German Grammar

Accusative and Dative - Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi I am really, really confused about the Accusative and Dative cases. I have looked at the grammer section and all the many textbooks I have and I afraid I am still very confused!!! Could anyone help me to understand them in a really, and I mean reall...

0 replies - Last post by santiago - April 18, 2008

ein eine & einen

I am really confused as to where to use ein, eine and einen.. could you please explain when is the appropriate time to use them? I heard that you use eine for feminine and ein for masculine and neuter.. I am not so sure about this though. btw, I really li...

7 replies - Last post by shtan - March 28, 2008

The police Caution

Nathalie I am a police officer, and for a bit of fun I would love to be able to say one of our regularly used expressions 'The police Caution' in German. We normally use this expression when arresting someone The Phrase is as follows. 'You do not ...

8 replies - Last post by Ken1 - April 6, 2008

Lesson 6.4 - Genitive case question

Hallo Nathalie - I have a question on using the genitive case in lesson 6.4 and the ending of the nouns. In the grammar explanation, it says to add an "s" to the ending of nouns the end in -en, -el, -er or a vowel. For the questions: Das is...

2 replies - Last post by Fuzzy - April 4, 2008

Lesson 3.2

I am having trouble in knowing which superlative to use. For example, "Mein Mantel ist am waermsten." and "Dieser Sommer ist der waermste". How do I know if I am supposed to use the -ste or the -sten ending? Is there some little c...

2 replies - Last post by Fuzzy - April 3, 2008

die nächste or der nächste

Hello there Rocket team I seem to have found a discrepancy in the audio lessons which is confusing me In Lesson 3.1 The following phrase is used Wir müssen sowieso die nächste Ausfahrt nehmen. In this sentence the word nächste is preceded by ...

2 replies - Last post by Ken1 - March 26, 2008

Small problem with 6.1 A Case in Point- Nominative_v1.01.pdf

Hi, In the exercise for "6.1 A Case in Point- Nominative_v1.01.pdf" it asks you to underline the nominative in each of the sentences. However in the answers nothing is underlined!

3 replies - Last post by timbuc - January 29, 2008

The German Spelling Reform

Hi there, I just came across an article about the spelling reform on the website of the Goethe Institute, which is quite interesting. Here is the link for anyone who is interested: http://www.goethe.de/kue/lit/dos/dds/en630493.htm

3 replies - Last post by (deleted) - December 5, 2006

Mit der Bahn fahren...

Hallo, Worin besteht der Unterschied zwischen Mit der Bahn fahren wir von Frankfurt zu München. und Mit der Bahn fahren wir von Frankfurt nach München. -Danke P.S.: Bitte verbessern Sie meine Grammatik. :)

3 replies - Last post by sqyntz9 - February 1, 2008

sein und sein

I have noticed that the pronoun sein (his) is the same as the verb sein (to be)? Is there some deeper etymological connection or is it just coincidence? In English it is not unusual for a word to be used in two completely different ways. -Danke

3 replies - Last post by sqyntz9 - January 29, 2008

Adjectives in Grammer lession.

:o Surprised I did not get any chapter or topic on Adjective in Grammer PDFs please. Please tell me if I have any other topic where I can get something on Adjectives please. Rest the course material is very good.

1 reply - Last post by Arnab - November 22, 2007

Imperfect

Hi Nathalie I see you have put out quite a lot of useful stuff on the 50 common verbs. I was wondering why you have excluded the imperfect or is it the simple past? Also I haven't really been given a satisfactory reason why you might use the imperfec...

7 replies - Last post by Alec - January 18, 2008

Possessive adjective, singular 3rd person

Hello, I am confused by the possessive "its". Here's what I think I know, and my question. I think if I say[color=darkblue:9q36fgrt] Der Tempel ist alt aber sein Dach ist neu, [/color:9q36fgrt] then I use "sein" because der Temple i...

2 replies - Last post by xocwjjb - January 11, 2008

"Sie" or "du"?

Guten Tag! I have just started learning German and I'm already a little bit confused. I learned to say "Wie heißt du" when asking for someones name. Now I came across "Wie heißen Sie". What is the difference and which one is right? I h...

10 replies - Last post by alphadog - July 24, 2006

Hochzeit

After dabbling in German off and on for years, finally, this course has given me the confidence to want to speak a few sentences before conceding that Ich spreche nur ein bisschen Deutsch. Next month I will be attending a wedding in Dusseldorf. Would yo...

2 replies - Last post by Matumic - September 20, 2007

Dative tense 6.3 Grammar lesson

Dear Nathalie, Wie geht's? I have a query about 6.3 Dative tense. The second example on page 2 is: Der Frau gefallt das Hotel. "Der Frau" is underlined as the indirect object. Can you please explain this because by the reasoning ...

5 replies - Last post by Martha - July 30, 2007

Genießen Sie - This looks like a question

At the end of lesson 2.1 Paul says "Hier bitte. Genießen Sie die Tour!", which is translated as "Here you go. Enjoy the tour!." In my opinion this is a statement, he is telling Nik to enjoy the tour, so can you explain to me why it i...

3 replies - Last post by Ken1 - August 5, 2007

Verbs

Hello Everyone I have just purchased the course and joined the forum, and would class myself as a real beginner in the german language. Does anyone know of a resource or website that gives a complete list of conjugated german verbs. By the way altho...

3 replies - Last post by schubbisgirl - August 16, 2007

sentence structure of pronouns

I am concentrating on verbs 'im moment' and was wondering where does the second pronoun go in a sentence, for example *I will forgive him*, is it *'ich er werde vergeben'* or *'ich werde vergeben er'* Also is the sentence structure the same if a pr...

1 reply - Last post by Ken1 - August 12, 2007

can you explain the use of ZU

In one of the earlier lessons, you say that ZU TRINKEN means to drink. Ich will etwas Warmes __zu trinken__. I want something hot to drink. However I thought the the word TRINKEN alone actually meant 'TO DRINK' (Including the 'TO') therefore I was a bi...

1 reply - Last post by Ken1 - July 2, 2007

spielen "to play" (Present)

spielen "to play" (Present) ich spiele I play du spielst you play er spielt he plays sie spielt she plays es spielt it plays wir spielen we play ihr spielt you play sie spielen they play

0 replies - Last post by (deleted) - June 28, 2007

spielen "to play" (Perfect)

spielen "to play" (Perfect) ich habe gespielt I played du hast gespielt you played er hat gespielt he played sie hat gespielt she played es hat gespielt it played wir haben gespielt we played ihr habt gespielt ...

0 replies - Last post by (deleted) - June 28, 2007

spielen "to play" (Future)

spielen "to play" (Future) ich werde spielen I will play du wirst spielen you will play er wird spielen he will play sie wird spielen she will play es wird spielen it will play wir werden spielen we will play ihr...

0 replies - Last post by (deleted) - June 28, 2007

tanzen "to dance" (Present)

tanzen "to dance" (Present) ich tanze I dance du tanzt you dance er tanzt he dances sie tanzt she dances es tanzt it dances wir tanzen we dance ihr tanzt you dance sie tanzen they dance