![]() ![]() Phrasebooks are collections of words and phrases in the source language that are translated into the target language, and then using the alphabet of the source language, that translation is then transliterated into the sounds of the foreign language. That answer lies in the use of what are called "phrasebooks". However, all that being said a more direct answer to your question is that one can easily enough be able to speak a foreign language without having to learn the grammar of that language. ![]() For less tourist-oriented students, students who are interested in both learning and using the German language and its grammar, then I believe that Intermediate German for Dummies is a much more useful text. The Berlitz book German for Dummies is a tourist-oriented book that takes the beginning student gently by the hand in teaching German vocabulary and grammar rules needed for travel in Germany. If you are a beginning student I would suggest that initially you should look forward to spending up to 30% of your study time in vocabulary building, but then the remainder of your available study time should be spent in learning more and more of the German grammar rules. Knowing German grammar rules is absolutely essential to the study of the German language. But, by so doing you will be able learn to speak, read, and write coherent, grammatically correct, basic German sentences with a vocabulary of as little as 500-600 words, including basic nouns, verbs, pronouns, prepositions, adverbs, and adjectives. If you follow standard curriculums, as a beginning German language student you would find yourself spending much more time initially learning German grammar rules than you will learning German nouns, verbs, and other grammatical parts of speech in vocabulary building. ![]() German vocabulary and grammar are tightly related, which makes it quite impossible to learn a basic German vocabulary without at the same time also learning and understanding the basic rules of German grammar. ![]()
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