Ugh, why are there so mamy cases in German, first you have the masculine, feminine, neuter (and with the cases for the words "die", "der", and "das"), the plural. Then you have them in the genitive, normative, accusative, and dative forms. All for what would be the same word in English.

I like the German language, that's why I'm learning it, but boy does it really make me want to hang my head against a wall trying to learn it.