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How do German articles and adjective endings work and what's the best way to learn them?

For me, getting to grips with adjective endings was a real turning point in my learning of German grammar and immediately made the language make a lot more sense! The concept can be broken down into four tab...
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Answered by Sarah B. • German tutor
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‘Wenn’ and ‘als’ can both mean ‘when‘ in English. What’s the difference between them?

Luckily, the difference is nice and easy to learn! We’ll start with ‘wenn’. Firstly, ‘wenn’ can mean both ‘whenever’ and ‘if’. The reason I say ‘whenever’ is because ‘wenn’ is often used to describe a regula...
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How do I know which is the object and which is the subject of a sentence?

Basically nouns can be the object or subject of a sentence (as well as other things but we can ignore those for now). The easiest way to decide whether a noun is the subject or the object is to decide what r...
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Answered by George M. • German tutor
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How do you form the "Perfekt"?

To form the "Perfekt" is formed: sein/haben + Partizip II (past participle), which is why you need to know how to conjugate the verbs "sein" and "haben":ich bin, du bist, er/sie...
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Answered by Anne S. • German tutor
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What's the difference between the German cases?

The case system in English is not really used anymore so it's a common for difficulty for native English learners of German to get their heads round it! In German there are 4 cases which change articles (the...
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Answered by Lydia A. • German tutor
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