Langenscheidt

Deutsch in 30 Tagen German in 30 days Von Angelika G. Beck

LEJ Langenscheidt

Berlin • München • Wien • Zürich • New York

I Contents Introduction

Spelling and pronunciation

Lesson 1 Im Flugzeug On the plane

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Grammar: personal pronoun m present tense: regular verbs • present tense: sein and haben • affirmative statements

questions: with and without a question word

Life in Germany: Forms of address • Dialects

t sson 2 Ankunft bei Frau Glück Arriving at Mrs Glück's

Grammar: nouns: gender • definite and indefinite article I verb with the nominative and verb with the accusative

definite and indefinite article: nominative and accusative question words for persons and things: nominative and

accusative • modal verbs: können, dürfen and „möchten"

Life in Germany: Greeting someone and saying goodbye

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Lesson 3 Yuki möchte in die Stadt fahren Yuki wants to go to town

Grammar: particle denn • present tense: irregular verbs a modal verbs wollen, sollen and müssen m modal verb and verb: word order • the meaning of the modal verbs •: pronoun man -> negation nicht prepositions with the accusative в preposition in

Life in Germany: Local transport

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Lesson 4 Der Deutschkurs 42 The German course

Grammar: word formation: compounds • numbers: 0 - 1 0 0 0 000 • time • time of day • day of the week • word order with time words • countries and nationalities • definite and indefinite article: nominative and accusative (singular and plural) • nouns: singular and plural

Life in Germany: Opening hours

Grammar: particle aber и demonstrative pronoun: nominative and accusative • personal pronoun: nominative and accusative • year * money * telephone numbers and post codes

Life in Germany: Post office • Post codes * Currency

Lesson 6 Im Kaufhaus In a department store

Grammar: adjective after sein m adjective following the definite article: nominative and accusative я adjective following the definite and indefinite article: nominative and accusative

Life in Germany: Methods of payment

Lesson 7 Einladung zum Essen Invitation to dinner

Grammar: Particles nur and bloß s Separable and inseparable verbs в Reflexive verbs • Word formation • Date • Names of the months

Life in Germany: Eating habits

в SFCHS

Lesson 8 Stadtbesichtigung 90 Guided tour of the city

Grammar: particle mal adverbs: adverbs of place, adverbs of time, modal adverbs • imperative • Der Markt

Life in Germany: Palaces, castles and churches

Lesson 9 Und abends ins Konzert And then a concert in the evening

Grammar: particle eigentlich • dative: verbs followed by the dative • definite and indefinite article: nominative, accusative and dative • question words for persons: nominative, accusative and dative • verbs followed by the dative and the accusative

prepositions followed by the dative • prepositions which take both the accusative and the dative

Life i •: Drinks

Lesson 10 Familie

Grammar: possessive adjectives and pronouns: nominative, accusative and dative • personal pronouns: nominative, accusative and dative

Life in Germany: Lifestyles

Lesson 11 Jobsuche

Grammar: phonetic alphabet • professions • preposition seit question word: Wann?

Life in Germany: Looking for a job

Lesson 12 Vorstellungstermin Interview

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Grammar: nämlich

Life in Germany: Social insurance

Lesson 13 Hurra, ich habe gewonnen! 142 Hurrah, I've won!

Grammar: particle doch • perfect with haben • perfect with sein • past participle regular and irregular verbs ж perfect: position of the auxiliary and the participle

Life in Germany: Lotto

Lesson 14 Im Cafe 154

In a cafe

Grammar: word order change with adverbs

Life in Germany: In a cafe

Lesson 15 Geburtstagsfeier mit Freunden Celebrating a birthday with friends

Grammar: comparison of adjectives • comparison using als • subordinate clauses with dass

Life in Germany: Religious and public holidays

Lesson 16 Beim Arzt 172 At the doctor's

Grammar: negation with nicht or kein m nicht or nichts • additional words of negation nicht nur..., sondern auch

Life in Germany: The Health Service

Lesson 17 In der Apotheke At the chemist's

Grammar: comparisons with so... wie

Life in Germany: Medical emergency service and chemists

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Lesson 18 Am Bahnhof 187

At the station

Grammar: conditional clauses • particle und zwar

Life in Germany: Deutsche Bahn AG (German Rail)

Lesson 19 In Bamberg In Bamben

Grammar: subordinate clause with: urn... zu + infinitive der, die, das as demonstrative pronoun

Life in Germany: Special travel offers and train ticket reserva­tions

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204 Lesson 20 Mülltrennung Separating waste

Grammar: the verbs legen — liegen, stellen - stehen, hängen -hängen, sich setzen - sitzen m indefinite pronouns ein-1 kein-

Life in Germany: The Germans and waste

Lesson 21 Sport Ist gesund 212 Sport is healthy

Grammar: word formation: nouns from verbs m word formation: nouns from adjectives • word formation: nouns from verb + noun • word formation: nouns from adjective + noun • subjunctive with würde + infinitive

Life in Germany: Clubs, societies and associations

218 Lesson 22 Ein Telefonanruf

A telephone call

Grammar: conjunction entweder... oder ss separable verbs

Life in Germany: Telephoning

E esson 23 Eine Hochzeits feier A wedding reception

Grammar: definite article: genitive • possessive pronouns: genitive

Life in Germany: Alcohol limit

Lesson 24 Ein gemütlicher Abend 234 A pleasant evening

Grammar: prepositions with genitive • clauses with obwohl • statt + infinitive with zu m ohne... zu + infinitive

Life in Germany: Television

Lesson 25 Eine peinliche Situation An embarrassing situation

Grammar: relative clause • relative pronouns: nominative, accusative, dative and genitive • relative clauses: nominative, accusative, dative and genitive

Life in Germany: The Press

Lesson 26 Ein Verkehrsunfall A traffic accident

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Grammar: preterite and perfect • preterite: regular verbs • preterite: irregular verbs • preterite: haben and sein • preterite: modal verbs • preterite: separable verbs

Life in Germany: Germans are keen cyclists

Lesson 27 Besuch im Krankenhaus A visit to the hospital

Grammar: preterite or perfect?

Life in Germany: Salutations and greetings in postcards and letters

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Lesson 28 Die Abschlussprüfung 271

The final examination

Grammar: verbs with prepositions

Life in Germany: The school system

Lesson 29 Eine Überraschung 279 A surprise

Grammar: subordinate clause with weil indirect questions with ob

Life in Germany: Smoking

Lesson 30 Die Heimreise Going back home

Grammar: subordinate clauses with als я subordinate clauses with damit

Life in Germany: Saying goodbye

Key to the exercises 293

Index of words 304