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⏪CONTENTS SHORTCUT TO PRONOUNS part1(§1 – §11) §12  The plural of du is ihr, ‘my (two or more) good friends’. ihr, like the other personal         pronouns, appears in various forms according to its function in the sentence:        NOMINATIVE                […]

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  If you were to write a letter to someone in the German-speaking world and you used the format used in writing a letter in English, your letter would undoubtedly arrive at its destination and be understood. The German and English formats are quite similar. But to be precise and […]

The subjunctive mood is avoided in modern English by many English speakers, in many instances. But German is different. The subjunctive mood is still an important part of the language and needs to be carefully considered in order to write good German sentences. Subjunctive conjugations There are two basic conjugations […]

In German, the passive voice is a widely used structure. There are two forms of the passive voice. The first consists of a conjugation of the verb werden and a past participle: werden + past participle Es wird + gebrochen. It is (being) broken. The active voice But before looking at the […]

  Idioms are phrases that acquire their meaning from an entire expression and cannot be translated word for word. Imagine a German trying to make sense of the phrase                               Good looks run in the family by […]

In every language there are little words that are added to sentences for emphasis or to give a particular quality to a phrase. There is only a slight difference of emphasis between the following two sentences, and it is the addition of one small adverb that causes this difference, and […]

Infinitives are the base form of verbs, which make up a significant component of a sentence. You are certainly aware of how to change an infinitive into a conjugated verb in the various tenses. Infinitive    Conjugation    Present participle     Past participle lachen         er lacht    […]