Hammer's German grammar and usage

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Front Cover; Hammer's German Grammar and Usage; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; Abbreviations and points for the user; Preface to the fifth edition; Acknowledgements; The phonetic alphabet; 1. Nouns; 1.1 Gender; A: Gender and meaning; B: Gender and form; 1.2 Noun plurals; 1.3 Noun declension; 2. Case; 2.1 The nominative case; 2.2 The accusative case; 2.3 The genitive case; 2.4 Genitive case or von?; 2.5 The dative case; 2.6 Apposition; 2.7 Measurement phrases: genitive, von or apposition?; 3. Personal pronouns; 3.1 The forms of the personal pronouns;Long trusted as the most comprehensive, up-to-date and user-friendly grammar available, HAMMER'S GERMAN GRAMMAR AND USAGE FIFTH EDITION provides students and teachers with a complete guide to German as it is written and spoken today. Front Cover Hammer's German Grammar and Usage Copyright Page Contents List of tables Abbreviations and points for the user Preface to the fifth edition Acknowledgements The phonetic alphabet 1. Nouns 1.1 Gender A: Gender and meaning B: Gender and form 1.2 Noun plurals 1.3 Noun declension 2. Case 2.1 The nominative case 2.2 The accusative case 2.3 The genitive case 2.4 Genitive case or von? 2.5 The dative case 2.6 Apposition 2.7 Measurement phrases: genitive, von or apposition? 3. Personal pronouns 3.1 The forms of the personal pronouns 3.2 Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns3.3 Pronouns of address 3.4 Third person pronouns 3.5 Third person pronoun or prepositional adverb? 3.6 Special uses of the pronoun es 4. The articles 4.1 The declension of the articles 4.2 Articles with abstract nouns 4.3 The use of articles in generalizations 4.4 The use of articles with geographical and other proper names 4.5 The use of articles in time expressions 4.6 Definite article or possessive? 4.7 Miscellaneous uses of the definite article 4.8 Miscellaneous uses of the zero article 4.9 Article use with prepositions 5. Other determiners and pronouns5.1 Demonstratives 5.2 Possessives 5.3 Interrogatives 5.4 Relative pronouns 5.5 Indefinites, quantifiers and other determiners and pronouns 6. Adjectives 6.1 Declension of adjectives 6.2 The use of the strong and weak declensions 6.3 Irregularities in the spelling of some adjectives 6.4 Adjectives used as nouns 6.5 Cases with adjectives 6.6 Adjectives with prepositions 7. Adverbs 7.1 Adverbs of place 7.2 Adverbs of direction: hin and her 7.3 Adverbs of manner, viewpoint, attitude and reason 7.4 Adverbs of degree 7.5 Interrogative adverbs 8. Comparison of adjectives and adverbs8.1 Regular formation of the comparative and superlative 8.2 Irregularities in the formation of comparatives and superlatives 8.3 The use of the comparative and other types of comparison 8.4 Types and uses of the superlative 9. Numerals 9.1 Cardinal numbers 9.2 Ordinal numbers 9.3 Fractions and decimals 9.4 Other numerical usages 9.5 Addresses 10. Modal particles 10.1 aber 10.2 allerdings 10.3 also 10.4 auch 10.5 bloß 10.6 denn 10.7 doch 10.8 eben 10.9 eh 10.10 eigentlich 10.11 einfach 10.12 erst 10.13 etwa 10.14 freilich 10.15 gar10.16 gleich 10.17 halt 10.18 immerhin 10.19 ja 10.20 jedenfalls 10.21 lediglich 10.22 mal 10.23 man 10.24 noch 10.25 nun 10.26 nur 10.27 ohnehin 10.28 ruhig 10.29 schließlich 10.30 schon 10.31 sowieso 10.32 überhaupt 10.33 übrigens 10.34 vielleicht 10.35 wohl 10.36 zwar 11. Expressions of time 11.1 Times of the clock 11.2 Days of the week, months and public holidays 11.3 Dates 11.4 The accusative and genitive cases used in time adverbials 11.5 adverbial time phrases with prepositions 11.6 Adverbs of time 12. Verbs: conjugation 12.1 Verb conjugation