TEDESCO Grammatica essenziale

Content

For quick and easy reference, this grammar handbook provides clear and simple explanations of the main grammar points, the irregularities, and the idiosyncrasies of German, which has always been considered a hard language to master.

Divided into four sections, it gives concise but exhaustive descriptions of usage rules.

These are explained with copious examples from the living language and explanatory notes on peculiar features and common grammar doubts.

The first section focuses on the alphabet, pronunciation, and capitalization rules, which differ so greatly from those of Italian. That is followed by a treatment of the article and the noun, their declensions, the distinction among genders, and how the plural is formed.

The second section examines all the fundamental features of the verb: moods, tenses, and how they are used, at times in ways very different from Italian. Verb classes, week, strong, and mixed, are explained, while extensive coverage is given to the German language’s peculiarity of compound verbs with prefixes.

The third section deals with adjectives and pronouns, as well as comparative and superlative forms and structures, with due consideration of German’s lack of a true absolute superlative. The extensive treatment of prepositions categorizes these tricky words according to the case they govern.

The final section explains German sentence structure, its features, and the ways in which it diverges from Italian sentence patterns.

This work is designed for students, as well as learners who need a concise and manageable tool to ease their acquisition of German.