A Foundation Course in Reading German, 2017a
A Foundation Course in Reading German, 2017a
A Foundation Course in Reading German, 2017a
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Verb: <strong>in</strong>teressiert<br />
Predicate (a prepositional phrase): an die Musik<br />
Which is modified by an adverb: immer<br />
This highlights a fundamental read<strong>in</strong>g skill: how to mentally re-order <strong>German</strong><br />
phrases so that they make sense to you <strong>in</strong> English. The various verb tenses covered<br />
<strong>in</strong> this unit all require you to look for a participle as mark<strong>in</strong>g the end of a phrase,<br />
and then to work backwards from that participle <strong>in</strong> order to f<strong>in</strong>d the object or<br />
predicate of the phrase. In the two examples above, see the pattern of word-order<br />
shifts between the <strong>German</strong> and English renditions of the participial phrases. You will<br />
f<strong>in</strong>d this re-order<strong>in</strong>g skill useful throughout this course.<br />
Try solv<strong>in</strong>g this more complex example yourself:<br />
Se<strong>in</strong> Handy <strong>in</strong> der l<strong>in</strong>ken Hand noch am Ohr haltend, reicht mir Thomas se<strong>in</strong>e<br />
rechte Hand.<br />
Diagram of the participial phrase:<br />
Verb: haltend<br />
Object: se<strong>in</strong> Handy<br />
Prepositional phrase: <strong>in</strong> der l<strong>in</strong>ken Hand<br />
Prepositional phrase: am Ohr<br />
Which is modified by an adverb: noch<br />
Unit: 7: Perfect tenses and participles<br />
8. Irregularities <strong>in</strong> the Comparative and<br />
Superlative<br />
WORD FORMATION<br />
These sections of the textbook help improve your speed dur<strong>in</strong>g the skimm<strong>in</strong>g phase<br />
of read<strong>in</strong>g and help you gradually build vocabulary.<br />
Like English, <strong>German</strong> has some irregular forms of the comparative and superlative<br />
forms of adjectives and adverbs. Consider the irregular forms “good,” “better,”<br />
“best,” compared to the regular forms “red,” “redder,” “reddest.” (See Unit 6.)<br />
The most common of the adjectives and adverbs with irregular forms are:
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