Cecile Zorach, Charlotte Melin,
Elizabeth A. Kautz

English Grammar for Students of German:
The Study Guide for Those Learning German

5th ed.
ISBN: 978-0-934034-38-8
Pp. 178
$19.95

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Need help learning German grammar?

Supplement your textbook with the O&H German Study Guide — learn the English grammatical terms your German textbook assumes you know.

You will learn: see German Contents

Parts of speech — how to identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions . . .

Question: Why learn parts of speech?

Answer to Why learn parts of speech?

So you’ll choose the correct German equivalent
of an English word.

Example: play is spielt if it’s a verb, but Schauspiel
if it’s a noun.

Functions of words — how to identify subjects, direct and indirect objects . . .

Question: Why learn the functions of words?

Answer to Why learn the functions of words?

So you’ll choose the correct German equivalent
of an English word.

Example: her is sie if it’s a direct object, but ihr if it’s an indirect object.

Grammatical terms — explanation of conjugation, case, declension,
agreement . . .

Question: Why learn grammatical terms?

Answer to Why learn grammatical terms?

So you’ll understand these terms that play an
important role in German..

Example: "agreement" explains why the is der before the German word for tree, but die before the German word for door.

Step-by-step analysis of examples — how to get from an English structure
to an equivalent German structure, see German Chapter

Question: Why offer a step-by-step analysis of examples?

Answer to Why offer a step-by-step analysis of examples?

So you'll know how to get from an English structure
to a German structure.

Example: That is the student I got the book from.
Das ist die Schülerin, von der ich das Buch bekommen habe.
(word-for-word: that is the student from whom I the book got have).