A German grammar for schools and colleges based on the Public school German grammar of A.L. Meissner

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German Grammar Main Menu......Page 1
Introduction to German Grammar......Page 2
Nouns submenu......Page 3
Pronouns submenu......Page 4
Verbs submenu......Page 5
Word order submenu......Page 6
Prepositions submenu......Page 7
Adjectives and adverbs submenu......Page 8
Conjunctions submenu......Page 9
Verbs, Other tenses submenu......Page 10
Verbs, Subjunctive mood submenu......Page 11
Verbs. Passive voice submenu......Page 12
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Gender......Page 21
Case......Page 22
Nominative Case - Functions......Page 23
Accusative Case - Functions......Page 24
Dative Case - Functions......Page 25
Genitive Case - Functions......Page 26
Der-word noun modifiers......Page 27
Ein-word noun modifiers......Page 28
Plurals of nouns......Page 29
Personal pronouns - nominative case......Page 30
"du" and "ihr" vs. "Sie"......Page 31
Possible meanings of "sie"......Page 32
Gender agreement......Page 33
The non-specific pronoun "man"......Page 34
Interrogative pronouns......Page 35
Demonstrative pronouns......Page 36
Relative pronouns - function......Page 37
Reflexive pronouns - function......Page 38
Regular verbs......Page 39
Verbs with stem vowel change......Page 40
Present tense verb form - meanings......Page 41
The verb "sein" (to be)......Page 42
The verb "haben" (to have)......Page 43
The verb "werden" (to become, get)......Page 44
The verb "lassen" (to let, have done)......Page 45
Verbs with separable prefixes......Page 46
Modal auxiliary verbs - function......Page 47
Command forms......Page 48
Reflexive verbs......Page 49
Verbs with special objects......Page 50
Expressions meaning "to like"......Page 51
"Es gibt" (there is, are)......Page 52
Statements......Page 53
Questions......Page 54
Commands......Page 55
Negation with "nicht"......Page 56
Negation with "kein"......Page 57
Dependent clauses......Page 58
Direct and indirect objects of verbs......Page 59
Time, manner and place expressions......Page 60
Infinitive phrases with "zu"......Page 61
Introduction to prepositions......Page 62
Accusative prepositions......Page 63
Dative prepositions......Page 64
Accusative/dative prepositions......Page 65
Genitive prepositions......Page 66
"Da-" and "wo-" compounds......Page 67
Form of Adjectives and Adverbs......Page 68
Endings on adjectives......Page 69
Significant (strong) endings......Page 70
Non-significant (weak) endings......Page 71
Special adjective and adverb expressions......Page 72
Comparison of adjectives and adverbs......Page 73
Coordinating conjunctions - meaning......Page 74
Subordinating conjunctions......Page 75
Simple past tense......Page 76
Compound past tense......Page 77
Past perfect tense......Page 78
Principal parts of verbs......Page 79
Future tense......Page 80
Future perfect tense - function......Page 81
The general subjunctive......Page 82
Present time subjunctive - regular verbs......Page 83
Past time subjunctive......Page 84
The conditional with "würde"......Page 85
The special subjunctive - function......Page 86
Function of the passive voice......Page 87
Passive voice, present tense......Page 88
Passive voice, other tenses......Page 89
The impersonal passive......Page 90
Substitutes for the passive......Page 91
The "man" construction......Page 92
Reflexive constructions......Page 93
The "sich lassen" construction......Page 94
The "sein...zu" + infinitive construction......Page 95
List of masculine N-nouns......Page 96
Summary of definite and indefinite articles......Page 103
Summary of personal pronouns......Page 104
Some common verbs with stem vowel change a >ä......Page 105
Some common verbs with stem vowel change e > ie......Page 106
Some common verbs with stem vowel change e > i......Page 107
List of verbs with separable prefixes......Page 108
List of reflexive verbs......Page 115
List of verbs with dative objects......Page 118
List of verbs with genitive objects......Page 119
Comparatives and superlatives with Umlaut vowel......Page 120
Irregular comparatives and superlatives......Page 121
Special accusative adjective and adverb expressions......Page 122
Dative adjective and adverb expressions......Page 123
Genetive adjective and adverb expressions......Page 125
Principal parts of irregular verbs......Page 126