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That is a very good question, because even many Germans get it wrong and are confused by it. But actually it is quite simple and easy to get right. I'll give you two example sentences : 

Das Glas, ...

Either give some of the following advantages:

• Es hilft der Schuelern zu konzentrieren

• Es erleichtert die morgendliche Routine

• Es beugt dem Mobbing

  ...

Firstly, great job for remembering that Freund has a masculine article (DER)! Secondly, in German, as you have previously studied, there are 4 different cases (Nominaive, Accusative, Genitive and Dative) ...

The acronym Fudgebow is a memorable way to recall all prepositions, which trigger the accusative case:

Für, Um, Durch, Gegen, Entland, Bis, Ohne, Wider

The term "strong verb" describes a type of German verb ('doing' word). Strong verbs are verbs which feature a vowel change in one or more of their tenses. Here is an example: Gehen - to go Inifn...