Grammatik

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Grammatik

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    Personalpronomen und PräsensThe person who does something stands as a personal pronoun before the verb — and the verb takes its own ending for each person.
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    sein und haben`sein` and `haben` are the two most important verbs in German: they describe who you are and what you have — and later they form the…
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    Verb an Position 2In a German statement the conjugated verb is always in second position — no matter what the sentence starts with.
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    W-Fragen und Ja/Nein-FragenThere are exactly two types of question: with a question word (open answer) and without a question word (answer: yes or no).
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    Bestimmter und unbestimmter ArtikelEvery German noun has a gender — der, die or das. The article belongs to the word and is always learned with it.
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    Der Plural der NomenGerman has five plural types. In the plural the article is always `die` — no matter what gender the word had in the singular.
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    Unregelmässige Verben im PräsensA small group of very common verbs changes the vowel in the stem with `du` and `er/sie/es`.
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    AkkusativThe direct object — what you see, buy, have or need — is in the accusative. Only the masculine article changes.
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    Verneinung: nicht oder kein`kein` negates nouns, `nicht` negates everything else. This one decision solves almost every negation question at A1.
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    Possessivartikel`mein, dein, sein, ihr …` show who something belongs to. They are declined like `ein` — the ending depends on the thing owned, not on the…
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    Personalpronomen im AkkusativInstead of repeating a noun, you use a pronoun — as an object in the accusative form.
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    Modalverben können und müssenModal verbs say how a second verb is meant — as an ability, permission or obligation. The infinitive moves to the end of the sentence.
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    Die übrigen ModalverbenBesides `können` and `müssen` there are `wollen, möchten, dürfen, sollen` — they express wish, permission and recommendation.
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    Trennbare VerbenMany verbs consist of a prefix and a verb. In the main clause the prefix separates and goes to the end of the sentence.
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    ImperativWith the imperative you make a request or give an instruction. There are three forms: for `du`, for `ihr` and the polite one for `Sie`.
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    Zeitangaben: um, am, imThree small prepositions cover almost all time expressions: `um` for the time of day, `am` for days, `im` for months and seasons.
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    Lokale Präpositionen: in, nach, zu, bei, ausWhere are you going, where are you, where do you come from? Three questions, three groups of prepositions.
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    es gibt`es gibt` says that something exists or is available. What there is always stands in the accusative.
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    Dativ nach Verben wie gefallen und helfenA small group of very common verbs requires not an accusative object but a dative object.
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    Das Partizip IIThe Partizip II is the form you need for the perfect tense. There are two ways of forming it — regular and irregular.
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    Perfekt mit haben und seinThe perfect tense is the past tense of conversation. It is formed with `haben` or `sein` plus the past participle.
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    Konjunktionen: und, oder, aber, dennThese four conjunctions connect two main clauses without changing the word order — they count as position zero.
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    gern, lieber, am liebstenWith `gern` you say what you like — without needing a separate verb for it.
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    Ordinalzahlen und DatumFor appointments, forms and birthdays you need the ordinal numbers — and a fixed formula for the date.
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