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    German Conversation Demystified
    German Conversation Demystified
    German Conversation Demystified
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    German Conversation Demystified

    By Ed Swick

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    Unlock the riddle of speaking and interacting in German

    German Demystified provides you with a solid foundation for building conversation skills in that language. You can go at your own pace as you are guided through thefundamentals of communicating in German. Organized around everyday themes such as meeting people, making plans, and talking on the phone each chapter features an in-depth dialog presented both in the book and on the audio, coverage of essential communication skills (such as asking a question or making comparisons), review of key grammar points, and written and verbal activities to reinforce new communication skills.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMcGraw-Hill Education
    Release dateDec 29, 2010
    ISBN9780071815253
    German Conversation Demystified

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      To Riane, AJ, Jalyn, Tori, and Riley, my terrific grandkids.

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      PART ONE     CONVERSATION BASICS

      CHAPTER 1       German Pronunciation

      The German Alphabet

      German Pronunciation

      Special Characters

      Consonant Combinations

      Vowel Combinations

      Short and Long Vowels

      CHAPTER 2       Talking About People and Things

      Greeting People: Grüße und Begrüßungen

      Names and Titles

      Asking How Someone Is

      Asking Wer ist das? (Who is that?) and Was ist das? (What is that?)

      CHAPTER 3       Asking Questions

      Asking Was machst du? (What are you doing?)

      Forming Yes/No Questions

      Negation with Nicht

      CHAPTER 4       Going Places

      Gehen wir einkaufen! Let’s go shopping!

      Asking Questions with Haben

      Asking Questions with Sein

      Asking Where Someone Is Traveling Using Wo and Wohin

      CHAPTER 5       Celebrating Birthdays

      Talking About der Geburtstag (the Birthday)

      Zahlen Numbers

      Ordinal Numbers

      Months of the Year

      Describing Age

      PART ONE   TEST

      PART TWO     OUT AND ABOUT

      CHAPTER 6       Getting Sick

      Das Kranksein Getting Sick

      Expressing Like Using Haben … gern

      Future Tense

      CHAPTER 7       Dining at a Restaurant

      Asking for Bedienung (Service)

      Expressing Food Preferences Using Gern and Lieber

      Utensils and Dishes

      Present Perfect Tense

      CHAPTER 8       Going Shopping

      Shopping im Einkaufszentrum (at the Mall)

      Expressing Likes Using Mir gefällt

      Buying and Selling

      The Idiom Es gibt

      Colors

      Telling Time

      CHAPTER 9       Traveling by Train

      Am Bahnhof (at the Train Station)

      Giving Commands with Imperatives

      Modal Auxiliaries

      Present Tense of Modals

      Some Useful New Words

      Saying What One Should or Should Not Have Done

      Making Comparisons

      CHAPTER 10      A Trip to the Beach

      Planning der Ausflug (the Outing)

      Talking About the Weather

      Weather-Related Activities

      Using Superlatives

      PART TWO   TEST

      PART THREE DAILY LIFE

      CHAPTER 11      Rich and Poor

      Buying das Geschenk (the Gift)

      Showing Possession with the Genitive Case

      Using the Phrase Was für (ein) … ?

      CHAPTER 12      Car Trouble

      Making die Reparatur (Repairs)

      Asking Who, Whom, and Whose

      CHAPTER 13      Taking Time for Fun

      Auf die Pauke hauen Painting the Town Red

      Talking About Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow

      Simple Past Tense

      Asking Specific Questions with Interrogatives

      CHAPTER 14      Home Life

      Umzugsvorbereitungen Getting Ready to Move Rooms and Furniture

      Indicating Location or Movement with Three Verb Pairs

      CHAPTER 15      Staying Informed

      Reading Zeitungen und Zeitschriften (Newspapers and Magazines)

      Television and Print Media

      FINAL TEST

      English-German Dictionary

      Answer Key

      Index

      INTRODUCTION

      As the title suggests, German Conversation Demystified is not a grammar book. Refer to our companion book, German Demystified, for details on all aspects of German grammar. But use this unique book to develop your conversational skills and to increase your German vocabulary.

      On occasion in each chapter, you will find a reference to a basic grammar point that is essential for understanding the conversational material. However, for the most part, this book is dedicated to providing you with phrases and structures useful in becoming conversant in your new language.

      Various kinds of sentences are the vehicles for illustrating how a particular structure or group of vocabulary words is used. They are not presented at random or in an isolated form. Instead, they appear in related groups and in patterns that help to identify how they can be used by you.

      Dialogues

      Each chapter begins with a dialogue between two people. Their conversation introduces you to the general topic of the chapter and provides you with language that is natural and normal in contemporary Germany without being overwhelming. Practice saying the dialogues out loud. Study what they mean and how the words are used. Then answer the simple questions that follow to check your comprehension before going on to the next section of the chapter.

      Pattern Sentences

      You will be asked to repeat pattern sentences as you simultaneously see their English meanings. This is the

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