A Foundation Course in Reading German

by Howard Martin revised by Alan Ng

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This textbook guides a learner who has no previous German experience to gain the ability to accurately understand formal written German prose, aided only by a comprehensive dictionary.

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Publisher
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Subjects
Humanities, Languages
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. About the Authors
  6. Licensing
  7. Preface
  8. Introduction
  9. Tips for Using this Textbook
  10. 1: Basics
  11. 1.1: Objectives
  12. 1.2: Nouns
  13. 1.3: Noun Gender and the Nominative Case
  14. 1.4: Noun Plurals
  15. 1.5: The Verbs Haben and Sein
  16. 1.6: Understanding Present Tense
  17. 1.7: The Accusative Case of Nouns
  18. 1.8: The Indefinite Article ein
  19. 1.9: Word Order
  20. 1.10: Question Words
  21. 1.11: Common Abbreviations
  22. 2: Cases, Present Tense
  23. 2.1: Objectives
  24. 2.2: Genitive and Dative Cases
  25. 2.3: Definite and Indefinite Article (All Cases)
  26. 2.4: Pronouns (All Cases)
  27. 2.5: Present Tense of Regular Verbs
  28. 2.6: Present Tense of Irregular Verbs
  29. 2.7: More Question Words
  30. 2.8: “es gibt” and “man“
  31. 2.9: Adjectival Nouns
  32. 3: Articles, Simple Past
  33. 3.1: Objectives
  34. 3.2: Der- words
  35. 3.3: Ein- words (including possessive pronouns)
  36. 3.4: Simple Past Tense of Verbs
  37. 3.5: Verbal Prefixies and Compound Nouns
  38. 3.6: Number Formats
  39. 4: Verbs With Prefixes; Adjective Endings
  40. 4.1: Objectives
  41. 4.2: Verbs with Inseparable Prefixes
  42. 4.3: Verbs with Separable Prefixes
  43. 4.4: Adjective Endings
  44. 4.5: Recognizing Adverbs vs Adjectives
  45. 4.6: Adjectives as Nouns
  46. 4.7: Place Names as Adjectives
  47. 4.8: Verbs as Nouns
  48. 5: Prepositions, Reflexives
  49. 5.1: Objectives
  50. 5.2: Prepositions
  51. 5.3: Prepositional Phrases
  52. 5.4: Prepositional Cases
  53. 5.5: Reflexive Pronouns
  54. 5.6: Reflextive Verbs
  55. 5.7: Position of nicht and other adverbs
  56. 5.8: Noun Formation
  57. 6: Conjunctions, Comparatives
  58. 6.1: Objectives
  59. 6.2: Conjunctions
  60. 6.3: Als, Wenn, and Wann in Expressing Time
  61. 6.4: Comparison of Adjectives
  62. 6.5: Adjectives as Adverbs
  63. 6.6: So...Wie...Construction
  64. 6.7: Verb Formation
  65. 7: Perfect Tenses and Participles
  66. 7.1: Objectives
  67. 7.2: Present Perfect Tense
  68. 7.3: Past Perfect Tense
  69. 7.4: Word Formation from Past Participles
  70. 7.5: Present Participles
  71. 7.6: Translating Participial Adjectives and Adverbs
  72. 7.7: Participial Phrases
  73. 7.8: Irregularities in the Comparative and Superlative
  74. 8: Werden, Relative Clauses
  75. 8.1: Objectives
  76. 8.2: The Verb Werden
  77. 8.3: Future and Future Perfect Tenses
  78. 8.4: Werden in Probability Statements
  79. 8.5: Relative Pronouns and Relative Clauses
  80. 8.6: Question Words as Relative Pronouns
  81. 9: Passive Voice
  82. 9.1: Objectives
  83. 9.2: Passive Voice
  84. 9.3: Demonstrative Pronouns
  85. 9.4: Selbst and Selber
  86. 9.5: Compound Nouns with Shared Parts
  87. 9.6: Pronoun es Referring to Clauses
  88. 9.7: More Prefixes and Suffixes
  89. 10: Modal verbs
  90. 10.1: Objectives
  91. 10.2: Modal Verbs
  92. 10.3: Modal Verb Usages
  93. 10.4: Subordinate Clause as Sentence Subject
  94. 11: Infinitive Usages
  95. 11.1: Objectives
  96. 11.2: Verbs that Function Like Modals
  97. 11.3: Infinitive Phrases
  98. 11.4: Common Infinitive Constructions
  99. 12: Da- Compounds
  100. 12.1: Objectives
  101. 12.2: Da- Compounds
  102. 12.3: Some Common Da- Words
  103. 12.4: Hier- Words
  104. 12.5: Da- Clauses
  105. 12.6: Wo- Words
  106. 12.7: Wo- Clauses
  107. 13: Extended Adjective Constructions
  108. 13.1: Objectives
  109. 13.2: Extended Adjective Contructions Using Participles
  110. 13.3: More Examples of Extended Adjective Constructions
  111. 13.4: Translating Extended Adjective Constructions
  112. 13.5: Further Advice Regarding Extended Adjective Constructions
  113. 14: Subjunctive I
  114. 14.1: Objectives
  115. 14.2: Subjunctive Mode
  116. 14.3: Subjunctive I
  117. 14.4: Challeneges of Translation
  118. 14.5: Other Uses of Subjunctive I
  119. 15: Subjunctive II
  120. 15.1: Objectives
  121. 15.2: Subjunctive II Meaning
  122. 15.3: Subjunctive II Forms
  123. 15.4: Würde Construction
  124. 15.5: Challeneges of Translation
  125. 15.6: “As If” Clauses
  126. 15.7: Subjunctive II Forms of Modal Verbs
  127. 16: Finishing Touches
  128. 16.1: Objectives
  129. 16.2: False Friends
  130. 16.3: Some Common Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions
  131. 16.4: Particles
  132. 16.5: Imperative Mood
  133. 16.6: Reflexive Constructions as Substitutes for the Passive Voice
  134. 17: Reference
  135. 17.1: Cardinal Numbers
  136. 17.2: Ordinal Numbers
  137. 17.3: Fractions
  138. 17.4: Calculations
  139. 17.5: Weights and Measurements
  140. 17.6: Times
  141. 17.7: Dates
  142. 17.8: Syntax Terminology
  143. 18: Practice
  144. 18.1: Review Units 1-4
  145. 18.2: Review Units 5-8
  146. 18.3: Review Units 9-12
  147. 18.4: Review Units 13-16
  148. Back Matter
  149. Index
  150. Glossary
  151. Glossary
  152. Detailed Licensing