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36: 329:, as the definite article of a German noun corresponds to the gender of the noun. However, the meaning or form, especially the ending, of a noun can be used to recognize 80% of noun genders. For instance, nouns ending in the suffixes 230:. For example, in comparison to the -s added to third-person singular present-tense verbs in English, most German verbs employ four different suffixes for the conjugation of present-tense verbs, namely - 195:, such as the formation of some of the verb forms, resemble those of English, German grammar differs from that of English in that it has, among other things, 688: 166: 624: 610: 592: 571: 1807: 75: 1891: 636: 1620: 1419: 717: 681: 53: 1853: 742: 57: 732: 712: 17: 727: 534: 320: 159: 1049: 903: 1914: 1557: 1312: 1307: 747: 674: 1789: 1595: 1466: 1429: 908: 496: 478: 135: 214:
have lost in whole or in part. There are three genders and four cases, and verbs are conjugated for
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for the first- and third-person plural, as well as for the formal second-person singular/plural.
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have more possible forms. In addition, some prepositions combine with some of the articles.
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German grammar (in English) (+ multiple choice test) explained by a native speaker.
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Students of German are often advised to learn German nouns with their accompanying
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German sentence structure is similar to other Germanic languages in its use of
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for the third-person singular and for the informal second-person plural, and -
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Numerals are similar to other Germanic languages. Unlike modern English,
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A Comparative Typology of English and German: Unifying the Contrasts
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German has retained many of the grammatical distinctions that some
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