A Practical Review of German Grammar,9780139381430

A Practical Review of German Grammar

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780139381430
ISBN10: 0139381430
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-07-09
Publisher(s): Pearson
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Summary

Based on an empirical approach, this popular German grammar review is arranged as a flexible classroom book or reference grammar. Concepts are explained in step-by-step fashion. The book is designed to enhance comprehension. Exercises now include more contextualized practice of grammer points and are more consistent in length. It also includes an Appendix which covers information on German spelling reforms. Features exercises that are in natural German, frequently in conversational form. Providesquick-reference footnotes for words presumed to be unknown. For anyone interested in the German language.

Table of Contents

Preface xv
Preliminary Remarks About German Word Order
1(12)
Word Order in Statements
1(4)
Subject --- Inflected Verb
1(1)
Inverted Word Order: Element X---Inflected Verb---Subject
1(2)
Dependent Word Order: Inflected Verb Stands Last
3(2)
Word Order in Questions
5(4)
Direct Questions
5(1)
Indirect Questions
6(2)
Summary
8(1)
The Position of nicht
9(3)
Normally Accented Negation
9(1)
Strong Negation of a Particular Element
10(1)
Using oder and oder nicht
11(1)
Themen und Vokabular
12(1)
Verbs in the Present Tense; The Imperative
13(25)
Verbs in the Present Tense
13(11)
Basic Forms of the Present Tense
13(3)
Verbs with Stems Ending in -d, -t, or Consonant Clusters
16(1)
Verbs with Stems Ending in -s, -ss, -β, -tz, or -z
17(1)
Verbs with Stem Vowel Changes
18(1)
Irregular Conjugation of haben, sein, werden, and wissen
19(2)
Uses of the Present Tense
21(3)
Verbs with Prefixes
24(7)
Verbs with Inseparable Prefixes
24(1)
Verbs with Separable Prefixes
25(1)
Use of Verbs with Separable Prefixes in Main Clauses
26(1)
Verbs with Separable Prefixes in Dependent Clauses
27(1)
The Use of her and hin as Separable Prefixes
28(2)
Prefixes That Are Used Separably and Inseparably
30(1)
The Imperative
31(6)
Basic Pattern of the Imperative
32(1)
The German Equivalent of the English Let's...
33(1)
Variations and Irregularities in Imperative Forms
34(2)
Using Infinitives
36(1)
Themen und Vokabular
37(1)
Verbs in the Past and Future Tenses
38(27)
Introduction
38(1)
The Simple Past and Present Perfect of Weak Verbs
39(7)
The Simple Past Tense
39(1)
The Present Perfect Tense
40(5)
Patterns for Word Order in the Present Perfect Tense
45(1)
The Simple Past and Present Perfect of Strong Verbs
46(5)
The Principal Parts of Strong Verbs
46(3)
Verbs Requiring the Auxiliary sein
49(1)
The Simple Past Tense of Strong Verbs
49(1)
The Present Perfect Tense of Strong Verbs
49(2)
The Simple Past and Present Perfect of Irregular Verbs
51(4)
Mixed Verbs
51(1)
Irregular Forms of haben, sein, and werden
52(3)
The Past Perfect, Future, and Future Perfect of Weak, Strong, and Irregular Verbs
55(9)
The Past Perfect Tense
55(1)
The Future Tense
56(4)
The Future Perfect Tense
60(1)
Reference Chart: Synopsis of the Tenses
61(1)
The Position of Separable Prefixes
62(2)
Themen und Vokabular
64(1)
Modal Auxiliaries
65(18)
Introduction
65(2)
Modals in the Simple Tenses
67(6)
The Present Tense
67(5)
The Simple Past Tense
72(1)
The Modals in Compound Tenses
73(5)
The Present Perfect Tense
73(1)
The Past Perfect Tense
74(1)
The Future Tense
74(1)
The Future Perfect Tense
75(1)
Dependent Word Order in Compound Tenses
75(1)
Reference Chart: Synopsis of the Tenses of Modals and Their Basic Meanings
76(1)
Summary of Word Order in Dependent Clauses
77(1)
Additional Meanings and Uses of Modal Auxiliaries
78(4)
Nicht durfen
78(1)
Konnen
78(1)
Sollen
79(1)
Wollte gerade or wollte eben
79(1)
Mogen
79(1)
The Use of nicht brauchen zu instead of nicht mussen
79(3)
Themen und Vokabular
82(1)
The Nouns
83(17)
Gender and Plural
83(7)
Gender
83(3)
The Plural
86(1)
Monosyllabics (nouns of one syllable)
87(1)
Polysyllabics (nouns of more than one syllable)
88(2)
The Cases
90(9)
General Pattern for Declining German Nouns
90(1)
The Main Uses of the Cases
91(5)
Special Declensions of Nouns
96(2)
For Reference: The Declension of Nouns
98(1)
Themen und Vokabular
99(1)
der-Words and ein-Words; Personal Pronouns
100(18)
der-Words
100(3)
Forms
100(1)
The Use of dieser and jener
101(1)
The Definite Article Meaning this/these or that/those
102(1)
The German Equivalents of this/that is and these/those are
102(1)
ein-Words
103(5)
Ein - kein
103(3)
The Possessives
106(2)
Uses of the Articles
108(3)
Uses of the Definite Article
108(1)
Uses of the Indefinite Article
109(2)
Personal Pronouns
111(6)
The Cases of Personal Pronouns and Their Uses
111(3)
Position of Personal Pronoun Objects
114(3)
Themen und Vokabular
117(1)
Prepositions; da-/wo-Compounds; Interrogatives
118(28)
Prepositions
118(18)
Prepositions That Govern the Dative Case
118(5)
Prepositions That Govern the Accusative Case
123(3)
Prepositions That Govern both the Dative and the Accusative
126(5)
Prepositions That Govern the Genitive Case
131(2)
Summary of Common Prepositions and Their Basic Meanings
133(1)
The German Counterparts of to with Verbs of Motion
134(2)
Verbs and Adjectives Used with Prepositions
136(3)
Verbs Used with Prepositions
136(1)
Adjectives Used with Prepositions
137(2)
Da-Compounds
139(6)
da- as Pronoun Substitute
139(1)
Prepositions That Do Not Form da-Compounds
140(1)
Anticipatory da-Compounds
140(1)
The Position of Prepositional Phrases and da-Compounds
141(1)
The Interrogative Pronouns wer and was
141(4)
Themen und Vokabular
145(1)
Adjectives
146(18)
Introduction
146(1)
The Declension of Adjectives
146(9)
Unpreceded Adjectives
146(2)
Adjectives Preceded by der-Words
148(2)
Adjectives Preceded by ein-Words
150(2)
Slightly Irregular Forms of Adjectives
152(1)
Adjectives Derived from City Names
152(1)
Several Adjectives Modifying the Same Noun
152(1)
alle Followed by a der-Word or ein-Word
152(1)
Summary of the Main Features of Adjective Endings
153(2)
Additional Uses of Adjectives
155(8)
Adjectives Preceded by Uninflected Elements
155(1)
Adjectives Preceded by andere, einige, mehrere, viele, wenige
156(1)
Forms and Use of derselbe (the same)
157(1)
Adjectival Nouns
158(2)
Participles Used as Adjectives and Nouns
160(2)
Summary of Additional Uses of Adjectives
162(1)
Themen und Vokabular
163(1)
Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
164(13)
Forms of Comparison
164(1)
Basic Pattern
164(1)
Variations and Irregularities
165(1)
Using the Forms of Comparison
165(5)
Comparison of Predicate Adjectives and Adverbs
165(3)
Comparison of Attributive Adjectives
168(2)
Additional Features of Comparatives and Superlatives
170(6)
Two Ways of Expressing the Superlative of Predicate Adjectives
170(1)
The Comparatives and Superlatives of the Adverbs bald, oft, and gern
171(1)
The Use of immer + Comparative
172(1)
The Use of je ... desto or je ... um so
173(1)
Absolute Comparatives and Superlatives
174(1)
Comparatives and Superlatives Used as Nouns
175(1)
Themen und Vokabular
176(1)
Numerals; Time Expressions
177(22)
Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers
177(6)
Cardinal Numbers and Their Uses
177(3)
Ordinal Numbers and Their Uses
180(3)
Time Expressions
183(9)
Time Expressions Referring to Seasons, Months, Days of the Week, and Parts of the Day
184(2)
Additional Time Expressions
186(6)
Clock Time
192(6)
Using the Twelve-Hour System
192(3)
Using the Twenty-Four-Hour System
195(1)
Common Expressions Used When Telling Time
196(2)
Themen und Vokabular
198(1)
Conjunctions; Infinitive Phrases
199(16)
Conjunctions
199(9)
Coordinating Conjunctions
199(1)
The German Equivalents of but
200(1)
Subordinating Conjunctions
201(1)
The German Equivalents of when, if, and since
202(3)
Additional Uses of Subordinating Conjunctions
205(3)
Infinitive Phrases
208(6)
Basic Structure
208(1)
Infinitive Phrases Introduced with um, ohne, anstatt, or statt
209(1)
The Infinitive Phrase Preceding the Main Clause
210(1)
English Infinitive Constructions Expressed in German by Dependent Clauses
211(3)
Themen und Vokabular
214(1)
The Subjunctive Part I
215(21)
Introduction
215(1)
Contrary to Fact Conditions Referring to the Present or Future
215(11)
Contrary to Fact Conditions in English
215(2)
Contrary to Fact Conditions in German
217(1)
Contrary to Fact Conditions with Questions
217(1)
Forms of the Present Subjunctive
217(5)
The Subjunctive with wurde + Infinitive
222(1)
Use of wurde + Infinitive in the wenn-Clause
223(1)
Omission of wenn
224(1)
Reversal of the wenn-Clause and Conclusion
224(1)
Conclusions Standing Alone
224(1)
wenn-Clauses Standing Alone
225(1)
Wishes Introduced by ich wollte or ich wunschte
226(1)
Contrary to Fact Conditions Referring to the Past
226(9)
In English
226(1)
In German
227(1)
Main Clauses in the Past Subjunctive
227(2)
wenn-Clauses in the Past Subjunctive
229(1)
Wishes in the Past Introduced by ich wollte or ich wunschte
230(1)
wenn-Clause + Conclusion in the Past Subjunctive
230(1)
wenn-Clause and Conclusion in Different Tenses
231(1)
Summary of the Main Features
232(1)
Reference Table
233(2)
Themen und Vokabular
235(1)
The Subjunctive Part II
236(21)
Various Uses of the Subjunctive
236(5)
As if-Clauses Introduced by als ob, als wenn, or als
236(3)
beinah(e) or fast Indicating That Something Almost Occurred
239(1)
Tentative and Polite Statements and Questions
240(1)
Using the Indicative and Subjunctive in Indirect Discourse
241(15)
Informal German Using the Indicative
242(2)
Informal German Using the Subjunctive
244(4)
Indirect Discourse in Formal German
248(6)
Final Remarks on the Use of the Indicative and Subjunctive in Indirect Discourse
254(1)
Other Uses of the Special Subjunctive
254(2)
Themen und Vokabular
256(1)
der-Words and ein-Words as Pronouns; Indefinite Pronouns; Relative Clauses
257(28)
der-Words and ein-Words Used as Pronouns
257(8)
der-Words Used as Pronouns
257(1)
der, das, die Used as Demonstrative Pronouns
257(4)
ein-Words Used as Pronouns
261(4)
Indefinite Pronouns
265(6)
Uses of man, jemand, and niemand
265(2)
Uses of irgend
267(2)
Uses of es
269(2)
Relative Clauses
271(7)
In English
271(2)
Relative Pronouns and Relative Clauses in German
273(1)
Declension of the Relative Pronoun
273(4)
Relative Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions
277(1)
Other Forms of Relatives
278(6)
welcher, welches, welche
278(1)
wo
278(1)
was
279(1)
wo-Compound Instead of Preposition + was
280(1)
The Relative Pronouns wer and was with No Antecedent
281(2)
Summary of the Main Features of Relative Clauses
283(1)
Themen und Vokabular
284(1)
Reflexives; Reciprocal Pronouns; Uses of selbst/selber
285(14)
Reflexive Pronouns and Reflexive Verbs
285(9)
The Reflexive Pronoun in the Accusative Case
286(4)
The Reflexive Pronoun in the Dative Case
290(1)
The Imperative of Reflexive Verbs
291(2)
The Reflexive Pronoun as the Object of a Preposition
293(1)
Reciprocal Pronouns and Uses of selbst/selber
294(4)
Reciprocal Pronouns
294(1)
Uses of selbst/selber
295(1)
Summary of the Main Features
295(3)
Themen und Vokabular
298(1)
The Passive Voice
299(23)
Basic Differences between the Active and the Passive Voices
299(3)
In English
299(2)
In German
301(1)
The Tenses in the Passive Voice
302(8)
The Present Tense
302(2)
The Past, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future, and Future Perfect
304(4)
Dependent Word Order
308(2)
Additional Features of Passive Sentences
310(8)
The Agent Preceded by von, durch, or mit
310(1)
Introductory es in Passive Sentences
310(1)
Dative Objects in Passive Sentences
311(2)
Passives That Lack both Subject and Object
313(1)
Modal Auxiliaries in Passive Sentences
314(3)
The Statal Passive
317(1)
Alternatives to the Passive Voice
318(3)
The Use of man
318(1)
The Use of sein + zu + Infinitive
318(1)
The Use of Reflexive Verbs
319(2)
Themen und Vokabular
321(1)
Word Order Variations
322(12)
The Position of Objects
322(2)
The Sequence of Direct and Indirect Objects
322(1)
The Position of Prepositional Objects and da-Compounds
323(1)
The Position of Adverbial Modifiers and Complements
324(5)
The Position of Adverbial Modifiers
324(2)
The Position of Verb Complements
326(3)
Variations in the Sequence of Elements
329(5)
Shifting Elements Further to the End of a Sentence
329(2)
Placing Elements after the Final Verb Forms
331(3)
Additional Features of German Grammar
334
The German Equivalent of another
334
The German Equivalent of another: ein ander-or noch ein
334
German Equivalent of to like
335
To Like Doing Something
335
To Like Something or Someone
336
The Position of gern
337
Uses of hangen, legen, stellen, setzen, and liegen, stehen, sitzen
338
Hangen Used Transitively and Intransitively
338
The Use of the Transitive Verbs legen, stellen, and setzen
340
The Uses of the Intransitive Verbs liegen, stehen, and sitzen
341
Double Infinitive Constructions with sehen, lassen, horen, and helfen
343
Formation
343
German Equivalents of Two Special Meanings of would
346
Would Expressing Past Habitual Occurrences
346
Would Having the Meaning of was/were willing to
346
The Subjective Use of Modal Auxiliaries
347
Comparing the Uses of mussen
347
Appositives
351
Appositive: An Explanatory Noun Phrase Which Immediately Follows the Noun or Pronoun It Modifies
351
Extended Adjective Constructions
352
Adjectives Preceding Nouns Extended by Additional Modifiers
352
The Passive in the Subjunctive Mood
355
Subjunctives in Indirect Discourse
355
Subjunctives and Contrary to Fact Conditions and Conclusions
357
APPENDIX A-1
1 The German Spelling Reform
A-1
2 Principal Parts of Strong and Irregular Verbs
A-3
3 Adjectives That Add an Umlaut in the Comparative and Superlative
A-8
4 Flavoring Particles
A-9
5 Common German Measurements and Their English Equivalents
A-12
6 Punctuation
A-15
7 Writing Letters and Addresses
A-16
8 The German Alphabet
A-18
German-English Vocabulary A-21
Glossary of Grammatical Terms Used in This Book A-27
Index A-32

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