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!

  • Jorn@lemm.ee
    2·
    15 hours ago

    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

    • Lazycog@sopuli.xyzOPM
      2·
      15 hours ago

      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.