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Neugierige Kollegen bringen ... auf die Palme. (mich oder mir)
I came across a practice question online. Can anyone help explain why the correct answer is mich, and not mir?
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Motivate cases for speakers of languages without them
This might be a general question, but I’ve just re-encountered cases again while learning German. How would one explain the purpose of cases?
In German there are four, there are languages with more......
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Are there any mnemonic aids for remembering how to deal with cases for each gender?
I always get confused remembering adjective endings for both definite and indefinite articles. Does anyone know of any phrases/songs that kids are taught at school to help with remembering these?
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Recommended ways to learn the cases?
My German tutor recently told me that the only real way to learn the cases – accusative/dative/nominative/genitive – is just to memorize which verbs are which. She suggests memorizing the dative and ...
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Die Frage „Wem oder wen?“. Auf welche Weise hilft sie mir?
Als ich mit dem Deutschlernen angefangen habe, ist ein typisches Gespräch zwischen mir und meiner Deutschlehrerin ungefähr wie folgt gelaufen:
Ich: „Der Ball gehört mich.“
Lehrerin: „Hoppla, nicht so ...
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