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Usually we cover both subject knowledge and exam technique, although that can change depending on each individual student. Then we go through diagrams, and they ask questions, and we go from there.

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Studies Law at Warwick

How do I remember my adjectival endings?

The easiest method to remember adjectival endings is 'the panhandle'. On your table of adjectival endings, the endings on the top two rows create the shape of a pan with a handle. Let me demonstrate: Der rot(e) Schachtel Die rot(e) Katze Das rot(e) Auto Die rot(en) Äpfel Den rot(en) Schachtel Die rot(e) Katze Das rot(e) Auto Die rot(en) Äpfel Des rot(en) Schachtel Der rot(en) Katze Des rot(en) Auto (s) Der rot(en) Äpfel Dem rot(en) Schachtel Der rot(en) Katze Dem rot(en) Auto Den rot(en) Äpfel See how the bold areas create the shape of a pan and handle - so we remember, that those adjectival endings inside the pan take 'e' before the noun, and those outside take 'en'

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Studies Modern Languages & Cultures BA at Durham

Which case should I use with which preposition?

All prepositions in German will be followed by a case, either Dative or Accusative. Some of these are always the same, for example, "nach" (after/according to) will always be followed by the Dative, whereas "gegen" (against) will always be followed by the Accusative. There are two lists which are good to lear by heart. These are some of the most common prepositions that you'll need, and they always take the same case.. DAT: aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu, gegenüber ACC: für, durch, gegen, bis, ohne, um, entlang For many prepositions, however, it is possible for the following noun to be in either the Dative or the Accusative, depending on the cotext of the action. "In" is a classic example of this: Ich muss heute in die Schule gehen. (I have to go to school today) Er hat seine Hausaufgaben in der Schule erledigt. (He completed his homework at school) In the first example, the verb is "to go" and the school is the place to which the subject is going, so German "in" is more like the English "into". The result of "to go" is "to school". In the second example, the school is just the location where another action has taken place, which is the doing of homework. I learned this as the "movement rule": if there is a movement from one place to another, then the preposition will take the Accusative. When the verb indicates the location of another action, then the preposition will be Dative. If you learn the two lists of prepositions, and then apply the movement rule to any prepositions which are not in those lists, then you will be able to work out the correct case.

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Studies German and Chinese Studies at Manchester (Computer Science)

How do you best succeed at the essay element of the exam?

The key elements to doing well on the essay part: - know the book / movie well and know what happens in each scene - know the key vocab including techincal terms - pre - learn some phrases - decide on how you're going to approach the essay

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Studies Philosophy at Kings, London

Translate the following: 'If scientists had enough money they would soon discover new solutions.'

Wenn Naturwissenschaftler mehr Geld hätten, würden sie bald neue Lösungen entdecken. Things to watch out for: Plural of 'Naturwissenschaftler, placement of verb 'hätten', inversion of second and final verbs, adjectival ending of 'neu'.

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Studies Modern and Medieval Languages (with Honours) at Cambridge

Which past tense do you use when?

In German, there are 3 ways of forming the past tense. The easiest 2 are the Perfect and Imperfect, and there is another slightly more complex form called the Pluperfect. As a quick summary, the Perfect tense refers to actions that occured at a specific point in time, once and finished, for example I saw the Reichstag -> Ich habe den Reichstag gesehen. The Imperfect tense however refers to actions that were ongoing, or happened very frequently, a good example to use for this is "when I was younger ..." -> als Ich junge war. The easiest way to remember which form to use when, is to visualise the past as a river. The flowing river itself is continuous and doesn't necessarily have a specific beginning or end, which symbolises the Imperfect tense. Across the river, picture bridges. These bridges have a beginning and end, and occur at a specific points along the river, these symbolise the actions in the Perfect tense. The Pluperfect is only used when you are already talking about a past event, either in the Perfect or Imperfect, and you want to refer to something that occured before this. For example, if you say "Ich habe den Reichstag gesehen" - using the perfect - but you want to talk about an action that preceeded that, you would say "... aber früher hatte ich das Brandenburger Tor gesehen". This tense is formed in a similar way to the Perfect, but instead of using the present tense conjugation of haben as an auxillery verb, you use the imperfect tense conjugation, hatte, hattest, hatte, hatten, hattet, hatten, followed by the past participle.

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Studies Modern Languages at Birmingham

What do subordinating conjunctions do and how can I tell if a word is one?

Subordinating conjunctions are words which send the verb to the end of the clause/phrase (this is sometimes the end of the sentence, but not always). They are common words, and correctly using them shows off your knowledge to the reader. There is no 'rule' to telling if a word is SC, however a few common ones are weil (because), obwohl (although) and obgleich (although). If the SC sends the verb to the end of the clause, and the next clause has a verb, then the correct way to write it is verb , verb e.g. weil ... ist, hat ...

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Studies Jurisprudence at Oxford, Magdalen College

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