Transcription of 501 German Verbs - Weebly
1 7-9393-501 GermVrbs-Fbs 9/11/07 4:29 PM Page 1. barron 'S. ON'S N'S. Strutz ARR GU IDE. S. RRO GUI. D ES. B BA. GU AGE E. N LAN G U AG. EIG LA N. L A N G UA G E. FOR. FOREIGN. N. GUIDES. E IG. FOR. German . 0. Verbs . Learning German Is Twice as Easy with This Helpful 2-in-1 Combination! The easy-to-use reference book gives you: The most common German Verbs , alphabetically arranged, one verb per page, conjugated in all tenses German Verbs . Common idioms and example sentences demonstrating verb usage Index of German verb forms identified by their infinitive German .
2 A summary of sequence of verb tenses .. and much more The bonus CD-ROM gives you: Sentence completion exercises fill in the correct word Dialogue exercises fill in the appropriate response Word completion exercises find the correct verb form Verbs . Word seek exercises find the right word to fit the phrase Matching with English find correct translations in the right-hand column 0. Answers given for all exercises BRAND-NEW FOURTH EDITION. Fully conjugated in all the tenses EDITION OF. REE M. barron 'S in an easy-to-learn format F RO. ISBN-13: 978-0-7641-9393-4.
3 - E. CD SID. ISBN-10: 0-7641-9393-7. BEST-SELLING alphabetically arranged IN. EAN. 501 Verbs . SERIES Henry Strutz with $ Canada $ w w a r r o n se d u m THE BEST-SELLING VERB SERIES IN THE WORLD. CD-ROM. 7_9393_501 German_FM1 8/28/07 3:31 PM Page i ON'S. RR I DE S. BA. G U. AG E. N G U. N LA. E IG. FOR. German . Verbs . 0. FOURTH EDITION. Fully conjugated in all the tenses in a new, easy-to-learn format, alphabetically arranged by Henry Strutz Formerly Associate Professor of Languages , Agricultural and Technical College Alfred, New York 7_9393_501 German_FM1 8/28/07 3:31 PM Page ii Copyright 2008, 1998 by barron 's Educational Series, Inc.
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5 2007011978. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Strutz, Henry. 501 German Verbs : fully conjugated in all the tenses in a new, easy-to-learn format, alphabetically arranged / by Henry Strutz. 4th ed. p. cm. ( barron 's foreign language guides). Includes index. ISBN-13: 978-0-7641-9393-4 (alk. paper). ISBN-10: 0-7641-9393-7 (alk. paper). 1. German language Verb Tables. I. Title. II. Title: Five hundred one German Verbs . 2008. '421 dc22 2007011978. PRINTED IN CANADA. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. 7_9393_501 German_FM1 8/28/07 3:31 PM Page iii Contents Foreword iv Pronunciation 1.
6 Tenses and Moods in German , with English Equivalents 4. Sample English Verb Conjugation 5. Sample German Verb Conjugation 6. Sample English Verb Conjugation Passive Voice 7. Sample German Verb Conjugation Passive Voice 8. Weak and Strong Verbs 9. Special Verb Uses 15. Some Pointers on the Use of Tenses 19. The Subjunctive Mood 24. Verbs with a Dative Object 27. Subject Pronouns and Verb Forms in the Imperative Mood 28. Essential 55 Verb List 29. Alphabetical Listing of 501 German Verbs Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses 31. Appendixes 607.
7 Prefix Verbs 609. Word Order 612. Verb Drills and Tests with Answers Explained 614. Weather Expressions and Impersonal Verbs 675. Proverbs and Idiomatic Expressions 677. English- German Verb Index 680. German -English Verb Index 686. Index of Verb Forms Identified by Infinitive 692. 7_9393_501 German_FM1 8/28/07 3:31 PM Page iv Foreword The verb is a very important part of speech; it denotes action or state of being. The noted American historian and poet, Carl Sandburg, once declared that the Civil War was fought over a verb, namely, whether it was correct to say The United States is or The United States are.
8 For each of the 501 Verbs listed in this book, the student will find the principal parts of each verb at the top of the page. The principal parts consist of: 1. the Infinitive 2. the third person singular of the Past Tense 3. the Past Participle (preceded by ist for sein Verbs ). 4. the third person singular of the Present Tense EXAMPLE: ENGLISH: to speak, spoke, spoken, speaks German : sprechen, sprach, gesprochen, spricht These are the basic forms of the verb and should be memorized, especially in the case of the irregular or strong Verbs , that is Verbs which change the stem vowel of the Infinitive to form the Past Tense and whose Past Participle ends in en.
9 More than one-half of the Verbs in this book are strong or irregular Verbs . Weak or regular Verbs do not change the stem vowel of the Infinitive to form the Past Tense but merely add the ending te (plus personal endings in the second person singular and the three persons of the plural). Past Participles of weak Verbs end in t. EXAMPLE: ENGLISH: to play, played, played, plays German : spielen, spielte, gespielt, spielt Both English and German have strong and weak Verbs . With the exception of a small group of Verbs called irregular weak Verbs (in some texts called mixed Verbs or hybrids see index), Verbs in German are either weak or strong.
10 The strong or irregular Verbs are not as difficult to learn as it might seem, if it is remembered that most of them can be classified into seven major groups. For example, the Verbs bleiben, leihen, meiden, preisen, reiben, scheiden, scheinen, schreien, schweigen, steigen, treiben, verzeihen, weisen all follow the same pattern as schreiben in their principal parts: schreiben, schrieb, geschrieben, schreibt There are six other major groupings (the Ablautsreihen ) of the strong Verbs with which you should familiarize yourself. You will then agree that the English author, H.
