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Which prepositions take the accusative?

The accusative word in a sentence is the direct object. It also appears after the use of these prepositions. 

für - For
um - Around/for/at (time)
durch - Through
gegen -...

Answered by Georgia D. German tutor
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Which prepositions takes the dative?

aus - From
bei - At
mit - With
nach - To (a place) - after/past (time)
seit - Since
von - From
zu - To
gegenüber - Opposite
außer - Except for

Answered by Georgia D. German tutor
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Can you explain the use of 'der', 'die', 'das' and 'ein', 'eine'?

In German, articles are a bit more complicated than in English. 

Instead of only using 'the', you have 'der', 'die' and 'das'  which are all definite articles. 'Der' is masculin, 'die' is...

Answered by Naomi Z. German tutor
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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...

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 partic...

Answered by Hannah C. German tutor
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