German For Dummies Audio Set

by Edward Swick

Overview

If you need to start speaking German Fast, but you don’t have a lot of time to study the language, German For Dummies Audio Set is the quick-learning solution for you. These three sixty-minute CDs feature fast, focused instruction that gets you quickly up to speed on essential vocabulary and language structure.

This practical, portable audio set is designed to help you learn to speak German in a hurry and with no fuss, whether you’re at home or on the road. From basic greetings and expressions to grammar and conversations, you’ll grasp the essentials and start communicating right away! Plus, you can follow along with the handy 96-page portable guide. It’s filled with words and phrases you’ll hear on the CD and also includes a mini dictionary. You can practice at your own pace and skip around to focus on immediate needs. Discover how to:

• Get started with basic words and phrases
• Handle greetings and introductions
• Form sentences and practice parts of speech
• Ask questions and understand the answers
• Build your own vocabulary
• Talk about numbers, time, and the calendar
• Handle real-world situations
• Ask for directions
• Get help at a hotel, the bank, a store

Heading for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, or any other German speaking country? German For Dummies Audio Set is packed with all of the must-have expressions and phrases, you need to conduct business or have a great vacation!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470222560
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	04/07/2008
Series:	For Dummies Books
Edition description:	Bilingual
Pages:	1
Sales rank:	648,516
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 7.50(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Edward Swick (Chicago, IL) has been a foreign language teacher for more than 30 years. After studying at the University of Hamburg in Germany as a Fulbright scholar, he completed his Master's Degree in German, Russian, and English at Southern Illinois University. He now resides in Chicago, where he works full time on German and ESL instructional materials.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

About This Audio Set 1

Conventions Used in This Audio Set 1

Foolish Assumptions 2

How This Audio Set Is Organized 3

Where to Go from Here 3

Lesson 1:1: Welcome and Overview of CD1: The Basics 5

Lesson 1:2: Personal Pronouns and Formalities 6

Personal Pronouns 6

Formalities 6

Lesson 1:3: Saying “Hello” and “Goodbye”. 7

Greetings 7

Goodbyes 7

Lesson 1:4: Saying and Replying to “How Are You?” 8

Lesson 1:5: Introducing Yourself and Talking about Where You’re From 9

Lesson 1:6: Indispensable Words and Phrases. 11

Pleasantries 11

Asking for help 11

Methods of transport 12

Places 12

People 13

Lesson 1:7: Useful Expressions and Phrases 14

Lesson 1:8: Introduction of Question Words 16

Lesson 1:9: Useful Questions and Answers. 17

Lesson 1:10: You Can Count on Me: An Overview of Numbers. 19

Lesson 1:11: What Time Is It? Finding Out How to Tell Time 21

Vocabulary 21

Example sentences 21

Lesson 1:12: Going through the Calendar and Forming the Date 23

Days of the week 23

Months of the year 23

Days of the month 24

Example sentences 24

Lesson 1:13: Directions 25

Vocabulary 25

Example sentences 26

Lesson 2:1: Welcome and Overview of CD2: The Nitty-Gritty: Language Structure 27

Lesson 2:2: Singular Nouns and Articles 28

At home 28

Downtown 29

Shopping 29

Places and things in the city/country 29

School 30

Occupations 30

Lesson 2:3: Plural Nouns and Articles 31

Lesson 2:4: Demonstrative Pronouns 32

Lesson 2:5: Adjectives and Location Sentences. 33

Colors 33

Common adjectives 34

Example sentences about location 34

Lesson 2:6: Degrees of Adjectives. 35

Common comparisons 35

Lesson 2:7: To Be or Not To Be: A Very Important Verb. 36

Lesson 2:8: Common Regular and Irregular Verbs in the Infinitive Form 37

Regular verbs 37

Irregular verbs 38

Lesson 2:9: Conjugating Verbs in Present Tense 39

Regular verbs 39

Irregular verbs that add an umlaut 39

Irregular verbs with a vowel change 40

Special irregular patterns 40

Irregularities between the singular and plural conjugations 41

Lesson 2:10: Conjugating Verbs in Past Tense 43

Regular verbs 43

Irregular verbs 43

Special irregular pattern 44

Lesson 2:11: Conjugating Verbs in Future Tense. 45

Lesson 2:12: Prepositions and Conjunctions 46

Accusative prepositions 46

Dative prepositions 46

Conjunctions 47

Lesson 2:13: Forming Simple Sentences 48

Lesson 2:14: Introducing More Complete Sentences. 49

Lesson 2:15: Negative Sentences 50

Lesson 2:16: Forming Questions. 51

Lesson 3:1: Welcome and Overview of CD3: Real-World Situations 53

Lesson 3:2: At the Office 54

Office items 54

Meetings 54

Business departments 55

Colleagues 55

Verbs 55

Example sentences 56

Lesson 3:3: On the Job 57

Vocabulary 57

Verbs 58

Lesson 3:4: Making Small Talk. 59

Lesson 3:5: Making Appointments. 60

Vocabulary 60

Example sentences 60

Lesson 3:6: Making Travel Arrangements 61

Vocabulary 61

Verbs 61

Example sentences 62

Lesson 3:7: Asking for Directions 63

Vocabulary 63

Example sentences 64

Lesson 3:8: Asking for and Getting Help. 65

Vocabulary 65

Example sentences 66

Lesson 3:9: At the Restaurant 67

Vocabulary 67

Verbs 68

Example sentences 68

Lesson 3:10: At the Hotel 69

Vocabulary 69

Verbs 69

Sentences and phrases 70

Lesson 3:11: At the Bank 71

Vocabulary 71

Verbs 71

Sentences and phrases 72

Lesson 3:12: At the Store 73

Vocabulary 73

Verbs 74

Example sentences 74

Mini-Dictionary 75

German-English Mini-Dictionary 75

English-German Mini-Dictionary 81