Ollendorff's New Method of Learning to Read, Write, and Speak the German Language: To which is Added a Systematic Outline of German Grammar |
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accusative adjective adverb already Berlin better bread breakfast brother Bruder Buch cousin daß declension definite article dieſer dieſes dine drink einen end of Lesson English Es ist EXERCISES father feminine gehen geht Geld geliebt gender genitive German gern gethan give go thither governs the dative gute guten habe Haben Sie hast hätte horse Ich habe Ihnen Imperf impersonal verb intend iſt it.-Does it.-Have Jemandem kommen Lection Lesson XXXIV liary lieber machen Mann Masc masculine Morgen neuter noun o'clock one's past participle person Pferd plur plural preposition pronoun received REFLEXIVE VERB schreiben seen sehen sein sell ſich singular sister speak spoken sprechen subjunctive substantives tell them.-Have thing thun tive to-day Ucht uncle Vater verb viel weather Wein weiß werde Wieviel wine wish wollen word write würde yesterday
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Page 319 - not afraid of your creditors; be sure that they will do you no harm.— You must have patience, though you have no mind for it (t>aju) ; for I also must wait till I (man) am paid what is due to me.—As soon as I have money, I will pay all that you have advanced
Page 203 - must go for him, for he must mend the saddle.—Have you seen any one at the market ?—I have seen a good many people there.—How were they dressed ?—Some were dressed in blue, some in green, some in yellow, and several in red. 157. with the green ; oat ?—He is one of my relations.—Are you
Page 230 - for his beard is not strong.—At what o'clock do you dress in the morning ?—I dress as soon as I have breakfasted, and I breakfast every day at eight o'clock, or at a quarter past eight.— Does your neighbour dress before he breakfasts ?—He breakfasts before he dresses.—At what o'clock in the evening dost
Page 41 - The first, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the seventh, the eighth, the ninth, the tenth, the eleventh, the twentieth, the twenty-first, &c bet or
Page 158 - do you not understand him ?—I do not understand him because he speaks too badly.—Does this man know German ?—He does know it, but I do not know it.—Why do you not learn it ?—I have no time to learn it.—Have you received a letter ?—I have received one.—Will you answer it.—I am going to
Page 262 - three crow*ns left.—Have you money enough left to pay your tailor ? —I have enough of it left to pay him ; but if I pay him, I shall have but little left.—How much money will your brothers have left?—They will have a hundred crowns left.—Will you speak to my uncle if you see
Page 214 - saw him but a fortnight ago.—Do your scholars like to learn by heart ?—They do not like to learn by heart; they like reading and writing better than learning by heart.Do you like beer better than cider?—I like cider better than beer. —Does your brother like to play?—He likes to study better than
Page 225 - dinner*—After dinner I drink tea and then I take a walk.— Do you often take your children a walking ?—I take them a walking every morning and every evening.—Can you go along with me 1— I cannot go along with you, for 1 must take my little brother out a walking.—Where do you walk
Page 374 - we then possessed allowed us. We were not long- in finding out that those questions were calculated to ground us in the rules, and to exercise us in conversation, by the contradictory answers we were obliged to make. We can now almost keep up a conversation in German. This phrase does not seem to us logically correct.
Page 122 - it to you; but it is worn out.—Are your shoes worn out?—They are not worn out.—Will you lend them to my brother ?—I will lend them to him.—To whom have you lent your hat ?—I have not lent it; I have given it to somebody.—To whom have you given it ?—I have given it to a pauper