Manual of the German Language (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 Excerpt: ...reading; cr 1 ft geftem fortgefa)ren, be went away yesterday (in a carriage). 2. The intransitive and neuter verbs have no passive voice, but they are occasionally used, like impersonal verbs, in the third person singular passive. Thus; Qs iDiirbe Dte( geludjt, gctanjt unb gcfungen, there was much laughing, dancing and singing. T. On The Impersonal Verbs. 1. Some verbs are in German, as in English, oeeasional'y used as impersonal verbs. Thus: Q bauert, it lasts; c3 bebarf, it requires; e3 fangt an, it begins; e- folgt, it follows; c3 fdjtagt jeljtl U.I)r, it strikes ten o'clock. Other verbs are impersonal in connection with a personal pronoun in the dative or accusative. Thus; (? f)ltngert III id), I am Imngry; e-jburftet mid), Iam thirsty; eSfragt fid), it is the question; c3 tuunbert m i d), I wonder; eg freut m i d), I am glad; c rent mi d), I repent; eS Derbriefjt mid), it vexes me; e- fdjttlt fid), it is proper; C Berftefytfid), it is a matter of course; e8 ift mir Icib, lam sorry; C3 geltngt ttl i r, I succeed; cS (iegt mir "Oitt baran, it is important for me; e8 fdttt mir ein, it occurs to me; c3 ift JtttV Wol)(, I foci well; C3 ift ntit ttiarm, I am warm. ' 2; There u (there are) is translated c g t b t, and takes its object in the accusative; when, however, a narrowly circumscribed space is added, there is is rendered by c ift, and the object is in the nominative. Thus: G3 gibt mcfjr fd)(ed)tc, alS gute SBitdjcv, there are more bad books than good ones; e3 finb mefjr fdjledjtc, a(3 gilte S3i: = djer itt bicfent Sabctt, tliere are more bad books than good ones in this store.--Observe'that e3 iji eS ift is dropped in the inverted form. Thus: $ft 33rob Oltf bent Zid)e? is there any ...