“The book” is the direct object in the sentence, which means it takes the accusative, which – confusingly – is also das Buch in German. READ ALSO: German grammar tips - The curious case of the ...

If dual-case prepositions describe movement from one place to another, they are followed by the accusative case. Otherwise, they take the dative. Ich stecke die Schuhe unter das Bett. – I put the ...

“From”, “at”, “since” or “around” – prepositions like these help us to locate things. They point us in the right direction – in time or place, for example. But it is not always as simple as it seems.

An animated clip about a struggling actor, grappling with German prepositions. A grumpy and demanding director teaches her about the accusative, dative, genitive and two-way prepositions, by giving ...

Scholars believe concerning the infinitive with subject-accusative in Latin (1) that it originated in the type iube hunc abire, with the accusative as object of the verb and the infinitive a dative of ...

“From”, “at”, “since” or “around” – prepositions like these help us to locate things. They point us in the right direction – in time or place, for example. But it is not always as simple as it seems.