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Informationen zum Autor Paulina Christensen, PhD, and Anne Fox are veteran language teachers. Klappentext Quick & easy approach gives you language fundamentals up front Words to Know section lets you find the right words fast Pronunciation key lets you talk the talk Hundreds of useful phrases at your fingertips Speak German - instantly! Traveling to Germany but don't know German? Taking German at school but need to kick up your conversation skills? Don't worry! This handy little phrasebook will have you speaking German in no time. Discover how to: Get directions, shop, and eat out Talk numbers, dates, time, and money Chat about family and work Discuss sports and the weather Deal with problems and emergencies Get Smart! www.dummies.com Find listings of all our books Choose from many different subject categories Sign up for eTips at www.dummiesdaily.com Zusammenfassung Hundreds of useful phrases at your fingertips Speak German - instantly! Traveling to Germany but don't know German? Taking German at school but need to kick up your conversation skills? Don't worry! This handy little phrasebook will have you speaking German in no time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 3 Where to Go from Here 4 Chapter 1: I Say It How? Speaking German 5 The German You Know 5 Friendly allies (perfect cognates) 5 Kissing cousins (near cognates) 7 False friends 9 Lenders and borrowers 11 Mouthing Off: Basic Pronunciation 13 Pronouncing vowels 14 Pronouncing umlauts 15 Pronouncing diphthongs 16 Pronouncing consonants 17 Identifying a new letter: ß 18 Pronouncing combinations of consonants 19 Using Popular Expressions 21 Chapter 2: Grammar on a Diet: Just the Basics 23 Looking at the Types of Words 23 Nouns 23 Adjectives 25 Verbs 26 Adverbs 27 Figuring Out Simple Sentence Construction 27 Arranging words in the right order 27 Independent clauses: Putting the verb in second place 28 Dependent clauses: Pushing the verb to the end 28 Forming questions 29 The Tenses: Present, Past, and Future 30 Looking at the present 30 Talking about the past: Using the perfect tense 31 Writing about the past: Using simple past tense 36 Talking about the future 37 Getting Funky: Reflexive and Separable Verbs 38 Right back at you: Reflexive verbs 38 Knowing when to separate your verbs 40 Putting the Language in the Right Case 41 Nominative case 41 Accusative case 42 Dative case 42 Genitive case 42 Why all these cases matter 42 Getting Formal or Informal 48 Chapter 3: Numerical Gumbo: Counting of All Kinds 49 1, 2, 3: Cardinal Numbers 49 The First, Second, Third, and So On 51 Telling Time 53 Telling time the "old-fashioned" way: From 1 to 12 54 Using the 24-hour routine: 0 to 24 55 Times of the day 56 Monday, Tuesday: Weekdays 56 Using the Calendar and Dates 58 Covering the units of the calendar 58 The basic names of the months 59 Describing events in specific months 59 Naming specific times in the months 60 Keeping track of dates 60 Money, Money, Money 62 Changing currency 63 Heading to the ATM 64 Chapter 4: Making New Friends and Enjoying Small Talk 67 Hello! Greetings and Introductions 67 Saying hello and good-bye 68 Asking "How are you?" 68 Replying to "How are you?" 69 Introducing yourself and others 70 So Where Are You ...
