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Chapter 1 The Sounds of German: A Key to German Pronunciation |
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1 | (13) |
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1 | (1) |
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Avoiding Misunderstandings |
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2 | (1) |
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Same Letters, Different Pronunciations |
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2 | (1) |
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2 | (2) |
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Long vowels versus short vowels |
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4 | (1) |
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4 | (3) |
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Similarities. Differences |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (1) |
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8 | (6) |
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Single consonants and double consonants. Consonant clusters and groups of consonants |
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Chapter 2 Nouns and Articles |
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14 | (41) |
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14 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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Gender Identification by Noun Groups |
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14 | (4) |
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Nouns referring to people. Masculine nouns. Feminine nouns. Neuter nouns |
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Gender Identification by Word Endings |
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18 | (4) |
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Masculine endings. Feminine endings. Neuter endings |
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Words with Different Meanings in Masculine, Feminine, and Neuter Forms |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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Formation. Gender of compound nouns |
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Nouns Used Only in the Singular |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (8) |
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Group I. Group II. Group III. Group IV. Group V. Irregular plural nouns |
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33 | (17) |
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Nominative case. Accusative case. Dative case. Genitive case |
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Review of Case Endings for the "der" Words (der, dieser, jeder, jener, mancher, soldier, welcher) |
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50 | (1) |
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Review of Case Endings for the "ein" Words (ein, kein, mein, dein, sein, ihr, u riser, euer, Ihr) |
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51 | (1) |
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Special Uses of the Definite Article |
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51 | (2) |
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Omission of the Indefinite or Definite Article |
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53 | (2) |
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55 | (16) |
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Prepositions Governing the Accusative Case |
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55 | (3) |
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Contractions of prepositions governing the accusative |
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Prepositions Governing the Dative Case |
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58 | (2) |
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Contractions of prepositions governing the dative |
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Prepositions Governing Either the Accusative or the Dative Case |
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60 | (7) |
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Contractions of the two-way prepositions. Combinations with verbs of direction. Combinations with verbs of location. Da-compounds with accusative and dative prepositions. Wo-compounds with accusative and dative prepositions |
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Prepositions Governing the Genitive Case |
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67 | (1) |
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Word Order in Prepositional Phrases |
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68 | (3) |
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71 | (21) |
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71 | (8) |
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Nominative case. Accusative case. Dative case. Position of pronoun objects. Pronouns in idiomatic verb + preposition combinations (phrasal verbs). Da-compounds |
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79 | (2) |
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Accusative case. Dative case. Position |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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83 | (2) |
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85 | (7) |
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Nominative case. Accusative case. Dative case. Genitive case. Indefinite relative pronouns. Wo-compounds in relative clauses |
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Chapter 5 Adjectives and Adverbs |
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92 | (40) |
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92 | (1) |
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Der, das, die. Dieser, dieses, diese |
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93 | (22) |
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Predicate adjectives. Attributive adjectives preceded by the definite article or other "der" words. Attributive adjectives preceded by the indefinite article or other "ein" words. Attributive adjectives not preceded by "der" or "ein" words (unpreceded) |
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Adjectival Constructions: Adjectives Derived from Verbs |
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115 | (1) |
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Present participles used as adjectives. Past participles used as adjectives |
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116 | (2) |
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Neuter adjectives used as nouns (following etwas, nichts, viel, wenig) |
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118 | (2) |
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Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs |
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120 | (7) |
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Vowel change in monosyllabic adjectives. Irregular adjectives. Types of comparison of adjectives and adverbs |
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127 | (5) |
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Adverbs referring to time. Adverbs referring to manner. Adverbs referring to place. Position of adverbs. Idiomatic use of adverbs |
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Chapter 6 Numbers, Dates, Time |
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132 | (12) |
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132 | (3) |
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Cardinal numbers. Numbers over 1,000,000. Measurements, prices, and other decimal fractions. Ordinal numbers. Fractions |
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135 | (3) |
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Days of the week. Months. Seasons. Days of the month and year. Dating a letter. Reversal of numbers in dates |
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138 | (6) |
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Conversational German. Official time. The use of um Uhr. Periods of the day. Customary action. Other adverbs of time. Time expressions in the accusative case. Time expressions in the dative case. Time expressions in the genitive case |
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144 | (88) |
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144 | (1) |
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Transitive and intransitive verbs. Personal endings. Forms of address: formal versus informal. Verb tenses. Strong verbs and weak verbs |
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145 | (10) |
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Weak and strong verbs. Irregular verbs. Special use of the present tense |
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155 | (10) |
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Weak verbs. Strong verbs. Auxiliary verbs sein, haben, werden. Usage notes on the simple past tense |
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165 | (10) |
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Formation of the past participle. Regular weak verbs. Irregular weak verbs. Intransitive verbs. Strong verbs. Auxiliary verbs sein, haben, werden |
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175 | (2) |
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Weak and strong verbs. Use of the past perfect tense |
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177 | (1) |
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Forming the future tense of weak and strong verbs. Use of the future tense |
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178 | (1) |
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Weak and strong verbs. Use of the future perfect tense |
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Verbs with Inseparable Prefixes |
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179 | (1) |
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Verbs with Separable Prefixes |
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180 | (4) |
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Word order with separable prefix verbs. Separable prefix verbs in dependent clauses |
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184 | (2) |
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Accusative and dative cases for direct and indirect objects. Verbs that take the dative case. Prepositional objects |
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186 | (6) |
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Reflexive verbs governing the accusative case. Reflexive verbs with separable prefixes. Reflexive imperative forms. Reflexive versus nonreflexive use of verbs. Reflexive verbs governing the dative case |
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192 | (6) |
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Present tense of the modal auxiliary verbs. Simple past tense of the modal auxiliary verbs. Compound tenses---Present perfect and past perfect |
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198 | (4) |
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Simple tenses---present and past. Compound tenses---present perfect and past perfect. Future tense using dependent infinitives. Double infinitives in dependent clauses. Infinitives preceded by zu. Separable prefix verbs in infinitive phrases |
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Verbs as Other Parts of Speech |
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202 | (2) |
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Infinitives used as nouns. Present participles used as adjectives and adverbs. Past participles used as adjectives and adverbs. Participles used as nouns |
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204 | (4) |
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Weak and strong verbs. Formal commands (singular and plural) Familiar commands. Irregular imperative forms. First-person command. Impersonal imperative |
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208 | (1) |
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Tense. Use of the conditional |
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The Indicative Compared with the Subjunctive |
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209 | (15) |
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Subjunctive forms in German. Subjunctive II---Present-time. Subjunctive II---Compound forms to indicate past time. Use of Subjunctive I |
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224 | (5) |
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Present tense passive. Past tense passive. Compound tenses. Substitute for the passive. Passive versus false (or apparent) passive |
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Choosing the Correct Verb |
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229 | (3) |
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Kennen, wissen, ktinnen. Liegen, sitzen, stehen. Legen, setzen, stellen. Lassen |
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Chapter 8 Negative Words and Constructions |
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232 | (7) |
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232 | (3) |
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Nicht in final position. Nicht preceding certain other elements in the sentence. Nicht in dependent clauses. Nicht with sondern Nicht with interrogative |
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Answering Affirmative and Negative Questions (ja, doch) |
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235 | (1) |
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The Negative Form of brauchen |
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236 | (1) |
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Other Negative Words and Phrases |
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236 | (3) |
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The negative article kein-. The pronouns nichts, niemand |
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Chapter 9 Interrogative Words and Constructions |
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239 | (7) |
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239 | (2) |
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Formation of questions by inversion. Simple tenses. Compound tenses and dependent infinitives. Use of doch in answer to negative questions |
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241 | (5) |
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Interrogative adverbs and adverbial expressions. Interrogative pronouns. Interrogative adjectives |
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Chapter 10 Word Order and Conjunctions |
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246 | (16) |
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246 | (5) |
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Statements. Questions. Commands. Exclamations |
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Coordinating Conjunctions |
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251 | (2) |
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Subordinating Conjunctions |
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253 | (3) |
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Words Functioning as Subordinating Conjunctions |
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256 | (2) |
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Relative pronouns and interrogatives as Subordinating Conjunctions. Haben or werden with the double infinitive. Conditional sentences. Main clauses following dependent clauses |
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258 | (2) |
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260 | (2) |
| Answers to Exercises |
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262 | (35) |
| Verb Chart |
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297 | (2) |
| Glossary |
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299 | (13) |
| Index |
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312 | (4) |
| Companion Audio Recording |
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