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GERMANNN: The Hardest Part of Learning Any Language Every language has it’s “soul”. Sometimes a language expresses meaning in the same notion as another language, sometimes it doesn’t. I think the hardest part of learning any language is trying not to translate directly from your mother tongue into the target language. Not only…
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20 Words We Owe to William Shakespeare
See below for 20 words which were coined by Shakespeare. The article is so great that I went to do some research on German words invented or at least firstly written down by authors such as Goethe, Schiller etc. On this I hope to write an extra article soon, and I even bought a book on words invented by Goethe.
Shame on you, well-written and funny article below for making me want to learn things beyond my actual field of study! ;)
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Your Guide around Germany: niemand v.s. keiner Just so you know, there’s no difference between the two words when used as pronouns.
Niemand hat mir geholfen. - Keiner hat mir geholfen.
Ich kenne niemanden, der es weiß - Ich kenne keinen, der es weiß.
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Dies und das...: N-Deklination Inspired by one of germannn’s asks, I decided to write a post on the N-Deklination.
The N-Deklination is something that puzzles many non-native German speakers. What’s that, you ask? Well, here are some examples:
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GERMANNN: N-Deklination Inspired by one of germannn’s asks, I decided to write a post on the N-Deklination.
The N-Deklination is something that puzzles many non-native German speakers. What’s that, you ask? Well, here are some examples:
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I have to admit that I’m sometimes not completely sure myself. But that’s probably only the case when both is possible.
Anyways, here are some rules that might help:
1. After nouns that end in s, ß, x, z follows often es.
2. After nouns that end in an unstressed -e, -el, -er, -en, -chen, -lein, or -ling follows always s.
3. After many nouns that end in an unstressed syllable follows s.
4. After most loanwords/foreign words follows s.
The same rule applies especially to foreign words if their plural form ends in s as well.
5. After words that belong to a certain group of inflections follows s. These groups are:
- s/e, example:
- s/-, example:
- s/s, example:
- s/en (foreign), example:
- s/foreign plural, example:
6. Problem: there are many, many words that can end either in s or es. Both is possible. The list is endless, but some examples are:
(source)
As you can see, the genitive case is horribly complicated because there are almost no rules that clearly tell you what ending to use for which word. So it is actually easier to learn the genitive ending together with new nouns. It sounds like a lot of work but in the end it will save time.
[Made rebloggable on request. I deleted the old post.]
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Dies und das...: Wortstellung (Syntax) To express something in the most neutral manner possible (i.e. zero emphasis on anything), how should the objects in a sentence be arranged?
Well, here’s the answer:
Dativ immer vor Akkusativ, außer wenn es ein Akkusativpronomen gibt.
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Your Guide around Germany: Modal Particles In the German language, a modal particle (German: Modalpartikel or Abtönungspartikel) is an uninflected word used mainly in spontaneous spoken language in colloquial registers. These words have a dual function: reflecting the mood or attitude of the speaker…
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Discover Germany | Heidelberg - With a Visitor from Chile
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Die Prinzen - Ich Schenk dir die Welt (von DaraInLove)
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