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1. Nouns
2. Noun Gender and the Nominative Case
3. Noun Plurals
4. The Verbs Haben and Sein
5. Understanding Present Tense
6 The Accusative Case of Nouns
7. The Indefinite Article ein
8. Word Order
9. Question Words
10. Common Abbreviations
1. Genitive and Dative Cases
2. Definite and Indefinite Article (All Cases)
3. Pronouns (All Cases)
4. Present Tense of Regular Verbs
5. Present Tense of Irregular Verbs
6. More Question Words
7. "es gibt" and "man"
8. Adjectival Nouns
1. Der- Words
2. Ein- Words (including Possessive Pronouns)
3. Simple Past Tense of Verbs
4. Verbal Prefixes and Compound Nouns
5. Number Formats
1. Verbs with Inseparable Prefixes
2. Verbs with Separable Prefixes
3. Adjective Endings
4. Recognizing Adverbs vs. Adjectives
5. Adjectives as Nouns
6. Place Names as Adjectives and Nouns
7. Verbs as Nouns
1. Prepositions
2. Prepositional Phrases
3. Prepositional Cases
4. Reflexive Pronouns
5. Reflexive Verbs
6. Position of nicht and other adverbs
7. Noun Formation
6. Verb Formation
4. Adjectives as Adverbs
3. Comparison of Adjectives
2. Als, Wenn, and Wann in Expressing Time
1. Conjunctions
5. So . . . Wie . . . Construction
1. Present Perfect Tense
2. Past Perfect Tense
3. Word Formation from Past Participles
4. Present Participles
5. Translating Participial Adjectives and Adverbs
6. Participial Phrases
7. Irregularities in the Comparative and Superlative
1. The Verb Werden
2. Future and Future Perfect Tenses
3. Werden in Probability Statements
4. Relative Pronouns and Relative Clauses
5. Question Words as Relative Pronouns
1. Passive Voice
2. Demonstrative Pronouns
3. Selbst and Selber
4. Compound Nouns with Shared Parts
5. Pronoun es Referring to Clauses
6. More Prefixes and Suffixes
1. Modal Verbs
2. Modal Verb Usages
3. Subordinate Clause as Sentence Subject
1. Verbs that Function Like Modals
2. Infinitive Phrases
3. Common Infinitive Constructions
1. Da- Compounds
2. Some Common Da- Words
3. Hier- Words
4. Da- Clauses
5. Wo- Words
6. Wo- Clauses
1. Extended Adjective Constructions Using Participles
2. More Examples of Extended Adjective Constructions
3. Translating Extended Adjective Constructions
4. Further Advice Regarding Extended Adjective Constructions
1. Subjunctive Mood
2. Subjunctive I
3. Challenges of Translation
4. Other Uses of Subjunctive I
1. Subjunctive II Meaning
2. Subjunctive II Forms
3. Würde Construction
4. Challenges of Translation
5. "As If" Clauses
6. Subjunctive II Forms of Modal Verbs
1. False Friends
2. Some Common Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions
3. Particles
4. Imperative Mood
5. Reflexive Constructions as Substitutes for the Passive Voice
1. Cardinal Numbers
2. Ordinal Numbers
3. Fractions
4. Calculations
5. Weights and Measurements
6. Times
7. Dates
8. Syntax Terminology
Review Units 1-4
Review Units 5-8
Review Units 9-12
Review Units 13-16
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