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What are cases in German and how are they used.

There are 4 cases in German but for GCSE we only need to focus on the nominative, the accusative and the dative. Cases are mostly concerned with nouns, which are objects such as 'the ball' and they change th...
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Answered by Eleanor M. German tutor
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When and how do we use "haben" or "sein" when conjugating the past tense?

In German we have 2 "helping" verbs for conjugating the past tense. Haben is used more often for conjugating the past, it is conjugated in numerous ways depending on the personal pronoun. Haben is ...
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Answered by Charlie R. German tutor
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Does anyone actually use the formal 'Sie', and if so, when?

Although we, in English, don't really use a different form when speaking formally, Germans distinguish between the formal and the informal depending on who they are speaking to. The first basic rule of this ...
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Answered by Isobel P. German tutor
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How do you form the perfect tense?

The perfect tense is like a sandwich. The subject pronoun, then a conjugated auxiliary verb which is either haben or sein in agreement with the subject pronoun is the at the beginning of the sentence. The re...
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Answered by Georgina D. German tutor
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How to score highly in grammar when writing an essay in an exam

First and foremost, try to get a good range of grammatical techniques when writing the essay for example subordinating conjunctions or adjectival nouns. Demonstrating your knowledge of these techniques shoul...
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Answered by Benedict C. German tutor
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