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Script:
Today, I want to talk to you about adverbs of time. In German, we call them Zeitadverbien. They are quite a few we are going to have to go through today but they are all quite important so it would make sense for you to really memorize them.
I'll start with the first one. The first ones I am going to talk to you about are related to the present tense.
The first one is today which in German is "heute". "Heute haben wir eine Besprechung." We learnt in one of my other lessons that "heute" can also be placed in the third position. It's an adverb of time and adverbs of time are usually placed in the first or third position. So you could also be saying: "Wir haben heute eine Besprechung." The next one is immediately. In German, we say "sofort". "Du musst sofort kommen" - You have to come immediately. The next is right now. In German, we say "gerade". "Ich telefoniere gerade." Another important one is "momentan" which means at the moment. "Momentan habe ich viel zu tun."
Now let's get to the adverbs of time that relate to the past. There are quite a few as well. The first one would be "gestern" which means yesterday. "Gestern bin ich in Berlin gewesen." Or we can also say: "Ich bin gestern in Berlin gewesen." Next one is "früher" which means earlier or in the past. "Früher war alles besser."
The next one is "vorhin" which means a little while ago. Vorhin, I would say that means an hour or two hours ago. "Vorhin habe ich meine Wohnung geputzt". Or you can say. "Ich habe vorhin meine Wohnung geputzt." "Neulich" which means recently. "Neulich ist er mir am Bahnhof begegnet. Or you can say: "Er ist mir neulich am Bahnhof begegnet."
Now you notice that in the second sentence I just gave you, "neulich" is not in the third but it's in the fourth position. This is an important piece of information because I am using a Dative Pronoun (mir) and I have to place the Dative Pronoun "mir" in the third position so basically the adverb of time scoots into the fourth position. So whenever you have a Dative Pronoun or an Accusative Pronoun or another pronoun that you have to place there like a Reflexive Pronoun, the adverb of time scoots into the fourth position.

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2. The Verb "Can"
3. Mobility
4. Separable Verbs - Present Tense
5. Word Order - Part 1: Position of Main Verbs in Main Clauses
6. Word Order - Part 2: Questions
7. Word Order - Part 3: Time Manner Place
8. Word Order - Part 4: Direct & Indirect Objects
9. The Verb "to come"
10. The Verb "sagen"
11. kein vs. nicht
12. How to Say "I don't have time" in German
13. How to Say "I'm going home"
14. How to Use the Verb "dabeihaben"
15. How to Say "Do you have...?"
16. The Verb 'to sleep'
17. The Verbs "to hear" vs. "to listen" / B1
18. ennen vs. wissen | sich auskennen
19. frühstücken ∙ zu Mittag essen ∙ zu Abend essen
20. How to Say "I don't know" and "No idea" - German Vocab + Expressions
21. How to Say "How was your weekend?" and more useful phrases
22. The Difference Between "schon" and "schön"
23. ow To Use "anymore" in a Sentence
24. How to Say "This is Fun!"
25. 25 Useful Everyday Phrases
26. The Preposition "bei"
27. How to Say "I Need to Improve My German!"
28. Job Vocab, Phrases & Listening Comprehension
29. How to Say "I'm going to someone's place" and "I'm at someone's place"
30. "in" vs. "nach" vs. "zu" - German Prepositions
31. Listening Comprehension: Mysterious Yellow Ball
32. "to be" in the Preterite Tense - Conjugation & Phrases
33. How to Say "I like to..." - German Vocab and Useful Expressions
34. How to Say "I Would Like To..."
35. How to Express Pain
36. The Perfect Tense - Part 1: Regular Verbs
37. The Perfect Tense - Part 2: Verbs of Movement
38. The Perfect Tense - Part 3: Separable Verbs
39. How to Say "I Bought Myself..."
40. 30 Excuses for Being Late - Simple German Sentences
41. 111 English Words in the German Language
42. How To Say "This is not working"
43. How-Questions - wie lange, wie spät, wie viel, wie hoch
44. When-Questions - wann, seit wann, bis wann, ab wann
45. Come visit me! - The Verb "besuchen" - Vocab + Listen
46. The Genitive Case - Part 1: Definite Articles
47. The Genitive Case - Part 2: Indefinite Articles
48. Listening Comprehension: 100 Things Jenny Likes and Doesn't Like
49. "if" and "when" - als, wenn, ob, wann
50. The Top 100 German Verbs
51. Two Way Prepositions - Dative OR Accusative
52. - The Difference between "sich setzen" and "sitzen"
53. How to Say "Happy New Year"
54. to get on, in, out, off a bus, train, car... / B1
55. Subordinating Conjunctions - Part 1: weil - dass - ob
56. Subordinating Conjunctions - Part 2: wenn - bevor - damit - obwohl
57. Subordinating Conjunctions - Part 3: wann - wo - was - wer - wie
58. Studying in Germany: Part 1 - Essential Vocab & Phrases
59. Studying in Germany: Part 2 - "studieren" vs. "lernen"
60. Flying: Vocabulary, Useful Phrases and Listening Comprehension -B2
61. Sleeping: Vocab, Phrases and Listening Comprehension -B2
62. How to Say "Happy Easter" - Explaining Easter Holiday Traditions
63. Adverbs of Time - Part 1: Syntax
64. Adverbs of Time - Part 2: morgens ∙ mittags ∙ abends ∙ nachts
65. Adverbs of Time - Part 3: seit ∙ lang ∙ vor
66. Adverbs of Time - Part 4: "her" vs. "vor" (ago)
67. Adverbs of Time - Part 5: für ∙ schon lange ∙ seit langem
68. Adverbs of Time - Part 6: eben ∙ gerade ∙ gleich
69. My Only Chance!!! - nur ∙ bloß ∙ lediglich ∙ erst ∙ einzig
70. I'm disappointed... - enttäuscht ∙ enttäuschend ∙ Enttäuschung
71. Eine Woche ohne Internet - Book Review: Reading + Listening
72. Subordinating Conjunctions - Part 4: Useful Phrases
73. Subordinating Conjunctions - Part 5: Phrases with "dass"-clauses
74. Asking Questions - Mit wem?
75. 50 Adjectives & Opposites
76. Listening Comprehension - Im Wald
77. There was/were - Es gab - Perfekt vs. Präteritum
78. Adjective Endings - Nominative - Definite and Indefinite Articles
79. Adjective Endings - Accusative - Definite and Indefinite Articles
80. Adjective Endings - Dative - Definite and Indefinite Articles
81. Adjective Endings - Genitive - Definite and Indefinite Articles
82. QUIZ! - Adjective Endings - Definite & Indefinite Articles - ALL CASES
83. I Need New Ones! - Adjectives Used as Nouns
84. At the Pharmacy - In der Apotheke - Vocab & Listening Comprehension
85. Colloquial German - This Makes Me Wanna PUKE! - Vocab + Listening
86. Vielleicht... Eventuell... Möglicherweise... Mag sein... Kann sein...
87. Making suggestions - Dialogues on the Street
88. to start - to stop - anfangen - aufhören
89. I'm all alone! - ganz allein
90. Jenny is looking for an apartment in Berlin - Vocab & Listening
91. The Verb 'to practice' - Vocab + Listening Comprehension
92. He Lied to Me... But the Truth Will Come out! - lügen - anlügen
93. als vs. wie - Comparisons in German
94. Subordinating Conjunctions - Part 6: selbst wenn

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