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German, Part 5: The Genitive Case and Subjunctive Mood
Summary
Explore how to use the genitive case and subjunctive mood correctly in German, with related prepositions and verbs.
In this fifth course in the series, James Pfrehm—an Associate Professor of German and Linguistics at Ithaca College—dives into two topics you must understand for German fluency: the genitive case and subjunctive mood. So far, you have studied prepositions that always take the dative case (bei, mit, von, etc.) or the accusative (durch, bis, für, etc.). Now, look at those that can take either case, depending on the context. These “two-way” prepositions include an, auf, and in. Study the verbs that often accompany them, expressing either location (and, therefore, dative) or a placement or destination (hence accusative). This course was created by The Great Courses. We are pleased to host this training in our library.