German

How to Use This Book vii Introduction: German Sounds and Spelling 1 1 Greetings, Introductions, and Useful Expressions 11 Culture Notes 11 Dialoge (Dialogues) 12 Kommunikation (Communication) 13 Grammatik (Grammar) 16 1. Subject Pronoun 16 2. The Present Tense Form of Verbs 17 3. The Definite Articles: der, die, das 19 4. The Gender of Third-Person Pronouns 21 5. Using Adjectives and Adverbs 22 6. Present Tense of sein and haben 24 7. Verbs with Vowel Changes 25 Sprechen leicht gemacht 26 Wiederholung 27 Wortschatz 28 2 Numbers: Measurements, Currencies, Sizes, and Temperature Culture Notes 32 Dialoge 34 Kommunikation 35 Grammatik 38 1. A Few Rules about Basic Word Order 38 2. Formation of Noun Plurals 40 3. The Accusative Case 41 4. The Indefinite Article 41 5. The Accusative of Personal Pronouns 44 6. Prepositions Requiring the Accusative Case 45 7. Negation with nicht 46 8. The Function and Use of Adverbs 48 Sprechen leicht gemacht 50 Wiederholung 51 Wortschatz 52 3 Food, Restaurants, and Eating 54 Culture Notes 54 Dialoge 56 Kommunikation 57 Grammatik 64 1. Giving Orders the Polite Way 64 2. The Function of Modals (Modal Auxiliaries) 65 3. Möchten Means “Would Like” (An Expression You Will Need) 66 4. Ordinal Numbers 67 5. Asking Indirect Questions 71 6. The Conjugation of wissen (to know) 72 7. More about Word Order 74 8. Compound Nouns 78 Sprechen leicht gemacht 78 Wiederholung 80 Wortschatz 81 4 Lodging, Hotels, and Overnight Accommodations 85 Culture Notes 85 Dialoge 86 Kommunikation 88 Grammatik 89 1. The Dative Case 89 2. Dative Ending for a Few Masculine Nouns in the Singular 90 3. Dative Endings for Nouns in the Plural 91 4. Dative Prepositions 92 5. The Dative Case of Personal Pronouns 92 6. Verbs That Require the Dative Case 93 7. Separable-Prefix Verbs 96 8. Word Order of Direct and Indirect Objects 98 9. Two-Way Prepositions 101 Sprechen leicht gemacht 103 Wiederholung 105 Wortschatz 106 5 Telling Time 108 Culture Notes 108 Dialoge 109 Kommunikation 112 Grammatik: Present Perfect Tense—an Overview 113 1. Regular (Weak) Verbs 114 2. Irregular (Strong) Verbs 114 3. Separable-Prefix Verbs 115 4. Inseparable-Prefix Verbs 116 5. Irregular Verbs Using haben as Auxiliary Verb 117 6. Regular Verbs Using sein as Auxiliary Verb 117 7. Irregular Verbs Using sein as Auxiliary Verb 118 8. Mixed Verbs 118 9. The Genitive Case 120 Sprechen leicht gemacht 121 Wiederholung 124 Wortschatz 125 6 Health Care 128 Culture Notes 128 Dialoge 129 Kommunikation 131 Grammatik 133 1. The Simple Past Tense 133 2. Reflexive Pronouns 138 3. The Use of als, wenn, wann 141 Sprechen leicht gemacht 142 Wiederholung 143 Wortschatz 144 7 Television and Radio 146 Culture Notes 146 Dialoge 146 Kommunikation 148 Grammatik 150 1. Possessive Adjectives (Pronouns) 150 2. The der words 152 3. Adjectives Used as Predicate Adjectives 152 4. Adjectival Endings 153 5. Adjectives Used as Nouns 157 6. Indefinite Adjectives 158 Sprechen leicht gemacht 159 Wiederholung 161 Wortschatz 161 8 Sports, Physical Education, and Recreation 163 Culture Notes 163 Dialoge 164 Kommunikation 165 Grammatik 166 1. The Comparative of Adjectives and Adverbs 166 2. The Subjunctive Mood 170 3. The Past Subjunctive 176 Sprechen leicht gemacht 178 Wiederholung 180 Wortschatz 182 9 Communication: Telephone, Post Office, Newspapers, Train Station, and Airport 184 Culture Notes 184 Dialoge 185 Kommunikation 188 Grammatik 188 1. Relative Pronouns 188 2. German Word Order in Main Clauses 195 3. German Word Order in Dependent Clauses 198 Sprechen leicht gemacht 198 Wiederholung 200 Wortschatz 201 10 Selbstbiographisches 204 Dialoge 204 Kommunikation 207 Grammatik 211 1. The Future Tense 211 2. The Passive Voice 212 3. Man as a Substitute for the Passive 215 Wiederholung 220 Wortschatz 221 Answers for Activities, Exercises, and Reviews 224 Reference Grammar 248 Wortschatz: Deutsch-Englisch 254 English-German Vocabulary 271 Index 278