Laura Bennett 
No language-learning is complete without tackling prepositions. They are pretty necessary little words that add important info on when, where, how and with whom things are done!
Prepositions are little words such as with, for, against, to, on, over, under, in, behind, between, through, etc. that we use all. the. time. in both English & German.
When you first start learning German, you realize fast that you can’t get far without learning prepositions.
Prepositions are little words such as with, for, against, to, on, over, under, in, behind, between, through, etc. that we use all. the. time. in both English & German!
Reflexive pronouns are used to refer back to a person already mentioned.
Most of the time, you’ll use reflexive pronouns to indicate that the subject of the sentence is doing something to himself or herself, e.g.
I cry myself to sleep at night.
Below, we’ll compare how it works in English vs German and much more.
If you’re looking into relative pronouns, you’re starting to really advance your German skills!
Using relative pronouns (and the relative clauses they introduce) is a nice way to add some sophistication to your German writing & speaking.
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Drumroll, please! Learning dative pronouns is an exciting event, like a graduation in your German-learning journey!
You will have a WHOLE WORLD of phrases open up to you once you can use dative pronouns.
Are you tired of sounding like a 7-year old learning how to read?
Working on using pronouns to replace nouns can really bring your German up to the next level.
Frank has a dog. Frank likes his dog. The dog likes Frank. ← Yikes.
Your German will sound more authentic if you don’t repeat all those nouns, but use pronouns instead (e.g. Frank likes him).
At this stage in learning German, you likely have a nice bit of German nouns under your belt — great job!
BUT it stinks to always sound like you’re reading out of a 1st grade book: The girl is tall. The girl is kind. I like the girl. Do you like the girl?
German noun plurals is a tricky topic! Making matters worse, there is a lack of consensus on even how many different plural forms there are (5? 6? 9?).
To write this guide for you, I ended up nerding out on a major German noun plurals rabbit hole.
And — would you believe it? — some of the BEST resources on German plurals that I found were written in 1914 and 1882. 😮 The German in these books was in old script and everything!
Turns out, there are lots of predictable patterns to German noun plurals (just like for German noun gender!).
If you’re searching for info on German articles, it means two things:
1) You’re serious about learning German
2) You’ve hit the same roadblock that every German student does!
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