Contents of FSI German 1





 


Contents for:   German 2

Preface iii
Introduction iv
   
UNIT 1  
Basic Sentences: Wir sind in Deutschland 1
Numbers 1-12 5
Notes on Pronunciation:  
    A. Short Vowels 6
    B. Long Vowels 7
    C. Distinguishing Long and Short Vowels 8
    D. Diphthongs 8
Notes on Grammar:  
    A. The German Noun-Classification ("Gender") System 8
    B. The Pointing-Word das 10
Substitution Drill 10
Variation Drill 13
Translation Drill 16
Response Drill 17
Conversation Practice 18
Situations 19
Finder List 19
   
UNIT 2  
Basic Sentences:  
    In Munchen 23
    Bei der Passkontrolle und beim Zoll 28
Notes on Pronunciation:  
    A. Long and Short Vowels 30
    B. Diphthongs 31
    C. Post-Vocalic r 31
    D. Pre-Vocalic r (voiceless) 32
Notes on Grammar:  
    A. Pronouns - Forms and Functions 32
    B. The Principle of Substitution 34
    C. Verb Forms and Functions - the Present 34
    D. Hin and her 37
Substitution Drill 37
Variation Drill 39
Vocabulary Drill 40
Translation Drill 42
Response Drill 43
Conversation Practice 44
Situations 45
Finder List 45
   
UNIT 3  
Basic Sentences:  
    Stadtbesichtigung 49
    In der stadt 52
Numbers 13-20 55
Notes on Pronunciation:  
    A. German b, d, g and p, t, k 56
    B. Pre-Vocalic r in clusters 57
    C. Pre-Vocalic r after Vowels and Initially 57
    D. The German l 57
Notes on Grammar:  
    A. Introduction to Units 3-9 58
    B. der- Type Specifiers: der, dieser, welcher 58
    C. Nouns 61
    D. Prepositional Phrases 62
    E. Verbs 64
    F. Word Order 64
Substitution Drill 65
Vocabulary Drill 69
Variation Drill 72
Translation Drill 75
Response Drill 77
Conversation Practice 78
Situations 78
Finder List 79
   
UNIT 4  
Basic Sentences: Im Konsulat 81
Numbers 21-50 88
Footnotes to the Basic Sentences 88
Notes on Pronunciation:  
    A. The German ich sound 89
    B. The German ach sound 89
Notes on Grammar:  
    A. ein- Type Specifiers: ein, kein, man, sein, ihr, Ihr, unser 90
    B. Verb Phrases and Word Order 93
    C. The Words gern, lieber, am liebsten 94
Substitution Drill  
    Part I 95
    Part II 97
    Part III 98
Variation Drill 100
Vocabulary Drill 102
Translation Drill 104
Response Drill 105
Conversation Practice 106
Situations 107
Finder List 107
   
UNIT 5  
Basic Sentences: Herr Alien klingelt bei Herm Wilson 109
Footnotes to the Basic Sentences 115
Notes on Pronunciation:  
    A. German sch 115
    B. German s 115
    C. German z 116
Notes on Grammar:  
    A. Nouns and Specifiers 116
    B. Reflexive Pronouns 122
Substitution Drill  
    Part I 123
    Part II 124
    Part III 125
Variation Drill 128
Vocabulary Drill 129
Translation Drill 131
Response Drill 133
Conversation Practice 134
Situations 134
Narrative 135
Finder List 135
   
UNIT 6  
Basic Sentences:  
    Telephongespräche 137
    Buchstabier-tafel 141
Footnotes to the Basic Sentences 143
Notes on Pronunciation:  
    A. Some Difficult Clusters 143
    B. Review of Vowel Contrasts 143
Notes on Grammar:  
    A. Adjectives 144
    B. Time Expressions 147
    C. Question-Word Pronouns with Prepositions 147
Substitution Drill  
    Part I 147
    Part II 150
Conversion Drill 152
Variation Drill 153
Vocabulary Drill 155
Translation Drill 157
Response Drill 158
Conversation Practice 159
Situations 159
Narrative 160
Finder List 160
 
UNIT 7  
Basic Sentences: Beim Etarichten 163
Numbers 101-1000 170
Footnotes to the Basic Sentences 170
Notes on Pronunciation:  
    A. Vowels in Syllables Not Having Primary Stress 171
    B. Review 171
Notes on Grammar:  
    A. Adjectives - The Adjective-Noun Sequence 172
    B. An Irregular Adjective - hoch 175
    C. Summary of Two-Way Prepositions 175
    D. Verbs. legen, liegen, stehen, and stellen 176
    E: Verbs. Review of Present 177
Substitution Drill  
    Part I 178
    Part II 179
    Part III 181
Variation Drill 182
Vocabulary Drill 185
Translation Drill 188
Response Drill 189
Conversation Practice 190
Situations 191
Narrative 191
Finder List 192
   
UNIT 8  
Basic Sentences: Beim Einkaufen 195
Footnotes to the Basic Sentences 201
Notes on Pronunciation:  
    A. German nv and nk 201
    B. Final -b, -d and -s 202
    C. Final -m and -n 202
    D. Unstressed Final -en 202
Notes on Grammar:  
    A. Specifiers and Adjectives 203
    B. Adjectives with Dative 205
    C. Word Order 205
    D. Compound Nouns 207
Substitution Drill 209
Transformation Drill 215
Variation Drill 217
Vocabulary Drill 220
Translation Drill 222
Response Drill 224
Conversation Practice 225
Situations 225
Narrative 226
   
UNIT 9  
Basic Sentences: EineFahrt in die Beige 229
Footnotes to the Basic Sentences 234
Notes on Grammar:  
    A. Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs 235
    B. Quantity Adjectives 237
    C. Verbs. the Future Phrase 238
    D. Specifiers: jafer 239
    E. Time Expressions 239
Substitution Drill  
    Part I 240
    Part II 241
Conversion Drill 243
Variation Drill 244
Vocabulary Drill 247
Translation Drill 249
Response Drill 250
Conversation Practice 251
Situations 252
Narratives  
    I 252
    II 253
Finder List 253
   
UNIT 10  
Basic Sentences: Im Gasthof Zum Weissen Hirsch 261
Notes on Grammar:  
    A. Word Order in Larger Sentences 262
    B. Ordinal Numerals 264
    C. Prepositions with the Genitive 265
    D. Telling Time 266
    E. The Superlative Stem Meist- 267
Substitution Drill 268
Conversion Drill  
    Part I 269
    Part II 270
    Part II 270
    Part IV 270
Variation Drill 271
Vocabulary Drill 273
Translation Drill 275
Response Drill 277
Conversation Practice 278
Situations 278
Narrative 279
Finder List 279
   
UNIT 11  
Basic Sentences: Ein Wochentag 281
Footnotes to the Basic Sentences 286
Notes on Grammar:  
    A. Verb Forms in Familiar Speech 287
    B. Pronouns and Possessive Words in Familiar Speech 289
    C. The Auxiliary Verb Lassen 290
    D. Complex Verb Phrases 290
    E. Derivative Nouns 291
Substitution Drill 293
Conversion Drill 294
Variation Drill 298
Vocabulary Drill 301
Translation Drill 302
Response Drill 304
Conversation Practice 305
Situations 306
Narrative 306
Finder List 307
   
UNIT 12  
Basic Sentences: Auf einer Gesellschaft 309
Footnotes to the Basic Sentences 315
Notes on Grammar:  
    A. Verbs. Past Time 315
    B. Verbs. The Perfect Phrase 316
    C. Verbs. Past Participle Forms 317
    D. Verbs. Past Time Continuing in the Present 318
    E. Time Expressions 319
Substitution Drill 320
Conversion Drill 321
Variation Drill 322
Vocabulary Drill 325
Translation Drill 327
Response Drill 329
Conversation Practice 330
Situations 331
Narrative 332
Finder List 332