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Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 16 15 14 13 12 How to German .......................... ix Kapitel 1 ............................................................................................. 1 Gender of German Nouns " Present and Past Tenses of the Verb sein (to be) " Interrogatives " Cognates and Loanwords " Leaming German Vocabulary " Ubungssiitze " Im Kontext und im Worterbuch O Aller Anfang ist schwer Kapitel 2 ........................................................................................... 14 Cases: Nominative and Accusative • Infinitive " Present Tense of Regular Verbs " Present Tense of the Verb haben (to have) " Cardinal Numbers vs. Ordinal Numbers • Ubungssiitze " Im Kontext und im Worterhuch ., Johann Sebastian Bach: Seine Musik und seine Familie Kapitel 3 ........................................................................................... 25 Dative " Genitive • Plural of Nouns • N-nouns " Past Tense of Weak Verbs and ofhaben • Meanings of the Past Tense• Ubungssiitze • Im Kontext und im Worterbuch • Leben des Galilei: Ein Theaterstiick in fiinfzehn Bildern von Bertolt Brecht Kapitel 4 ........................................................................................... 37 Indefinite Articles • Kein and Other ein-Words '" Irregular Forms in the Present Tense of Strong Verbs • Personal Pronouns • Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent " Es gibt there is, there are • Ubungssiitze " Im Kontext und im Worterhuch • Kurze Geschichte der deutschen Hochschulen Kapitel 5 ........................................................................................... 47 Dieser-words " Simple Past Tense of Strong Verbs • Irregular Weak Verbs " Present and Simple Past Tense of werden (t o become) • Word Order • Ubungssiitze • Im Kontext und im Worterbuch • Erzbistum Magdeburg Wiederhoh.mg 1 : Deutschland. .................................................... 59 Kapitel 6 63 !11!11!111\l!llll!llll ......................................... , ••••••••••••• ,uu,aa ....... lt •• ll'., .............a cra•••111•"'" Prepositions " Idiomatic and Special Meanings " Contraction of Prepositions " Prepositions Following Nouns or Pronouns • Indefinite Pronouns: man, jemand, niemand " Using the Dictionary " Ubungssiitze • Im Kontext und im Worterbuch " Digitaler Da Vmci Kapitel 7 ........................................................................................... 72 Perfect Tenses • Meanings of the Perfect Tenses " Seit + Present Tense = have been + -ing " Past Participles " Word Order " Ubungssiitze " · Im Kontext und im Worterbuch " Die Anfiinge Bertolt Brechts Kapitel 8 ........................................................................................... 83 Verbs with Inseparable and Separable Prefixes " Modal Auxiliaries Express Modalities " Conjugation of the Modals " Modals and the Dependent Infinitive '" Ubungssiitze ., Im Kontext und im Worterbuch • Der Kritiker und Aufkliirer Kant Kapitel 9 ........................................................................................... 95 Adjective Endings " Information from Adjective Endings '" Adverbs " Adjectives Used as Nouns ., Recognizing Singulars and Plurals of Nouns " Ubungssiitze " Im Kontext und im Worterbuch ., Dioramenmaler: Der nicht so gut bekannte Schinkel Kapitel 1 o ....................................................................................... 106 Present Participle " Participles Used as Adjectives and Adverbs ., Meanings of Present and Past Participles " Past Participle Used with sein to Express State of Being ., Participles Used as Nouns " Infinitives Used as Nouns ., Ubungssiitze " Im Kontext und im Worterbuch ., Der Bar: Stadtsymbol und Naturphiinomen Wiederholung 2: Die Bewohner Osteneichs ........................ 114 Kapitel 11 ....................................................................................... 117 Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs • Exceptional Comparisons "' Recognition of Comparatives and Superlatives " Special Uses of the Comparative and Superlative • Comparatives and Superlatives Used as Nouns " Ubungssiitze " Im Kontext und im Worterbuch " HIV und TB-Zwei Gesichter einer Epidemie Kapitel 12 ....................................................................................... 130 Future Tense ., Future Perfect Tense " Future Tenses Used to Express Probability • Three Uses of werden '" Selbst, selber " Ubungssiitze • Im Kontext und im Worterbuch • 7 000 000 000 Menschen: Weltbevolkerung 2011 Kapitel 13 ....................................................................................... 140 Passive Voice " Active vs. Passive " Present and Simple Past Tenses of the Passive Voice " Perfect Tenses of the Passive Voice '" Future Tense of the Passive Voice ., Modals with Passive Infinitives " Ubungssiitze " Im Kontext und im Worterbuch "' Gedenkfeier zum 13. August Kapitel 14 ....................................................................................... 149 Coordinating Conjunctions ., Subordinating Conjunctions ., Learn to Differentiate ,. Wenn auch, auch wenn (even if, even though, even when) '" "False Friends" ., Uhungssiitze '" Im Kontext und im Worterbuch ., Der Zeppelin im Ersten Weltkrieg Kapitel 15 ....................................................................................... 160 Reflexive Verbs and Pronouns " Meanings of Reflexive Verbs ., Position of the Reflexive Pronoun in Main Clauses " Lassen • Uhungssiitze " Im Kontext und im Worterbuch " Die Hessen im amerikanischen Unabhangigkeitskrieg Wiederholung 3: Kofler als Reisebegleiter. ............................ 170 Kapitel 16 ....................................................................................... 172 Relative Pronouns ., Recognizing Relative Clauses " Welch- as Relative Pronoun, Indefinite Pronoun, and Interrogative Pronoun " Case of Relative Pronoun Indicates Function " Was as a Relative Pronoun " Ubungssiitze " Im Kontext und im Worterhuch .. Karl Mays Amerikabild und -reise Kapitel 17 ....................................................................................... 182 Double Infinitives " Objective vs. Subjective Meanings of Modal Auxiliaries " Uhungssatze " Im Kontext und im Worterbuch • Patagoniens Raubsaurier: ,Dino Gangs'? Kapitel 18 ....................................................................................... 193 Demonstrative Pronouns " Other Demonstratives " Suffixes -los, -fach, and -mal " Suffixes -bar and -lich " Ubungssatze " Im Kontext und im Worterbuch • Buchbesprechung Kapitel 19 ....................................................................................... 203 Wer and Was Used as Interrogative and Relative Pronouns " Verb First Constructions " Feminine Noun Suffixes " Ubungssiitze " Im Kontext und im Worterbuch " Neu zum Schumann-Jahr: Ahnung Kapitel 20 ...................................................................................... 212 Infinitives with zu " Idiomatic Prepositional Phrases " Ist I war + zu + Infinitive " Ubungssatze " Im Kontext und im Worterbuch • Der Neue Deutsche Film Wiederholung 4: Im wiiden, wilden Westen bli.ihte die Fantasie ...................................................................... 223 Kapitel 21 ...................................................................................... 226 Extended-Adjective Constructions " Recognizing Extended- Adjective Constructions '" Translating Extended-Adjective Constructions '" Participial Phrases " Ubungssatze • Im Kontext und im Worterbuch " Am Anfang war die Draisine Kapitel 22 ...................................................................................... 235 Other Types of Extended-Adjective Constructions " Extended Adjectives plus Unextended Adjectives • Multiple Extended Adjectives • Additional Extended-Adjective Constructions " Ubungssatze '" Im Kontext und im Worterbuch • Carl von Ossietzky: Vom Idealismus getragene Leidenschaft Kapitel 23 ...................................................................................... 244 Da(r)• compounds • Wo(r)-compounds '" Hiel.'-compounds " Adverbs of Direction in Prepositional Phrases " Introductory es Not the Real Subject • Clauses without a Subject-Implied es " Ubungssatze " Im Kontext und im Worterbuch • Die Kunst und die Kirche Kapitel 24 ...................................................................................... 254 Subjunctive " Subjunctive II " Suppositions of Conditions Contrary to Fact " Wenn Clauses or Result Clauses Standing Alone " Als ob, als wenn (as if, as though) • Ubungssiitze • Im Kontext und im Worterbuch • Das Attentat zu Sarajewo Kapitel 25 ...................................................................................... 263 Subjunctive I " Subjunctive I in Indirect Discourse " Indirect Questions " Other Uses of Subjunctive I " Special Uses of Subjunctive I • Ubungssatz:e " Im Kontext und im Worterbuch " Ohne ,,Faust" kein Abitur Wiederhoh. . mg 5: Entgrenzung: Gedanken zu einer transnationalen Literatur ............................................................ 273 Appendix A .................................................................................... 278 The German Case System Appendix B .................................................................................... 283 Strong and Irregular Verbs Appendix C .................................................................................... 287 Choosing and Using a Dictionary Appendix D ................................................................................... 291 German Script Vocabulary ..................................................................................... 293 Index ............................................................................................... 315