Easy German Step-By-Step, Second Edition

2. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-260-45516-8
Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC

Buch, Englisch, Deutsch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

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Get the skills you need to begin communicating in German quickly and easily!

Communicating in a new language can be intimidating. This accessible guide will give you the tools and confidence to understand and converse in German with confidence. Based on the idea that the quickest route to learning a language is through a solid foundation in the basics, Easy German Step-by-Step presents a successful building block approach to mastering German, with important concepts linked together by clear explanations, appropriate exercises, and helpful answers.

The first steps introduce you to the everyday expressions of the language, allowing you to communicate in a variety of everyday situations almost immediately. Gradually, a series of interconnected steps takes you from simple to more challenging concepts at your own pace. After working through these exercises, you'll have a better grasp of the language and the skills to handle German with confidence. New for this second edition, the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app streams accompanying audio recordings to help you improve your German pronunciation and fluency.

Easy German Step-by-Step, Second Edition features:

•Easy-to-grasp descriptions of essential rules and concepts
•Key verbs and hundreds of key terms introduced on the basis of frequency
•Numerous exercises that give you valuable practice
•Audio recordings of exercise answers throughout the book, streamed via the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app (web and mobile)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Swick, Ed

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

1 Pronunciation and Cognates

The Alphabet

Step 1: Consonants

Step 2: Vowels

Letter Combinations

Consonants

Vowels

Step 3: Cognates

2 Gender and heißen

German Gender

Step 1: Masculine

Step 2: Feminine

Step 3: Neuter

Heißen

3 Nominative Pronouns, der-Words, and the Verb sein

German Personal Pronouns

Step 1: Third Person Pronouns and Gender

Step 2: Der-Words

The Verb sein

4 Ein-Words, haben, and the Present Tense

Ein-Words

Kein

Step 1: Possessive Adjectives

Step 2: The Verb haben

Present Tense

5 Irregular Present Tense and werden

Irregular Present Tense

Step 1: Irregularities Formed with an Umlaut

Step 2: Irregularities Formed with a Shift from -e- to -i-

Step 3: Irregularities Formed with a Shift from -e- to -ie-

Conjugation of werden

The Impersonal es

6 Accusative Case: Direct Objects and Prepositions

Accusative Case

Step 1: Direct Object Nouns

Step 2: Direct Object Pronouns

Step 3: Prepositions

Masculine Plurals

Mastery Check 1

7 Regular Past Tense and Interrogative Words

The Past Tense

Step 1: The Past Tense Suffix -te

Step 2: Adverbs for the Past Tense

Forming Questions

Step 3: Feminine Plurals

8 Irregular Past Tense and Neuter Plurals

Irregular Past Tense

Step 1: German Irregular Past Tense

Step 2: Numbers, the Year, and Age

Using fragen

Neuter Plurals

9 Dative Case and More Irregular Past Tense

Dative Case

Step 1: Dative Case in German

Haben, sein, werden in the Past Tense

Step 2: Wissen and kennen

10 Dative Expressions and Conjunctions aber, oder, und, and sondern

The Dative Case

Step 1: More Dative Verbs and Dative Expressions

Conjunctions

Step 2: Können und müssen

11 Regular Present Perfect Tense

The Present Perfect Tense

Step 1: Haben and Regular Past Participles

Step 2: Sein and the Present Perfect Tense

Ordinal Numbers and Prefixes

Step 3: Ordinal Numbers

Step 4: Inseparable Prefixes

12 Adjective Endings and Separable Prefixes

Adjectives

Step 1: Adjective Endings

Nominative Case Adjectives

Accusative Case Adjectives

Step 2: Separable Prefixes

13 Irregular Present Perfect Tense and Prefixes

The Irregular Present Perfect Tense

Step 1: German Irregular Past Participles

Step 2: Haben, sein, werden, sterben

Step 3: Prefixes

Mastery Check 2

14 Genitive Case and Antonyms

Genitive Case

Step 1: German Possessives

Step 2: Containers

Step 3: Genitive Prepositions

Antonyms

Step 4: Opposites in German

Gehen

Step 5: Gehen and Infinitives

15 Future Tense and Modal Auxiliaries

The Future Tense

Step 1: German Future Tense

Modal Auxiliaries

Step 2: German Modal Auxiliaries

16 Dependent Clauses and Conjunctions

Dependent Clauses

Step 1: German Clauses

Subordinating Conjunctions

Step 2: Dass and ob

17 Dative-Accusative Prepositions

Prepositions with More Than One Function

Step 1: Dative Case

Step 2: Inanimate Pronouns

Step 3: Accusative Case

Geography

Step 4: Die Welt (The World)

18 Comparative and Superlative

Comparative

Step 1: German Comparative Adverbs and Adjectives

Step 2: Irregular Comparatives

Superlative

Step 3: German Superlative Adverbs and Adjectives

Step 4: Irregular Superlatives

19 Imperatives and Double Infinitives

Commands

Step 1: The German Imperative

Double Infinitives

Step 2: Present Perfect and Future Tenses

Step 3: Helfen, hören, lassen, and sehen

20 Using All the Cases and All the Tenses

Cases and Declensions

Step 1: German Declensions of Nouns and Pronouns

Tenses

Step 2: Varieties in the German Tenses

Mastery Check 3

Appendix A: Fraktur Alphabet (1600–1940)

Appendix B: The Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs

Answer Key

Über Autor(innen)

Swick, Ed
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