Демистифицированный немецкий (German demystified)

497 Pages·2007·2.59 MB·English

by  Ed Swick

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CONTENTS
Acknowledgment xi
Introduction xiii
PART ONE GETTING STARTED
CHAPTER 1 German Pronunciation 3
German Alphabet 3
Special Characters 6
Consonant Combinations 7
Vowel Combinations 9
Some Special Pronunciation Rules 10
German Cognates 12
QUIZ 13
CHAPTER 2 People and Names 15
German Names 15
People 19
Defi nite Articles 20
Conjugation of German Verbs 22
Places 24
Greetings 26
QUIZ 30
CHAPTER 3 Asking Questions 33
Asking Questions with Wer 34
Indefi nite Articles 34
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Possessive Adjective Mein 34
Yes or No Questions 35
Using Oder for Differentiation 38
Asking Questions with Was 39
Asking Questions with Wo 40
Possessive Adjective Ihr 43
About the German-Speaking World 44
QUIZ 47
CHAPTER 4 Describing People and Things 51
Using the Verb Sein 51
Pronouns 52
Using the Verb Heißen 55
Some Useful Adjectives 57
Asking Questions with Wann and Warum 60
Asking Wie geht’s? 63
Cardinal Numbers One to Ten 64
QUIZ 66
CHAPTER 5 Indicating Possession 69
Using the Verb Haben 69
Defi nite Article Die 71
Possessive Adjectives Dein and Euer 73
Using Kein 77
Household Objects 79
QUIZ 80
PART ONE TEST 83
PART TWO USING VERBS
CHAPTER 6 Actions in the Present Tense 89
Using the Verb Werden 89
Pronoun Es 92
Present Tense 93
Cardinal Numbers Eleven to Twenty 99
QUIZ 100
Contents vii
CHAPTER 7 Irregularities in Present Tense Verbs 103
Present Tense Verb Irregularities 103
Inseparable Verb Prefi xes 106
Colors 109
Common/Professional Titles 111
QUIZ 114
CHAPTER 8 Talking About Location 117
Using the Verb Kommen 118
Telling Time 121
Using the Verbs Gehen and Fahren 122
Using the Verbs Wohnen and Leben 123
Word Order 124
Some Coordinating Conjunctions 125
Using the Verbs Wissen and Kennen 126
Infi nitives Ending in -ieren 127
Separable Verb Prefi xes 128
Accusative Case 130
Accusative Pronouns 133
QUIZ 135
CHAPTER 9 Talking About the Past 137
Possessive Adjectives 137
Regular Past Tense 140
Irregular Past Tense 142
Accusative Case Prepositions 147
Plurals 150
QUIZ 153
CHAPTER 10 Time and Calendar 157
More Irregular Verbs in the Present and Past Tenses 158
Dative Case 160
Dative Pronouns 162
More About Word Order 164
Cardinal Numbers Twenty and Above 165
More About Telling Time 166
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Ordinal Numbers 168
Days and Months 168
Sports and Hobbies 171
QUIZ 173
PART TWO TEST 177
PART THREE LOTS MORE ABOUT VERBS
CHAPTER 11 More Talking About the Past 187
Present Perfect Tense 187
Present Participles 193
Verbs That Take the Dative 194
Prepositions That Take the Dative 196
Geography 199
QUIZ 201
CHAPTER 12 Important Details 205
Present Perfect Tense with Sein 205
A Special Use of Vor 209
Expressing Hunger and Thirst with Haben 211
Accusative-Dative Prepositions 211
Other Verb Prefi xes 216
Subordinating Conjunctions 217
Food and Beverages 219
QUIZ 220
CHAPTER 13 Talking About the Future 223
Future Tense 223
Negatives 226
Adverbs of Time, Manner, and Place 226
Genitive Case 228
Past Perfect Tense 232
Accusative Refl exive Pronouns 233
More Subordinating Conjunctions 237
Things Around the City 238
QUIZ 239