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Do you use the Perfekt tense of Präteritum tense with modal verbs in German?
Ich habe nach Hause gehen wollen. -
I wanted to go home.
If that looks overwhelming, confusing or just plain dumb, tha...
The verbs “haben” and “sein” can be tricky in pretty much every tense. When you talk about things that you “had” or “were” in German, you need to use the past tense to do this.
As I’m sure you alr...
Es war einmal eine schöne Prinzessin, die lange, prächtige Haare hatte. Sie wohnte in einem großen Turm, der weder Treppe noch Türen hatte. Eines Tages kam ein Prinz zum Turm und schrie: “Hey, waru...
Perfekt vs Präteritum: The Differences Between the Two German Past Tenses
Before I get too deep into the real topic of the day, we need to talk about Perfekt vs Präteritum. Both express events of ...
In this lesson you will learn where to put the direct and indirect object in a German sentence. By the time you get to the end of this lesson, you will know what direct and indirect objects are, ho...
"Haben" and "sein" are the two most important verbs in the entire German language. If you are having trouble remembering the conjugation of the verbs "haben" and "sein", this song will cure you of ...
If you have seen words like “daran”, “worüber” “davor” and “woran” in your German learning and aren’t quite sure how to use them. Let me help you cut through this Gordian Knot of German grammar.
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Hallo, Deutschlerner. If you have seen words like “damit”, “womit”, “davon” and “danach” in your German learning and aren’t quite sure how to use them, stick around as I untangle this bag of snakes...
You have seen words like “dafür”, “dadurch” or even “wofür” in your German learning and aren’t quite sure how to use them. I have decoded these words and in this lesson I will share this knowledge ...
Wo-compounds or Wo-Komposita are a type of question word that are made up of a preposition and the prefix “wo”. For example, you can add “mit” to “wo” to make “womit”, which is like asking “with wh...
What's the difference between wo, wohin and woher?
The use of wo, wohin and woher all comes down to location (wo), destination (wohin) and origin (woher).If you are talking about a static locatio...
In this German grammar lesson we will explore why there are so many different words for "why" in German. This list includes: Warum, Wieso, Weswegen, Weshalb, Wozu, Wofür, and Aus welchem Grund.
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