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| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 3894 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes  Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 1 of 11 06 October 2013 at 6:46am | IP Logged | |||||
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Anyone read http://www.amazon.co.uk/Essential-German-Vocabulary-Teach-
Yourself/dp/1444103644/ Does it have example sentences in German, with the English translation for each word? Are the nouns listed with der, das, die? Any other recommendations? I know of http://www.amazon.co.uk/Basic-German-Vocabulary-Dictionary- Langenscheidt/dp/3468494009 but it is old, and http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/3589015594/ But this one doesnt translate the example German sentences into English. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4721 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 2 of 11 06 October 2013 at 3:45pm | IP Logged | |||||
There is a "Look Inside" option for this book, so you can read the introduction and a lot of the inside pages, and see for yourself if it does what you want. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 3894 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 3 of 11 06 October 2013 at 4:59pm | IP Logged | |||||
Unfortunately the look inside pages do not sample the main vocab pages. Edited by Gemuse on 06 October 2013 at 5:00pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| sabotai Senior Member United States Joined 5694 days ago 391 posts - 489 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Japanese, Korean, French | Message 4 of 11 06 October 2013 at 7:52pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I don't know about the books you asked about, but here are a few I do know of that give lots of sample sentences and translations.
Collins Beginner's German Dictionary - I have this for French, Spanish and Italian. Not every word has a sample sentence. Mastering German Vocabulary: A Thematic Approach - A sample sentence for just about every word (the 1995 edition. Do not know if there's a newer one). All nouns are listed with der/die/das. The Big Yellow Book of German Verbs - 555 verbs with ~7-10 sample sentences with translations per verb. It also has "Top 50" verbs which gives an extra full page of sample sentences. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 3894 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 5 of 11 07 October 2013 at 1:37am | IP Logged | |||||
Thanks. The Mastering German Vocabulary unfortunately doesnt give the plural form, according to one review. A pity! The collins dictionary and the verb book are on my toget list. Edited by Gemuse on 07 October 2013 at 3:23am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| schoenewaelder Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5372 days ago 759 posts - 1197 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 6 of 11 07 October 2013 at 2:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
The "look inside" that I can see looks exactly like the pages from the actual book. It is mainly vocabulary lists organised by topic. There are a handful of short sentences and "useful phrases" with translations. The nouns have articles and plurals. There is quite a bit of English explanation of eveything, including a bit of grammar and tests at the end of the chapters. I can't really comment if it's any good, as I don't really like thematic vocabulary books, but if you have any more questions, I can have another look at it. (just to remind myself, library catalogue S 160 183) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 3894 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 7 of 11 07 October 2013 at 3:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
The "look inside" I get is from the intro and the "toolbox" chapter. It doesnt sample the vocab chapters (2 onwards). I do have the following questions: 1. Does every word in the vocab section come with a sample German sentence, and does this sample German sentence have its English translation? 2. Are the 5000 words broken into 2 tiers (the top 2500 words, and then the next frequently occuring 2500)? 3. Are the noun gender info given as "der Tisch" or as "Tisch (m)" or something else? Thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| schoenewaelder Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5372 days ago 759 posts - 1197 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 8 of 11 07 October 2013 at 4:01pm | IP Logged | |||||
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1. No, it is just a page, or a page and a half of thematic vocabulary, followed by a half
page of "useful phrases" which are mostly just a few words long, not really sample sentences, and not necessarily including the vocab from the list. They are translated into English. Things like: "Can you tell me what that is about?" or "What time do you shut?". Typical phrase-bokk phrases. 2. There doesn't seem to be any particular breakdown. The vocab lists all seem to be headed "core vocabulary" so maybe the "useful phrases" count as the more advanced 2500, but there doesn't seem to be enough of them to make it add up. 3: Table der Tisch(e) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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