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[PERSONAL PRONOUNS IN ACCUSATIVE]

mich, dich, ihn/es/sie, uns, euch, sie, Sie

hard not typing dick

[ACCUSATIVE PREPOSITIONS] = prepositions that put their objects in the accusative case, not the ablative

my brain is so broken rn im so tired fgofgofgg dsfgituhwqtjkwtn fgiwe rksajg afgidfg ok its out of my system

here are the accusative prepositions: durch, für, gegen, ohne, um

some of them form contractions with das: durchs, fürs, ums

"for it" = dafür
"against it" = dagegen

how the fuck do you pronounce höher

its gotta be like... "hwuhhhh"

hmmm comparatives

my book is on the floor but fuck it i think i remember

all comparatives are just the adjective + -er, regardless of length, angel baby language

"als" = than

blah blah interessanter als blah blah

incidentally, interessant and intelligent are two german words im like completely baffled on how to pronounce

im a crack shot at picking up cadence patterns but these guys are eluding me

i think its because theyre weirdass french words

i could uh look it up but

i think its interAYsant... intelligent i honestly have no idea

intellEEgent?

thats the only thing that seems right

uh anyway

single syllable adjectives with the vowels a, u, o usually get changed to ä, ü, ö in the comparative

warm > wärmer

there are four irregular comparatives

gut > besser; hoch > höher; viel > mehr; gern > lieber

the word for wedding is "hochzeit" and it literally means "high time"

as always, adjectives that end in -el or -er drop the -e- in the comparative

dunkel > dunkler

adjectives in the comparative before nouns take endings!

as always, remember to repeat the ending even if the noun is not repeated

Wer hat das größere Zimmer, Laura oder Maria?

Laura hat ein kleines Zimmer und möchte ein größeres.

[SUPERLATIVES]

two forms, depending on whether it precedes a noun or not

1. stick the adjective here: am ___sten

am schnellsten

Maria spricht schnell, Anna spricht schneller als Maria, aber Tine spricht am schnellsten.

if the adjective ends with -t, -d, -s/ß, -vowel: add -e- before the -st

am heißesten, am neuesten

umlaut single-syllables just like the comparative

am wärmsten

am i ever going to get good at umlauting on a keyboard... i always pause and fumble for like 4 seconds

irregular superlatives: gut/besser/am besten; viel/mehr/am meisten; groß/größer/am größten; gern/lieber/am liebsten; hoch höher/am höchsten; nah/näher/am nächsten

2. before a noun don't use am ___sten

use -(e)st + adjective ending

David hat jetzt das neueste Notebook

i think/hope/whatever + dass = introduces an object clause

just a dependent clause, verb at the end

german seems to stick a comma before the "dass"

Ich hoffe, dass ihr immer schönes Wetter habt.

information questions following "do you happen to know" (etc) become object clauses

same with yes/no questions, but you gotta add "ob" (whether)

[SIMPLE PAST TENSE]

sein: ich war, du warst, er war, wir waren, ihr wart, sie/Sie waren

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haben: ich hatte, du hattest, er hatte, wir hatten, ihr hattet, sie/Sie hatten

modals: add past tense marker -t- to stem & then proceed with personal ending. also drop the umlaut

and mögen > mochten

ich durfte, ich sollte, ich musste, ich wollte, ich mochte, ich konnte

ich konnte, du konntest, er konnte, wir konnten, irh konntet, sie/Sie konnten