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Regeln für bestimmte Artikel bei Staaten, Bundesländern und Bezirken
+ Explanation (English)
I'm writing a piece of software. This software outputs a list. Each list item has meta data like the date, the author of and entry and as well the location.
The location can ...
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“Von Des” vs. “Der”
Could someone please explain how to say "of", as in "the book of the man"?
I suspect it is fairly simple but I don't understand the differnce between:
der Buch des Mann
and
der von dem ...
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If an English verb is regular, its German equivalent is regular as well?
I've found out a rule in which if an English verb is regular, its German translation is regular as well and the other way around:
To see: sehen ; to drink: trinken ; to go: gehen ...
Seems to be ...
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Unknown gender, known case, best guess for article would be? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I learn noun genders better?
I have a habit of saying "dem" when I know something is dative but am not entirely sure of the gender. Would that be a good guess? ...