German Quickly: A Grammar for Reading German

✍ Scribed by April Wilson

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 453
• Series: American University Studies
• Edition: 7
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

German Quickly: A Grammar for Reading German is a thorough, straightforward textbook with a sense of fun. It teaches the fundamentals for reading German literary and scholarly texts of all levels of difficulty. It can be used as an introductory text for scholars with no background in German, or it can serve as a reference text for students wishing to review German. The grammar explanations are detailed and clear, addressing common problems students encounter while learning to read German. This book includes thought-provoking and entertaining reading selections consisting mainly of aphorisms and proverbs. There are also twelve appendices, including a summary of German grammar, descriptions of German dictionaries, a partial answer key, strategies for learning German, and a humanities vocabulary section of about 3,800 words.

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Contents
Pronunciation Guide
Chapter 1: A General Introduction
Chapter 2: The Present Tense of Verbs and the Personal Pronouns
Chapter 3: part I: The Case Endings: Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, Dative
Chapter 3: part II: The Case Endings: Dative Case
Chapter 4: Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 5: part I: Prepositions
Chapter 5: part II: Prepositions
Chapter 6: Basic Verb Placement (Part I)
Chapter 7: The Pronouns
Chapter 8: Weak Nouns and Adjectives Used as Nouns
Chapter 9: The Various Uses of Es
Chapter 10: The Future Tense
Chapter 11: Comparison (and Superlative) of Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 12: Da- and Wo-Compounds
Chapter 13: Verb Prefixes
Chapter 14: Verb Tenses (Part I)
Chapter 15: Verb Tenses (Part II)
Chapter 16: The Plurals
Chapter 17: How to Use a German Dictionary
Chapter 18: Common Suffixes
Chapter 19: The Modal Auxiliaries
Chapter 20: The Zu Construction
Chapter 21: Co-ordinating Conjunctions
Chapter 22: Basic Verb Placement (Part II)
Chapter 23: Dependent Clauses (Part I)
Chapter 24: Dependent Clauses (Part II) — Subordinating Conjunctions: Wer, Was, Wie, Wo, Warum
Chapter 25: Dependent Clauses (Part III) — Relative Clauses
Chapter 26: The Reflexive
Chapter 27: The Overloaded Adjective Construction
Chapter 28: The Passive
Chapter 29: Constructions to Be Translated Passively in English; the "Fake" Passive
Chapter 30: Subjunctive I
Chapter 31: Subjunctive II
Chapter 32: Other Subjunctive Forms
Chapter 33: If a Sentence Starts with a Verb
Chapter 34: Other Pronouns
Chapter 35: Use of Commas
Chapter 36: Troublesome Words
Appendix A: Strategies for Reading German; Suggested Syllabus for German Quickly
Appendix B: Important Words
Appendix C: English Grammar Necessary for Learning German
Appendix D: Summary of German Grammar
Appendix E: Patterns for Strong/Hard Verbs a list of strong and confusing weak verbs
Appendix F: Days of the Week, the Months, and Numbers
Appendix G: Time Phrases
Appendix H: Genitive and Plural Noun Endings
Appendix I: Descriptions of German Dictionaries
Appendix J: Partial Answer Key
Appendix K: General and Humanities Vocabulary
Appendix L: German Proper Names
Index