Introduction 1

About This Audio Set 1

Conventions Used in This Audio Set 1

Foolish Assumptions 2

How This Audio Set Is Organized 3

Where to Go from Here 3

Lesson 1:1: Welcome and Overview of CD1: The Basics 5

Lesson 1:2: Personal Pronouns and Formalities 6

Personal Pronouns 6

Formalities 6

Lesson 1:3: Saying "Hello" and "Goodbye". 7

Greetings 7

Goodbyes 7

Lesson 1:4: Saying and Replying to "How Are You?" 8

Lesson 1:5: Introducing Yourself and Talking about Where You're From 9

Lesson 1:6: Indispensable Words and Phrases. 11

Pleasantries 11

Asking for help 11

Methods of transport 12

Places 12

People 13

Lesson 1:7: Useful Expressions and Phrases 14

Lesson 1:8: Introduction of Question Words 16

Lesson 1:9: Useful Questions and Answers. 17

Lesson 1:10: You Can Count on Me: An Overview of Numbers. 19

Lesson 1:11: What Time Is It? Finding Out How to Tell Time 21

Vocabulary 21

Example sentences 21

Lesson 1:12: Going through the Calendar and Forming the Date 23

Days of the week 23

Months of the year 23

Days of the month 24

Example sentences 24

Lesson 1:13: Directions 25

Vocabulary 25

Example sentences 26

Lesson 2:1: Welcome and Overview of CD2: The Nitty-Gritty: Language Structure 27

Lesson 2:2: Singular Nouns and Articles 28

At home 28

Downtown 29

Shopping 29

Places and things in the city/country 29

School 30

Occupations 30

Lesson 2:3: Plural Nouns and Articles 31

Lesson 2:4: Demonstrative Pronouns 32

Lesson 2:5: Adjectives and Location Sentences. 33

Colors 33

Common adjectives 34

Example sentences about location 34

Lesson 2:6: Degrees of Adjectives. 35

Common comparisons 35

Lesson 2:7: To Be or Not To Be: A Very Important Verb. 36

Lesson 2:8: Common Regular and Irregular Verbs in the Infinitive Form 37

Regular verbs 37

Irregular verbs 38

Lesson 2:9: Conjugating Verbs in Present Tense 39

Regular verbs 39

Irregular verbs that add an umlaut 39

Irregular verbs with a vowel change 40

Special irregular patterns 40

Irregularities between the singular and plural conjugations 41

Lesson 2:10: Conjugating Verbs in Past Tense 43

Regular verbs 43

Irregular verbs 43

Special irregular pattern 44

Lesson 2:11: Conjugating Verbs in Future Tense. 45

Lesson 2:12: Prepositions and Conjunctions 46

Accusative prepositions 46

Dative prepositions 46

Conjunctions 47

Lesson 2:13: Forming Simple Sentences 48

Lesson 2:14: Introducing More Complete Sentences. 49

Lesson 2:15: Negative Sentences 50

Lesson 2:16: Forming Questions. 51

Lesson 3:1: Welcome and Overview of CD3: Real-World Situations 53

Lesson 3:2: At the Office 54

Office items 54

Meetings 54

Business departments 55

Colleagues 55

Verbs 55

Example sentences 56

Lesson 3:3: On the Job 57

Vocabulary 57

Verbs 58

Lesson 3:4: Making Small Talk. 59

Lesson 3:5: Making Appointments. 60

Vocabulary 60

Example sentences 60

Lesson 3:6: Making Travel Arrangements 61

Vocabulary 61

Verbs 61

Example sentences 62

Lesson 3:7: Asking for Directions 63

Vocabulary 63

Example sentences 64

Lesson 3:8: Asking for and Getting Help. 65

Vocabulary 65

Example sentences 66

Lesson 3:9: At the Restaurant 67

Vocabulary 67

Verbs 68

Example sentences 68

Lesson 3:10: At the Hotel 69

Vocabulary 69

Verbs 69

Sentences and phrases 70

Lesson 3:11: At the Bank 71

Vocabulary 71

Verbs 71

Sentences and phrases 72

Lesson 3:12: At the Store 73

Vocabulary 73

Verbs 74

Example sentences 74

Mini-Dictionary 75

German-English Mini-Dictionary 75

English-German Mini-Dictionary 81