Hammer's German Grammar and Usage - Martin Durrell

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Résumé :

Contents

List of tables

Abbreviations and points for the user

Preface to the seventh edition

Acknowledgements

The phonetic alphabet

1 Nouns

1.1 Noun gender

1.2 Noun plurals

1.3 The declension of nouns to show case

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 pronouns

3.3 Pronouns of address: du, ihr and Sie

3.4 Third person pronouns

3.5 The prepositional adverb

3.6 The pronoun es

4 The articles

4.1 The declension of the articles

4.2 The definite article with abstract and similar nouns

4.3 The use of articles in generalizations

4.4 Articles with geographical and other proper names

4.5 The use of articles in time expressions

4.6 Definite article or possessive?

4.7 Other uses of the definite article

4.8 The 'zero article'

4.9 Article use with phrasal verbs

4.10 Article use with prepositions

5 Other determiners and pronouns

5.1 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 and use of adjectives

6.2 Adjectives used as nouns

6.3 Cases with adjectives

6.4 Adjectives with prepositions

6.5 Comparison of adjectives

7 Adverbs

7.1 Adverbs of place

7.2 Adverbs of direction: hin and her

7.3 Adverbs of time

7.4 Adverbs of manner, viewpoint, attitude and reason

7.5 Adverbs of degree

7.6 Interrogative adverbs

7.7 Comparison of adverbs

8 Numerals

8.1 Cardinal numbers

8.2 Ordinal numbers

8.3 Fractions and decimals

8.4 Other numerical usages

8.5 Times and dates

8.6 Addresses

9 Modal particles

9.1 German modal particles

10 Verbs: conjugation

10.1 Verb conjugation

10.2 The simple tenses, the non-finite forms and the imperative

10.3 The compound tenses

10.4 The werden-passive and the sein-passive

10.5 The subjunctive

10.6 Forms of strong and irregular verbs

11 The infinitive and the participles

11.1 Forms of the infinitive

11.2 The infinitive with zu

11.3 The infinitive without zu

11.4 Infinitives used as nouns

11.5 The present and past participles

11.6 English constructions with the '-ing' form

12 The tenses

12.1 The present tense

12.2 The past and perfect tenses

12.3 The future and future perfect tenses

12.4 The pluperfect tense

12.5 German equivalents for the English progressive tenses

13 The passive

13.1 The werden-passive

13.2 The sein-passive

13.3 von and durch with the passive

13.4 Other passive constructions

14 Mood: the imperative and the subjunctive

14.1 Commands and the imperative

14.2 The subjunctive: forms and uses

14.3 Conditional sentences

14.4 Indirect speech

14.5 Other uses of the subjunctive

15 The modal auxiliaries

15.1 The modal auxiliaries: form and syntax

15.2 d?rfen

15.3 k?nnen