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How can I make vocab learning more interesting?

Vocab learning can be very dull when you're faced with pages and pages of suggested vocab to memorise in preparation for your exams. However, it is possible to make your vocab learning enjoyable (promi...

Answered by Emily R. German tutor
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When do you use 'sein' and when do you use 'haben' in the past tense?

When forming a sentence in the past, or perfect tense in German, it is always formed with a conjugation of 'sein' or 'haben', plus the past participle of the main verb. It is much more common to use th...

Answered by Alana H. German tutor
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How does the gender of German nouns work?

In German there are three genders that a noun could have: masculine, feminine, and neuter. If you have studied French or Spanish for example, you will have seen nouns that have masculin or feminine gen...

Answered by Alana H. German tutor
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What are coordinating and subordinating conjunctions and how do I use them in a sentence?

Conjunctions are joining words that link two different parts of a sentence together.

There are two main types of conjunction: coordinating an...

Answered by Jeremy S. German tutor
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When do I capitalise the first letter of a word?

Generally, all nouns are capitalised. When I was in school our teacher told us that “anything you can touch” is capitalised. However, this is somewhat simplified as abstract nouns such as...

Answered by Nina M. German tutor
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