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You use the genitive case to mark possession of something. It is a nice way to say that an object belongs to someone. There are some prepositions that trigger this case. In all cases you can use a simple tes...

I would talk through this answer with the student as the question may be asked in an oral exam- points may include: 1)Es könnte schwierig werden, einen Job zu finden, denn man braucht Erfahrung, die sie nich...

The first important thing to remember about forming the conditional tense in German is that both parts of the sentence must be in the conditional tense. Take for example the sentence 'If I woke up earlier to...

In German, unlike in English, there are 3 different ways to address someone and say 'you'. In English, we have one easy way to address one person, two people, or a group of people, and it doesn't matter if y...

As an English speaker, a language that no longer uses cases, it can be really tricky to get to grips with the German case system. But once you start practising, you'll find it's not as horrible as you think!...