes to language to the deadliness of wars, he shows how digitized history is just starting to reveal deep underlying patterns.
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Un tour en France : present and future tense of aller, avoir, faire and être
Pupil outcome: I can use present and future tenses to describe plans for a future trip exploring France. Key learning points: - It is useful to practise recalling present, aller + infinitive, then simple future e.g. je suis, je vais...
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Después del colegio: extended writing
Pupil outcome: I can write a detailed description of after-school experiences using a range of features. Key learning points: - Regular -er/-ir verbs: Singular persons (-í, -iste, -ió) and 3rd person plural (-ieron). - A detailed...
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Experiencias de trabajo: translation, extended writing
Pupil outcome: I can use the BORDER acronym to respond fully and accurately to bullet points about the world of work. Key learning points: - It is important to establish the tense of Spanish verbs in order to accurately translate them...
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¿Qué tipo de viaje harás? Irregular inflectional future stems 'dir-', 'saldr-'
Pupil outcome: I can use regular and irregular verbs in the inflectional future to talk about a trip. Key learning points: - A small number of verbs are irregular in the inflectional future and have irregular future stems. - ‘Decir’,...
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Dos idiomas, dos culturas - los Nuyoricans: imperfect for habitual actions
Pupil outcome: I can distinguish between the present and imperfect tenses in the life of a Nuyorican. Key learning points: - The imperfect tense is used to talk about habitual actions in the past or to describe how things were in the...
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Los días de colegio: 1st person singular present tense with 'g', e.g. 'pongo'
Pupil outcome: I can talk about a typical school day using regular and irregular verbs in the present tense. Key learning points: - [u] and [i] are weak vowels and they merge with other vowels making a single syllable. - 'Contigo' is a...
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Today and yesterday: perfect tense with 1st person -er verbs + avoir
Pupil outcome: I can use the perfect tense with avoir and -er verbs to say what I did. Key learning points: - [gn] sounds like 'ligne'. - The verb 'envoyer' changes spelling in the present tense from 'y' to 'ie' in all forms apart from...
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En el colegio: extended speaking and writing
Pupil outcome: I can use a range of regular and irregular verbs in the simple present and preterite to give a detailed description of school life and events. Key learning points: - Use ‘hacer’ in the 3rd person singular to talk about the...
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Un viaje escolar: irregular preterite stems, preterite 'ir', 'hacer'
Pupil outcome: I can use irregular verbs in the preterite when talking about a school trip. Key learning points: - Knowing a word means you can understand it in listening and reading but also use it in speaking and writing. - Formation...
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Learn All 10 Irregular Subjunctive Verbs in Spanish
In this video, José and Harry teach about irregular verbs in the present subjunctive in Spanish, using real-life examples and dialogue. They cover verbs like estar, dar, ser, haber, ir, saber, caber, dormir, pedir, and sentir, showing...
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Past Participle and Present Perfect Tense | 10 Irregular Verbs
Past Participle and Present Perfect Tense with 10 Common Irregular Verbs for English ESL students. Learn 10 Popular Irregular Verbs in the Past Participle form with examples, pronunciation and in sentences.
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Konjunktiv 2: How to Form Sentences with "würden" | B1 German Grammar Lesson
Konjunktiv 2: How to Form Sentences with "würden" | B1 German Grammar Lesson
In this lesson, you'll start to conquer the Konjunktiv 2 by focusing on how to form sentences with "würden". The Konjunktiv 2 is often...
In this lesson, you'll start to conquer the Konjunktiv 2 by focusing on how to form sentences with "würden". The Konjunktiv 2 is often...
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Konjunktiv 2: Special Verb Forms Explained | B1 German Grammar Lesson
In this B1 German Grammar lesson, you’ll learn the unique Konjunktiv 2 forms of certain German verbs. Learn how verbs like "geben" (gäbe) and "wissen" (wüsste) are conjugated differently from regular verbs. We will explore why...
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Review for You: Verbs and Their Tenses
Mr. Griot will review verbs and their three tenses and cover how best to identify their placement and use.
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Past Simple Game ESL | 10 More Irregular Verbs
This Past Simple ESL game is great to learn about Irregular verbs like: saw, rode, wrote, drove, met and more. There are 10 more verbs in this video.
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Verlierer - Clueso: Lyrical Analysis - German Learning Tips #27 (Super secret bonus video)
In this video I talk about the lyrics of "Verlierer" by Clueso, as it relates to German irregular verb conjugation in the present tense.
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Deutscher Essen-Wortschatz #1 (German Food Vocabulary #1) - Deutsch lernen
This is the 5th video about chapter 6 from our German 1 book. In this video I explain how to conjugate essen. I also talk about some more food vocabulary and talk about how to answer the question "Wie schmeckt's?"
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The Rest of the Irregular Verbs im Perfekt - 3 Minuten Deutsch #41 (English) - Deutsch lernen
In this video I wrap up our talk about irregular verbs in the present perfect tense. There are several categories left on the list and there are other verbs that don't really fit into a category. This video gives you a few examples of...
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Present Perfect Irregular Verbs: The -en Change - 3 Minuten Deutsch Lesson #38 - Deutsch lernen
In this video I explain how to use certain irregular verbs in the present perfect tense in German. These verbs simply take -en at the end of the past participle instead of -t.
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Stem-Changing Verbs - 3 Minuten Deutsch Lesson #11 - Deutsch lernen
This is the 11th episode of 3 Minuten Deutsch. In this episode I talk about the stem-changing verbs (also known as the irregular verbs). These take the a to ä, e to i, or e to ie stem-change.
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Simple Past Irregular Verbs - 3 Minuten Deutsch #46 (German)
In this video I explain how to conjugate irregular verbs in the simple past (Imperfekt, preterite) tense in German. Next week I will cover the categories of irregular verbs.
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Simple Past (Preterite) w/ Irregular Verbs - German 2 WS Explanation - Deutsch lernen
In this video I explain how to use the simple past (AKA written past or preterite tense). This video and worksheet go with the German with Puppets episode about the same topic. You can see that video here:...