Wanted to ask for some tips since I’m really struggling with this trying to learn German.
I know there are certain ways to guess the gender (e.g. -er endings are usually masculine, -ung feminine and loan words neutral) but often times I’m just butchering the whole sentence by not knowing the correct articles.
Let me demonstrate my frustration: in many cultures the moon is considered “feminine”, but in German it has masculine article!
Bitte, hüfe!
Definitely learn the articles along with the word. The lack of this in certain learning apps like Duolingo is a major shortcoming.
Also related, I would recommend memorizing verbs with their prepositions. Bitten um, Denken an, Sich freuen auf/über
The learning of prepositions with verbs is another good tip, thanks!
I agree - duolingo used to have article training but has recently started omitting them… This makes it so much harder to learn if you just rely on an app.
I just learn them as part of the word itself. I’m learning via natural comprehension, so it just gives me a “feeling” when it’s not right.
So instead of learning a noun by itself you “attach” the article to the word? E.g. instead of Sonne you’d memorize DieSonne?
Also would like to ask for tips on learning via natural comprehension! Been wondering whether listening to audio-only instead of watching videos helps with this?
