Table of Contents

Kapitel 1 Das bin ich

Wörter im Kontext

Persönliche Angaben

Sprach-Info: Stating one’s height

Sich erkundigen

Sprach-Info: The particle denn

Sprach-Info: Ways to say to study

Eigenschaften und Interessen

Sprach-Info: Using gern

Grammatik im Kontext

Nouns, Gender, and Definite Articles

Personal Pronouns

The Verb: Infinitive and Present Tense

Use of the Present Tense

Sprach-Info: Using infinitives as nouns

The Verb sein

Sprach-Info: The prefix un-

Word Order in Sentences

Asking Questions

Word Questions

Yes/No Questions

Kultur

Kapitel 2 Wie ich wohne

Wörter im Kontext

Auf Wohnungssuche

Sprach-Info: The indefinite article einen

Sprach-Info: Attributive and predicate adjectives

Möbelsuche auf dem Flohmarkt

Sprach-Info: The negative article kein

Sprach-Info: The definite article den

Was wir gern machen

Sprach-Info: Recognizing verbs with stem-vowel changes

Sprach-Info: Turning down an invitation

Grammatik im Kontext

The Verb haben

The Nominative and Accusative Cases

The Indefinite Article: Nominative and Accusative

The Definite Article: Nominative and Accusative

The der-Words dieser and welcher

Sprach Info: The definite article as a demonstrative pronoun

Negation: nicht and kein

Verbs with Stem-Vowel Changes

The Plural of Nouns

Sprach-Info: Gender-inclusive nouns in writing

Kultur

Kapitel 3 Familie und Freunde

Wörter im Kontext

Ein Familienstammbaum

Sprach-Info: Using Stief-, Halb-, or Ur-

Der Kalender: Die Wochentage und die Monate

Sprach-Info: Stating when using am and im

Sprach-Info: Ordinal numbers

Feste und Feiertage

Sprach-Info: Using nämlich

Grammatik im Kontext

Possessive Adjectives

Personal Pronouns in the Accusative Case

Prepositions with the Accusative Case

The Verb werden

The Verbs kennen and wissen

Kultur

Kapitel 4 Mein Tag

Wörter im Kontext

Sprach-Info: Common SMS texting abbreviations

Die Uhrzeit

Sprach-Info: The 24-hour clock

Sprach-Info: Asking when using Um wie viel Uhr?

Pläne machen

Sprach-Info: Indicating periods of the day

Sprach-Info: How to say that you do something regularly

Kino, Musik und Theater

Sprach-Info: Using ins or in die

Grammatik im Kontext

Separable-Prefix Verbs

The Sentence Bracket

Modal Auxiliary Verbs

The Present Tense of Modals

Sprach-Info: The pronoun man

The Imperative

Formal Imperative

Particles and bitte with the Imperative

Informal Imperative

Kultur

Kapitel 5 Einkaufen

Wörter im Kontext

Kleidungsstücke

Sprach-Info: The expression es gibt

Beim Einkaufen im Kaufhaus

Sprach-Info: Expressing opinions about clothing using gefallen, passen, and stehen

Sprach-Info: Stating that something is too much using zu with an adjective

Lebensmittel: Essen und Trinken

Sprach-Info: Time adverbs like zuerst and dann

Grammatik im Kontext

The Dative Case

Personal Pronouns in the Dative

Articles and Possessive Adjectives in the Dative

The Dative Case for Indirect Objects

Verbs with a Dative Object Only

Prepositions with the Dative Case

Interrogative Pronouns wo, wohin, and woher

Kultur

Kapitel 6 Wir gehen aus

Wörter im Kontext

Lokale

Sprach-Info: Making suggestions: Lass uns doch …

Die Speisekarte, bitte!

Im Restaurant

Grammatik im Kontext

Two-Way Prepositions

Describing Location

Describing Placement

Sprach-Info: Sitting down: sich setzen

Sprach-Info: What’s been stated in print: Das steht …

Expressing Time with Prepositions

Expressing Events in the Past

The Simple Past Tense of sein and haben

The Simple Past Tense of Modals

Kultur

Kapitel 7 Freizeit und Sport

Wörter im Kontext

Sport

Sprach-Info: Saying how often you do something

Freizeit und Vergnügungen

Jahreszeiten und Wetter

Grammatik im Kontext

Connecting Ideas: Coordinating Conjunctions

Expressing a Contrast: aber vs. sondern

Expressing Events in the Past: The Present Perfect Tense

Weak Verbs

Strong Verbs

The Use of haben or sein as an Auxiliary

Mixed Verbs

Past Participles of Verbs with Prefixes

Expressing Comparisons: The Comparative

Sprach-Info: The particle noch

Expressing Equality

Sprach-Info: The adverb genauso

Kultur

Kapitel 8 Wie man fit und gesund bleibt

Wörter im Kontext

Fit und gesund

Der menschliche Körper

Sprach-Info: Expressing how you’re feeling

Morgenroutine

Grammatik im Kontext

Connecting Sentences

Subordinating Conjunctions

Indirect Questions

Reflexive Pronouns and Verbs

Verbs with Accusative Reflexive Pronouns

Verbs with Reflexive Pronouns in the Accusative or Dative

Expressing Reciprocity

Kultur

Kapitel 9 In der Stadt

Wörter im Kontext

Unterkunft online buchen

Sprach-Info: Interpreting abbreviations concerning lodging

Im Hotel

Ringsum die Stadt

Grammatik im Kontext

The Genitive Case

Proper Names in the Genitive

Prepositions with the Genitive

Attributive Adjectives

Adjectives after a Definite Article

Sprach-Info: Using two or more attributive adjectives

Adjectives after an Indefinite Article

Adjectives without a Preceding Article

Adjectives Referring to Cities and Regions

Kultur

Kapitel 10 Auf Reisen

Wörter im Kontext

Ich möchte verreisen

Im Reisebüro

Sprach-Info: Compound adjectives with –stündig, tägig, -wöchig, and –monatig

Eine Fahrkarte, bitte!

Grammatik im Kontext

Expressing Comparisons: The Superlative

Attributive Adjectives in the Comparative

Attributive Adjectives in the Superlative

Adjectival Nouns

Narrating Events in the Past: The Simple Past Tense

Weak Verbs

Strong Verbs

Mixed Verbs

Sprach-Info: The conjunction als

The Past Perfect Tense

Kultur

Kapitel 11 Der Start in die Zukunft

Wörter im Kontext

Meine Interessen, Wünsche und Erwartungen

Berufe

Stellenangebote und Bewerbungen

Grammatik im Kontext

Future Tense

Expressing Probability

Describing People or Things: Relative Pronouns and Relative Clauses

The Interrogative Pronoun was für (ein)

Negating Sentences

Summary: The Position of nicht

Negation: noch nicht / noch kein(e); nicht mehr / kein(e) … mehr

Kultur

Kapitel 12 Haus und Haushalt

Wörter im Kontext

Finanzen der Studenten

Unsere eigenen vier Wände

Unser Zuhause

Grammatik im Kontext

Verbs with Fixed Prepositions

Prepositional Objects: da-Compounds

Asking Questions: wo-Compounds

The Subjunctive

Espressing Requests Politely

The Present Subjunctive II: haben, warden, können, mögen

The Use of würde with an Infinitive

Expressing Wishes and Hypothetical Situations

The Present Subjunctive II: Strong and Weak Verbs

Sprach-Info: The expression an deiner Stelle

Talking about Contrary-to-Fact Conditions

The Past Subjunctive II

Kultur

Kapitel 13 Medien und Technik

Wörter im Kontext

Fernsehen

Zeitung

Leben mit Technik

Grammatik im Kontext

Infinitive Clauses with zu

Sprach-Info: The verbs brauchen and scheinen

Infinitive Clauses with um … zu and ohne … zu

Indirect Discourse

Subjunctive I: Present Tense

Subjunctive I: Past Tense

Kultur

Kapitel 14 Die öffentliche Meinung

Wörter im Kontext

Globale Probleme

Umwelt

Grammatik im Kontext

The Passive Voice

Formation of the Passive Voice

Expressing the Agent

Expressing a General Activity

The Passive with Modal Verbs

Use of man as an Alternative to the Passive

The Present Participle

Kultur

About the Author

Robert Di Donato is Professor of German and Chair of the Department of German, Russian, and East Asian Languages with Hebrew and Arabic at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. He is the chief academic and series developer of Fokus Deutsch, a telecourse with accompanying texts and materials for teaching and learning German, and coauthor of The Big Yellow Book of German Verbs. He has also edited two volumes for the Central States Conference, written articles aout language methodology, and has given numerous keynote speeches, workshops and presentations - both in the United States and abroad - on teaching methods and teacher education. He has won a number of awards for his work in language education, including the Florence Steiner Award for Leadership in Foreign Language Education.



Monica D. Clyde is a native of Dï¿sseldorf. She received her Ph.D. in German literature from the University of California at Berkeley. She has taught German language and literature at Mills College, Caï¿ada College, the Defense Language Institute, and the College of San Mateo. She was Director of Faculty Development and Scholarship at Saint Mary's College of California until her retirement in 2003. She coauthored Texte und Kontexte and was contributor to Mosaik: Deutsch Kultur und Luteratur, Third Edition, both intermediate college-level German textbooks.