Imbedded phrases and clauses, especially between the definite article and noun, make German syntax hard for beginners to follow.
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Phonetics Help
Posted in Grammar, tagged helps, phonetics, phonetics tutorial, pronunciation on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The University of Iowa has a really nice online phonetics tutorial for English, German, and Spanish. Just click on the German flag, and you can see a diagram of the speech organs, along with a closeup of a native speaker, and audio for the individual sounds of the language, and representative words. Thanks to my [...]
More Grammar
Posted in Grammar, tagged adjectives on November 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you who are not attending the SBL in San Diego . . .
I’ve added three pages under “Nouns and Adjectives.” One is called “‘Der’ and ‘Ein’ Words”and the second one is aptly labeled “Adjective Endings.” The third is “Adjective Chart.” With provocative titles like that, who can resist?
Updates
Posted in Grammar, tagged blog updates on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have added a new page on noun endings to the Grammar section, called “Nouns 4.” Stay tuned for a page on adjectives.
I also realized I got carried away with three categories for Conversation. It has been simplified; there is now just one. Give it a try!
Nouns 3 (Inflection on a Budget)
Posted in Grammar, nouns on September 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I get the feeling that German wanted to be like Greek, with four cases, two numbers, and three genders for the nouns. The problem is there weren’t enough German endings to go around; so the language made do with what it had. The 24 functions of the definite article are supplied by the [...]
