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Do you have a working knowledge of German, but want to improve? Allow this book to come to your rescue and eliminate basic errors and slips of the pen. Each one of 50 top tips for improving your spoken and written German is presented and analysed across a whole double page, with explanations as to where and why people sometimes go wrong. The tips are grouped into grammar, spelling, false friends, pronunciation and cultural faux pas sections. There s even free downloadable audio content available to help you with your pronunciation.

Polish your German with this brand new series from Teach Yourself the No. 1 brand in language learning. 50 ways to improve your German touches all essential bases and is divided into easily digestible sections.



Table of Contents:
  • : Meet the author
  • : Only got a minute?
  • : Only got five minutes?
  • : Only got ten minutes?
  • : How to use this book
  • : Sounding right
  • 1: We will sound you out!
  • 2: Don’t forget the capitals or the umlauts!
  • : Getting the structure right
  • 3: A very important date
  • 4: The trouble with males and females: masculine nouns
  • 5: The problem with males and females: feminine nouns
  • 6: The need for neutrality – neuter nouns
  • 7: The gender of compound nouns – what’s the problem?
  • 8: Plurals – why can’t I just add an -s?
  • 9: The magimix of mein, dein, sein
  • 10: All change: vowel changes after du and er, sie, es
  • 11: The perfect tense: ‘I have gone’ or ‘I am gone’?
  • 12: Separable verbs: no need to make the divorce acrimonious
  • 13: Don’t muddle the modals: müssen, sollen, mögen, dürfen
  • 14: Are the Germans nutcases? Or: who or whom do you love?
  • 15: Prepositions that always take the dative
  • 16: Prepositions that always take the accusative
  • 17: Cases and prepositions – motion or no motion? That is the question!
  • 18: Zum, zur, im, am … zum Kuckuck! Whatever next?
  • 19: Da + prepositions: dafür, damit
  • 20: Der alte Apfelbaum: adjective endings after der, die, das
  • 21: Ein neuer Computer: adjective endings after ein, eine, ein
  • 22: Gute Laune: adjective endings when there is no article
  • 23: The present continuous: are you sitting comfortably?
  • 24: Let’s twist again! When does the verb stand in second place?
  • 25a: Das kann ich! Word order with modal verbs
  • 25b: Gestern wollten wir ein Fußballspiel sehen. Modal verbs in past tenses
  • 26a: The position of direct and indirect objects
  • 26b: Where to put nicht, nie and auch
  • 27a: Word order after dass, weil, wann or wenn
  • 27b: Word order: saying when, where, how and why
  • 28: Wie or wer? Wo or was?
  • : Choosing the right words
  • 29: Introducing yourself: The name is Blonde, J. Blonde
  • 30: Greeting people: names and titles are important
  • 31a: Polite beginnings: Wie geht es Ihnen?
  • 31b: Polite beginnings: Entschuldigen Sie (mich)!
  • 32: ‘I am a doughnut!’ Really?
  • 33: And where do you come from?
  • 34: Ja and aber – two necessary evils
  • 35: Denn, doch and einmal – more necessary evils
  • 36: Erst and nur – only two words
  • 37: The use and misuse of haben
  • 38: I’d like another one, please – no, NOT ein anderes!
  • 39: For breakfast, the Germans have no appetite for für
  • 40: Eins or ein?
  • 41: Rock around the clock
  • 42: Doctor, doctor!
  • 43: Du, Sie, sie, ihr, Sie, sie, plus dieser and jeder
  • 44: How shall I put this? Plus a little help with machen
  • 45: Es gibt and other uses of es
  • 46a: Say what you mean and mean what you say: nouns and adjectives
  • 46b: Say what you mean and mean what you say: verbs
  • 47: Get your skates on: going by car, plane, etc.
  • 48: ‘When’, ‘if’ and als
  • 49: Increase your word power – live in style!
  • 50: Want to know a few secrets?
  • : Glossary of grammatical terms
  • : or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Grammatical Gobbledygook
  • : Index


About the Author :
Sieglinde Klovekorn-Ward is a native German speaker with extensive experience in teaching and teacher-training. She has worked as a freelance tutor for Surrey University and teaches at the Centre for International Briefing, Farnham.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781444110654
  • Publisher: John Murray Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Teach Yourself
  • Height: 196 mm
  • No of Pages: 160
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Width: 128 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1444110659
  • Publisher Date: 27 Aug 2010
  • Binding: SA
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 134 gr


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