Essentials of German

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H. Holt, 1903 - German language - 222 pages

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Page 92 - The second and third person singular of the present indicative and the second person singular of the imperative are also given whenever irregular.
Page 61 - The present, when accompanied by some expression of duration of time, is often used to denote action which has been going on some time and is still going on.
Page 1 - N O P Q R S T U V w X Y Z n o P q r s t u V w X y I THE ALPHABET. * Stfs y ^> -y«^jWt^^, 'Xs^'-tSW&ffi*^, •ffi&f'&OCSQ , •^Olt*^, -^l^t-^^; {/ Fl RST LESSON . i? &tl^: SECOND LESSON «•** f 39f^3 'f^y^'^-i^f- /&-&&*M&t»'' /'V x y * ^ ' -wwyFl RST LESSON . • /^. ^f^^yTff^f-^^ -tti'ifr.
Page 10 - German dj is produced between the back of the tongue and the soft palate.
Page 118 - ... -The relative takes a verb in the third person, no matter what the person of the antecedent is, unless the personal pronoun is inserted after the relative, with which it then agrees in person.
Page 63 - Verbs whose present stem-vowel is a modify (umlaut) this vowel in the second and third person singular of the present indicative, but the imperative retains a.
Page 60 - ... in the first and second persons plural of the present indicative and in the second person plural of the imperative.
Page 22 - Gen. =es =er =e§ =er Dat. =em =er =em =en Ace. =en =e =e§ =e 13.
Page 29 - The strong declension is divided into three classes according to the ending of the nominative plural: Class I = nom.

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