| Introduction.
Part I: The Basic Building Blocks of German.
Chapter 1: Assembling the Basic Tools for German Sentences.
Chapter 2: Sorting Out Word Gender and Case.
Chapter 3: Laying the Foundations of German.
Chapter 4: Building Your Word Power.
Part II: Getting Started Now: Writing in the Present.
Chapter 5: Grasping the Present Tense.
Chapter 6: Are You Asking or Telling Me? Questions and Commands.
Chapter 7: Answering Intelligently with Yes, No, and Maybe.
Chapter 8: Describing Your Mood: Summing Up the Subjunctive.
Chapter 9: In the Mood: Combining Verbs with Modal Auxiliaries.
Chapter 10: Sorting Out Separable- and Inseparable- Prefix Verbs.
Part III: Fine Tuning Your Writing with Flair.
Chapter 11: Sounding More Like a Native with Verb Combinations.
Chapter 12: Adding Adjectives for Description.
Chapter 13: Comparing with Adjectives and Adverbs.
Chapter 14: Connecting with Conjunctions.
Chapter 15: Your Preposition Primer.
Part IV: Looking Back and Ahead: Writing in the Past and the Future.
Chapter 16: Conversing about the Past: Perfecting the Present Perfect.
Chapter 17: Narrating the (Simple) Past: Fact and Fiction.
Chapter 18: Looking to the Future (and Avoiding It).
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 19: Ten Tips for Optimizing Your German.
Chapter 20: Ten Pitfalls to Avoid in German.
Part VI: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Verb Charts.
Appendix B: Case Charts.
Appendix C: English-German Dictionary.
Appendix D: German-English Dictionary.
Index.
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