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Overview
This book presents the language (Pennsylvania German, Dutch, or Deitsch) developed by the settlers brought to Pennsylvania from the Rhine Valley by William Penn. The settlers’ dialects evolved into a formal language which has been spoken and read for three centuries throughout much of Pennsylvania and more recently, in parts of the Middle and Far West, and Canada.
This book contains 13 readings—on such topics as school, house, farm, and town, as well as dates, weather, body parts, and clothing—each with the translations on facing pages and followed by vocabulary and grammatical rules. By the end of the book all major rules of grammar have been covered together with a substantial working vocabulary.
An introduction gives an overview of the language and a guide to pronunciation; an appendix presents practice patterns for the serious student; and an index leads to definitions of all vocabulary words.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780271021423 |
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Publisher: | Penn State University Press |
Publication date: | 09/15/1982 |
Series: | Keystone Books |
Edition description: | Bi-lingual Edition (English & German) |
Pages: | 320 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.89(d) |
Table of Contents
Foreword | ix | |
Pennsylvania German Sounds | xvii | |
Part 1 | ||
Chapter 1, Part 13 | ||
Reading Selection: School, Part 1 | 4 | |
Vocabulary | 6 | |
Grammar | ||
The Definite Article | 10 | |
The Indefinite Article | 11 | |
The Personal Pronouns | 11 | |
Verbs, Present Tense | 12 | |
Word Order | 15 | |
Chapter 1, Part 2 | 17 | |
Reading Selection: School, Part 2 | 18 | |
Vocabulary | 22 | |
Grammar | ||
The Definite Article, Dative Case | 26 | |
The Indefinite Article, Dative Case | 27 | |
Verbs (Continued) | 28 | |
Word Order (Continued) | 30 | |
Double Negatives | 31 | |
The PG "Progressive" | 31 | |
Chapter 2, Part 133 | ||
Reading Selection: The Family, Part 1 | 34 | |
Vocabulary | 34 | |
Grammar | ||
Personal Pronouns, All Cases | 37 | |
Possessive Adjectives | 38 | |
Possessive Pronouns | 40 | |
Use of the Dative Case to Show Possession | 40 | |
Verbs (hawwe, warre) | 41 | |
Chapter 2, Part 243 | ||
Reading Selection: The Family, Part 2 | 44 | |
Vocabulary | 46 | |
Grammar | ||
Demonstratives | 50 | |
The Pronoun ken, kee | 51 | |
Verbs (Continued) | 53 | |
Chapter 3, Part 155 | ||
Reading Selection: Numbers | 56 | |
Vocabulary | 60 | |
Grammar | ||
The Adjective and Pronoun ee (ns) | 61 | |
The Indefinite Pronoun mer | 61 | |
Chapter 3, Part 263 | ||
Reading Selection: Time | 64 | |
Vocabulary | 68 | |
Grammar | ||
Number Names | 69 | |
Fractions | 69 | |
Chapter 4, Part 171 | ||
Reading Selection: The Week | 72 | |
Vocabulary | 74 | |
Grammar | ||
Adjectives | 77 | |
The Weak Declension | 78 | |
The Mixed Declension | 78 | |
Adverbs | 79 | |
Verbs | 79 | |
Chapter 4, Part 285 | ||
Reading Selection: The Day | 86 | |
Vocabulary | 88 | |
Grammar | ||
The Demonstrative seller | 91 | |
The Interrogative weller | 92 | |
Chapter 5, Part 193 | ||
Reading Selection: The Months | 94 | |
Vocabulary | 98 | |
Grammar | ||
The Indefinite Adjective and Prounoun yeder | 102 | |
Adjectives--Comparative and Superlative Forms | 103 | |
Verbs--Modal Auxiliaries | 106 | |
Chapter 5, Part 2109 | ||
Reading Selection: The Weather | 110 | |
Vocabulary | 114 | |
Grammar: Strong Adjectival Endings | 117 | |
Chapter 6, Part 1121 | ||
Reading Selection: The House, Part 1 | 122 | |
Vocabulary | 126 | |
Grammar | ||
Prepositions | 131 | |
Inseparable Prefixes | 135 | |
Separable Prefixes | 136 | |
Chapter 6, Part 2139 | ||
Reading Selection: The House, Part 2 | 140 | |
Vocabulary | 142 | |
Chapter 7145 | ||
Grammar: Past Participles and the Present Perfect Tense | 146 | |
Part 2 | ||
Chapter 8, Part 1155 | ||
Reading Selection: The Farmyard | 156 | |
Vocabulary | 158 | |
Grammar | ||
Past Participles Used as Adjectives | 161 | |
Verbs | 162 | |
Chapter 8, Part 2163 | ||
Reading Selection: The Barnyard | 164 | |
Vocabulary | 166 | |
Chapter 9, Part 1171 | ||
Reading Selection: The Fields, Part 1 | 172 | |
Vocabulary | 174 | |
Grammar: Infinitives | 177 | |
Chapter 9, Part 2181 | ||
Reading Selection: The Fields, Part 2 | 182 | |
Vocabulary | 184 | |
Chapter 10, Part 1187 | ||
Reading Selection: A Typical Day, Part 1 | 188 | |
Vocabulary | 192 | |
Grammar | ||
Reflexive Verbs | 194 | |
The Imperative Mood | 196 | |
Chapter 10, Part 2199 | ||
Reading Selection: A Typical Day, Part 2 | 200 | |
Vocabulary | 204 | |
Chapter 11, Part 1207 | ||
Reading Selection: Town, Part 1 | 208 | |
Vocabulary | 210 | |
Grammar | ||
Reflexive Verbs; Dative Reflexive Pronouns | 212 | |
Subordinate Clauses | 213 | |
Transposed Word Order | 216 | |
Chapter 11, Part 2219 | ||
Reading Selection: Town, Part 2 | 220 | |
Vocabulary | 222 | |
Grammar: Relative Pronouns | 224 | |
Chapter 12, Part 1227 | ||
Reading Selection: City, Part 1 | 228 | |
Vocabulary | 230 | |
Grammar | ||
The Future Indicative Tense | 233 | |
Future Perfect Indicative | 234 | |
Chapter 12, Part 2237 | ||
Reading Selection: City, Part 2 | 238 | |
Vocabulary | 240 | |
The Head, Body, Limbs | 241 | |
Chapter 13245 | ||
Reading Selection: Clothing | 246 | |
Vocabulary | 248 | |
Grammar | ||
Formation of the Passive Voice | 252 | |
The False Passive | 256 | |
Chapter 14259 | ||
Grammar | ||
Formation of the Subjunctive Mood | 260 | |
Uses of the Subjunctive | 263 | |
Vocabulary | 273 | |
Appendix | 291 | |
Samples of Practice Patterns | 293 | |
Samples of Minimum Essentials | 297 |
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