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Usages of der Anfang
am Anfang der Geschichte
at the beginning of the story
am + Dative
am Anfang
der Geschichte - of the story - Genitive
Am Anfang der Geschichte ist der kleine Mann unglücklich.
At the beginning of the story, the little man is unhappy.
Watch out for the word order! Whenever we start the sentence with a time expression the verb moves before the subject.
Er (1) ist (2) unglücklich.
Am Anfang ist (2) er (1) unglücklich.
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“How do German cases work?”
German has four grammatical cases: nominative (subject), accusative (direct object), dative (indirect object), and genitive (possession). The case determines the form of articles and adjectives. For example, "the dog" is "der Hund" as a subject but "den Hund" as a direct object.
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