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Need to brush up on your German? Intermediate German For
Dummies is your key to success in becoming confident in both
written and spoken German. It gives you the straight talk and
nitty-gritty detail that will see you successfully through any
major or minor roadblocks to communicating in German.
This friendly, hands-on workbook is loaded with practical
examples and useful exercises so you can practice how native
speakers use the language. From vocabulary and numbers to juggling
tenses, you'll get a clear understanding of the nuances of
German style and usage that will have you writing and speaking in
no time. Plus, you'll find multiple charts that provide
conjugations for all types of German verbs. You'll get up to
speed with German grammar, master essential differences between
German and English language usage, and be able to communicate
effectively when traveling or conducting business. Discover how
to:
Use fundamental German grammar, from nouns, adjectives, and
adverbs to pronouns, prepositions, and conjunctions
Select and conjugate German verbs correctly
Understand the importance of grammatical gender in German
Avoid the most common writing mistakes
Use numbers and express dates and times
Name countries and nationalities in German
Expand your German vocabulary exponentially
Get comfortable with the subjunctive
Combine verbs with confidence and competence
If you're heading to any German-speaking country, sharpen
your German-language skills the fun and easy way with
Intermediate German For Dummies.
Autorentext
Wendy Foster was born in Connecticut and grew up in Scituate, Massachusetts. While studying in France, she traveled around Europe, and became curious about the German language and culture. After graduating with a teaching certificate and a degree in French, she decided to return to Europe to study German. Her love of the Alps inspired her to live in Munich, where she spent 30 years. During that time, she studied German, completed her MA in French at Middlebury College in Paris, and later learned Spanish in Spain. Her professional experience includes teaching Business English, German, French, and intercultural communication skills, as well as writing and translating. She recently returned to her New England roots, where she works from her home overlooking a spectacular salt marsh that constantly beckons her to go kayaking, walking, bird watching, and swimming.
Zusammenfassung
Need to brush up on your German? Intermediate German For Dummies is your key to success in becoming confident in both written and spoken German. It gives you the straight talk and nitty-gritty detail that will see you successfully through any major or minor roadblocks to communicating in German.
This friendly, hands-on workbook is loaded with practical examples and useful exercises so you can practice how native speakers use the language. From vocabulary and numbers to juggling tenses, you'll get a clear understanding of the nuances of German style and usage that will have you writing and speaking in no time. Plus, you'll find multiple charts that provide conjugations for all types of German verbs. You'll get up to speed with German grammar, master essential differences between German and English language usage, and be able to communicate effectively when traveling or conducting business. Discover how to:
Inhalt
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Conventions Used in This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 2
How This Book Is Organized 2
Part I: The Building Blocks of German 3
Part II: Getting Started Now: Writing in the Present 3
Part III: Fine Tuning Your Writing with Flair 3
Part IV: Looking Back and Ahead: Writing in the Past and the Future 3
Part V: The Part of Tens 3
Part VI: Appendixes 3
Icons Used in This Book 4
Where to Go from Here 4
Part I: The Basic Building Blocks of German 5
Chapter 1: Assembling the Basic Tools for German Sentences 7
Grasping German Grammar Terms 7
Conjugating verbs and understanding tenses 8
Getting gender, number, and case 9
Understanding word order 10
Grammar terms that describe words, parts of words, and word groupings 10
Identifying Parts of Speech 11
Finding Meaning through Context 13
Using a Bilingual Dictionary 14
Making the right choice (at the bookstore) 14
Performing a word search 15
Answer Key 17
Chapter 2: Sorting Out Word Gender and Case 19
Rounding Up Grammatical Genders 19
Identifying German genders and figuring out which one to use 20
Corralling plurals 22
Lassoing indefinite articles 24
Missing absentee articles 25
Calling All Cases: The Roles Nouns and Pronouns Play 26
Identifying the four cases 26
Eyeing the similarities and differences 27
Putting Pronouns in Place 29
Personal pronouns 29
Relating to relative pronouns 30
Demonstrating demonstrative pronouns 32
Answer Key 34
Chapter 3: Laying the Foundations of German 37
Doing the Numbers 37
Counting off with cardinal numbers 37
Getting in line with ordinal numbers 40
Was Ist das Datum? Expressing Dates 42
On the Clock: Expressing Time 44
Naming Countries, Nationalities, and Languages 46
Eyeing German-speaking countries 46
Grammatically speaking about countries, nationalities, and languages 47
German neighbors and trading partners 48
Answer Key 50
Chapter 4: Building Your Word Power 51
Working With Word Combinations 51
Spotting compound nouns 52
Describing picture compound nouns 54
Checking out verb combinations 55
Grasping Word Families and Word Categories 56
Working with word families 56
Picture that! Working with word categories 58
Streamlining Word Storage 60
Recognizing cognates and near cognates 60
False friends: Bad buddies 62
Answer Key 64
Part II: Getting Started Now: Writing in the Present 67
Chapter 5: Grasping the Present Tense 69
Simplifying Subject Pronouns and Their Relationship to Verbs 69
Making sure “you” dresses for the occasion: The formality of du/ihr and Sie 70
Distinguishing among sie, sie, and Sie 71
Getting Your Verbs in Shape: Present-Tense Conjugations 73
Agreeing with the regulars 73
Conjugating verbs with spelling changes 75
Conjugating the irregulars haben and sein: To have and to be 78
Using the Very Versatile Present Tense 81
Answer Key 83
Chapter 6: Are You Asking or Telling Me? Questions and Commands 85
Inverting Word Order for Yes/No Questions 85
Gathering Information with Question Words: Who, What, Why, and More 87
Checking Information: Tag! You’re It, Aren’t You? 90
Combining Question Words: Compounds with Wo- 91
Making Choices: Asking What Kind of . . .? 93
Using the Imperative: Do It! 95
Giving orders 95 Requests and suggestions: Looking at q...