Learning German has many benefits for young people – and it’s not as hard as its reputation suggests
Learning German has many benefits for young people – and it’s not as hard as its reputation suggests
theconversation.com Learning German has many benefits for young people – and it’s not as hard as its reputation suggests
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Counterpoint: Three genders.
Many languages do, German is not special
And four cases.
Ukrainian has six, Croatian has seven, Hungarian has 727266278384982*10^100
Only on paper. In practice, the genitive is virtually extinct, much to the despair of a few grossly overrated zealots.
Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod.
Genitiv ins Wasser weil es Dativ ist.
Er wird tatsächlich oft durch den Dativ ersetzt, besonders umgangssprachlich, aber "fast ausgestorben" ist maßlos übertrieben.
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