German Grammar Etc

Excerpt from A Brief German Grammar: With References to His Larger Grammar His work has been prepared at the instance of many teachers, and because there appeared to be a call for a German grammar which should present the most important facts 'of the language in the briefest form consistent with accuracy and clearness of statement. It follows, as a matter of course, the same general method, and uses the same term inology, as the author's larger work (a Compendious German Grammar, etc., H. Holt (it which has been approved by wide use now during more than fifteen years; and it may be used as an introduction to the other. In order to facilitate the transition, and for the convenience of those who, while using it, desire to refer to the fuller statements and explana tions of the larger grammar, the numbers of the latter's para graphs corresponding to those of this volume are added in parenthesis to its own paragraph-numbers. The exercises may be used according to the discretion of the teacher and the special needs and capacities of his class and, where immediate advance to reading is desired, the english-into-german exer cises may in many cases be well omitted until the grammar comes to be gone over a second time. The selected sentences at the end are intended to form the ground for such further grammatical drill as shall be found desirable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...the clause: --Infinitive Preterit Indic. Past Participle burd?'4eb-en Ieb-te.. imrcfy burd?'=gc4eb-t biird?'=3ii=lcben Present leb-e.. butcb, leb-ft.. burd?, leb-t.. burd?; leben.. burd?, etc. ab'-.faU-en f1el.. ab ab'=ge=fall-en ab=3UfaIlen Pres. Indic. fall-e.. ab, fall-ft.. ab, fall-t.. ab; fall-en.. ab, etc. 164. Separable prefixes are: All independent words occurring in composition with a verb, except those mentioned in 162, 3, when toneless. The separable prefixes always have the accent: aus'=geben, go out; etrt'=Iaben, invite; roeg'=nebmen, take away, remove; acbt'=geben, give heed; fcurcrpbrecben, break through, etc. Exercises XXIX, XXX Verb Phrases 165. German, like English, expresses various tense, mode, or voice relations by phrases consisting of one or more auxiliaries and a nominal form (Participle or Infinitive) of the main verb. The principle of this formation is the same, on the whole, in the two languages; but there are some discrepancies as regards the auxiliary used in certain cases, and especially as regards the position of the auxiliary and the main verb in the clause. I. Simple Verb Phrases (with one Auxiliary) 166. Simple Verb Phrases with the Auxiliary baben, have. These phrases, serving to express past action, are analo gously formed in German and English: id babe (bu baft, etc.) geltebt, '/ have (you have, etc.) loved; icb, fyatte, etc., geltebt, / had, etc., loved. But the position of the auxiliary and the main verb varies: --1. In Independent clauses (and cf. 2, note i) the nominal verb form comes at the end of the clause, the Infinitive (with its 3u, if used) after the Past Participle: --33? babe ben ITCaun ge = I have loved the man. Hebt. Sie fann ben ITCann nicbt She cannot have loved the geltebt fyaben. man....

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