2nd Edition

Basic German A Grammar and Workbook

By Heiner Schenke, Anna Miell Copyright 2016
222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

Basic German: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume. The book introduces German people and culture through the medium of the language used today, covering the core material which students would expect to encounter in their first years of learning German. Each of the 29 units presents one or more related grammar topics,... Read more

1 What’s different in German? Basic tips and patterns  2 Verbs in the present tense  3 Verb variations and irregular verbs  4 Irregular verbs: haben and sein  5 Separable verbs in the present tense  6 Imperatives  7 Questions  8 Articles  9 Nouns and gender  10 Plural of nouns  11 The four cases  12 The nominative case  13 The accusative case  14 The dative case  15 The genitive case  16 Personal pronouns  17 Possessive adjectives  18 Reflexive verbs  19 Negatives  20 Comparison of adjectives and adverbs  21 Modal verbs  22 The present perfect tense  23 The simple past tense  24 The future tense  25 Prepositions  26 Adjective endings  27 Numbers and dates  28 Conjunctions and clauses  29 Word order

Biography

Heiner Schenke is Principal Lecturer in German at the University of Westminster.

Anna Miell is Lecturer in German at the University of Westminster and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London.

Karen Seago is Course Leader for Applied Translation at the London Metropolitan University.