| Introduction |
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Conventions Used in This Book |
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Chapter 1 Laying the Foundations of German |
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1-2-3: Counting off with cardinal numbers |
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1st, 2nd, 3rd: Lining up with ordinal numbers |
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10 | (2) |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (3) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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Talking about parts of the day |
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14 | (1) |
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Identifying Parts of Speech |
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Naming with nouns and articles |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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Describing with adjectives |
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17 | (1) |
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Conveying action with verbs |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (1) |
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Connecting with prepositions |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (4) |
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Getting words in the right order |
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19 | (1) |
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Putting the verb in second place |
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Placing the verb at the end |
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21 | (2) |
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Chapter 2 Grasping Gender and Case |
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23 | (14) |
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Getting a Grip on Word Gender |
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23 | (7) |
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Using indefinite articles |
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24 | (3) |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (2) |
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30 | (2) |
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Identifying the four cases |
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30 | (1) |
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Understanding why cases matter |
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31 | (1) |
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Pinch-Hitting with Pronouns |
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32 | (5) |
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Personalizing with personal pronouns |
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32 | (1) |
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Relating to relative pronouns |
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33 | (2) |
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Demonstrating the demonstrative pronouns |
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35 | (2) |
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Chapter 3 Handling the Present |
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37 | (18) |
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37 | (1) |
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Selecting Subject Pronouns |
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38 | (2) |
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Addressing someone formally or informally |
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39 | (1) |
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Unraveling sie, sie, and Sie |
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40 | (1) |
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Expressing Yourself in the Present Tense |
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40 | (15) |
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41 | (1) |
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Remembering verbs with spelling changes |
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42 | (2) |
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Dealing with the irregulars |
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44 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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Mirroring with reflexive verbs |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (1) |
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Simplifying separable-prefix verbs |
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48 | (3) |
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Investigating inseparable-prefix verbs |
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51 | (1) |
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Dealing with dual-prefix verbs |
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52 | (3) |
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Chapter 4 Modifying with Modal Auxiliary Verbs |
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55 | (14) |
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A Primer on Modal Auxiliary Verbs |
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55 | (2) |
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Granting Permission with Durfen |
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57 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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Expressing Ability with Konnen |
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58 | (3) |
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59 | (1) |
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59 | (2) |
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Describing Likes with Mogen |
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61 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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Talking about Preferences with Mochten |
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62 | (2) |
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63 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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Showing Obligation and Necessity with Mussen |
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64 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (1) |
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Giving Advice with Sollen |
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65 | (2) |
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66 | (1) |
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Stating Intentions with Wollen |
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67 | (2) |
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Chapter 5 Describing and Connecting Your Thoughts |
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Forming Endings on Adjectives |
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69 | (5) |
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70 | (1) |
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Tacking endings on stand-alone adjectives |
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70 | (2) |
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Ending adjectives that follow articles or modifiers |
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72 | (1) |
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73 | (1) |
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Using Adverbs to Modify Adjectives |
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74 | (1) |
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Regular types of comparisons |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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Calling out common comparisons |
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77 | (2) |
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Irregular types of comparisons |
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79 | (1) |
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Understanding spelling changes |
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79 | (1) |
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Reviewing irregular comparison forms |
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80 | (1) |
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Comparisons between equals and nonequals |
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80 | (1) |
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Your Personal Preposition Primer |
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Looking at the role of cases in prepositions |
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81 | (1) |
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Connecting with accusative prepositions |
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82 | (2) |
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Working with dative prepositions |
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84 | (3) |
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Handling genitive prepositions |
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87 | (1) |
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Tackling two-way prepositions |
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88 | (2) |
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Mastering preposition combinations |
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90 | (3) |
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Chapter 6 Asking and Answering Questions |
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93 | (16) |
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Formulating Yes/No Questions |
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93 | (1) |
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Responding to a Yes/No Question |
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94 | (7) |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (2) |
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Avoiding blunt negative answers |
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100 | (1) |
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Asking Informational Questions |
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101 | (4) |
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102 | (1) |
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Calling the case in question |
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103 | (1) |
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Formulating compound question words with wo- |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (4) |
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Chapter 7 Stepping Back in the Past |
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109 | (16) |
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Conversing with Present Perfect |
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109 | (11) |
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Forming present perfect with weak verbs |
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110 | (1) |
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110 | (2) |
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112 | (1) |
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Forming present perfect with strong verbs |
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113 | (1) |
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Forming present perfect with the auxiliary verb sein |
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114 | (2) |
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Forming present perfect with oddball verbs |
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116 | (1) |
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Separating the separable-prefix verbs |
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116 | (2) |
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Sticking together with inseparable-prefix verbs |
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118 | (1) |
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Dealing with verbs ending in -ieren |
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119 | (1) |
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Writing with the Simple Past |
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120 | (5) |
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Creating the simple past with regular (weak) verbs |
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121 | (1) |
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Creating the simple past with irregular (strong) verbs |
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122 | (3) |
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Chapter 8 Focusing on the Future |
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125 | (10) |
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Using the Present to Express the Future |
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125 | (3) |
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Knowing when to use the present tense |
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126 | (1) |
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Inserting future time expressions |
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127 | (1) |
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Talking about the Future with Werden |
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128 | (4) |
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128 | (1) |
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Using the future tense properly |
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129 | (1) |
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Assuming, hoping, or supposing |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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Remembering the Right Word Order |
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132 | (3) |
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Chapter 9 Understanding Verb Moods |
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135 | (14) |
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Giving Commands with the Imperative |
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136 | (2) |
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Looking at the three imperative forms |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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Grasping Present Subjunctive II |
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138 | (5) |
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Forming Subjunctive II with wurde |
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139 | (1) |
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Forming Subjunctive II with other helping verbs |
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140 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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Modal auxiliary verbs and other special verbs |
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141 | (1) |
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Using present Subjunctive II |
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142 | (1) |
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Speculating with Past Subjunctive II |
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143 | (2) |
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Dealing with Subjunctive I Used in Indirect Speech |
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145 | (4) |
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Forming present Subjunctive I used in indirect speech |
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145 | (2) |
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Forming past Subjunctive I used in indirect speech |
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147 | (2) |
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Chapter 10 Ten Important Verb Distinctions |
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149 | (6) |
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Bringen and Nehmen: To Bring and to Take |
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149 | (1) |
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Zahlen and Zahlen: To Pay and to Count |
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150 | (1) |
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Heiß, Kalt, Satt, and Voll: To Feel Hot, Cold, Full, and Drunk |
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150 | (1) |
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Lernen and Studieren: To Learn, Train, and Study |
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151 | (1) |
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Machen and Tun: To Make and to Do |
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151 | (1) |
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Wohnen and Leben: To Reside and to Live |
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152 | (1) |
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Kennen and Wissen: To Know a Person, Place, and Information |
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152 | (1) |
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Verbringen, Spendieren, and Ausgeben: To Spend Time and Money |
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153 | (1) |
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Werden and Bekommen: To Become and to Get |
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153 | (1) |
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Essen and Fressen: To Eat |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (14) |
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Conjugating Verbs in Present and Simple Past Tenses |
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155 | (1) |
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Conjugating Verbs in the Present Perfect, Future, and Subjunctive |
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156 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (1) |
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157 | (1) |
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157 | (2) |
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Regular verbs (no stem change in the simple past) |
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157 | (1) |
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157 | (1) |
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Regular verbs (with stem ending in -d, -t, -fn or -gn) |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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Irregular weak verbs (stem change in the simple past) |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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Verbs with auxiliary haben |
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159 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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Verbs with auxiliary sein |
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159 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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Verbs with present-tense vowel change in 2nd- and 3rd-person singular |
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160 | (1) |
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160 | (1) |
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160 | (1) |
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mitbringen (to bring along) |
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160 | (1) |
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Inseparable-Prefix Verbs (Without Ge- Prefix in the Past Participle) |
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161 | (1) |
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Verbs with a past participle ending in -t |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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Verbs with a past participle ending in -en |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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Auxiliary Verbs Haben, Sein, and Werden |
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162 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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werden (to become, shall, will) |
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163 | (1) |
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Modal Auxiliary Verbs Durfen, Konnen, Mogen, Mussen, Sollen, and Wollen |
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163 | (2) |
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durfen (to be allowed, may) |
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163 | (1) |
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konnen (to be able to, can, to know how to do something) |
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163 | (1) |
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mogen (to like [ to], want to) |
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164 | (1) |
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mussen (to have to, must) |
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164 | (1) |
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sollen (to be supposed to, should) |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (4) |
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