Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

Warum sagt der Lehrer ‘meistens’?

Why German Grammar Is Always So Careful The strange habit of saying “usually” — even when something is almost always true In most language lessons, students […]

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• 07.08.2025 • 2 min read

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Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect Jul 21, 2025

There Is No Magic Answer — But There Is a Logic Behind German Endings

Author’s Column by Tymur LevitinLanguage. Identity. Meaning. Practice. Imagine this.A teacher explains a grammar rule. A student listens carefully, then asks:“Why is it like that?”And the […]

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