Essential German Grammar,9780486204222

Essential German Grammar

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ISBN13: 9780486204222
ISBN10: 0486204227
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1961-06-01
Publisher(s): Dover Publications
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Summary

This logical, developmental presentation of the major aspects of Italian grammar includes all the necessary tools for speech and comprehension. Designed for adults with limited learning time who wish to acquire the basics of everyday Italian, this grammar features numerous shortcuts and timesavers. Ideal as an introduction, supplement, or refresher.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7(4)
Suggestions for Vocabulary Building 11(2)
How to Turn Statements into Questions 13(1)
How to Negate Statements 14(2)
Nouns
16(7)
Using Nouns in German
16(2)
Noun Groups
18(3)
Irregular Nouns
21(1)
Mixed Declensions
22(1)
Articles and Pronominal Adjectives
23(9)
Gender and the Definite Article
23(1)
The Word for ``the'' (The Definite Article)
24(1)
The Words for ``a'' and ``an'' (The Indefinite Article)
25(2)
The ``der-words''
27(1)
The ``ein-words''
28(2)
The Word ``kein''
30(2)
Adjectives and Adverbs
32(10)
Adjective Endings
32(1)
Adjectives with ``der-words''
32(2)
Adjectives with ``ein-words''
34(1)
Independent Adjectives
35(1)
Predicate Adjectives
36(1)
Comparison of Adjectives
37(1)
Using the Comparative and Superlative of Adjectives
38(1)
Making Comparisons
39(1)
Adverbs
40(1)
The Word ``gern''
41(1)
Pronouns
42(5)
Personal Pronouns
42(1)
How to Say ``you''
43(1)
Relative Pronouns
44(1)
Word Order after Relative Pronouns
45(1)
Interrogative Pronouns
46(1)
Prepositions
47(3)
Contracted Forms
49(1)
Simple Verbs
50(24)
The Present Tense
60
Forming the Present Tense in German
50(1)
Forming the Present Tense of Stem-changing Verbs
51(1)
The Verbs ``to be'' and ``to have''
52(1)
The Past Participle
53(1)
How to Tell a Strong Verb from a Weak Verb
54(1)
Forming the Past Participle of Weak Verbs
54(1)
Forming the Past Participle of Strong Verbs
55(1)
Some Exceptions
55(1)
The Conversational Past Tense
56(2)
``Haben'' and ``sein'' as Auxiliary Verbs
58(1)
How to Form the Simple Past Tense
59(1)
How to Use the Simple Past Tense
60(1)
Commands
61(1)
Verbs with ``du'' and ``ihr''
61(2)
How to Form the Future Tense
63(1)
Reflexive Verbs and Reflexive Pronouns
64(2)
Forming the Passive Voice
66(1)
How to Avoid the Passive Voice
67(1)
Expressing ``must,'' ``can,'' and ``want to''
67(3)
Would and Should
70(1)
Impersonal Verbs
71(2)
Verbs that Take Their Objects in the Dative Case
73(1)
Compound Verbs
74(7)
Prefixes and Verbs (Compound Verbs)
74(1)
Separable Verbs
75(1)
How Separable and Simple Verbs Differ
76(3)
Inseparable Verbs
79(1)
How to Tell Whether a Compound Verb is Separable or Inseparable
79(2)
Forms You Should Remember for German Verbs
81(2)
Telling Time
83(1)
Word Order
84(8)
German Word Order
84(1)
The Position of Verbs in the Sentence
84(4)
Avoiding Intricate Word Order
88(2)
Word Order of Adverbs and Objects
90(2)
Appendix 92(12)
Questions of German Spelling and Punctuation
92(1)
An Outline of the German Cases and Their Uses
93(4)
List of Common Strong Verbs
97(4)
Some Common Verbs with Separable Prefixes
101(3)
A Glossary of Grammatical Terms 104(15)
The Parts of Speech
104(3)
Words about Verbs
107(4)
Words about Nouns
111(4)
Miscellaneous Terms
115(1)
The Parts of the Sentence
115(4)
Index 119

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