The Germans at Home (Classic Reprint): A Practical Introduction to German Conversation, With an Appendix Containing, the Essentials of German Grammar - Softcover

Hermann Lange

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332343732 ISBN 13: 9781332343737

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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This book provides readers with an immersive journey into the everyday lives of a German family during the late 19th century. Through forty conversations between family members and friends, the author realistically portrays a German household, their interests, the challenges they face, and their perspectives on life. The book grants readers a rare glimpse into German culture, language, society, and history from an authentic, up-close perspective. The conversations cover various topics from personal experiences to cultural norms, traditions, and customs. They reflect the social, cultural, and domestic realities of German families during that era, providing valuable insights into the lives of ordinary people living in Germany at the time.

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Excerpt from The Germans at Home: A Practical Introduction to German Conversation, With an Appendix Containing, the Essentials of German Grammar In the preparation of the series of books for the study of the German language, of which this little work forms the first volume, I have been guided by the Principles of Imitation and Variation; for I hold that these are the only principles by which a modem language can be learnt rationally. Just as a child begins to speak its native tongue without knowing anything about the mechanism of the grammar of the language, simply by Imitation, so also a beginner should begin a modem language, simply by listening to the foreign sounds and then imitating them, after a due explanation of the sentence heard. The second process should be Variation of the material thus gathered by listening and imitating. After having acquired a certain familiarity with the language, its pronunciation and construction, the laws of the language may be gradually developed. Composition, however, should not begin till the student has made himself sufficiently acquainted with the genius and the idiomatic peculiarities of the language to apply them freely and fluently in his composition. How often do we not hear that pupils, after studying German for a period of about three or four years, have acquired not very much more than a knowledge of a few grammatical rules and inflections, together with a limited power of understanding a German book or a passage taken from a German newspaper. If called upon to translate a passage from an English writer (or merely a short colloquial phrase of everyday occurrence) idiomatically and correctly, they are, for the most part, entirely at a loss to solve the problem; and if required to enter upon a conversation in German, they will almost invariably be found unable to do so. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reprodu

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332343732
• ISBN 13: 9781332343737
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140