German for Reading : A Programmed Approach for Graduate and Undergraduate Reading Courses

528 Pages·1973·24.205 MB·English

by  Karl C. Sandberg, John R. Wendel

German
for
Reading
Karl C. Sandberg
MACA LESTER COLLEGE
John R. Wendel
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
PRENTICE-HALL, INC., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
©1973
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Contents
Chapter One
1. Cognates-definition,
2. Nouns-recognition, gender and cognate pat
terns, 2
3. Nouns-formation of the pluralforms, 5
4. Compound nouns, 9
5. Cognates-partially similar meanings, 11
6. False cognates, 12
Chapter Two
7. Verbs-cognates, 13
8. Verbs-partial andfalse cognates, 14
9. Present tense verb endings,' personal pronouns,
15
10. Es gibt, es ist, es sind, 24
Chapter Three
11. Word order-basic structure of German sen
tences, 29
12. Future tense-werden, 33
13. Adjectives-cognates, agreement, comparison,
34
14. Adverbs, 37
Chapter Four
15. Case of the noun, 43
16. Past tense of weak verbs, 48
17. Past tense ofhaben, sein, and werden, 53
Chapter Five
18. Prepositions-genitive case, 59
19. Prepositions-dative case, 63
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20. Prepositions-accusative case, 67
21. Prepositions-dative/accusative, 72
22. Infinitival phrases, 76
Chapter Six
23. Personal pronouns-declension, 84
24. Modal auxiliary verbs-present tense, 89
25. Modals-idiomatic meanings, 93
26. Wissen, kennen, 99
Chapter Seven
27. Comparison of adjectives, 105
28. Comparison of adverbs, 111
29. Adjectives used as nouns, liS
30. Uses of man, 119
Chapter Eight
31. Interrogative and relative pronouns wer and was,
125
32. The interrogatives wanrt, warum, wie, wo,
welch-and was fUr ein, 128
33. Separable verb prefixes, 131
34. Inseparable verb prefixes----'meanings, 136
Chapter Nine
35. Past tense ofs trong verbs and werden, 148
36. Past tense of 1110dals and wissen, 160
Chapter Ten
37. Coordinating conjunctions, 168
38. Subordinating cot!Junctions, 175
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Chapter Eleven
39. Past tense ofi rregular weak verbs-conjugation,
186
40. The genitive case-review, 191
Chapter Twelve
41. Relative pronouns der and welcher-declension
and usage, 202
42. Welcher, we1che, welches as relative pronouns,
211
43. Wer, was, andwo used as relatives, 215
44. Da-and wo- compounds, 218
Chapter Thirteen
45. Past participles -recognition, 223
46. The present perfect tense-recognition, mean
ing, and word order, 225
47. The past perfect tense-recognition and mean
ing, 231
48. Modals-past participle, conjugation in the
present pelfect and past pelfect tenses, 234
Chapter Fourteen
49. Double infinitive construction, 244
50. Refiexiveverbs and pronouns, 248
51. The intensive pronouns se1bst and seIber, 250
52. Special uses oft he dative, 252
Chapter Fifteen
53. Der words, 265
54. Der as a demonstrative pronoun, 268
55. Other demonstratives, 274
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Chapter Sixteen
56. Possessive adjectives, 283
57. Possessives used as predicate adjectives or as
pronouns, 293
Chapter Seventeen
58. Indefinite pronouns and adjectives, 302
59. Special uses of the genitive, 307
Chapter Eighteen
60. Modified participial constructions, 322
61. Absolute participial constructions, 328
Chapter Nineteen
62. The future tense-conjugation, word order,
modals, 342
63. The future perfect tense-conjugation, word
order, 344
Chapter Twenty
64. Passive voice, 360
65. Use ofmodals in the passive, 364
66. The impersonal passive, 366
67. Constructions translated by an English passive,
367
68. The apparent passive, 368
Chapter Twenty-One
69. The subjunctive-definition of the subjunctive
mood and the formation of the present tense
form, 382
70. Past subjunctive-theformation oft he past tense
form ofs trong, weak, and irregular verbs, 384
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71. The present and past tense forms of the mvdals
and the verbs wissen haben, sein, and werden,
386
72. The subjunctive-formation of the compound
tenses, 390
Chapter Twenty-Two
73. The Conditional-present time, 406
74. The Conditional-past time, 409
Chapter Twenty-Three
75. Conditional statements with the modals, 422
76. Indirect discourse-definition, meaning, 427
77. Modals in indirect discourse-active and passive
voice, 431
Chapter Twenty-Four
78. Additional uses of the subjunctive, 445
79. Imperative forms, 448
80. The uses of werden, 451
Appendices
1. Glossary of grammatical terms, 465
2. Pronunciation guide, 469
3. Numerals, 474
4. Exercises in German grammar, 475
Vocabulary, 485