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Deutschland – Germany  Switzerland  Austria 


Did You Know?
The German language does not have a true present continuous tense, only present tense.

Well, out here in the far west near the Dutch border we have present continuous.

Contents

Lessons: Level I Level II Level III Level IV Level V
GrammarAppendicesAbout (including print versions) • Q&APlanning


() Level I Lessons (discussion)

I.0 Introduction

Section I.A: I.1 Wie heißt du? (1. Teil) I.2 Wie heißt du? (2. Teil) I.3 Bitte buchstabieren Sie Review Section I.A

Section I.B: I.4 Freizeit I.5 Geburtstag I.6 Essen Review Section I.B

Section I.C: I.7 Kleidung I.8 Familie und Nationalität I.9 Schule Review Section I.C

Section I.D: I.10 Das Fest I.11 Privileg und Verantwortung I.12 Wetter Review Section I.D

Section I.E: I.13 Zu Hause essen I.14 Filme I.15 Das Haus Review Section I.E


() Level II Lessons (discussion)

II.0 Introduction

Section II.A: II.1 Einfache Gespräche II.2 Fremde und Freunde II.3 Die Zahlen II.4 Zürich II.5 Wiederholung

Section II.B: II.6 Die Wohnung II.7 Mathematik II.8 Mein, Dein, Sein II.9 Einkaufen gehen II.10 Wiederholung

Section II.C: II.11 Verbtempus und Wortstellung II.12 Fragewörter II.13 Mein Arm schmerzt II.14 Tiergarten II.15 Wiederholung


() Level III Lessons (discussion)

Section III.A: III.1 Markus studiert III.2 Ein Gespräch III.3 Keine Sorge!

Section III.B: III.4 Die Geschäftsleute III.5 In Österreich III.6 Tour de France

Section III.C: III.7 — • III.8 — • III.9 —

Section III.D: III.10 Das Ruhrgebiet III.11 — • III.12 —


() Level IV Lessons (discussion)

Section 1 ~ Kiel, Germany

Section IV.A: Lektion 1: Undeveloped • Lektion 2: Undeveloped • Lektion 3: Undeveloped • Wiederholung 1: Undeveloped

Section 2 ~ Schaan, Liechtenstein

Section IV.B: Lektion 4: Undeveloped • Lektion 5: Undeveloped • Lektion 6: Undeveloped • Wiederholung 2: Undeveloped

Section 3 ~ Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Section IV.C: Lektion 7: Undeveloped • Lektion 8: Undeveloped • Lektion 9: Undeveloped • Wiederholung 3: Undeveloped


() Level V Review Lessons (discussion)

Section V:
* Starting Point: Undeveloped • Berlin, Germany (II): Undeveloped • Vienna, Austria (III): Undeveloped
* Bern, Switzerland (IV): Undeveloped • Salzburg, Austria (V): Undeveloped • Zürich, Switzerland (VI): Undeveloped
Hannover, Germany (VII): Undeveloped • Bonn, Germany (VIII): Undeveloped • Innsbruck, Austria (IX): Undeveloped
Bavaria, Germany (X): Undeveloped • Kiel, Germany (XI): Undeveloped • Schaan, Liechtenstein (XII): Undeveloped
Schaffhausen, Switzerland (XIII): Undeveloped • Deutschland, Österreich, und Schweiz (XIV): Undeveloped


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(discussion)
Grammar

Introduction and overviewBasic terminology Personal pronouns, formal and informal you, introduction to gender Intransitive verbs, verb conjugation, present tense Adverbs, V2 word order, Negation of verbs, Sentence adverbs Stem-changing verbs, Weak vs. Strong verbs Polar questions, V1 word order, Pre- and postamblesNoun genderNoun pluralsNoun phrases, ArticlesTransitive verbs, Accusative case, word orderPronomial possessives, Possessive determiners, Possessive pronouns, Negation with keinIrregular verbs, Past-like present verbsUninflected adjectives, Predicate phrases, Copulative verbsInterrogatives, der wordsFuture tense, The sentence bracketDitransitive verbs, Dative caseCoordinating conjunctions, Ellipses, Adverbial conjunctions, Multipart conjunctionsPrepositions with accusative and dative, Prepositional verbsPrefixed verbs, Separable verbs, Separable and inseparable prefixesImperatives, The imperative mood, The impersonal imperativeImpersonal verbs, Impersonal pronouns, the Point-of-view dativeDative prepositionsPossessives and the genitive caseModal auxiliary verbs, Compound verbs, Modal adverbsDemonstrativesThe simple past tenseReflexive pronouns and reflexive verbsSubordinating conjunctionsDeclining adjectives


Adjectives and Adverbs Alphabet Cases Nouns Prepositions and Postpositions Pronouns Sentences Verbs


() Appendices (discussion)

AlphabetVocabularyPhrasebookResourcesNamesGerman HistoryNations of the WorldFalse FriendsNumbersKeyboard Layout Exercises

Resources

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