personal pronoun system 30.2; position of
reflexive pronoun 14; possessive pronouns
30.3; pronouns after prepositions 32;
reflexive 37.2; relative pronoun 10.2–6;
relative pronouns preceded by a preposition
10.3; use 30
pronoun objects 12
provenance 78; see also origin
public notices 85.1, 86.1
punctuality 81.15
punctuation 59.5, 59.6
purchase 71.5
purpose 79.8
quality 75.8
quantity 75.5
question words/interrogative 7.1, 50.5; adverb
9; pronouns 30.4, 50.5
questions 7.1, 7.2; asking polite questions 39.2,
91.3; indirect questions 9; using questions
to attract attention 90.3
quoting 84.1c–g
rate of inflation etc. 75.9
reaching for sth. 71.4; non-availability 72
reacting when spoken to 61.2
reaffirming see reporting
reasons 79; asking about reasons 79.3;
explaining an action 79.5; explaining the
purpose 79.8; giving reasons 79.1–2;
justifying 79.6; naming the reason 79.4;
taking on responsibility 79.7
recently 81.3
Rechtschreibreform 59
recover 110.7
references to written sources 84.1b, 84.2
referring to author 78.9, authority 84.2
reflexive object 37.1
reflexive pronouns: forms 30.2b, 37.2; position
of reflexive pronouns 14
reflexive verbs 37, see also lässt sich 77, 92.4,
104.1b, 110.12b, c
refusing sth. which you have no authority to
grant 92.3
regretting 68.2
rejecting denying/rejecting an assertion
100.1–3; rejecting an invitation or offer
96.3; declining permission 97.2;
declining/rejecting suggestions 98b
relationships: family 74.9; social 74.8
relative clauses 10; for identifying people 73.3
relative pronouns 10.2–4
religion and the article 23.1b
remembering 102; commemorating 102.2;
forgetting 102.3–4; memory 102.3
renting 71.6
repeating 76.10
reported speech (Subjunctive I) 39.1, 4,
39.6
reporting 39.4, 39.6, 84.4, 85: not naming
sources 85.5; passing on messages 85.3;
questioning the truth of what sb. has said
85.1; reaffirming the truth of what sb. has
said 85.2; second- and third-hand
knowledge 85.4
request using the subjunctive 39.2b;
requesting attention 90.2; requesting
more detail 119.6; replying to a request
for help 91.2; requesting patience 90.4;
using bitte 92
reservation 117.2e
responsibility 79.7: disclaiming personal
responsibility 88.2; giving
someone responsibility 92.1; taking on
responsibility 97.7
restaurant/café: asking the waiter to help 63.3b;
dealing with problems 63.4; finding a
place to sit 63.2; getting the menu 63.3a;
ordering food and drink 63.3; paying the
bill 63.5
retiring from work 76.9g
right: to be right 91.4
rights: demanding 94.3; different types of
94.4
rise 75.9
RSVP 96.1a
rumours 85.4
run out of sth. 72.2sadness 111.3
sämtliche 24.2b, 76.11
satisfaction 112; being satisfied/dissatisfied
112.1; putting up with things that aren’t
satisfactory 112.6; satisfactory
achievements 112.3; satisfying needs and
demands 112.2; saying one has had
enough to eat 112.5; saying that sth. is
sufficient 112.4
schaffen as weak verb 87.3
schmecken 19.7, 115.4
schon 117.1
school grades 112.3c
scientific context: making an assumption
89.2; measurements 25.6gIndex