German All–in–One For Dummies: with CD

5 books in 1 German For Dummies German Audio Set For Dummies German Phrases For Dummies Intermediate German For Dummies German Essentials For Dummies Companion CD allows for more practice speaking the language Your all-encompassing guide to speaking, reading, and writing German Guten Tag! German All-in-One For Dummies brings together content from the Dummies German library into one handy guide that covers all the bases of the German language. Plus, it includes a companion CD that allows for even more opportunities to practice speaking the language. You'll also find additional content on grammar and usage to empower you to use and speak German like a native. If you want to improve your German, whether for work, travel, or enjoyment, German All-in-One For Dummies has you covered. Talkin' the talk — get your feet wet with some basic German phrases, common greetings, and everyday conversation topics Out and about — get the know-how to confidently navigate public transportation, dine out, find a hotel, and handle an emergency in German-speaking regions of the world Get down with grammar — grasp the various parts of speech, including nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and verbs, unlock the mysteries of gender and case, and find out how to construct sentences in German Fine-tuning — understand the difference between the conversational past and the simple (narrative) past; find out how to choose the correct verb form to express yourself in the future; and learn how to use reflexive verbs Open the book and find: Popular German phrases and expressions A close-up look at combining nouns and pronouns with verbs How to ask and answer questions Six modal verbs that help you be polite, ask for help, and talk about what you do The lowdown on how to use tricky two-part verbs How to connect shorter ideas with conjunctions to build more complex sentences Verb tables for conjugating verbs CD Includes More than 25 audio tracks to help improve your listening comprehension and speaking skills Please see CD appendix for complete system requirements.

Introduction  1 Book I: Getting Started with German  7 Chapter 1: Warming Up to German Basics 9 Chapter 2: Handling Numbers, Times, Dates, and Measurements 31 Chapter 3: Meeting and Greeting: Guten Tag! 53 Chapter 4: Talking about Home, Family, Friends, and Daily Life 77 Chapter 5: Talking Telecommunications, Business, and Current Events 97 Chapter 6: Shopping Simplified 119 Chapter 7: Dining Out and Buying Food: Guten Appetit! 137 Book II: Speaking German on the Go  165 Chapter 1: Locating Places 167 Chapter 2: Going Out on the Town 185 Chapter 3: Planning a Pleasure Trip: Gute Reise! 203 Chapter 4: Finding a Place to Stay: Gute Nacht! 227 Chapter 5: Getting Around 243 Chapter 6: Handling Emergencies: Hilfe! 263 Book III: Assembling the Grammatical Foundations for Communication 281 Chapter 1: Laying Out the Basics to Build Sentences 283 Chapter 2: Sorting Out Word Gender and Case 307 Chapter 3: Dealing with the Here and Now: The Present Tense 331 Chapter 4: Asking and Answering Questions 353 Chapter 5: Describing and Comparing with Adjectives and Adverbs 379 Chapter 6: Modifying Verbs with Helpers: The Modal Auxiliaries 411 Chapter 7: Instructing and Commanding: The Imperative Mood 429 Chapter 8: Sorting Out Separable– and Inseparable–Prefix Verbs 445 Book IV: Building Detail and Precision in Your Communication  463 Chapter 1: Tying Ideas Together with Conjunctions and Relative Pronouns 465 Chapter 2: Specifying Relationships with Prepositions 479 Chapter 3: Using Reflexives and Other Verb Combinations 493 Chapter 4: Conversing about the Past: The Present Perfect and Past Perfect 507 Chapter 5: Narrating the (Simple) Past: Fact and Fiction 525 Chapter 6: Looking to the Future (And Avoiding It) 537 Chapter 7: Describing Your Mood: Summing Up the Subjunctive 549 Book V: The Appendixes  563 Appendix A: Verb Tables and Case Charts 565 Appendix B: German–English Mini–Dictionary 587 Appendix C: English–German Mini–Dictionary 599 Appendix D: Fun & Games 611 Appendix E: About the CD 655 Index  659