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whenever the article "der" follows a preposition...
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it will be feminine dative 95% of the time because
1. a noun following a prep cannot be nom. 2. der cannot be accusative 3. preps taking the gen. occur only 5% of the time |
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whenever the article den follows a preposition, and the noun has an -n ending...
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it will be plural 80% of the time because
1. den can be either masc. acc. or dat. pl., and few masc. nouns end in -en 2. -n is the dat. pl. ending for most nouns |
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sometimes the preposition following the verb will completely dictate the...
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translation of the verb
example: halten - to stop halten für - to consider |
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In dual case (acc/dat) prepositions
the case that the preposition takes is determined by whether the subject/object... |
cross a border or not
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In dual case (acc/dat) prepositions
If the subject/object crosses a border, the preposition will take... |
the accusative case
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In dual case (acc/dat) prepositions
If the subject/object does not cross a border, the preposition will take... |
the dative case
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In dual case (acc/dat) prepositions
when the preposition follows verbs of mental activity, the object will generally take... |
the accusative case
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