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What is the passive?

The passive is used in sentences for which the agent (person doing the action) is irrelevant or unknown. For example 'the door was opened' would use the passive voice and be translated as 'der Tür wurde geöf...
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Answered by Susie F. • German tutor
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I’m feeling overwhelmed by vocab learning. What’s the best way to go about it?

The best way to learn vocab is little and often. Having a notebook to write down any new words you come across helps you to have everything in one place. Every time you fill a page you could test yourself by...
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Answered by Rhiannon H. • German tutor
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How do I form the future tense in German?

The future tense is made up of the subject, the matching form of the verb werden and an infinitive. Ich werdeDu wirstEr/sie/es wirdWir werdenIhr werdetSie/sie werden + Infinitive at the end of the clause Eg....
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Answered by Rhiannon H. • German tutor
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How do you use the conditional tense in German?

Konjunktiv II (also known as the subjunctive II) is a verb form which can be used for conditional statements, to express uncertainty, contrary-to-fact statements and polite requests. To use Konjunktiv II in ...
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Answered by Ellie M. • German tutor
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What is the conditional tense and how do I use it?

The conditional tense is used in German to state what might happen if something else were to happen. It is called the conditional because it is dependant on a certain condition in order to come true.To form ...
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Answered by Ella H. • German tutor
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