The accusative case has a nasty habit of tripping people up when they start learning German, and undermining any real sense of progress. It's easy to understand why. Imagine you’re just starting out ...

“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.

“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.