PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES FOR SPEAKING GERMAN; A SUPPLEMENT TO ALL GERMAN BY CHARLES EULENSTEIN, PROFESSOR OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE AT BATH. LONDON: D. NUTT, 158, FLEET STREET. 1844. PREFACE. The following pages have been composed with a view of presenting to the English public a short manual, containing, in the smallest possible space, such materials as would be found most useful to those whose principal object is to speak Germair. The author has conceived the idea that a book of Progressive Exercises on some of the principal Rules of German, and framed in most familiar language would be best calculated to give the desired effect. He has taken considerable pains, in choosing only such words and sentences as are of daily use; and by frequent repetition of the most familiar parts of the language, he hopes to have accomplished his chief object, which was to enable the pupil to express himself at an early period on a variety of familiar subjects. He has also PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES. I. THE AUXILIARY VERB Haben, TO HAVE. I HAVE a flower. Have you flowers? garden? My sister has a house. I had many He has a garden. Has your sister a She has friends. My brother had many friends. Have you a watch? I had one. Has your brother patience? Yes. A flower, eine Blume; flowers, Blumen; many flowers, viele Blumen; no flowers, keine Blumen; my father, mein Vater; a garden, einen Garten; roses, Rosen; no roses, keine Rosen; your sister, Ihre Schwester; my sister, meine Schwester; a house, ein Haus; she, sie; friends, Freunde; my brother, mein Bruder; many friends, viele Freunde; a watch, eine Uhr; one, eine; your brother, Ihr Bruder; patience, Geduld. II. [Rule. When a principal sentence is formed with a compound tense, the infinitive or participle is placed at the end. Examples : Ich habe Zeit gehabt, I have had time. Haben Sie Zeit gehabt? Have you had time? Ich werde Zeit haben, I shall have time.] B |