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PublisherMcgraw-Hill Education

ISBN-101260455165

ISBN-139781260455168

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Number of Pages400 Pages

Publication NameEasy German Step-By-Step, Second Edition

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGerman

Publication Year2019

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaForeign Language Study

AuthorEd Swick

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Table Of ContentCover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Preface 1 Pronunciation and Cognates The Alphabet Step 1: Consonants Step 2: Vowels Letter Combinations Consonants Vowels Step 3: Cognates 2 Gender and heißen German Gender Step 1: Masculine Step 2: Feminine Step 3: Neuter Heißen 3 Nominative Pronouns, der-Words, and the Verb sein German Personal Pronouns Step 1: Third Person Pronouns and Gender Step 2: Der-Words The Verb sein 4 Ein-Words, haben, and the Present Tense Ein-Words Kein Step 1: Possessive Adjectives Step 2: The Verb haben Present Tense 5 Irregular Present Tense and werden Irregular Present Tense Step 1: Irregularities Formed with an Umlaut Step 2: Irregularities Formed with a Shift from -e- to -i- Step 3: Irregularities Formed with a Shift from -e- to -ie- Conjugation of werden The Impersonal es 6 Accusative Case: Direct Objects and Prepositions Accusative Case Step 1: Direct Object Nouns Step 2: Direct Object Pronouns Step 3: Prepositions Masculine Plurals Mastery Check 1 7 Regular Past Tense and Interrogative Words The Past Tense Step 1: The Past Tense Suffix -te Step 2: Adverbs for the Past Tense Forming Questions Step 3: Feminine Plurals 8 Irregular Past Tense and Neuter Plurals Irregular Past Tense Step 1: German Irregular Past Tense Step 2: Numbers, the Year, and Age Using fragen Neuter Plurals 9 Dative Case and More Irregular Past Tense Dative Case Step 1: Dative Case in German Haben, sein, werden in the Past Tense Step 2: Wissen and kennen 10 Dative Expressions and Conjunctions aber, oder, und, and sondern The Dative Case Step 1: More Dative Verbs and Dative Expressions Conjunctions Step 2: Können und müssen 11 Regular Present Perfect Tense The Present Perfect Tense Step 1: Haben and Regular Past Participles Step 2: Sein and the Present Perfect Tense Ordinal Numbers and Prefixes Step 3: Ordinal Numbers Step 4: Inseparable Prefixes 12 Adjective Endings and Separable Prefixes Adjectives Step 1: Adjective Endings Nominative Case Adjectives Accusative Case Adjectives Step 2: Separable Prefixes 13 Irregular Present Perfect Tense and Prefixes The Irregular Present Perfect Tense Step 1: German Irregular Past Participles Step 2: Haben, sein, werden, sterben Step 3: Prefixes Mastery Check 2 14 Genitive Case and Antonyms Genitive Case Step 1: German Possessives Step 2: Containers Step 3: Genitive Prepositions Antonyms Step 4: Opposites in German Gehen Step 5: Gehen and Infinitives 15 Future Tense and Modal Auxiliaries The Future Tense Step 1: German Future Tense Modal Auxiliaries Step 2: German Modal Auxiliaries 16 Dependent Clauses and Conjunctions Dependent Clauses Step 1: German Clauses Subordinating Conjunctions Step 2: Dass and ob 17 Dative-Accusative Prepositions Prepositions with More Than One Function Step 1: Dative Case Step 2: Inanimate Pronouns Step 3: Accusative Case Geography Step 4: Die Welt (The World) 18 Comparative and Superlative Comparative Step 1: German Comparative Adverbs and Adjectives Step 2: Irregular Comparatives Superlative Step 3: German Superlative Adverbs and Adjectives Step 4: Irregular Superlatives 19 Imperatives and Double Infinitives Commands Step 1: The German Imperative Double Infinitives Step 2: Present Perfect and Future Tenses Step 3: Helfen, hören, lassen, and sehen 20 Using All the Cases and All the Tenses Cases and Declensions Step 1: German Declensions of Nouns and Pronouns Tenses Step 2: Varieties in the German Tenses Mastery Check 3 Appendix A: Fraktur Alphabet (1600-1940) Appendix B: The Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs Answer Key

SynopsisPublisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Get the skills you need to begin communicating in German quickly and easily Communicating in a new language can be intimidating. This accessible guide will give you the tools and confidence to understand and converse in German with confidence. Based on the idea that the quickest route to learning a language is through a solid foundation in the basics, Easy German Step-by-Step presents a successful building block approach to mastering German, with important concepts linked together by clear explanations, appropriate exercises, and helpful answers. The first steps introduce you to the everyday expressions of the language, allowing you to communicate in a variety of everyday situations almost immediately. Gradually, a series of interconnected steps takes you from simple to more challenging concepts at your own pace. After working through these exercises, you'll have a better grasp of the language and the skills to handle German with confidence. New for this second edition, the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app streams accompanying audio recordings to help you improve your German pronunciation and fluency. Easy German Step-by-Step, Second Edition features: - Easy-to-grasp descriptions of essential rules and concepts- Key verbs and hundreds of key terms introduced on the basis of frequency- Numerous exercises that give you valuable practice- Audio recordings of exercise answers throughout the book, streamed via the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app (web and mobile), Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Get the skills you need to begin communicating in German quickly and easily! Communicating in a new language can be intimidating. This accessible guide will give you the tools and confidence to understand and converse in German with confidence. Based on the idea that the quickest route to learning a language is through a solid foundation in the basics, Easy German Step-by-Step presents a successful building block approach to mastering German, with important concepts linked together by clear explanations, appropriate exercises, and helpful answers. The first steps introduce you to the everyday expressions of the language, allowing you to communicate in a variety of everyday situations almost immediately. Gradually, a series of interconnected steps takes you from simple to more challenging concepts at your own pace. After working through these exercises, you'll have a better grasp of the language and the skills to handle German with confidence. New for this second edition, the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app streams accompanying audio recordings to help you improve your German pronunciation and fluency. Easy German Step-by-Step, Second Edition features: * Easy-to-grasp descriptions of essential rules and concepts * Key verbs and hundreds of key terms introduced on the basis of frequency * Numerous exercises that give you valuable practice * Audio recordings of exercise answers throughout the book, streamed via the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app (web and mobile)