Klovekorn-Ward, S: 50 ways to improve German/Teach Yourself

Meet the author Only got a minute? Only got five minutes? Only got ten minutes? How to use this book Sounding right 1 We will sound you out! 2 Don't forget the capitals or the umlauts! Getting the structure right 3 A very important date 4 The trouble with males and females: masculine nouns 5 The problem with males and females: feminine nouns 6 The need for neutrality - neuter nouns 7 The gender of compound nouns - what's the problem? 8 Plurals - why can't I just add an -s? 9 The magimix of mein, dein, sein 10 All change: vowel changes after du and er, sie, es 11 The perfect tense: 'I have gone' or 'I am gone'? 12 Separable verbs: no need to make the divorce acrimonious 13 Don't muddle the modals: mussen, sollen, mogen, durfen 14 Are the Germans nutcases? Or: who or whom do you love? 15 Prepositions that always take the dative 16 Prepositions that always take the accusative 17 Cases and prepositions - motion or no motion? That is the question! 18 Zum, zur, im, am ... zum Kuckuck! Whatever next? 19 Da + prepositions: dafur, damit 20 Der alte Apfelbaum: adjective endings after der, die, das 21 Ein neuer Computer: adjective endings after ein, eine, ein 22 Gute Laune: adjective endings when there is no article 23 The present continuous: are you sitting comfortably? 24 Let's twist again! When does the verb stand in second place? 25a Das kann ich! Word order with modal verbs 25b Gestern wollten wir ein Fussballspiel sehen. Modal verbs in past tenses 26a The position of direct and indirect objects 26b Where to put nicht, nie and auch 27a Word order after dass, weil, wann or wenn 27b Word order: saying when, where, how and why 28 Wie or wer? Wo or was? Choosing the right words 29 Introducing yourself: The name is Blonde, J. Blonde 30 Greeting people: names and titles are important 31a Polite beginnings: Wie geht es Ihnen? 31b Polite beginnings: Entschuldigen Sie (mich)! 32 'I am a doughnut!' Really? 33 And where do you come from? 34 Ja and aber - two necessary evils 35 Denn,

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