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When do you use 'sein' and when do you use 'haben' in the past tense?

When forming a sentence in the past, or perfect tense in German, it is always formed with a conjugation of 'sein' or 'haben', plus the past participle of the main verb. It is much more common to use the verb...
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Answered by Alana H. • German tutor
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How does the gender of German nouns work?

In German there are three genders that a noun could have: masculine, feminine, and neuter. If you have studied French or Spanish for example, you will have seen nouns that have masculin or feminine genders, ...
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Answered by Alana H. • German tutor
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What are coordinating and subordinating conjunctions and how do I use them in a sentence?

Conjunctions are joining words that link two different parts of a sentence together. There are two main types of conjunction: coordinating and subordinating Coordinating conjunctions: Und- And Oder- Or Sonde...
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Answered by Jeremy S. • German tutor
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When do I capitalise the first letter of a word?

Generally, all nouns are capitalised. When I was in school our teacher told us that “anything you can touch” is capitalised. However, this is somewhat simplified as abstract nouns such as Zeit , Liebe , und ...
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Answered by Nina M. • German tutor
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Are there fun ways to learn German?

Language learning doesn’t have to be a tedious task of memorising verb tables (at least not all of the time). Duolingo : https://www.duolingo.com/One fun way of practising German is Duolingo. This free websi...
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Answered by Nina M. • German tutor
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