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• Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Preface 1 Pronunciation and Cognates The Alphabet Step 1: Consonants Step 2: Vowels Letter Combinations Consonants Vowels Step 3: Cognates 2 Gender and heißen German Gender Step 1: Masculine Step 2: Feminine Step 3: Neuter Heißen 3 Nominative Pronouns, der-Words, and the Verb sein German Personal Pronouns Step 1: Third Person Pronouns and Gender Step 2: Der-Words The Verb sein 4 Ein-Words, haben, and the Present Tense Ein-Words Kein Step 1: Possessive Adjectives Step 2: The Verb haben Present Tense 5 Irregular Present Tense and werden Irregular Present Tense Step 1: Irregularities Formed with an Umlaut Step 2: Irregularities Formed with a Shift from -e- to -i- Step 3: Irregularities Formed with a Shift from -e- to -ie- Conjugation of werden The Impersonal es 6 Accusative Case: Direct Objects and Prepositions Accusative Case Step 1: Direct Object Nouns Step 2: Direct Object Pronouns Step 3: Prepositions Masculine Plurals Mastery Check 1 7 Regular Past Tense and Interrogative Words The Past Tense Step 1: The Past Tense Suffix -te Step 2: Adverbs for the Past Tense Forming Questions Step 3: Feminine Plurals 8 Irregular Past Tense and Neuter Plurals Irregular Past Tense Step 1: German Irregular Past Tense Step 2: Numbers, the Year, and Age Using fragen Neuter Plurals 9 Dative Case and More Irregular Past Tense Dative Case Step 1: Dative Case in German Haben, sein, werden in the Past Tense Step 2: Wissen and kennen 10 Dative Expressions and Conjunctions aber, oder, und, and sondern The Dative Case Step 1: More Dative Verbs and Dative Expressions Conjunctions Step 2: Können und müssen 11 Regular Present Perfect Tense The Present Perfect Tense Step 1: Haben and Regular Past Participles Step 2: Sein and the Present Perfect Tense Ordinal Numbers and Prefixes Step 3: Ordinal Numbers Step 4: Inseparable Prefixes 12 Adjective Endings and Separable Prefixes Adjectives Step 1: Adjective Endings Nominative Case Adjectives Accusative Case Adjectives Step 2: Separable Prefixes 13 Irregular Present Perfect Tense and Prefixes The Irregular Present Perfect Tense Step 1: German Irregular Past Participles Step 2: Haben, sein, werden, sterben Step 3: Prefixes Mastery Check 2 14 Genitive Case and Antonyms Genitive Case Step 1: German Possessives Step 2: Containers Step 3: Genitive Prepositions Antonyms Step 4: Opposites in German Gehen Step 5: Gehen and Infinitives 15 Future Tense and Modal Auxiliaries The Future Tense Step 1: German Future Tense Modal Auxiliaries Step 2: German Modal Auxiliaries 16 Dependent Clauses and Conjunctions Dependent Clauses Step 1: German Clauses Subordinating Conjunctions Step 2: Dass and ob 17 Dative-Accusative Prepositions Prepositions with More Than One Function Step 1: Dative Case Step 2: Inanimate Pronouns Step 3: Accusative Case Geography Step 4: Die Welt (The World) 18 Comparative and Superlative Comparative Step 1: German Comparative Adverbs and Adjectives Step 2: Irregular Comparatives Superlative Step 3: German Superlative Adverbs and Adjectives Step 4: Irregular Superlatives 19 Imperatives and Double Infinitives Commands Step 1: The German Imperative Double Infinitives Step 2: Present Perfect and Future Tenses Step 3: Helfen, hören, lassen, and sehen 20 Using All the Cases and All the Tenses Cases and Declensions Step 1: German Declensions of Nouns and Pronouns Tenses Step 2: Varieties in the German Tenses Mastery Check 3 Appendix A: Fraktur Alphabet (1600–1940) Appendix B: The Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs Answer Key

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• Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Preface 1 Pronunciation and Cognates The Alphabet Step 1: Consonants Step 2: Vowels Letter Combinations Consonants Vowels Step 3: Cognates 2 Gender and heißen German Gender Step 1: Masculine Step 2: Feminine Step 3: Neuter Heißen 3 Nominative Pronouns, der-Words, and the Verb sein German Personal Pronouns Step 1: Third Person Pronouns and Gender Step 2: Der-Words The Verb sein 4 Ein-Words, haben, and the Present Tense Ein-Words Kein Step 1: Possessive Adjectives Step 2: The Verb haben Present Tense 5 Irregular Present Tense and werden Irregular Present Tense Step 1: Irregularities Formed with an Umlaut Step 2: Irregularities Formed with a Shift from -e- to -i- Step 3: Irregularities Formed with a Shift from -e- to -ie- Conjugation of werden The Impersonal es 6 Accusative Case: Direct Objects and Prepositions Accusative Case Step 1: Direct Object Nouns Step 2: Direct Object Pronouns Step 3: Prepositions Masculine Plurals Mastery Check 1 7 Regular Past Tense and Interrogative Words The Past Tense Step 1: The Past Tense Suffix -te Step 2: Adverbs for the Past Tense Forming Questions Step 3: Feminine Plurals 8 Irregular Past Tense and Neuter Plurals Irregular Past Tense Step 1: German Irregular Past Tense Step 2: Numbers, the Year, and Age Using fragen Neuter Plurals 9 Dative Case and More Irregular Past Tense Dative Case Step 1: Dative Case in German Haben, sein, werden in the Past Tense Step 2: Wissen and kennen 10 Dative Expressions and Conjunctions aber, oder, und, and sondern The Dative Case Step 1: More Dative Verbs and Dative Expressions Conjunctions Step 2: Können und müssen 11 Regular Present Perfect Tense The Present Perfect Tense Step 1: Haben and Regular Past Participles Step 2: Sein and the Present Perfect Tense Ordinal Numbers and Prefixes Step 3: Ordinal Numbers Step 4: Inseparable Prefixes 12 Adjective Endings and Separable Prefixes Adjectives Step 1: Adjective Endings Nominative Case Adjectives Accusative Case Adjectives Step 2: Separable Prefixes 13 Irregular Present Perfect Tense and Prefixes The Irregular Present Perfect Tense Step 1: German Irregular Past Participles Step 2: Haben, sein, werden, sterben Step 3: Prefixes Mastery Check 2 14 Genitive Case and Antonyms Genitive Case Step 1: German Possessives Step 2: Containers Step 3: Genitive Prepositions Antonyms Step 4: Opposites in German Gehen Step 5: Gehen and Infinitives 15 Future Tense and Modal Auxiliaries The Future Tense Step 1: German Future Tense Modal Auxiliaries Step 2: German Modal Auxiliaries 16 Dependent Clauses and Conjunctions Dependent Clauses Step 1: German Clauses Subordinating Conjunctions Step 2: Dass and ob 17 Dative-Accusative Prepositions Prepositions with More Than One Function Step 1: Dative Case Step 2: Inanimate Pronouns Step 3: Accusative Case Geography Step 4: Die Welt (The World) 18 Comparative and Superlative Comparative Step 1: German Comparative Adverbs and Adjectives Step 2: Irregular Comparatives Superlative Step 3: German Superlative Adverbs and Adjectives Step 4: Irregular Superlatives 19 Imperatives and Double Infinitives Commands Step 1: The German Imperative Double Infinitives Step 2: Present Perfect and Future Tenses Step 3: Helfen, hören, lassen, and sehen 20 Using All the Cases and All the Tenses Cases and Declensions Step 1: German Declensions of Nouns and Pronouns Tenses Step 2: Varieties in the German Tenses Mastery Check 3 Appendix A: Fraktur Alphabet (1600–1940) Appendix B: The Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs Answer Key

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• Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Preface 1 Pronunciation and Cognates The Alphabet Step 1: Consonants Step 2: Vowels Letter Combinations Consonants Vowels Step 3: Cognates 2 Gender and heißen German Gender Step 1: Masculine Step 2: Feminine Step 3: Neuter Heißen 3 Nominative Pronouns, der-Words, and the Verb sein German Personal Pronouns Step 1: Third Person Pronouns and Gender Step 2: Der-Words The Verb sein 4 Ein-Words, haben, and the Present Tense Ein-Words Kein Step 1: Possessive Adjectives Step 2: The Verb haben Present Tense 5 Irregular Present Tense and werden Irregular Present Tense Step 1: Irregularities Formed with an Umlaut Step 2: Irregularities Formed with a Shift from -e- to -i- Step 3: Irregularities Formed with a Shift from -e- to -ie- Conjugation of werden The Impersonal es 6 Accusative Case: Direct Objects and Prepositions Accusative Case Step 1: Direct Object Nouns Step 2: Direct Object Pronouns Step 3: Prepositions Masculine Plurals Mastery Check 1 7 Regular Past Tense and Interrogative Words The Past Tense Step 1: The Past Tense Suffix -te Step 2: Adverbs for the Past Tense Forming Questions Step 3: Feminine Plurals 8 Irregular Past Tense and Neuter Plurals Irregular Past Tense Step 1: German Irregular Past Tense Step 2: Numbers, the Year, and Age Using fragen Neuter Plurals 9 Dative Case and More Irregular Past Tense Dative Case Step 1: Dative Case in German Haben, sein, werden in the Past Tense Step 2: Wissen and kennen 10 Dative Expressions and Conjunctions aber, oder, und, and sondern The Dative Case Step 1: More Dative Verbs and Dative Expressions Conjunctions Step 2: Können und müssen 11 Regular Present Perfect Tense The Present Perfect Tense Step 1: Haben and Regular Past Participles Step 2: Sein and the Present Perfect Tense Ordinal Numbers and Prefixes Step 3: Ordinal Numbers Step 4: Inseparable Prefixes 12 Adjective Endings and Separable Prefixes Adjectives Step 1: Adjective Endings Nominative Case Adjectives Accusative Case Adjectives Step 2: Separable Prefixes 13 Irregular Present Perfect Tense and Prefixes The Irregular Present Perfect Tense Step 1: German Irregular Past Participles Step 2: Haben, sein, werden, sterben Step 3: Prefixes Mastery Check 2 14 Genitive Case and Antonyms Genitive Case Step 1: German Possessives Step 2: Containers Step 3: Genitive Prepositions Antonyms Step 4: Opposites in German Gehen Step 5: Gehen and Infinitives 15 Future Tense and Modal Auxiliaries The Future Tense Step 1: German Future Tense Modal Auxiliaries Step 2: German Modal Auxiliaries 16 Dependent Clauses and Conjunctions Dependent Clauses Step 1: German Clauses Subordinating Conjunctions Step 2: Dass and ob 17 Dative-Accusative Prepositions Prepositions with More Than One Function Step 1: Dative Case Step 2: Inanimate Pronouns Step 3: Accusative Case Geography Step 4: Die Welt (The World) 18 Comparative and Superlative Comparative Step 1: German Comparative Adverbs and Adjectives Step 2: Irregular Comparatives Superlative Step 3: German Superlative Adverbs and Adjectives Step 4: Irregular Superlatives 19 Imperatives and Double Infinitives Commands Step 1: The German Imperative Double Infinitives Step 2: Present Perfect and Future Tenses Step 3: Helfen, hören, lassen, and sehen 20 Using All the Cases and All the Tenses Cases and Declensions Step 1: German Declensions of Nouns and Pronouns Tenses Step 2: Varieties in the German Tenses Mastery Check 3 Appendix A: Fraktur Alphabet (1600–1940) Appendix B: The Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs Answer Key