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How do I know if a noun is 'der', 'die' or 'das'?

Think of the noun and its gender as a married couple ! You need to learn the gender of a noun at the same time as learning the noun itself. There are also some tricks to knowing whether a noun is 'der', 'die...
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Answered by Flora L. • German tutor
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How do I form the perfect tense in German?

The perfect tense refers to an action that happened in the past. Eg) I played football. She drank water. We went shopping. In german it is formed using an auxilary verb (haben or sein) and the past participl...
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Answered by Hannah C. • German tutor
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What is the difference between der, die and das?

In German, there are three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter, and each noun falls into one of these categories. Der, die and das all mean the same thing: THE. But masculine nouns take the 'der' form; f...
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Answered by Issy W. • German tutor
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How can I form the perfect tense in German?

The perfect tense is used to express things that have happened in the past in general. It is the most commonly used past tense in German. It is used to describe something that you have done , but maybe do of...
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Answered by Vanessa F. • German tutor
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Which prepositions take the dative?

Aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu, gegenueber.
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Answered by Sophie F. • German tutor
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