German Workbook For Dummies

Introduction 1
 
Part 1: The Basic Building Blocks of German 7
 
Chapter 1: Laying the Foundations of German 9
 
Chapter 2: Assembling the Basic Tools for German Sentences 29
 
Chapter 3: Sorting Out Word Gender and Case 45
 
Chapter 4: Building Your Word Power 61
 
Part 2: Focusing on the Present 77
 
Chapter 5: Grasping the Present Tense 79
 
Chapter 6: Asking and Answering Intelligently; Giving Orders 97
 
Chapter 7: In the Mood: Combining Verbs with Modal Auxiliaries 121
 
Chapter 8: Sorting Out Separable- and Inseparable-Prefix Verbs 141
 
Part 3: Adding Flair to Your Conversations 159
 
Chapter 9: Sounding More Like a Native with Verb Combinations 161
 
Chapter 10: Adding Adjectives for Description 175
 
Chapter 11: Comparing with Adjectives and Adverbs 197
 
Chapter 12: Connecting with Conjunctions 217
 
Chapter 13: Your Preposition Primer 231
 
Part 4: Looking Back and Ahead: Talking about the Past and the Future 247
 
Chapter 14: Conversing about the Past: Perfecting the Present Perfect 249
 
Chapter 15: Narrating the (Simple) Past: Fact and Fiction 263
 
Chapter 16: Looking to the Future (And Avoiding It) 281
 
Part 5: The Part of Tens 293
 
Chapter 17: Ten Tips for Optimizing Your German 295
 
Chapter 18: Ten Pitfalls to Avoid in German 301
 
Part 6: Appendixes 307
 
Appendix A: Verb Charts 309
 
Appendix B: English-German Dictionary 319
 
Appendix C: German-English Dictionary 323
 
Index 327

Wendy Foster loves languages. She fell in love with German language and culture while studying abroad in Europe. She then spent 30 years in Munich studying German and traveling to Paris to complete her MA in French. Later, she lived in Spain and immersed herself in Spanish language and culture. She's now a polyglot living in New England.