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    German Grammar For Foreigners
    German Grammar For Foreigners
    German Grammar For Foreigners
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    German Grammar For Foreigners

    By Vishal Chhabra

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    This Grammar book is intended for school students with no previous knowledge of German. It can be used for self -study or reference purposes

    This book explains the essentials of German grammar in clear and simple language. All the rules have been explained in the present book through the medium of English.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVishal Chabra
    Release dateDec 6, 2014
    ISBN9781502288455
    German Grammar For Foreigners

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      Good resource and summary for the German grammar rules, just need to be mindful of the typos
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    German Grammar For Foreigners - Vishal Chhabra

    Abschnitt 1

    Der Vokal       Vowels

    The German alphabet, just like the English, has five main vowels: A E I O U

    A (a) as a in hard

    E (e) as ay in say

    I (i) as i in ink

    O (o) as o in open

    U (u) like oo in boot.

    { ‘ ‘ } Umlaut - mutated vowel

    The German umlaut is recognisable by 2 little dots above a letter. The German umlaut is found on 3 letters a, o and u, umlauts are used to signify a certain sound. Whenever the use of umlauts is not possible e.g. for technical reasons, you can use extra e instead of Umlaut.

    For Example : ae = ä, oe= ö, ue = ü.

    A (a) – as a in hard

    Ä (ä) - similar to ‘ai’ in ‘air’

    O (o) – as o in open

    Ö (ö) - like ur in the word burn

    U (u) - like oo in boot.

    Ü (ü) - like ‘y’ in ‘Tyrell’

    German       Alphabet

    ‘ß’

    German has an additional character ‘ß’, which is either called eszet. It sounds exactly like ss. You can also use ss instead of ‘ß’,

    How to pronounce german diphthongs

    au: like ow in how

    ae: transcription for ‘ä’ if not available on a keyboard

    ah: like a in Jar.

    äu: like oy in Boy

    ei: like i in mine

    eu: like oy in Boy

    ie: like eein seek

    oe: transcription for ‘ö’ if not available on a keyboard

    oo: like oo in door

    ue: transcription for ‘ü’ if not available on a keyboard

    ** tion: tsee -ohn

    Abschnitt 2

    Das Nomen       Noun

    German nouns (a person, place or thing, Substantive) always begin with a CAPITAL letter!

    Bestimmter Artikel       Definite Article

    In English you can refer the definite article as the and In German there are three definite articles der, die, das. They are also placed before the noun and each of the definite articles has a gender.

    der – is placed before all masculine nouns.

    der Kuli – the ballpoint pen

    die – is placed before all feminine nouns

    die Maschine – the machine

    das - is placed before all neuter nouns.

    das Buch - the book

    {der}

    {die}

    {das}

    Die is also used for plural nouns. German plurals are normally formed by adding -en or -er to the noun.

    Das is also used as this or that

    Das ist ein Kind

    This is a child

    Unbestimmter Artikel       Indefinite Article

    Indefinite articles refer to nouns in a unspecified persons, objects etc. German has two indefinite articles ein for masculine - and neuter -gender words and eine for feminine -gender words.

    Ein - is placed before all masculine - and neuter -nouns

    ein Haus – a house

    ein Mann - a man

    Eine - is placed before all feminine nouns.

    eine Frau - a woman

    {ein}

    {eine}

    Abschnitt 3

    Sein - to be

    Conjugation

    Ich bin ein Lehrer.

    I am a teacher.

    Du bist ein Schüler.

    Yor are a pupil

    Er ist ein Kaufmann.

    He is a businessman.

    Es ist ein Kind.

    This is a child.

    Sie ist eine Krankenschwester.

    Sie is a nurse.

    Wir sind die Dichter.

    We are the poets.

    Ihr seid die Spieler

    You are the players

    Sie sind ein Arzt.

    You are a doctor.

    Sie sind die Sänger.

    They are the singers.

    Übung – Exercise

    Ergänzen Sie das Verb sein in der richtigen Form

    Beispiel: Er ist ein Direktor.

    1. Er ......... ein Musikant.

    2. Sie ......... eine Ärztin. (sing.)

    3. Du ......... ein Student.

    4. Wir ......... die Arbeiter.

    5. Ihr ......... die Schüler.

    6. Das ......... ein Buch

    7. Sie ......... ein Lehrer (polite)

    8. Ich ......... ein Autor.

    9. Es ......... ein Wunder.

    10. Das ......... ist eine Wohnung.

    11. Ihr ......... die Helfer.

    12. Er ......... ein Politiker.

    13. Wir ......... die Gäste.

    14. Ich ......... ein Fotograf.

    15. Sie ......... die Kollegin.

    Lösung

    1. ist 2. ist 3. bist 4. sind 5. seid 6. ist 7. sind 8. bin 9. ist 10. ist 11. seid 12. ist 13. sind 14. bin 15. ist.

    Abschnitt 4

    Possesiv Pronomen       Posessive Pronoun

    Feminin & Plural

    If the Noun is feminine or plural we have to add an extra e.

    Das ist mein Auto.

    This is my Car.

    Das ist dein Tee.

    This your your tea.

    Das ist sein Kuli.

    This is his ballpoint pen.

    Das ist ihr Heft.

    This is her notebook.

    Das ist unsere Wohnung.

    This is our apartment

    Das ist euer Büro.

    This is your office.

    Das ist Ihr Buch.

    This is your book.

    Das ist ihre Schule.

    This is their school.

    Übung – Exercise

    Ergänzen Sie die Personalpronomen

    Beispiel: Das ist meine Tasche. (ich)

    1. Das ist ........... Maschine (du)

    2. Das ist ........... Buch (Sie)

    3. Das ist ........... Kuli (sie) (sing.)

    4. Das ist ........... Schule (ihr)

    5. Das ist ........... Kind (wir)

    6. Das ist ................ Büro (ich)

    7. Das ist ................ Tee (Sie)

    8. Das ist ................ Auto (er)

    9. Das ist ................ Rock (sie) (sing.)

    10. Das ist ................ Lampe (es)

    11. Das ist ................ Telefon (er)

    12. Das ist ................ Schal (Sie)

    13. Das ist ................ Geschenk (sie) (plu.)

    14. Das ist ................ Ring (du)

    15. Das ist ................ Heft (ich)

    Lösung

    1. meine 2. Ihr 3. ihr 4. ihre 5. unser 6. mein 7. Ihr 8. sein 9. ihr 10. seine 11. sein 12. Ihr 13. ihr 14. dein 15. mein

    Abschnitt 5

    Nominativ       Nominative

    Nomantive is always the subject of a sentence. The person or thing which performs an action, defined by the verb.

    Das ist ein Haus.

    This is a house.

    Die Musik ist laut.

    The music is loud.

    Er ist ein Lehrer.

    He is a teacher.

    Sie ist eine Sekretärin.

    She is a secretary.

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