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Er “he”, sie “she”, es “it”

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All conjugate to ist.
Sie ist Ingenieurin. “she is (an) engineer”
Er ist Ingenieur. “he is (an) engineer”

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Wir “we”, and Sie “you” (formal)

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Conjugate to sind.
Wir sind in Frankreich. “We are in France.”
Sie sind sehr nett. “You are very nice.”

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“There is” and “there are” are both es gibt.

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“they are” (informal)

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conjugates to ihr seid

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an infinitive verb, the one that’s unchanged, and is what you want or would like to do, always goes to the end.

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“Sie wollen nach Paris fliegen” translates (literally) to, “You want to Paris to fly”

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im

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a contraction of “in” and “dem” meaning “in the”

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Zum

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contraction of zu (to) and dem (the)

it’s used for masc. or neuter nouns.

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Zur

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Contraction of zu (to) and der (the)

used for fem. nouns.

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Welche
Welcher
Welches

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All mean ‘which’

The word for ‘which’ changes based on gender.

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Welche Strassenbahn fahrt zum Konigsplatz? (fem.)
Welcher Bus fahrt zum Konigsplatz? (masc.)
Welches Taxi fahrt zum Konigsplatz? (neut.)

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