Essential German Grammar

by Stern, Guy; Bleiler, E. F.

• ISBN13: 9780486204222
• ISBN10: 0486204227
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1961-06-01
• Publisher: Dover Publications

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