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Author : Paul Listen
Edition : 1
Number of Pages : 702
Publisher : McGraw-Hill
List Price : $19.95
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Product Description
Become a German verb virtuoso with this unbeatable reference/interactive combo!
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The Big Yellow Book of German Verbs with CD-ROM is the most comprehensive resource available for learning and mastering German verbs. Designed for beginning through advanced learners, this indispensable guide will help you conjugate verbs with ease, enabling you to communicate in German confidently.. .
Inside you will find:
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- 555 fully conjugated verbs, listed alphabetically .
- Current idioms and expressions for each verb .
- The Top 50 verbs, with many examples of their usage in context .
- More than 4,200 verbs cross-referenced to conjugation models .
- A handy guide to deciphering irregular verb forms
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The CD-ROM is a fun way to help you:
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- Sharpen your skills with more than 300 interactive exercises, from multiple choice to fill-in-the-blank .
- Form verbs and choose the right tenses .
- Master common idioms and everyday expressions .
- Track and evaluate your progress with a pretest and a comprehensive review test
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System requirements: PC only: Windows 2000, XP, Vista
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Customer reviews
I don't DO German! by .. J. Ree (LA USA)
HAH!!!! I do not do German!! Gift for my son--who's taking
german in college for several semesters. He's trying to get a jump on it!!
what an awesome kid!
He said it's got alot more help & words than his textbooks.
fantastisch! by .. klee (Chicago, IL)
This book is super! Has every verb tense laid out for you, with plenty of sentence examples of everyday uses. I use this book all the time! It was seriously the best $15 I have ever spent on a book.
Halte bitte hier... by .. R. Yeager (Indiana)
First of all, this book is a must have. If you need to rationalize this purchase, just look at it as the best $15.00 you'll ever spend on a German verb book. I own several dictionaries and a few verb-only books. I have the most recent Webster's New World 575+ German Verbs, and I love it too.
The Webster's version is a nice one for taking to a class in your bag, or for a quick reference. There are a few reasons why The Big Yellow Book is the better of the two. I will say here that there is nothing that isn't in The Big Yellow Book that is in the Webster's, but there is a lot missing from the Webster's that is clearly laid out here in this book. Don't be fooled by the 575+ Webster's number to the 555 Big Yellow Book; the Yellow Book wins, hands down!
The main thing I love about the Big Yellow book is the fact that it clearly lays out the separable prefix verbs (Webster's does not do this except in one or two cases); this is often already known by most people who have a basic understanding of German, but many verbs can be tricky as to whether it is separable or not; some verbs are both separable and inseparable each having different meanings.
The second thing is that the cross-reference section in the back is extremely complete. Many verb dictionaries have a fairly adequate one, but the Big Yellow Book is the most complete I have ever seen in a dictionary; it also features some really obscure verbs like "umnachten" [to enfold in darkness] and many other more obscure verbs. Honestly, it is by far and away the most complete all-in-one verb dictionary I have come across.
The Big Yellow Book also offers a very extensive list of idioms for the "Top 50" German verbs (all the other verbs list between 8-15 idiomatic uses). These "Top 50" have entire pages dedicated to idiomatic uses of verbs in conversation, which if you have learned anything about German it is the fact that the idioms get a little far from the meaning you expect. This is really useful for anyone wishing to communicate with any hope of sounding like a Deutscher(in).
The Big Yellow Book has a very in-depth study of grammatics for the first 38 pages. I found this entire section quite useful to cementing these concepts in my mind. The grammatic section even covers the 1999 Spelling Reform (for verbs), which I have never seen in a verb-only dictionary.
The only complaint I could make is a very minor one, the book is wonderfully laid out and I would change none of that, but they put the verb auxiliary "haben" or "sein" in a place that takes a moment to get used to, because it is not in the heading or directly below the verb in the heading. The book leaves ample space to place it near the verb entry. Like I said, it is only a minor complaint I could make.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to learn German, especially conversational German. Both the cross-reference section of odd verbs and the largest use of idiomatic expressions I have ever seen in any dictionary make this a must have. Seriously, buy this book! It really is the most bang-for-your-buck you will find, even against dictionaries that run close to $75 or more. Literally, this book has 1,000s of verbs that are, or easily are, fully conjugated. Viel Glück!
German Teacher Aide de Camp. by .. J. Devine (Middle of Muddle Middle Tennessee)
I like all these paradigm verb displays. This is great for using, just for backup, or for quelling an occasional student objection. Of course, if you are wrong, it serves as a negative reinforcement, but that is good for you. Essential for your German references.
A great value for this book! by .. Scott E. Dickinson (Roanoke, Virginia)
This is an excellent book. I have been self-teaching myself german for the past year or two, and this has helped a lot!
While this book is larger and may resember a medium sized cities phone book, the knoweldge it contains will outweigh any trouble that may be caused by carrying it around!
It tells you if it is a top 50 verbs, it also gives a bit of a grammar lesson for those that need a little brush up on what tense is! If you are learning german, by-pass the "white" books that have less verbs.
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Author : Dora del Carmen Vargas
Edition : 1
Number of Pages : 504
Publisher : McGraw-Hill
List Price : $24.95
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Product Description
Sail through the turbulent seas of Spanish grammar and communicate with confidence!
The Big Red Book of Spanish Grammar with CD-ROM gives you a comprehensive and yet accessible resource for all your grammar needs. Instead of poring through several grammar textbooks and workbooks, everything you need to build your grammar mastery is right here.
Inside you will find:
- Thorough coverage of all aspects of Spanish grammar
- Easily accessible presentation of grammar rules and exceptions
- Hundreds of examples illustrate Spanish in action
The CD-ROM is a fun way to help you:
- Sharpen your skills with more than 250 interactive exercises, cross-referenced to their appropriate sections in the book
- Measure your strengths and weaknesses with a pretest; monitor your progress with a posttest
- Expand your knowledge of the Hispanic world with hundreds of culture-based exercises
System requirements: PC only: Windows 2000, XP, Vista
Customer reviews
Independent Review from a Beg. - Int. Spanish Student by .. Cal Hardy (Austell, Georgia USA)
This is the best book ever on the subject of Spanish grammar! It explains EVERYTHING in detail. I was using multiple references trying to understand certain aspects of grammar, but I no longer had to do that once I got this book. It is very thorough. Exercises are available on the cd-rom if you want practice. It does not have exercises in the book. The book pages are all dedicated to explaining grammar. I have the Practice Makes Perfect series, Spanish Grammar in Review, Spanish Grammar for Independent Learners, and a couple of college textbooks. None of them are better than this book. This is just what I had been looking for - a one stop reference. This book is certainly worth every penny!
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