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How do you use the perfect tense?

The perfect tense is a way to talk about what has happened in the past. It is a way of expressing something that happens in the past generally, it's something you have done, probably many times and are likel...
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Answered by Nina V. • German tutor
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Was wissen sie in Allgemeinen über die Situation von Immigranten in Deutschland?

Aufgrund des rasanten Wirtschaftswachstums kam es Mitte der 1950er-Jahre zu einem Arbeitskräftemangel. Die Bundesrepublik begann im Ausland Arbeitskräfte anzuwerben. Die Boom Jahre der Anwerbung endeten 1973...
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Answered by Alejandra R. • German tutor
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What is the passive voice in German?

The "active" voice is the standard sentence formation you will have learnt, so a subject acting on an object. For example, 'The dog bites the man'. The passive voice changes this, so that the objec...
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Answered by Maya L. • German tutor
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How do I know if a word is masculine, feminine or neuter?

Sometimes you can tell by the suffix. Words ending with -chen, -lein, -ment or -teil are usually neuter. Words ending with -schaft, -ung, -keit, -heit , -in (if it's a person) or -e are usually feminine and ...
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Answered by Char W. • German tutor
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Using an example, explain what a subordinating conjunction is and what effect it has on the sentence it's used in

Subordinating conjunctions are words which connect one or more clauses to form a sentence, for example "dass" (that), "obwohl" (although), "ob" (whether). They must be preceded ...
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Answered by Thomas B. • German tutor
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