Introduction 1 About This Audio Set 1 Conventions Used in This Audio Set 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 How This Audio Set Is Organized 3 Where to Go from Here 3 Lesson 1:1: Welcome and Overview of CD1: The Basics 5 Lesson 1:2: Personal Pronouns and Formalities 6 Personal Pronouns 6 Formalities 6 Lesson 1:3: Saying "Hello" and "Goodbye". 7 Greetings 7 Goodbyes 7 Lesson 1:4: Saying and Replying to "How Are You?" 8 Lesson 1:5: Introducing Yourself and Talking about Where You''re From 9 Lesson 1:6: Indispensable Words and Phrases. 11 Pleasantries 11 Asking for help 11 Methods of transport 12 Places 12 People 13 Lesson 1:7: Useful Expressions and Phrases 14 Lesson 1:8: Introduction of Question Words 16 Lesson 1:9: Useful Questions and Answers. 17 Lesson 1:10: You Can Count on Me: An Overview of Numbers. 19 Lesson 1:11: What Time Is It? Finding Out How to Tell Time 21 Vocabulary 21 Example sentences 21 Lesson 1:12: Going through the Calendar and Forming the Date 23 Days of the week 23 Months of the year 23 Days of the month 24 Example sentences 24 Lesson 1:13: Directions 25 Vocabulary 25 Example sentences 26 Lesson 2:1: Welcome and Overview of CD2: The Nitty-Gritty: Language Structure 27 Lesson 2:2: Singular Nouns and Articles 28 At home 28 Downtown 29 Shopping 29 Places and things in the city/country 29 School 30 Occupations 30 Lesson 2:3: Plural Nouns and Articles 31 Lesson 2:4: Demonstrative Pronouns 32 Lesson 2:5: Adjectives and Location Sentences. 33 Colors 33 Common adjectives 34 Example sentences about location 34 Lesson 2:6: Degrees of Adjectives. 35 Common comparisons 35 Lesson 2:7: To Be or Not To Be: A Very Important Verb. 36 Lesson 2:8: Common Regular and Irregular Verbs in the Infinitive Form 37 Regular verbs 37 Irregular verbs 38 Lesson 2:9: Conjugating Verbs in Present Tense 39 Regular verbs 39 Irregular verbs that add an umlaut 39 Irregular verbs with a vowel change 40 Special irregular patterns 40 Irregularities between the singular and plural conjugations 41 Lesson 2:10: Conjugating Verbs in Past Tense 43 Regular verbs 43 Irregular verbs 43 Special irregular pattern 44 Lesson 2:11: Conjugating Verbs in Future Tense.

45 Lesson 2:12: Prepositions and Conjunctions 46 Accusative prepositions 46 Dative prepositions 46 Conjunctions 47 Lesson 2:13: Forming Simple Sentences 48 Lesson 2:14: Introducing More Complete Sentences. 49 Lesson 2:15: Negative Sentences 50 Lesson 2:16: Forming Questions. 51 Lesson 3:1: Welcome and Overview of CD3: Real-World Situations 53 Lesson 3:2: At the Office 54 Office items 54 Meetings 54 Business departments 55 Colleagues 55 Verbs 55 Example sentences 56 Lesson 3:3: On the Job 57 Vocabulary 57 Verbs 58 Lesson 3:4: Making Small Talk. 59 Lesson 3:5: Making Appointments. 60 Vocabulary 60 Example sentences 60 Lesson 3:6: Making Travel Arrangements 61 Vocabulary 61 Verbs 61 Example sentences 62 Lesson 3:7: Asking for Directions 63 Vocabulary 63 Example sentences 64 Lesson 3:8: Asking for and Getting Help. 65 Vocabulary 65 Example sentences 66 Lesson 3:9: At the Restaurant 67 Vocabulary 67 Verbs 68 Example sentences 68 Lesson 3:10: At the Hotel 69 Vocabulary 69 Verbs 69 Sentences and phrases 70 Lesson 3:11: At the Bank 71 Vocabulary 71 Verbs 71 Sentences and phrases 72 Lesson 3:12: At the Store 73 Vocabulary 73 Verbs 74 Example sentences 74 Mini-Dictionary 75 German-English Mini-Dictionary 75 English-German Mini-Dictionary 81.