German C2: Fine distinctions

What is in this deck

With this deck you learn German at level C2: 111 cards with full sentences, plus pronunciation, a note on the form and two words from the same context.

At C2 the grammar is settled and the choices begin. Two sentences can both be correct while only one of them says what you mean: sei or war, doch or eben, stur or beharrlich.

These cards gather what is left once the rules are learnt. Konjunktiv I in reported speech, the particles that carry a whole attitude in one syllable, the genitive verbs that survive in statutes, the proverbs with a history behind the picture, and the disputed cases every native speaker argues about.

On the back you find the pronunciation, the origin where it explains the phrase, and the neighbour the word is usually confused with.

The categories decide what comes up: start with “Konjunktiv and report” alone and add the rest when you are ready.

You learn German. The cards, the categories and the usage notes are in English, so you never have to learn through a third language.

What you learn

• Konjunktiv I in reported speech: er sei, sie habe
• Particles that set the tone: doch, eben, wohl, bloß
• Elevated German: obliegen, gedenken, sich erfreuen
• Collocations: eine Entscheidung treffen, nicht machen
• The disputed cases: anscheinend, wegen, weder noch

The categories

10 categories sort the 111 cards. You can filter by category and take on what is due right now.

1. Konjunktiv and report
2. Particles and tone
3. Word formation
4. Elevated and dated
5. Proverbs and origins
6. Case government
7. Collocation and shade
8. Trade and office jargon
9. Literary language
10. Disputed usage

Learning with Qardbox

You see a card, you think, you turn it over and say whether you knew it. A round asks nothing more of you, and how the app works out the next date from that is on the page about FSRS-6.

What sits comes back less often, what wobbles comes back soon. You set a daily goal, and when nothing is due the app tells you exactly that instead of inventing work for you. How a round goes is shown on the learning page.

Everything stays on your device. No account, no sign-up, no ads. After the purchase the deck sits in your library like any other subject and can be studied, reordered and extended just like your own.

What it costs, and what it doesn’t

Qardbox itself costs nothing, and it stays that way. Every function is there from the start, with no subscription, no ads and no tiers; what that rests on is on the page about what it costs.

Your own cards stay unlimited, and decks from friends or from the family you read in without a limit, from a file as well. You do not need this deck in order to learn with Qardbox.

It is a shortcut: 111 checked cards for €1.29, once, with Family Sharing. The work you would otherwise do is already done. The App Store shows the price in your currency.