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Why are there no progressive tenses in German?

The sentences “I eat” and “I am eating” are the same in German: “Ich esse.” For speakers of the English language, this may be confusing. In fact, if someone says “Ich esse Fisch,” do they mean “I eat fish” o...
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Answered by Csongor M. • German tutor
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Why does in some cases the verb in German come at the end of the sentence?

Normally, just like in English, the German word order is Subject - Verb - Object (e.g. Ich werfe den Ball - I throw the ball). If you use a coordinating conjunction , such as 'und', 'aber', 'denn' or 'oder' ...
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Answered by Csongor M. • German tutor
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What are the different development methodologies and what are their advantages and disadvantages?

Though there are others, the two main development methodologies (i.e approaches to developing software systems) are the "Waterfall" and "Agile" approaches. With the Waterfall approach, th...
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Answered by Matthew S. • Computing tutor
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What is the difference between 'ser' and 'estar'?

Both 'ser' and 'estar' translate as 'to be' in English, so it's a little confusing to know which one to use. The most basic rule is that 'ser' is used for permanent states such as a characteristic or someone...
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Answered by Laura O. • Spanish tutor
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Differentiate with respect to x, x^2*e^(tan(x))

Use the product rule: d/dx(uv) = uv' + u'v, with u = x^2 and v = e^(tan(x)), so that u' = 2x and v' = sec^2(x) * e^(tan(x)), and so the answer is 2x * e^(tan(x)) + x^2 * sec^2(x) * e^(tan(x)) .
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Answered by Jakub H. • Maths tutor
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