FSI - German Basic Course - Volume 1 - Student Text

1 GERMANBASIC COURSEUNITS 1 - 12 Hosted for free on ~ ~~ ~uagesForeignServiceInstituteiiiHosted for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on ,giventhepropersurroundingsandpersonalmo tivation, , , ,underscored, , ' ~ for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on ~rywhereonspeech,andanindispensablecompo nentofthelearningprocessisthevoiceofatut or,orinstructor, ' ,repetition,memorization,patternpractice , 'sroleistoserveasamodelforspeechandtogui dethestudenttoaccurateimi-tationbyconsta ntrepetitionandc~ ' ,manytimes, "build-ups" , ,eachtobetreatedasaunit,repeatedinchorus andindividually,withandwith-outbuild-ups ,untilthestudents' ,thenbygivingeachstudentadifferentsenten ce,repeatingitforhirnfirst,andfinallyask ingthestudentstorecitethesentencesinorde r,thefirststudentthefirstsentence,thesec ondstudentthesecondsentence,etc., ,preferablyusingrecordedmaterialsasaguid e, ,atrandomselection, , ,vHosted for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on 'BODYCTIONQERMANBASICCOURSE orthetutor, ,insuchandsuchasituationthisiswhatissaid inGermanand~ ,atfirstfollowingthevertiealeolumnsandla ter,forvariationandcomparison, , , ~ Tbetutorisspeeifieallyreguestednottodise ussthelanguagewithhisstudents, ,andthebasicsentenceshavebeendesigned,as farasispossibleeonsistentwithnaturalexpr ession, ,andthepatternstheyeentain,whichwillbedr illedandpraeticedintheseetionstofollow, , ~assumed,however, "figurethemout" , for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on " ,theelassrepeatsitinchorus, ,thestudent' ,fluentandaccuratemanipulationofthemater ialinGerman,thetutormayaskforspottransla tionsintoBnglishhereandthere, $ ,andthestudentsrepeatitinchorus, , ,presenttensetopasttense, ,asinthesubstitutiondrillsthetutormayask forarandomspottranslationintoBngl1sh, ,asnotedaboye.

2 CoveringtheGermantextandreadingtheBnglis hsentencesthemselves,orifpreferred, , ,however, , ,andinstruetorsareeneouragedviiHosted for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on ,however,instructorsaren2itosuggestvaria ntformswhichmayoccurtothem,asthisonlyint roducesunnecessarycomplexityofchoicetoan exercisewhichisdifficultenoughasitisoInt heconversationpracticebriefconversations ,usuallyonthesamethemeasthebasicdialog, , 'saimhereisnotprimarilytomemorizeandrepe atexactly, ,heinturnwiththenextstudent, ,inEnglishintheearlierunits,laterinGerma n, ~ ,beginningwiththefifthunit, ,andtheymaybeusedintheclassfororalnarrat ion, ,ashasbeenstatedabove,istospeakaccuratel y, ,memorization, , , ~ for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on 'JBNTSTABLEOPCONTENTSUNITS1 ('Gender')SystemThePointing-Word~ -12 RotesonPronunciation:Unit2 BasicSentences:InM ~-(voiceless) :StadtbesichtigungNumbers13-20 - for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on ~ ~ ,lieber,NPl1ebstenSubstitutionDrillPartI PartUpartIUvariat10nDri11vocabularyDrill TranslationDrillResponseDrillConversatio nPraetieeSituationsFinderList81888889899 0939495~ (.)

3 (PluralandGenitiveForms) (Speeifier-Adjeetive-Hounsequenees) ~2 ConversionDrill154variationDrill155 VoeabularyDrill157 TranslationDrill159 ResponseDrill160 ConversationPraetiee161 Situations162 Harrative162 FinderList162xHosted for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on 'l'S229234235237238239239240241243244247 249250251252252253253 ConversionDrillVariationDrillVocabularyD rillTranslationDrillResponseDrillConvers ationPracticeSituationsNarratives:IIIF inderListUnit7 BasicSentences:BeimEinrichten163 Numbers101-1000170 NotestotheBasicSentences170 ,liegen, :BeimEinkaufen195 NotestotheBasicSentences201 , : for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on ~SGERMANUnit10 BasicSentences:ImGasthof"ZumWeissenHirsc h" ~ SubstitutionDrillConversionDrillPartIPar t11 Part111 PartIVVariationDrillVocabularyDrillTrans lationDrillResponseDrillConversationPrac ticeSituationsNarrativeFinderListBASICCO URSE257262264265266267268269270270270271 2732752772782782792793093153153163173183 19320321322325327329330330331332 Unit11 BasicSentences:EinWochentag281 NotestotheBasicSentences286 : for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on , (Goodday).

4 , ! , uleinSchneiderFr uleinSchneiderUNIT1 Goodevening, , , ,withyouHowareyou?(Howgoesitwithyou?)tha nksverygood,weIlFine, , ,tooThankyou,1' ,Fr ,Fr , ,HerrBecker?auchDanke, for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on ,Idon' , 'stheairport? , , 'rewelcomeYou' , , benDerFlughafenistdortdr nJa, nBittesch for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on ,that' ,ittotheleftIt' ,it' 'sthatthere?thehotelThat' ,itYes,it' ,whereisthecafe?straightaheadThere, 'tit?(nottrue?)Thebankistheretoo,isn'tit ?Yes,it' 'rewelcomeYou' , , , ,woistdascafe?geradeausDort, ,nichtwahr?Ja, for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on ,andsomematchestoo, , ,howmuchdatheycost? chtegernichm chtegernZigarrenhabenIchm nfundStreichh lzerF nf,undbitteauchStreichh , lzerzehnPfennigDieStreichh chtenm chtenSieZigarettenM chtenSieauchZigarettenhaben?siesiekosten Ja,wievielkostensie? for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on chtenSieessen?UNIT sausageandsauerkrautYes, , 'sthewine,andhow'sthebeer?

5 ' ' ~ood?Yes, {ow'.thewaterbere'! ,BratwurstmitSauerkraut, , -60- 2neunzehn-elf-ftl lf5 Hosted for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on , ,yousaysdoesonesayinGermanHowdoyousay'go odbye'inGerman?goodbyeYousay'AufWiederse hen'.Wievielistdreiundf nf?Dreiundf , 'goodbye'aufdeutsch?AufWiedersehenMansag t'AufWiedersehen'. ~ , :~. ,althoughinmostcasesthesamesymbolsweusei nwrittenEnglish, , ,e, ,however, , and ,putyourtongueinthepositionfortheGermane androundyourlips;for , for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on (a)GERMANUNIT1 Shorti---------e---------a---------0---- ----ubitteistindennessenetwasdasMannanko stetSonneDoktormussMutterundShort -------- -----------------------------e(unstresse d)k nnenm chte fterPracUcel(b)mitmissenM tterf nfKutteM tterm ssenbittedankeSonnekennensteckegenuggese henbekommenk nnenSt ,youwillnoticethattheEnglishvowelsoundse emstochangeduringitspronunciation, , and areformedapproximatelylikeshort ,andpronounceGermanlongiandroundyourlips toform Practice2(a)Lengi--------e-------a------ --0-------u------- ------- wieihnenvielPracUce2(b)vierTierSIEBEN gehtTeedenf rT rTagAbendBahnSohnodergutduFluglesenSehne K nigsch n del senS hnef rT r ber7 Hosted for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on , ,afewhintscanbegivenwhichwillhelpyoutore cognizethemm2!}

6 ! ! :ie,ih-eh,ee-ah,aa-oh,00-uh-~h- , :r::actice3eineineinsWeinauauchTauLauteu ( u)deutschneunl uteNotesonGrammar(ForHomeStudy) ('Gender') ' 'the':der,dasanddie;andGermannounscanbed ividedintothreeclassesaccordingtowhIChof thethreewerdsfor'the'theygowith.~goesonl ywithder,neverwithdas, ,forobviousreasons,asder-nouns,das-nouns anddie-nouns.(,~is~-noun.''~isadas-noun. ,) :'Germannounshavethreegenders--masculine ,feminine,andneuter.' ' (nounelikehouse,grass,sky,wine,beer,milk ),thereisabsolutelynosenseorrationaletot heclassificationsystem; 'the'asapartofthenoun:theGermanwardfor'w ine' "dasWeinordieWeinsoundsaswrongtoyouas'Th efatherofhiscountry--Henrywashington.'8 ACHTH osted for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on ;butit'swrong,andeverY,Americanknowsit' ,dasWeinisaperfectlygoodform:butit'swron g,andaveryGermanknowsit' , (thatis, ,brother-hood) ,forexample,arealwaysdie-nouns:dieVerzei hung'theforgive-ness,thepardon.'Andnouns endingwiththed~inutivesuffixes-leinand-e henarealwaysdas-nouns:dasFr ulein'themiss,waitress.

7 'dasM dchen'thelittlegirl.' , :it' ' 'GeorgeWashington.' '?It' ' ' , ~,das~,anddie-~. ~ 'sthestation?It' 'stheman?He' 'sthehotel?It'sthere ~ 'sthechild?He' ' 'stheembassy?It' 'sthewoman?She' ,sie,~ndesdanotmatchupwiththeEnglishpron ouns'he','she-'-,and'it'.~eEnglishhe-she -itsystemhasanentirelydifferentfoundatio nfromtheGermannoun-elassification('gende r') ,thechoiceofpronoundependsuponthesex(mal e,female,orsexless)ofsornenon-linguistic entity--aman('he'),awoman('she'),oratabl e('it').IntheGermansystem,ontheotherhand ,thechoiceofpronoundependsuponthelinguis ticclassificationofthenounyouarereplacin g, ulein? 'sthewaitress?She' for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on ~ ~ ~nouns,~and~correspondto'he'and'she' ,onesays~w'henreferringtodasFr ulein,w'hois,aftera11,die1ung.~'theyounq lady',dieTochter'thedauqhter',dieSchwest er'thesister',andsoon,aswellasdasFr ' ~stations?Tbey' ~' ' ,thethree-foldc1assificationwe' ,thereisonlyonewordfor'the', ~ ,nichtwahr?:ra; ~dieMilch? lzer? ,isn'tit?

8 YeB:"~' ~ ~ (oftenaccompaniedbyapointinggesture)isus edtocal1anyObjectorqroupofob1ectstothehe arer'sattention,withoutanyreferencetonou nc1assificationort ~isanentire1ydifferententityfromtheda, 'thi,','tbat','these',and'those'. ,onebyone,fortheonetbatisunderscoredinth emodelsentence, , ,thenextstudentthesecond, ,thenextonetakesoverafterthreeorfOll'" for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on lzerELFderBahnhof-derKaffee-derTee-derWe indasRestaurant-dasBier-dasWasser-dasHot el-dasCafedieBank-dieMilch-dieBotschaftd ieStreichh lzer-diezigarrenderBahnhof-dasHotel-derT ee-dieMilch-derKaffee-dasRestaurant-dieS treichh lzer-dieBotschaft-derFlughafen-dasBier-d erWein-dasWasser-diezigarren-dasCafederF lughafen-derKaffe-derTee-derweindasResta urant-dasBier-dasWasser-dasCafe-dasHotel dieBank-dieMilch-dieBotschaftdieStreichh lzer-diezigarrendasRestaurant-derFlughaf en-dieBank-derKaffee-dasWasser-dieMilch- dieStreichh lzer-derBahnhof-derTee-dasHotel-derWein- dasBier-dieBotschaft-diezigarren-dasCafe derWein-derTeedasBierdiezigarren-dieStre ichh lzerderWein-dieZigarren-derTee-dieStreic hh lzer-dasBierdasWasser-dasHotel-dasRestau rant-dasCafederKaffee-derTee-derWeindieB ank-dieMilchdieZigarren-dieStreichh

9 LzerdasBier-derTee-dasHotel-derWein-dasW asser-derKaffee-dieMilch-dieZigarren-das Cafe-dieBank-dieStreichh lzer11 Hosted for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on ! ~. lzerdasBier-derWein-dasRestaurant-derKaf fee-dieBank-derTee-dasHotel-dieStreichh lzer-dasWasser-diezigarren-dasCafe-dieMi lchdasRestaurant-dasBier-dasWasser-dasCa federFlughafen-derBahnhof-derKaffee-derT ee-derWeindieBotschaft-dieMilch-dieBankd ieStreichh lzer-dieZigarrendasHotel-dasRestaurant-d erTee-dieMilch-dasBier-derKaffee-dieBots chaft-derWein-dieZigarren-dieStreichh lzer-dasCafe-dieBankderBahnhof-derWein-d erTee-derKaffeedasHotel-dasRestaurant-da sBier-dascafedieBank-dieBotschaft-dieMil chdiestreichh LFHosted for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on lzer-Bahnhof-Restaurant-Zigarren-Hotel-H errundFrauBecker-Botschaft-Tee-Cafe-Frau Schneider-Flughafe,n-HerrKeller-Bank-Kaf feedieStreichh , , , ,andtheGermanversionmustbegivenwithoutst opping,withtheproperpronunciation, 'translate' , ' ' 'tyouunderstandme?

10 'tyouunderstandmeeither? ' ,that' ,that' ,it' ,it' , , ben?Ja,eristdadr , for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on lzer?GERMANW herearethematches? , ' ~eStreichh lzerdadr ben?Ja,dieStreichh lzersinddadr WieistdieMilch? ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' lzer? ' ' ' ' ' , , ,theteaisn' ~good? , 'sthemilk? 'sthebeer? 'sthetea? , ~gut?Thematchesarenotverygood., , for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on ' 'sthere, ' 'shere, 'soverthere, ' '? ben, ' 'sverywater?It'sgood,hotel?it'snotbeer?I t' , ' , ,too? chtenSieauchZigarrenhaben?Ichm chtegernStreichh ChtenSieetwasBrothaben?Ichm chtegernBratwurstmitSauerkrauthaben.~ , chtenSieessen?Ichm chtenSieauchBrotessen?Ja,ichm , ,that' , , for free by Live Lingua GermanHosted for free on ~ ' , ive , ,rechts, nfistzw , , , ,that'snottheembassy,that' , ,isitgood? ,it' ,theairport? ,that' ,heisn't(here). ,it'is(gondhere). 'tshehere? ,sheisn't(here). ' 'ttheyhere?16 IstdasdieBotschaft?Nein,dasistnichtdieBo tschaft, , ,istesgut?