The rule ss or ß in German changed a lot during the 1996-2006 reform. ß used to be written much more often. And now in poorly checked digital dictionaries and other places you can sometimes find old spellings or both spellings. The Germans themselves often confuse which letter to write.
German grammar
Negation in German
What is the difference between kein and nicht? Are nicht and nein the same thing? And how else can negation be expressed in German? Let’s talk about negation in German.
Over the years, my answer “nein” has often been followed up with a nicht? , so I already managed to completely get confused when what is used. Let’s start by answer on the questions.
Basic German. 4. Time and prepositions of time in German
The prepositions of time in German, like the prepositions of place discussed in the previous part, are that mandatory base without which it is difficult to start speaking.
Basic German with tables. 3. Local prepositions
Conjunctions in sentences. Different word order
Basic German with tables. 2. Noun and articles
Betrag or Beitrag, vertragen or ertragen and other members of tragen family
German picture description phrases and sequence
Basic German. 3. Local prepositions in German
Usually this topic about local prepositions in German is very reduced for beginners, but I give a more complete version so that everything is in one place.
Basic German grammar tables and translation exercises in Anki. 1
Basic German with tables. 2. Noun and articles
Basic German. 4. Time and prepositions of time in German
German picture description phrases and sequence
German test b1 Deutschtest für Zuwanderer. Writing examples
Difference between verschieden, unterschiedlich, anders
Conjunctions and connector adverbs – 2. Different word order in German
We continue the topic of different word order in German in complex sentences and similar constructions. In the first part, we talked about the construction itself and the meanings of connection, opposition, and concessions.
Conjunctions in sentences. Different word order
For me, when I was at the A2 level, it was a big mystery why, when we join the second parts of sentences with the same explanatory meaning, but different conjunctions (denn, weil, deshalb), the word order changes all the time. On the courses the teachers could not clearly explain this to me – you just have to remember. And I hate “just remember”, I prefer to understand. Therefore, we are looking for the answer ourselves.
It will be about conjunctions and connector adverbs, and for the sake of completeness, we will also take prepositions.
Basic German with tables. 2. Articles in German
Nouns are used with articles in German: definite (der, die, das) or indefinite (ein, eine, ein) in the certain form. Articles are declined by gender, grammatical number (definite only), and case.
Basic German with tables. 3. Local prepositions
Basic German grammar tables 1
Basic German. 4. Time and prepositions of time in German
German synonyms. öffnen – offen – aufmachen
Words excavations. Weihnachen
Deutschtest für Zuwanderer. Dialogues
Basic German grammar tables and translation exercises in Anki. 1
Basic German – let’s go from the necessary to the more complex.
The very beginning, without which one cannot speak, – personal pronouns and present tense verb forms.
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German. False participles
geschlossene Tür – from schließen, so Gestiefelte Kater – from stiefeln and beanzugter Mann – from anzugen, really?
There is an original form of adjectives in German. They have a connection with nouns, but pretend that they are formed from verbs and have the form of participles. There are not many of these words, but they are among the very common ones.
