German For Dummies, (with CD)

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On this lesson I show you how to use the verb like in German. You will learn how to talk about what you like, and what you don’t like in German. One of the most complicated things for German learners to grasp is the cases. Here I want to show you the first of them. I’ll go over every part slowly so you can easily understand how to use it! About the book authors: Wendy Foster teaches Business English, German, French, and intercultural communication skills. She also does editing for online German education programs. Wendy received her degree in German studies at the Sprachen-und-Dolmetscher-Institut in Munich and later her MA in French at Middlebury College in Paris. For Dummies. ??Plus, it includes a new CD that allows for even more opportunities to practice speaking the language, as well as additional content on grammar and usage to empower you to use and speak German like a native. German and English come from one language group, the West Germanic language family. Even though they differ a lot, there are some similarities that can serve as a starting point for your German learning journey.

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In grammar, cases indicate the role that nouns and pronouns play in a sentence. Case is important in German because four types of words — nouns, pronouns, articles, and adjectives — go through spelling changes according to the case they represent in a sentence. Learn to speak German? Easy. The book conveniently combines titles from the German Dummies library into one handy guide that covers all of the bases of the German language. Still, I liked Jones’s jumbo jet analogy. Although I haven’t learned to fly one, it made me think about learning to drive, which I did manage and which went from brain-meltingly difficult to second nature in roughly half a year. Searching for another excuse, I began to worry that my affliction was a condition of being brought up as a monolingual Brit, so I met up with Matthew Youlden, a Mancunian who, like his twin brother, Michael, can speak 20 languages. The Youlden brothers are polyglots who were recently tasked by a German TV show to learn Danish in one week – teaching the TV presenter Claire Oelkers the language as they learned. Listen to the example sentences with the verbs: liebenand hassenand then try to answer the questions. One of the things we do every day is to compare: we always talk about differences between things. In this lesson I teach you how to use comparative adjectives in German, in an easy, and fun way, with audio examples.Der Mann liebt die Frau . (The man loves the woman). Here, die Frau is the direct object in the accusative case. Der Mann is the subject in the nominative case.

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The grammar emerges naturally as you read, instead of the traditional school method where you learn the rules out of context and struggle to use them in real life. Just as the definite and indefinite articles change, so do personal pronouns. However, this is also the same in English, as “I” changes to “me” or “my”. For example:Finally, a few English terms have different meanings in the German language. For example, the word Evergreen refers to a golden oldie, Handy means a cellphone, Mobbing means bullying or harassing, Oldtimer refers to a vintage car, and Wellness-Center means spa. Talkin’ the Talk Practice these German greetings and expressions, which you’ll use daily when you visit a German-speaking country. With these expressions, you can communicate politely, feel more confident, and travel more comfortably. English