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I'm having trouble differentiating between "wenn" and "als". How do I use them correctly?

I understand this is a common issue amongst English native speakers since we would normally translate both as "when". But don't worry, they are actually quite easy to differentiate and once you'...

Answered by Timea T. German tutor
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What are cases in German and how are they used.

There are 4 cases in German but for GCSE we only need to focus on the nominative, the accusative and the dative. Cases are mostly concerned with nouns, which are objects such as 'the ball' and they change...

Answered by Eleanor M. German tutor
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When and how do we use "haben" or "sein" when conjugating the past tense?

In German we have 2 "helping" verbs for conjugating the past tense. Haben is used more often for conjugating the past, it is conjugated in numerous ways depending on the personal pronoun. Haben ...

Answered by Charlie R. German tutor
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Does anyone actually use the formal 'Sie', and if so, when?

Although we, in English, don't really use a different form when speaking formally, Germans distinguish between the formal and the informal depending on who they are speaking to. The first basic rule of th...

Answered by Isobel P. German tutor
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How do you form the perfect tense?

The perfect tense is like a sandwich. The subject pronoun, then a conjugated auxiliary verb which is either haben or sein in agreement with the subject pronoun is the at the beginning of the sentence. The...

Answered by Georgina D. German tutor
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