When you’re learning a new language, the grammar is often the worst part – here you have to learn rules that are often completely different than in your native language ...
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In the German language there are six tenses: present (Präsens), present perfect (Perfekt), simple past or preterite (Präteritum), past perfect (Plusquamperfekt), future (Futur I), and future perfect (Futur II). In each tense, the verbs have to be conjugated (ich, du, er, ... – I, you, he, ...).
Here you can find information about modal verbs, reflexive verbs, separable and inseparable verbs, the passive voice, the imperative, and the subjunctive. The different tenses are explained in the section called "Tenses".
In German, nouns can be masculine, feminine, or neuter (for example der Löffel, die Gabel, das Messer – the spoon, the fork, the knife). They are generally used with an article and have to be declined.
Adverbs are unchanging words (for example hier, gestern, darum, sehr – here, yesterday, therefore, very), which we use to provide information about place, time, reason, or manner. Some adverbs can be comparative.