Deutsche Wiederholungsgrammatik : A Morpho-Syntactic Review of German

by Donahue, Frank E

• ISBN13: 9780300124682
• ISBN10: 0300124686
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2008-06-28
• Publisher: Yale University Press
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Summary

This book provides a comprehensive review of grammatical structures and usage for intermediate to advanced students of German. Those who have had some exposure to German grammar in their earlier German courses can fine-tune their accuracy. While this book was written primarily for use in a course dedicated to a rigorous review of German grammar, it could also be used by students in conversation, culture, and literature courses.

Author Biography

Frank E. Donahue is professor of Germanic studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Fundamentals of Verbs
Present Tense	p. 3
Present Perfect	p. 17
Simple Past and Past Perfect	p. 28
Future and Future Perfect	p. 44
Imperative Mood: Commands	p. 52
Verbs with Inseparable Prefixes	p. 60
Verbs with Separable Prefixes	p. 74
Modal Auxiliaries	p. 91
Fundamentals of Case
Nouns and Case	p. 107
Articles, der-Words, and ein-Words	p. 121
Adjective Endings	p. 144
Comparative and Superlative Degrees	p. 172
Pronouns	p. 182
Building on the Fundamentals
Adverbs	p. 209
Prepositions	p. 225
Idiomatic Use of Prepositions	p. 261
Numerals and Time Expressions	p. 289
Conjunctions and Clauses	p. 301
Relative Clauses and Infinitive Phrases and Constructions	p. 315
Clarifying da-Compounds; Extended Adjective Modifiers	p. 336
Advanced Work with Verbs
Present Subjunctive II	p. 347
Past Subjunctive II	p. 369
Direct and Indirect Discourse	p. 382
The Passive Voice	p. 392
Appendix	p. 409
German-English Dictionary	p. 427
Answer Key	p. 441
Index	p. 467
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