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When do I capitalise the first letter of a word?

Generally, all nouns are capitalised. When I was in school our teacher told us that “anything you can touch” is capitalised. However, this is somewhat simplified as abstract nouns such as Zeit , Liebe , und ...
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Answered by Nina M. • German tutor
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Are there fun ways to learn German?

Language learning doesn’t have to be a tedious task of memorising verb tables (at least not all of the time). Duolingo : https://www.duolingo.com/One fun way of practising German is Duolingo. This free websi...
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Answered by Nina M. • German tutor
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When do I use "sein" in the perfect tense?

In German the perfect tense is formed with haben/sein + past participle. The majority of verbs use haben in the perfect tense (such as Ich habe gespielt – I played). Transitive verbs (verbs that take an accu...
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Answered by Nina M. • German tutor
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How do I remember which words take être instead of avoir in the past tense?

French is a language of exceptionsr, however a simple way to remember these is by using an 'aide-memoire' with which you can easily remember every verb that takes être instead of avoir.
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Answered by Anna R. • German tutor
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How do I know whether a verb takes haben or sein in the perfect tense?

Haben and sein are used as the auxiliary verbs in the perfect tense before the past participle. Whether you need haben or sein depends on the meaning of the verb you are putting into the perfect tense. Most ...
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Answered by Zoe W. • German tutor
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