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itewnnars inte ara seth crear?
‘ul eps non eer ts SC
{Pine sth en ay, S08 pr en pen
‘nineen
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ral Name et. ry 8
‘sai wa fou are, grumbg peal and
saying paca asa pole were tay
am mae ret
Tanquage points: ar you, wee order 4
i go's ute
ashing peop how thea, sajng how
yur, sng whe oes nt counts
ral care rom
language pln: ergs "
to eet mn dx? how do you re nat?
aetig far o 10, spalig out ares
sd wor hing ow ad thar,
langusge pins es-racuerions. 24
srachn Sie Deus? do you speak German?
sinha nguaes you sea and
25h hors what hey spun, ing
‘nt ou ae working or tang.
ig wha tonality you 3,
language pints: oral nsirorel You 3
Inder latin oon
‘hing abut ple in oan aes,
cuntg fom 101 unsaras,
language pints: ence ard aries. 44
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asking people abou te ocapation nd
stan your, sd peo wat ey
sre staying aa were
tanguage pols the wer sla
andthe a os trun,
Essen unt Tinto os a nk
Ashrg he way and ordi oan.
tamgue pots: tesco case,
fontanas and ter cota, Cy
auton nd Bestellen stop ard aang
{akan bow ging stooping, aking or
sre ong prs, ereeg aan
Sakina reat, syng vat 00
ern an in
tanguage pots: are pla ems
nau an word rd: n
Frat esr
srg vo ool eae aang
bout sure purus and tte es
are es,
language pots: requir ve oer
tre srg gem, oy
ara ns i
tein tein and ting ato 3 rsne
language polis: sepanbe vers and rare
word ete 6
‘was mashon wl ete?
hat ae we dag 67?
‘aking sar: what her 0 dona
(nn, ekg apoio, saying tt
you Nod We todo an what you ave
to, an xpi hy you can so hinge an
te dt sugges.
language pols: mcd verbs Kan rd
sisson. us of nr acusig on peston. 106
ine Fire nat idler, tte
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ying ray tls ac etna tne
saying how you teal to wk, a rhe,
sc sing how to gt sonente
language polis: dats ate prapasions. 117
was hast du am Wechnende genet?
wat you oo tthe wkend?
tang ast wt happened the ween
a aba cet eves; esrb pasts,
language pol: theperiet ese ad
aca ergs va
Wisin ns rine gtsren
‘ne wat in th esos
re aout aan ens, aking anoit
past vrs
language pol moron taper tne, 140
Wohnen ie Dauachind sg in arog
‘aking about iloret kids of housing
‘ores ad obit raking comparisons
language pei: rara on te de ens
the corpartne oy
woletes Hata ehmen wit?
‘ahi ott a wo ak?
teaking 2 hate cn, mga dient
hot and escing ha eatin of aus.
lange pet: te spain ene moe
reposts. 106
Int Mode wick? ston important?
‘escing tens o prsonal appar ard
say oka ates you tha wer,
language points: ial dns nd
mas + aoc, m
‘kd was Kan man en senor?
whe gi ha?
invaons an aking att ping birgs
{opel and asking er aasce
language pons bets nd
vee ws of hdtv wa
1 Gesandhl eth
lsasing hath, ning pn of ne
ay nd ahs et pans.
language pelts oil vers and
swears aver stthoendotacause. 200
2 ‘Water und Ulu weiter and ays
ether snd nd pst ols
uage pint: son he pete
‘ant, potions ste es ese
of rol et, m
1" Taltoniron und sl Gesnnewat
!somaning anh snes word
aking a ansvering pane cal, an
ying what lens t anon,
Tanguage point: on of te
Pronouns ard uses of tegeie, 228,
2 Sl
Job apletions end cs
jo advertsnmans and wg ay
language pontoon he snp
past tne om
a oscicie und Algoneleveson
try ana genera! omeage
{aking abot Garman ote a
isa events
tanguzge pits: sbordte leas
(sith das arte passive 20
testing yourstt 258
eyo he excises n8
‘ey tome tens am
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‘so common son an mina varie ae
‘German-togih vocabulary 330
Engsh-Coranvoabaary a8
‘akg turer oo]
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Welcome to Teach Yourself German!
Is this the right course for you?
TF you aze an ad Jeamer with no previoue knowlege of
German and studying on your own, then cis isthe course for
you. Pechaps you ae ting up Geman agin afer a break eam
for you are intending t0 lean with the supaort of a case?
‘Again, you wll fn this couse very well suited to you purposes.
Developing your skills
The languaye introduced in this course js centred around
realsie everyday. situations, ‘The emphasi ie fist and
foremos on using German, but we also aim to give you an
idee" of how the Language works so that you can’ create
fentences of your awn,
The course covers all four ofthe basic skills ~ listening and
speaking reading and writing, If you are working on your
‘mn, the cecording wil be all the moze umporeang a ie wll
Provide yoo with re essential opportunity to listen o German
nd to speak ie within a contrelled framework, You should
therefore try co obtain @ copy of the recording if you haven't
slready go one.
The structure of this course
The course book contains 23 course units plus «reference
section at tue back of the book. There are alw two cassettes
(CDs which you sally do nced uo hve i you are going 0
etmacmum benefit fromthe coune.
uolonpouyui-s)
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The course units
The course units can be divided coughly into the follow
caters, although of couse there 4 cesin amount of
Sea foun one exter to aaa
Statement of aims
Ac the begining of each unit you will e fold whar vou can
fspect to learn, interme of a) what you oll Be able co do in
(German hy the end of the unit and bi the language: points that
ae being ineodeed.
Presentation of new language
“This usualy in the form of text materi, often supported by
iluseatons, oF of a dialogue. Most of the dialogs ate
‘on the audio Ean len printed inthe books Some
ssssance with vocabuliry is also given, The language le
sented in tanageable chunks, buding carefully om what yo
ave learned in eae uns,
Practice ofthe new language
Practice is graded, so that accoities which eecuise mainly
recognition come’ first. As you grow in confidence in
Pranipolating the language forms, you will be encouraged t0
produce Both in wating ad in speech,
Description of language forms and grammar
[nfoapation othe lone langues preted in ooo wy
iim digcabe “ites sichin the ody ofthe wrt (SPRACHINEO)
and ifn the grarimar secsion atthe end ofthe uit
Leaning the forms of the language will enable you ty construct
your own sentesexs corte. For thove who ae daunted by
ramunae, since is given i vaio ny,
Pronunciation and intonation
The best way to acquize good pronunciation and intnation
tw listen co native speakers and to cto imitate them. But most
‘peuple do not actually notice that cesein sounds in German are
Pronounced differently fru thes Haglih couerpatey wot
this ispoizred our to ther. For this reason we include specie
fadsce ithin the course unit,
Bi information on German-speaking countries:
“lere you wil find information ox various aspocs of life — from
the level of formality that is appropiate when you cat
‘rangers to how she health service works iyo shoul! all.
Vocabulary
‘To help you monitor your osin learning of vocabulary, much of
the new vocabulary ix preset wet nocurs AL the en ol the
ok there is alsa German-English and an Faglsh-German
reference vocabul
Monitoring your progress
‘You will of course want to monitor your own progress. We
provide addtional cxercics atthe end ofeach unit for You 0
‘heck whether yor have mastered she main posnts, We hve eo
Glsgnod a sel asicesment test after every fouth unit, 0 08
‘en check that you fel confident abcur the main vocabulary
tnd phrases, skills and lanzuage comnts before you move on
‘Theat ests start at page 263.
“The reference section
This contain
alse of Geran strong an mined verbs
Take tothe activites
{ tramerpts ofthe recordings
8 German Fnglish vocabelsry
+ an English-German yocabal
How to use this course
‘Male sure atthe beginning of exes course unit that you are
lear sbout what you can expect to lea,
‘ead any hackround information that i provided. Then exer
‘ead the ext matesial or heten a the dialogues on the recording
‘With the recording ty to get che ist of what is being sad bee
you look at the printed text in the book. Then tfer «0 th
Drinted text and tie Key wards and phrases inorder 0 dy th
flaloguss in more deta
Don’ fall int the crap af chinking you have “done tha’ when
you have listened tothe recording a couple of times ana worked
through the dialogues in the book, You may eecogaize whae you
Incr and read, but you alot cevanly sil have some way to
fg belore you can produce che language of the dialogsce
ocrectly and fluently. Thisis why we ecommend that you keep
Tistening to the recording a every opportunity ~ siting on che
train or bus, waiting athe dent's or stuck tha tafe jamin
the cas, using what svould otherwise be ‘dead” time. Ofcourse,
you must also be internalizing what you hear and making sense
ff ie jue playing it in the hackgeound without really paying
ftencon ts noe enought
Some ofthe reordings are listen nly exercises. The temptation
nay be to yo straight to the eanscrptions inthe back of the
Ion, bor try not to do this. The avhole point of hstening
exercises is 0 improve your isting skis. You will not do this
Up reading fis. The transcriptions ate there to help vou if you
pets
‘As you work your way through the exercises, check your answers
‘areal in te Sak ofthe book, leis sy to overlook your own
‘ieakes Ifyou have 2 study buddy i a good idea to check
tach ether’ mevers. Most ofthe exercises heve fixed answers,
but some ace 2 bit more open-ended, especially waen we a2
‘skin you co talk above yourelt We then in mom eset ive
yous model answer which yow can adap for your own porpoes.
‘We have tied to make che grammar explanations as user
friendly as possible, since we recognize that many people find
(rammar daunting. Burin he ed, (36 up 0 you just how much
{hme you spend on sndying and sorting out the grammar points
Some peopl find cha they can do better by geteing an ear for
what sounds night, others need co know in detail bow dhe
Tenguage s put together,
Aefove you move om 29 4 new uni always wake suse dha you
know all the now words and phases inthe cuerear uit. Trying
to recall the context in rhich words and phrases were used may
hap you lesa them betes Ate every fourth unt thece as
4 self assssment test co help You monitor your progres and 0
tmake sue that vou feel confident abmoe he main vocabulary
tnd language points covered. You will nd che tests on pages
BE73,
Langage lenesing is it hike running ~ you ned 0 do
‘opus force doy good! del, jo should finda study
Indy to work though the couse wt you, This way you wil
have someone to try oat you Genman om And when the eng
ets rough, you will have someone to civvy you on wl you
teach your get
Commonly use instcuctons in Teach Yourself Gerson
Hiren Sie aut Lesten
Lesen Sie Read.
Schreben Sie, Wr
Spielen Sie die Rolle von Play the role of.
German in the modern world
German is spoken as a fest language by approximately 110
tallon people who live maisly in Germany, Ania and
Switzerland But German i also spoken elsewiete—for instance
in Luxemburg, Liechtenscin, the South Tyrol zapion of aly and
in border sesions of elginm. German-speaking communis
fre also tobe found in Eastern Eurove, particularly in Romania,
ip North America leg the Pennsylvania Dutch} and in Southern
‘Apica (Namibia)
Afer English, German is the most widely spoken languoge
fwithin the Eccopean Union sad is an iasportaue faguage su
Bsines and commcre, particularly i Eastern Furope
Where can | find real German?
Don't expect tobe able to unertanl everything you bear oe read
straight aay. Ifyou watch German scenking progeammes on TY
Orbuy German magzaine, you should not get discouraged when
you realize how quckly native speakers speak and how must
Soeabulary there sil oe Teamed Jost conenteate om small
fetatt~ ether a videwlaudio ep os @ shor article und work
Uhrovgh it ll you have mastered ts In tis way, youl find
Gormars. sy not to let yoursel get cscouraged. Mastering a
ew language does take Ge and perseverance and sometimes
things ean seem pst roo diffi. shen yo come back to
ienother day and things will begin co make more sense again.
Acknowledgements
“The auchors and publishers would like co thank the following
for granting pecmission co reproduce material in this hook
AOKilundesvecband, BMW AG, MAN AG, Volkswagen AC.
ery efort has been made to ace and acknowledge ownesship
‘of copyright. The publishers willbe glad to. make suite
Arrangements with ny copyright holders hom it has not been
possible to contact
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In thi unit you wal esrn
how (© cay who you a and
Saying hello
G1 Ich heite ... 1 am called ...
Listen to how these people inroduce themselves,
uten Tag, babe,
Wego Krae
= Hat ten are,
Kiet stemschmat,
(Brora wenvere,
C “eterd Baumann. 2
erst
Did you notice the different wae they give theis names?
Ay Good aay
Uinartan atthe Coan esa aye ut dor see en
[Now have ago a giving your own sam in Germ,
Lerntipp: Tey saying the wa different sentences For giving your
name. You could also record your responses onto a Bani audio
cassette, Then write the sentences dows,
D2 Wie ist thr Name? What's your name?
Listen to the recording. What are the ewo ways of asking
someones name in German?
= Gaten Tag, Wi een Sie?
= eno Elsabetn Serurmache,
= Whe lttte Nare, bit?
= Main Name et Pat hates,
Und Sie? Wish Sis?
Ich ie Banca Schulz
= Gan Abed ie the Name, bite?
Mom Name it Deichane, Over Deena,
‘ote
Guten Abend.
We et Ir Name?
‘Whe belden Sie?
Bs Ein Unfall An accident
Listen to the recording and soe if you can answer the questions.
What is the name of the ist person?
Is ic Geretad Geuber Geida Gruber # Gest Huber?
Bb sthe mame of the secoud person
‘Maun Baumann / Markus Braun / Mastin Braun?
fe Isthe tied perso
Loris Schult Hors Schwarz / Moritz Schulz?
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Lemtipp: Hearing German spoken without seeing how its
| | arentsan be gue av. hur ye yout chase co
J | wndercand the sccording hy listening to several mes I you
really find you noed more help, then turn 40 the teanscripes on
§) seat
Greeting people
4 Guten Tagt Guten Morgen!
Good day! Good moming!
ore Seat und wisderolon Se! ten and repeat.
— a
) ton Moraent DC stent
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Cosanasn NC om ne ea)
> Oct —<
Useful expressions
Hallo, Hate Guten Abend. Good senna
‘Guten Morgen. Good maming. Gute Nacht Good nie
‘Guten Tag. Goco day. Aut Wiederashen. Goya,
ote thore fs ne German aqua or Goa steroon,
5 Guten Morgen, Herr Schneider!
Good morning, Mr Schneider!
‘Which greetings or farewells go with which pictur?
1 ~ Gate Nacht, Frau Nauman
= Ant Wiederschent 8
2. Au Wiedershn, Frau Hermann! i
= ‘Auf Wiederschen, Herr Schneider! :
3. Guten Abend, Frau Naumann! i
= Guten Abend ‘
® 4 = Guten Morgen, Here Schneider!
= Guten Morgen, Frau Hemmana!
G1 customs and trations le
Comer tonsa has met ad wen oy sy SB
reer hen
Toco ieee mated Hand
reenter ab ais ee teu wat
CSc es Ea tit tenes oar et ie
salons he Fen ple Sway
me
(D6 Grise im Radio und Fernsehen
Greetings on radio and TV
Horen Sie zal How many diferent greetings did you he
“What were they?
SSPRACHINEO: All nuns gin with a capital lee in German,
Gaten Abend,
Guten Tag. Guten Morse.
Gute Nacht. Mein Name it Claudia,
‘Woy i i Guten Tag bu Gute Nacht? This wil be Gea: with
bit acest
