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Can I say " Ich bin erst 18" ? What is the difference between NUR and ERST?

Flavouring particles…. or modal particles! Yihaa! ;-)Very difficult to translate and difficult to use for a foreigner. They submit subjective or  informal information."Ich bin erst 18!" You will say this if somebody offers you to drink alcohol and you are  legally not allowed to and you want to follow the rules strictly (LOL). Meaning… hey dude… I'm too young for your proposal or assumption. "Ich bin nur 18!" You would not use "nur" in this context. It sounds weird…. right, but weird."Er wurde nur 18!" Here you say "nur" to express that somebody should have got older but he died far too young.

What is the simplest explanation for the difference between nominative, accusative, dative and genitive articles?

Nominative: Subject case. The thing performing the action. Marked below in bold.Accusative: Direct object case. The thing being acted upon by the action. Marked below in italics.Dative: Indirect object case. The thing receiving the action. Marked below in bold italics.Genitive: Posessive case. Marked below with ALL CAPS.Consider these nouns, all masculine (der in nominative): Der Junge (the boy)Der Knochen (the bone)Der Hund (the dog)Der Nachbar (the neighbor)Consider this sentence:Der Junge gab dem Hund DES NACHBARN einen Knochen (The boy gave the NEIGHBOR’S dog a bone)Because of these inflections, German is able to reverse word order while maintaining the same meaning, but creating subtle changes in emphasis:Dem Hund DES NACHBARN gab der Junge einen KnochenEinen Knochen gab der Junge dem Hund DES NACHBARNIn each case, the noun that comes first gets added emphasis. This sort of highly flexible sentence structure is virtually impossible in modern English without resorting to prepositions or other constructions.There are other ways case is affected, particularly by prepositions. The dative prepositions always cause nouns that directly follow to be dative:Aus, außer, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu, gegenüberThe accusative prepositions always cause nouns that directly follow to be accusative:Bis, durch, entlang, für, gegen, ohne, umFinally, these flexible prepositions can be either dative (if static) or accusative (if implying motion or change) depending on the situation:An, auf, hinter, in, neben, über, unter, vor, zwischenIn dem Zimmer is dative and therefore means in the room, whereas in das Zimmer is accusative and thus means into the room.For example:Sie warf den Ball in dem Zimmer. (“She threw the ball in the room.” Both she and the ball remain inside the room.)Sie warf den Ball in das Zimmer. (“She threw the ball into the room.” The sentence implies she stood outside the room and threw a ball into it. Because there is motion, we use accusative instead of dative.)Er fuhr den Wagen in der Stadt. (“He drove the car in the city.” In other words, he and the car remain inside the city.)Er fuhr den Wagen in die Stadt. (“He drove the car into the city.” He was outside the city, then entered it with the car.)There is more to it than that, but that’s it in a nutshell.EDIT: Quora seems to have nuked my underlined text. Changed it to all caps.

What are some tips and tricks to help remember the rules of German grammar?

Here are some more tips and tricks to help remember the rules of German grammar:I. As for prepositions, there are 2 useful tricks:Remember the accusative prepositions with FUDGO (sound like “foot→go”): für, um, durch, gegen, ohne.Remember the dative prepositions with the melody of the song “Brother Jacob”: aus, bei, mit, nach (2x) seit, von, zu (2x), immer mit dem Dativ (2x), gegenüber auch (2x).(Read more about this topic in my post How to Memorize the German Prepositions With Accusative or Dative.)II. Conjunctions: Remember the coordinating conjunctions with USADO (Spanish for “used”): und, sondern, aber, denn, oder.III. Verb position: Remember the position of the verb in the main sentence with the V sign with a hand:The “V”, obviously, means “Verb” and the amount of fingers doing the V sign is 2, meaning the “V(erb)” must always be in position “2”.(Read more about this topic in my post Sentence Construction in German: the Predicate (Verb) - German Takeaways.)IV. Declension: The most important endings are the final letters of the strong declension (“strong” means there are lots of different endings for every gender and case). You can memorize them with these “words”:Nominative: reseAccusative: neseDative: mrmn (add “e”s inbetween for easier pronunciation)Genitive: srsr (add “e”s inbetween for easier pronunciation)(Read more about this topic in my post Simplifying the German Declension II - German Takeaways.)V. Article: The masculine and feminine article by themselves give you already a hint for the nouns.The masculine “der” is for nouns that end in -er (many exceptions though),the feminine “die” is for nouns in -e (except for male beings).(Read more about this topic in my post What German Article Must I Use? (Part I) - German Takeaways.)

What's the best way to learn German?

I would like to share something which I did and that really helped me to get the grip on language.I came to Germany in September 2016 and begin to learn German immediately. The initial approach was to learn useful words and Grammar to structure a sentence.I learnt the German word order in different sentences and practiced to structure the sentences carefully in my head before speaking.However, that was not enough to speak impressively. I realized that there were gaps in my learning. I realized that sometimes I speak grammatically correct but still it is not how Germans speak.One day I was talking to a German and I introduced myself saying “Ich bin eine Studentin”. But he simply said “Ich bin student”. That made me think about it for long that why he didn´t use any article.I came home and googled for this simple sentence. And I found this:You see Google translates it with an article exactly how I did it. But it suggests down there that the phrase is actually without any article.I read more about it and got to learn that in German language, article is not required before your profession or nationality.For instance:Ich bin ÄrztinIch bin AmerikanerinSo here is the thing - Never study just the words and articles, but also the phrases.Learning phrases will help you to become a proficient German speaker in less time.