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The sentences “I eat” and “I am eating” are the same in German: “Ich esse.” For speakers of the English language, this may be confusing. In fact, if someone says “Ich esse Fisch,” do they mean “I eat fish” o...

Begin with either a pronoun (Ich, Du, Er etc) or a noun (Der Hund) Use the relevant conjugation of 'werden' Add an infinitive at the end (e.g. gehen) Examples: Ich werde ins Kino gehen- I will go to the cine...

The two main past tenses in German are the simple past and the present perfect. The simple past uses just one word, for example 'ich ging', while the present perfect uses two words, for example 'ich bin gega...

Passive is often used when the focus on the action, not so much the person involved. Active on the other hand seems more vivid. As an example you could say: The dog ate the sausage. (Active) Der Hund hat die...

Verbs that take 'sein' in the past are called intransitive verbs and there are certain questions that you can ask yourself to figure out, whether a verb takes 'sein'. The first question is "Does the ver...