Description
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1
Part 1: The Basic Building Blocks of German 7
Chapter 1: Laying the Foundations of German 9
Chapter 2: Assembling the Basic Tools for German Sentences 29
Chapter 3: Sorting Out Word Gender and Case 45
Chapter 4: Building Your Word Power 61
Part 2: Focusing on the Present 77
Chapter 5: Grasping the Present Tense 79
Chapter 6: Asking and Answering Intelligently; Giving Orders 97
Chapter 7: In the Mood: Combining Verbs with Modal Auxiliaries 121
Chapter 8: Sorting Out Separable- and Inseparable-Prefix Verbs 141
Part 3: Adding Flair to Your Conversations 159
Chapter 9: Sounding More Like a Native with Verb Combinations 161
Chapter 10: Adding Adjectives for Description 175
Chapter 11: Comparing with Adjectives and Adverbs 197
Chapter 12: Connecting with Conjunctions 217
Chapter 13: Your Preposition Primer 231
Part 4: Looking Back and Ahead: Talking about the Past and the Future 247
Chapter 14: Conversing about the Past: Perfecting the Present Perfect 249
Chapter 15: Narrating the (Simple) Past: Fact and Fiction 263
Chapter 16: Looking to the Future (And Avoiding It) 281
Part 5: The Part of Tens 293
Chapter 17: Ten Tips for Optimizing Your German 295
Chapter 18: Ten Pitfalls to Avoid in German 301
Part 6: Appendixes 307
Appendix A: Verb Charts 309
Appendix B: English-German Dictionary 319
Appendix C: German-English Dictionary 323
Index 327
