German for Real Life
Like Duolingo, but for German for Real Life. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
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You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives German for Real Life the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Where German for Real Life takes you
Go from zero to confident conversation. This mastery course covers the logic, the sounds, and the essential structures of the German language through practical, everyday scenarios.
- 1
First Contact and Survival
- The Quick Win: Hello and Goodbye
- Essential Survival Phrases
- 2
Identity and People
- Introducing Yourself and Others
- The 'Who' and the 'What'
- 3
The Logic of the Sentence
- The Golden Rule of Verb Placement
- Asking Questions
- Negation: No, Not, and None
- 4
Nouns and Their Secrets
- The Mystery of Gender (Der, Die, Das)
- Plurals and Patterns
- Possession: My, Your, His
- 5
Daily Rhythms
- Numbers and Counting
- Telling Time and the Calendar
- Daily Routines and Separable Verbs
- 6
Needs and Wants
- At the Restaurant and Cafe
- Shopping and Prices
- Modal Verbs: Can, Must, Should
- 7
Describing the World
- Colors, Shapes, and Sizes
- Family and Relationships
- Home and Living Spaces
- 8
The Case System: Accusative
- Direct Objects (The Accusative Case)
- Prepositions of Movement
- 9
Looking Back and Forward
- Talking About the Past (The Perfekt)
- Future Plans and Intentions
- 10
Mastery of Sound and Structure
- Pronunciation and the Alphabet
10 sections · 24 units · 91 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
German for Real Life is taught in the The Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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