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German grammar in use: The conjugation of the verb “gehen” Posted by on Aug 25, 2014

The German verb gehen has got several English translations. First of all, it means to go, to walk, to leave, and to attend. But gehen is also used in German to say that something works or is feasible. Let’s have a closer look, which meanings gehen can have in the German tenses.   Präsens –…

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The English verb “to go to” and its German equivalents – part 2 Posted by on Feb 29, 2012

In my last post I began to tell about the three possible German translations of English “to go (to)”. Remember that “to go” can be translated as fahren (to drive), fliegen (to fly), and, of course, as gehen (to go). You have to use these three verbs with the German preposition “zu” when you want…

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The English verb “to go to” and its German equivalents – part 1 Posted by on Feb 28, 2012

The English verb phrase “to go to” is a real all-rounder when it comes to tell someone that you are going to a particular destination. You can say that you are going to a friend, to a another city or foreign country, but your interlocutor still does not know how you will get and whether…

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