Heimy Taylor and Werner Haas are both retired professors of German at Ohio State University.

• How to Use This Book viiIntroduction: German Sounds and Spelling 11 Greetings, Introductions, and Useful Expressions 11Culture Notes 11Dialoge (Dialogues) 12Kommunikation (Communication) 13Grammatik (Grammar) 161. Subject Pronoun 162. The Present Tense Form of Verbs 173. The Definite Articles: der, die, das 194. The Gender of Third-Person Pronouns 215. Using Adjectives and Adverbs 226. Present Tense of sein and haben 247. Verbs with Vowel Changes 25Sprechen leicht gemacht 26Wiederholung 27Wortschatz 282 Numbers: Measurements, Currencies, Sizes, and TemperatureCulture Notes 32Dialoge 34Kommunikation 35Grammatik 381. A Few Rules about Basic Word Order 382. Formation of Noun Plurals 403. The Accusative Case 414. The Indefinite Article 415. The Accusative of Personal Pronouns 446. Prepositions Requiring the Accusative Case 457. Negation with nicht 468. The Function and Use of Adverbs 48Sprechen leicht gemacht 50Wiederholung 51Wortschatz 523 Food, Restaurants, and Eating 54Culture Notes 54Dialoge 56Kommunikation 57Grammatik 641. Giving Orders the Polite Way 642. The Function of Modals (Modal Auxiliaries) 653. Möchten Means “Would Like” (An Expression You Will Need) 664. Ordinal Numbers 675. Asking Indirect Questions 716. The Conjugation of wissen (to know) 727. More about Word Order 748. Compound Nouns 78Sprechen leicht gemacht 78Wiederholung 80Wortschatz 814 Lodging, Hotels, and Overnight Accommodations 85Culture Notes 85Dialoge 86Kommunikation 88Grammatik 891. The Dative Case 892. Dative Ending for a Few Masculine Nouns in the Singular 903. Dative Endings for Nouns in the Plural 914. Dative Prepositions 925. The Dative Case of Personal Pronouns 926. Verbs That Require the Dative Case 937. Separable-Prefix Verbs 968. Word Order of Direct and Indirect Objects 989. Two-Way Prepositions 101Sprechen leicht gemacht 103Wiederholung 105Wortschatz 1065 Telling Time 108Culture Notes 108Dialoge 109Kommunikation 112Grammatik: Present Perfect Tense—an Overview 1131. Regular (Weak) Verbs 1142. Irregular (Strong) Verbs 1143. Separable-Prefix Verbs 1154. Inseparable-Prefix Verbs 1165. Irregular Verbs Using haben as Auxiliary Verb 1176. Regular Verbs Using sein as Auxiliary Verb 1177. Irregular Verbs Using sein as Auxiliary Verb 1188. Mixed Verbs 1189. The Genitive Case 120Sprechen leicht gemacht 121Wiederholung 124Wortschatz 1256 Health Care 128Culture Notes 128Dialoge 129Kommunikation 131Grammatik 1331. The Simple Past Tense 1332. Reflexive Pronouns 1383. The Use of als, wenn, wann 141Sprechen leicht gemacht 142Wiederholung 143Wortschatz 1447 Television and Radio 146Culture Notes 146Dialoge 146Kommunikation 148Grammatik 1501. Possessive Adjectives (Pronouns) 1502. The der words 1523. Adjectives Used as Predicate Adjectives 1524. Adjectival Endings 1535. Adjectives Used as Nouns 1576. Indefinite Adjectives 158Sprechen leicht gemacht 159Wiederholung 161Wortschatz 1618 Sports, Physical Education, and Recreation 163Culture Notes 163Dialoge 164Kommunikation 165Grammatik 1661. The Comparative of Adjectives and Adverbs 1662. The Subjunctive Mood 1703. The Past Subjunctive 176Sprechen leicht gemacht 178Wiederholung 180Wortschatz 1829 Communication: Telephone, Post Office, Newspapers, Train Station, and Airport 184Culture Notes 184Dialoge 185Kommunikation 188Grammatik 1881. Relative Pronouns 1882. German Word Order in Main Clauses 1953. German Word Order in Dependent Clauses 198Sprechen leicht gemacht 198Wiederholung 200Wortschatz 20110 Selbstbiographisches 204Dialoge 204Kommunikation 207Grammatik 2111. The Future Tense 2112. The Passive Voice 2123. Man as a Substitute for the Passive 215Wiederholung 220Wortschatz 221Answers for Activities, Exercises, and Reviews 224Reference Grammar 248Wortschatz: Deutsch-Englisch 254English-German Vocabulary 271Index 278