Introduction |
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A simple guide to the parts of speech |
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1.1 Talking about what you do |
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1.1.1 What is the infinitive? |
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4 | (2) |
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1.1.2 What is the stem of a verb? |
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1.1.3 The `persons' of the verb |
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7 | (2) |
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1.1.4 Weak verbs (regular verbs) |
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9 | (2) |
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1.1.5 Strong verbs (irregular verbs) |
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11 | (2) |
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1.1.6 Auxiliary verbs: sein -- to be, haben -- to have |
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13 | (3) |
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1.2 Reflexive, separable and modal verbs |
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16 | (21) |
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17 | (5) |
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1.2.2 Separable and inseparable verbs |
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22 | (5) |
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27 | (8) |
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35 | (2) |
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1.3.1 Talking about yourself: ich |
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38 | (3) |
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1.3.2 Talking to someone younger or someone you know well: du |
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41 | (8) |
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1.3.3 Talking about someone or something else: er/sie/es |
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49 | (3) |
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1.3.4 Talking about yourself and someone else: wir |
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52 | (3) |
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1.3.5 Talking to someone else: Sie (you) |
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55 | (4) |
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1.3.6 Talking to someone else: ihr (you) |
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1.3.7 Talking to more than one person: Sie (you) |
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1.3.8 Talking about other people and things: sie (they) |
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1.3.9 Fast track: present tense |
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63 | (4) |
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67 | (25) |
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67 | (1) |
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1.4.2 Formation of the perfect tense |
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1.4.3 The auxiliary verbs: haben and sein |
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68 | (1) |
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1.4.4 Verbs with haben and sein |
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69 | (3) |
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1.4.5 Sentences with haben and sein |
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1.4.6 How to form the past participle |
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73 | (4) |
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1.4.7 The past participle of strong verbs |
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1.4.8 The past tense and word order |
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82 | (1) |
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1.4.9 Asking a question about the past |
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83 | (1) |
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1.4.10 The simple past tense/imperfect tense |
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84 | (1) |
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1.4.11 Formation of the simple past or imperfect tense |
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85 | (4) |
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1.4.12 The use of modal verbs in the past tense |
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89 | (2) |
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1.4.13 Fast track: past tense |
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91 | (1) |
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1.5 Negatives, interrogatives and imperatives |
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92 | (15) |
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1.5.1 Negatives: how to say what you do or don't want using nicht |
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92 | (3) |
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1.5.2 Negatives: with kein and keine, etc. |
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1.5.3 Interrogatives: asking questions |
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97 | (5) |
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1.5.4 Imperatives: giving orders, directions or instructions |
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102 | (3) |
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1.5.5 Fast track: negatives, interrogatives and imperatives |
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105 | (2) |
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1.6 The future tense and the conditional |
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107 | (9) |
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1.6.1 The future tense with werden |
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107 | (2) |
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1.6.2 Future tense using the present tense |
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109 | (2) |
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1.6.3 The conditional: I would -- Ich wurd/Ich hatte |
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111 | (1) |
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1.6.4 How to form the conditional |
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111 | (2) |
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1.6.5 Polite requests and useful phrases: hatte gerne |
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113 | (2) |
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1.6.6 Fast track: the future and conditional |
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115 | (1) |
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1.7 Useful expressions using verbs |
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116 | (30) |
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1.7.1 Special uses of haben |
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116 | (1) |
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1.7.2 There is/are: es gibt |
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117 | (1) |
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1.7.3 To know: wissen, kennen |
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118 | (2) |
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1.7.4 To like: mogen and gerne |
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120 | (1) |
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1.7.5 To rememher: sich erinnern |
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120 | (1) |
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1.7.6 To take: nehmen or bringen |
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121 | (1) |
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1.7.7 More negative expressions |
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122 | (1) |
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1.7.9 Fast track: useful expressions using verbs |
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124 | (2) |
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126 | (1) |
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1.8.1 Word order 1: Subject verb object using the present tense |
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126 | (1) |
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1.8.2 Word order 2: Subject verb object using the imperfect tense |
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127 | (1) |
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1.8.3 Word order 3: Subject verb object + second verb/past participle etc. |
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128 | (1) |
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1.8.4 Word order 4: Inverted word order: Time/manner/place, verb, subject, object |
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129 | (2) |
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1.8.5 Word order 5: Time, manner, place in longer sentences |
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131 | (1) |
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1.8.6 Word order 6: Co-ordinating conjunctions: and -- und, but -- aber |
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132 | (4) |
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1.8.7 Word order 7: Subordinating conjunctions: because -- well, that -- dass |
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136 | (4) |
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1.8.8 Word order 8: Talking about the past using subordinate clauses |
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140 | (2) |
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1.8.9 Word order 9: The position of the direct and indirect object |
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142 | (4) |
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146 | (11) |
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2.1.1 Nouns and der, die, das |
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147 | (1) |
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2.1.2 Some useful ways to tell whether a noun is masculine, feminine or neuter |
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148 | (3) |
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2.1.3 Different forms for the masculine and feminine |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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2.2.1 Nouns which add -s in the plural |
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153 | (1) |
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2.2.2 The plural of masculine nouns |
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153 | (1) |
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2.2.3 The plural of neuter nouns |
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154 | (1) |
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2.2.4 The plural of feminine nouns |
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155 | (1) |
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2.2.5 Nouns which remain the same in both the singular and plural |
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156 | (1) |
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2.3 Determiners and cases |
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157 | (8) |
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2.3.1 The: der, die, das and cases |
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160 | (1) |
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2.3.2 A: ein, eine, tin and cases |
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161 | (2) |
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2.3.3 Fern: Not a, not any, no and cases |
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163 | (2) |
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2.4 My, your, his, her, etc. |
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165 | (9) |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (2) |
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2.4.3 His: sein/seine/seinen and her: ihr fibre/ihren |
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169 | (1) |
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2.4.4 Our: unser/unsere/unseren |
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170 | (1) |
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2.4.5 Your: Ihr (polite form) |
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171 | (2) |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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174 | (2) |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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2.6 Fast track: nouns and determiners |
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176 | (3) |
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3.1 Ich, du, er, sie, es -- I, you, he, she, it: subject pronouns |
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179 | (5) |
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3.1.1 Ich -- I: the first person singular |
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180 | (1) |
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3.1.2 Du -- you: the second person singular |
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180 | (1) |
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3.1.3 Er/sie/es -- he/she/it: the third person singular |
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180 | (2) |
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3.1.4 Wir -- we: the first person plural |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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3.1.6 Sie -- you (polite form) |
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182 | (1) |
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3.1.7 Sie -- they: the third person plural |
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183 | (1) |
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3.2 Me, you, him, her, it, us, them |
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184 | (2) |
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3.2.1 Personal pronouns in the accusative (direct object) |
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185 | (1) |
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3.3 Mir -- to me, ihm -- to him, ihr -- to her |
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186 | (5) |
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3.3.1 Personal pronouns in the dative (indirect object) |
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187 | (2) |
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3.3.2 Verbs which are followed by the dative |
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189 | (1) |
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3.3.3 Word order of pronouns: direct + indirect |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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3.5 Pronouns and the imperative |
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192 | (2) |
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3.6 The one who, which, whose: relative pronouns |
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194 | (3) |
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3.6.1 Relative pronoun replacing the subject (nominative) |
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195 | (1) |
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3.6.2 Relative pronoun replacing the direct object (accusative) |
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196 | (1) |
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3.6.3 Relative pronoun replacing the indirect object (dative) |
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196 | (1) |
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3.6.4 Relative pronouns: deren and dessen (whose) |
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197 | (1) |
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3.7 Who? whom? -- Wer? wen? wem? wessen? |
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197 | (1) |
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3.8 Das ist meiner -- it's mine, it's yours |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (2) |
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4.1 What is an adjective? |
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201 | (10) |
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4.1.1 How to use adjectives |
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201 | (1) |
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4.1.2 Adjectives placed after the noun they are describing |
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202 | (1) |
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4.1.3 Adjectives which come in front of the noun |
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203 | (1) |
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4.1.4 Adjectives after der, die, das, die and dieser (this) |
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203 | (3) |
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4.1.5 Adjectives after the indirect article |
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206 | (3) |
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4.1.6 Adjectives describing a noun which has no article |
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209 | (2) |
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4.2 Big, bigger, biggest: the comparative and superlative |
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211 | (8) |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (4) |
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216 | (1) |
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4.2.4 Fast track: adjectives |
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217 | (2) |
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219 | (4) |
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5.1.1 Some more useful adverbs |
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220 | (1) |
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5.1.2 Structure of a sentence beginning with an adverb |
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221 | (2) |
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6.1 Recognising prepositions |
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223 | (1) |
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223 | (12) |
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6.2.1 Prepositions followed by the accusative case |
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224 | (3) |
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6.2.2 Prepositions followed by the dative |
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227 | (4) |
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6.2.3 Two-way prepositions |
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231 | (4) |
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6.3 Useful prepositional phrases |
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235 | (2) |
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6.3.1 Useful expressions to tell you where someone or something is in a building |
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235 | (1) |
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6.3.2 Saying where you live |
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235 | (1) |
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6.3.3 Expressions of time |
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236 | (1) |
Appendix 1 Common irregular verbs |
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237 | (5) |
Appendix 2 Pronunciation |
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242 | (4) |
Answers |
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