Introduction                                       xi
  PART ONE CONVERSATION BASICS
    German Pronunciation                           3  (8)
      The German Alphabet                          4  (1)
      German Pronunciation                         5  (6)
        Special Characters                         6  (1)
        Consonant Combinations                     7  (1)
        Vowel Combinations                         8  (1)
        Short and Long Vowels                      9  (2)
    Talking About People and Things                11 (10)
      Greeting People: Gruße und             12 (3)
      Begrußungen
        Names and Titles                           13 (1)
        Asking How Someone Is                      14 (1)
      Asking Wer ist das? (Who is that?) and       15 (6)
      Was ist das? (What is that?)
    Asking Questions                               21 (10)
      Asking Was machst du? (What are you          21 (1)
      doing?)
      Forming Yes/No Questions                     22 (3)
      Negation with Nicht                          25 (6)
    Going Places                                   31 (14)
      Gehen wir einkaufen! Let's go shopping!      31 (6)
      Asking Questions with Haben                  37 (1)
      Asking Questions with Sein                   38 (2)
      Asking Where Someone Is Traveling Using      40 (5)
      Wo and Wohin
    Celebrating Birthdays                          45 (20)
      Talking About der Geburtstag (the            45 (14)
      Birthday)
        Zahlen Numbers                             47 (2)
        Ordinal Numbers                            49 (1)
        Months of the Year                         50 (3)
        Describing Age                             53 (6)
      Test                                         59 (6)
  PART TWO OUT AND ABOUT
    Getting Sick                                   65 (12)
      Das Kranksein Getting Sick                   65 (2)
      Expressing ``Like'' Using Haben ... gern     67 (5)
      Future Tense                                 72 (5)
    Dining at a Restaurant                         77 (12)
      Asking for Bedienung (Service)               78 (5)
        Expressing Food Preferences Using Gern     80 (2)
        and Lieber
        Utensils and Dishes                        82 (1)
      Present Perfect Tense                        83 (6)
    Going Shopping                                 89 (14)
      Shopping im Einkaufszentrum (at the Mall)    89 (11)
        Expressing Likes Using Mir gefallt         91 (2)
        Buying and Selling                         93 (1)
        The Idiom Es gibt                          93 (2)
        Colors                                     95 (5)
      Telling Time                                 100(3)
    Traveling by Train                             103(16)
      Am Bahnhof (at the Train Station)            104(1)
      Giving Commands with Imperatives             105(2)
      Modal Auxiliaries                            107(5)
        Present Tense of Modals                    107(2)
        Some Useful New Words                      109(3)
        Saying What One Should or Should Not       112(1)
        Have Done
      Making Comparisons                           112(7)
    A Trip to the Beach                            119(20)
      Planning der Ausflug (the Outing)            119(5)
        Talking About the Weather                  121(1)
        Weather-Related Activities                 122(2)
      Using Superlatives                           124(9)
      Test                                         133(6)
  PART THREE DAILY LIFE
    Rich and Poor                                  139(14)
      Buying das Geschenk (the Gift)               139(6)
        Showing Possession with the Genitive       141(4)
        Case
      Using the Phrase Was fur (ein)...?           145(8)
    Car Trouble                                    153(12)
      Making die Reparatur (Repairs)               153(5)
      Asking Who, Whom, and Whose                  158(7)
    Taking Time for Fun                            165(14)
      Auf die Pauke hauen Painting the Town Red    165(2)
      Talking About Today, Yesterday, and          167(2)
      Tomorrow
      Simple Past Tense                            169(4)
      Asking Specific Questions with               173(6)
      Interrogatives
    Home Life                                      179(14)
      Umzugsvorbereitungen Getting Ready to Move   179(5)
        Rooms and Furniture                        181(3)
      Indicating Location or Movement with         184(9)
      Three Verb Pairs
    Staying Informed                               193(12)
      Reading Zeitungen und Zeitschriften          193(3)
      (Newspapers and Magazines)
      Television and Print Media                   196(9)
Final Test                                         205(4)
English-German Dictionary                          209(14)
Answer Key                                         223(14)
Index                                              237