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That's right, German has three words for English 'it'! But don't worry, there's a rule which lets you pick the right one! German nouns have grammatical gender and can be masculine (der), feminine (die), o...

Konjunktiv I is used to indicate reported speech (when you are telling someone what somebody else has said).
However, Konjunktiv I is seen as very formal, and so it is rarely used in spoken German. Y...

Here are the steps you need to follow when you are writing about a prose passage in German: 1) When close-reading the passage the first time: Get a first impression of the text a...

Eine Person welche sich mit so einem Standpunkt ausdrückt erörtert das Sie keine fest Bindung in romantischer Sicht sucht. Dies kann auf einiges zurückzuführen sein - wie z.B. die Erziehung der Person ode...

The accusative is used for the direct object of a sentence. The direct object is the word (normally a noun) that receives the action of the verb. Example:Der Hund frisst den Toast - The dog eats the toast...