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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.

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


(edit template)   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


(edit template)   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


(edit template)   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 —


(edit template)   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


(edit template)   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


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


(edit template) Appendices (discussion)

  Alphabet  Vocabulary  Phrasebook  Resources  Names  German History  Nations of the World  False Friends  Numbers  Keyboard Layout   Exercises

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