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'Präteritum' is the way of telling a story. Therefore, it is also used when writing a story. A story in that sense is anything which is remote. It may be in the past, it may be in the future, it may just not...

The accusative case is used when there is movement from one point to another. For example, in the sentence, "Ich gehe in die Stadt" which means "I'm going into town" we use the accusative...

First: Start with a comparison with English (different tenses for the present in English vs. A single one in German) Second: Evoke the difference between strong and weak verbs in German, do a parallel with E...

The easiest method to remember adjectival endings is 'the panhandle'. On your table of adjectival endings, the endings on the top two rows create the shape of a pan with a handle. Let me demonstrate: Der rot...

When forming the perfect tense in German, you need to use either the verb "haben" or "sein" as an auxiliary verb, along with the past participle of the verb in question. "Sein" ...