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Deutschland – Germany  Switzerland  Austria 


Did You Know?
The German language does not have a true present continuous tense, only present tense.

Well, out here in the far west near the Dutch border we have present continuous.

Contents

Lessons: Level I • Level II • Level III Level IV Level V
Grammar • Appendices • About (including print versions) • Q&A • Planning


() Level I Lessons (discussion)

I.0 Introduction

Section I.A: I.1 Wie heißt du? (1. Teil) • I.2 Wie heißt du? (2. Teil) • I.3 Bitte buchstabieren Sie • Review Section I.A

Section I.B: I.4 Freizeit • I.5 Geburtstag • I.6 Essen • Review Section I.B

Section I.C: I.7 Kleidung • I.8 Familie und Nationalität • I.9 Schule • Review Section I.C

Section I.D: I.10 Das Fest • I.11 Privileg und Verantwortung • I.12 Wetter • Review Section I.D

Section I.E: I.13 Zu Hause essen • I.14 Filme • I.15 Das Haus • Review Section I.E


() Level II Lessons (discussion)

II.0 Introduction

Section II.A: II.1 Einfache Gespräche • II.2 Fremde und Freunde II.3 Die Zahlen • II.4 Zürich • II.5 Wiederholung

Section II.B: II.6 Die Wohnung • II.7 Mathematik • II.8 Mein, Dein, Sein • II.9 Einkaufen gehen • II.10 Wiederholung

Section II.C: II.11 Verbtempus und Wortstellung • II.12 Fragewörter • II.13 Mein Arm schmerzt • II.14 Tiergarten • II.15 Wiederholung


() Level III Lessons (discussion)

Section III.A: III.1 Markus studiert • III.2 Ein Gespräch • III.3 Keine Sorge!

Section III.B: III.4 Die Geschäftsleute • III.5 In Österreich • III.6 Tour de France

Section III.C: III.7 — • III.8 — • III.9 —

Section III.D: III.10 Das Ruhrgebiet • III.11 — • III.12 —


() Level IV Lessons (discussion)

Section 1 ~ Kiel, Germany

Section IV.A: Lektion 1: Undeveloped • Lektion 2: Undeveloped • Lektion 3: Undeveloped • Wiederholung 1: Undeveloped

Section 2 ~ Schaan, Liechtenstein

Section IV.B: Lektion 4: Undeveloped • Lektion 5: Undeveloped • Lektion 6: Undeveloped • Wiederholung 2: Undeveloped

Section 3 ~ Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Section IV.C: Lektion 7: Undeveloped • Lektion 8: Undeveloped • Lektion 9: Undeveloped • Wiederholung 3: Undeveloped


() Level V Review Lessons (discussion)

Section V:
* Starting Point: Undeveloped • Berlin, Germany (II): Undeveloped • Vienna, Austria (III): Undeveloped
* Bern, Switzerland (IV): Undeveloped • Salzburg, Austria (V): Undeveloped • Zürich, Switzerland (VI): Undeveloped
• Hannover, Germany (VII): Undeveloped • Bonn, Germany (VIII): Undeveloped • Innsbruck, Austria (IX): Undeveloped
• Bavaria, Germany (X): Undeveloped • Kiel, Germany (XI): Undeveloped • Schaan, Liechtenstein (XII): Undeveloped
• Schaffhausen, Switzerland (XIII): Undeveloped • Deutschland, Österreich, und Schweiz (XIV): Undeveloped


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(discussion)
Grammar

Introduction and overview • Basic terminology • Personal pronouns, formal and informal you, introduction to gender • Intransitive verbs, verb conjugation, present tense • Adverbs, V2 word order, Negation of verbs, Sentence adverbs • Stem-changing verbs, Weak vs. Strong verbs • Polar questions, V1 word order, Pre- and postambles • Noun gender • Noun plurals • Noun phrases, Articles • Transitive verbs, Accusative case, word order • Pronomial possessives, Possessive determiners, Possessive pronouns, Negation with kein • Irregular verbs, Past-like present verbs • Uninflected adjectives, Predicate phrases, Copulative verbs • Interrogatives, der words • Future tense, The sentence bracket • Ditransitive verbs, Dative case • Coordinating conjunctions, Ellipses, Adverbial conjunctions, Multipart conjunctions • Prepositions with accusative and dative, Prepositional verbs • Prefixed verbs, Separable verbs, Separable and inseparable prefixes • Imperatives, The imperative mood, The impersonal imperative • Impersonal verbs, Impersonal pronouns, the Point-of-view dative • Dative prepositions • Possessives and the genitive case • Modal auxiliary verbs, Compound verbs, Modal adverbs • Demonstratives • The simple past tense • Reflexive pronouns and reflexive verbs • Subordinating conjunctions • Declining adjectives


Adjectives and Adverbs • Alphabet • Cases • Nouns • Prepositions and Postpositions • Pronouns • Sentences • Verbs


() Appendices (discussion)

Alphabet • Vocabulary • Phrasebook • Resources • Names • German History • Nations of the World • False Friends • Numbers • Keyboard Layout Exercises •

Resources

This book has a PDF version.
I This is a Category I Language.
For other German textbooks refer to Deutsch.