Intermediate German: A Grammar and Workbook

Note that mögencan only be used in structures with nounsor noun phrases. In connection with verb structures,gernhas to be used: ...

Ich soll heute meine Mutter anrufen. I am supposed to ring my mother today. It is also used with suggestions or commands: Sollen ...

dürfen können mögen müssen sollen wollen ich darf kann mag muss soll will du darfst kannst magst musst sollst willst Sie dürfen ...

dürfen können mögen müssen sollen wollen ich durfte konnte mochte musste sollte wollte du durftest konntest mochtest musstest so ...

Sie wird ein neues Auto kaufen müssen. She will have to buy a new car. Modal verbs used without another verb Although modal verb ...

Exercise 7.2 Now put all the sentences of Exercise 7.1 into the simple past tense. Example: Ersollteab sofort keinen Alkohol meh ...

Checklist ✓ 1 Can you name the infinitive forms of the six modal verbs in German? 2 Can you give the German translation of the e ...

UNIT EIGHT Unit 8 Verbs with separable and inseparable prefixes inseparable prefixes Different types of prefixes Many verbs in G ...

mit- mitmachen to join in statt- stattfinden to take place vor- vorbereiten to prepare weg- wegbringen to take away zu- zulegen ...

Ich werde am Dienstag zurückkommen. I’ll return on Tuesday. In most subordinate clauses, the separable verb moves to the last po ...

Dieses Buch gehört Martin. This book belongs to Martin. Past participles Verbs with inseparable prefixes don’taddge-when forming ...

Das Schiff ist untergegangen. The ship has sunk. Er hat früher Physik unterrichtet. He used to teach physics. How to spot the di ...

bearbeiten(insep.) to deal with, to revise einarbeiten(sep.) to get used to the work, to train erarbeiten(insep.) to work for, t ...

1 Sie gehen jedes Wochenende _________. 2 Das Konzert fängt um 8 Uhr _________. 3 Ich sehe ihn bald _________. 4 Tanja und Leo b ...

Checklist ✓ 1 What are the three different types of prefixes? 2 Can you list five prefixes that never separate from the verb? 3 ...

UNIT NINE Unit 9 Verbs and prepositions Verbs and prepositions in English and German In German as in English many verbs are foll ...

List of verbs and prepositions Here is a list of frequently used verbs and prepositions with the cases they require. Reflexive v ...

sprechen mit(+dat.) to talk to telefonieren mit (+dat.) to talk on the phone to vergleichen mit (+dat.) to compare to über sich ...

Note that mitusually refers to a person, while überto a topic, plan, idea etc. Another verb that often appears with more than on ...

träumen von Wovon hast du geträumt? What did you dream of? Note that the letter -ris added if the preposition starts with a vowe ...