Excerpt from New German Grammar for Beginners The New German Grammar combines reading and syntax. Easy stories illustrating the grammar are taken up from the very first day, giving the pupil the satisfaction of reading connected German from the beginning. These stories, which are taken from the author's Vorwaerts, are interesting, carefully graded, and closely connected with the syntax which they illustrate. They treat the most common and some of the quaintest phases of German life, and the descriptions are made more vivid by frequent pictures, collected in Germany by the author. No effort has been spared to make the grammar practical, simple, and thorough. Conversational work - the most practical phase of German study - abounds throughout the reading and is a special feature of every lesson. Material for memorizing is provided at the beginning of each chapter in the form of idioms, proverbs, or short poems. German questions on the reading furnish a further basis for conversation. Practice in writing connected German is given in each review. The book is especially simple, and the learner is given all the legitimate help possible. Accents and puzzling quantities are marked, so that the pupil's first conception of a word may be the correct one. Comparisons and contrasts with English usage are constantly made. Each phase of every rule is illustrated by simple examples. Complete tables of inflectional forms and strong verbs are given for reference. Every form in the reading occurs in the vocabulary. Separable verbs are found under both simple verb and prefix. The article is printed with every noun, the auxiliary with every verb, and the principal parts of irregular verbs are given in full. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.