DAMIT oder UM…ZU: Their differences and similarities?

It is true that German has more words than English and while this can be of great advantage, it can

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PLUSQUAMPERFEKT: The past perfect tense in German

As the highest form of past tense in German, the Plusquamperfekt tense expresses a scenario of what happened before other

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Lassen + infinitive

LASSEN + INFINITIVE WITHOUT “ZU ”

In a previous topic “um zeal zu + Infinitive” I explained how you can make a sentence in German using

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PARTIZIP I: Formation and usage as adjectives, adverbs and substantive nouns

The Partizip 1 or Präsens Partizip is the first of the two types of participles and one of the four

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GERMAN PHRASAL VERB: The german verb + preposition

Have you seen a German verb like this “nachdenken über“? You probably did and wondered what in the world it

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SUBJUNCTIVE (Konjunktiv) II: how to make or express a wish in german

Content in this post 1. Definition of subjunctive II2. How to form subjunctive II with auxiliary verbs3. How to form

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