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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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Wie wichtig sind stilistische Mittel in den Prüfungen?

Viele der Fragen verlangen stilistische Mittel nicht direkt aus der Fragestellung, sind aber trotzdem Bestandteil der Bewertungskriterien. Du musst immer eine Seite über stilistische Mittel und ihren Einsatz...
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Answered by Lucas B. • German tutor
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What classic elements of postmodern literature can be found in Daniel Kehlmann's 'Die Vermessung der Welt'?

Obviously, I would answer in German and only switch to English to erase final problems of understanding. Kehlmann chooses a historic framework for ‚Die Vermessung der Welt‘ creating both distance by setting ...
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Answered by Jona A. • German tutor
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Why is it "Ich wohne hier seit 4 Jahren" and not "Ich habe hier seit 4 Jahren gewohnt"?

The latter would seem to make sense, as it is a direct translation of the English " I have lived/have been living here for 4 years ", however, when describing the length of time that an action has ...
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Answered by Tatyana B. • German tutor
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