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Adverbs
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...modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
German adverbs used in the positive or comparative form never take an ending. NB: adverbs generally follow the main verb and precede direct-object nouns. |
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Verbs with separable prefixes
(NB: sometimes located in the final position) |
ab/(kommen, z.B), to come away, deviate
an/..., to arrive auf/..., to come up aus/..., to get along (with), agree, get by ein/..., to come in her/..., to come from, originate hin/..., to come to mit/..., to accompany nach/..., to follow um/..., to perish, die vor/..., to return zurück/..., to come together zusammen/ |
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Verbs with inseparable prefixes
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be(kommen, z.B.), to receive
ent..., to escape ver..., to decay, to come down in the world The most common prefexis are be-, emp-, ent-, ge-, miss-, ver-, and zer-. In the perfect tenses these verbs do not take the participial prefix ge-. |
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Indicators for recognizing singular nouns
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(1) when preceded by das, des, or dem
(2) when preceded by ein- words without endings or with the endings -es, or -em (3) subject noun, if verb does not have -en ending (4) feminine nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ie, -ik, -in, -ion, -tät, -ei (plural forms ending in -en) |
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Indicators for recognizing plural nouns
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(1) die without obviously masculine noun, z.B., die Männer
(2) die plus noun ending in -en (3) die plus adjective ending in -en (4) subject noun, if verb ends in -en, -n, or is sind (5) frequently, noun without article (check context) (6) frequently, noun with unpreceded adjective ending in -e |
