Preaching - Introduction

DURATION: 5 MINS

I call this step Preaching because you’ll repeat certain grammatical structures until you start to believe that you are capable of speaking proper German fluently. It is basically a pattern drill with a gradual increase of difficulty. It doesn't require any religious affiliation whatsoever. Even Atheists and Buddhists can preach. This is the most important technique of this course. Never skip it. If you struggle with it, contact me immediately via the Community and I'll personally help you get on board. Please do. I know it's hard to ask for help but I promise you I can help you if only you reach out.

Every Preaching consists of a few steps which will always be the same:

  1. Memorizing the gender (not the words)
  2. Testing the gender
  3. Preaching a given pattern
  4. Checking your work

I'll guide you through every step of this exercise throughout this whole course.


Memorizing the Gender

As the first step of every Preaching, you'll need to memorize the gender of a about 10 words. Don't worry. That's actually pretty easy with the Superhero Technique that you just practiced and for a few lessons I'll even provide you with ready made stories. Don't bother memorizing any of the words you'll be shown in the Preaching exercises. For now, our focus is solely on the gender which will always be provided by me. Just follow my lead and you'll come out of this little exercise a changed person.

How to Imagine Properly

It’s perfectly normal to struggle with one’s imagination in the beginning. Just follow my lead and soon you’ll be wondering how you could ever have struggled with this. When you close your eyes and try to think of your mother, whatever comes up is your imagination. And that level of imagination is absolutely sufficient for this task. No need to remember every detail of her face, your last hug, or her smell. Just "remember" her. If you DO remember details, lovely. Make use of that as it'll help a lot. And if I now told you to "imagine" how your mother is carrying around a giant credit card, could you do that? If not, just think of it. If you don't remember your mother, my condolences but then simply take the Queen of England. She'll do the job. Your imagined mother doesn’t have to be your biological mother. Even mother Theresa would do. This is not about logic or reality at all. It’s imagination where everything (!) is possible and welcome. Did you manage to "imagine" the above scenario? Well done. This technique will definitely work for you. If not, don’t give up just yet and try the following exercise nevertheless. Maybe it worked without you having noticed it. If after doing this exercise you still feel this doesn't work for you, reach out to me please. I'll help you with it and I guarantee you that you can do this with a bit of practice. Let’s give it a try on the next page.