A Complete Grammatical Course of the German Language1875 |
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abgesezt accusative adjectives adverbs Arbeit armen ashamed Baum become bringen brother Bruder Buch Bücher child compound copula cousin das Band dative definite article deposed Die Soldaten diese dürfen Eltern express father Feind fleißig Frau Freund geben gefunden gehen gekauft Geld gelobt Genitive gern gesehen geworden glücklich groß Großvater gute guten habe hätte Haus Hause heute hundert ich werde IMPERFECT Infinitive intransitive Kind Kinder Knaben kommen König können krank laßt Lehrer Leute lob-en Mädchen Mann Masc Mensch mögen morgen mother müssen Mutter nephew neuter obliged Past Participle person Pferde PLUPERFECT plural praised Predicate preposition pronoun pupil reich schämen schreiben Schüler Schwester SECOND FUTURE sehen sein sentence sind Singular sister Sohn Soldaten soldiers soll Stadt Subjunctive Substantives syllable thou thun Tochter transitive verbs u. s. w. ich uncle Toby Unglück Unsere Vater verbs verkauft Vetter viele waren Wein wenig werde wollen würde zwei
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