German composition : $b A theoretical and practical guide to the art of translating English prose into German · Hermann Lange
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=Capital Initial=, when required for pronouns, S. 69, N. 2.
=care=, to take care of, S. 91, N. 7.
=cause= (to) how to render, S. 73, N. 1.
=Collective nouns= in the Singular require the verb to agree with them in the Singular, S. 107, N. 13.
=Colon=, the, its use, S. 36, N. 3.
=Comma=, the, not used to enclose adverbial clauses, etc., S. 15, N. 3.
=command=, to, how to render, S. 73, N. 1.
=Compound expressions=, their importance, S. 33, N. 4.
=Compound forms= with auxiliary and Present Participle or ‘to do’ and Infinitive, how to render into German, S. 32, N. 11.
=Compound Nouns.= Their importance, S. 33, N. 4; their formation, S. 36, N. 7, A and B, and S. 76, N. 22, A, B, C and D; their Gender, S. 36, N. 7, C; compound nouns which have the last component in common are connected with hyphens, S. 71, N. 2.
=Conditional Mood=, the, its use, App. §§ 36 and 37.
=Conjunctive Mood=, the, its use, App. §§ 26-35.
=Construction.= Principal and Coordinate Clauses, App. §§ 1-12. Inverted Construction, App. §§ 13-15. Subordinate Clauses, App. §§ 16-24.
=Construction.= Inverted after quotations, S. 32, N. 5. Attributive construction, S. 7, N. 3, A; S. 48, N. 6. Position of adverbs in Imperative Clauses, S. 68, N. 2.
=Copula=, the, not to be omitted, S. 27, N. 7. The Copula must follow the subject when the latter begins the principal clause, S. 5, N. 2.
=copy=, noun, how to render, S. 132, N. 17.
D.
+=da=+, adv. in combination with a prep. governing the Dat. or Acc., S. 4, N. 5, B. +=Da=+, conj., denotes logical cause, used for rendering ‘as’ and ‘since’, S. 30, N. 4. +=Da=+, adv., in connection with a prep., required in the principal clause when verbs and adjectives governing a prep. are followed by a subordinate clause, S. 87, N. 6.
=Definite Article=, the. When to be repeated, S. 10, N. 9. Its position in connection with adjectives and adverbs, S. 28, N. 9. Before nouns representing a whole class, and before abstract nouns, S. 3, N. 2. Before names of persons preceded by an adj. or a common name, S. 10, N. 2. Used to mark the Gen., Dat., and Acc. of proper names, S. 25, N. 5. Used in stating the price of goods, S. 33, N. 7. Used before objects individualised or singled out, S. 40, N. 9. Used instead of Posses. Adj. Pronouns, S. 43, N. 9, A and B.
=Demonstrative Pronoun=, followed by a relat. pron., how to render, S. 8, N. 1.
=+der+ and +die+= must be used as relat. pronouns in reference to a personal pron. of the 1st and 2nd pers. sing. and pl., and also in reference to the pers. pron. of the 3rd person pl. (+Sie+), S. 78, N. 7.
=do=, used in sentences of entreaty, rendered by +doch+, S. 92, N. 9.
+=doch=+, adv., = ‘do’ in sentences of entreaty, S. 92, N. 9.
E.
+=er=+, suffix, used to form names of male persons from names of countries and places, S. 157, N. 4.
+=ernennen=+, requires the prep. +zu+, S. 27, N. 4.
+=erwählen=+, requires the prep. +zu+, S. 27, N. 4.
+=es.=+ Used as grammatical Object in principal clauses, S. 51, N. 13. Used as grammatical Subject, S. 104, N. 19.
F.
=fact=, the, how to render, S. 115, N. 2.
=fond= (to be — of), how to render, S. 20, N. 2.
=for=, rendered by +seit+ in sentences expressing the duration of an action up to the time of speaking, S. 145, N. 17.
=for years=, S. 166, N. 10.
=from=, referring to time and place, how to render, S. 102, N. 4.
=full of=, how to render, S. 74, N. 14.
G.
+=gehen=+, always construed with +sein+, S. 29, N. 3.
+=Gemahlin=+, wife, consort, S. 101, N. 5.
+=Genitive=+, the, of a proper noun stands generally before the governing noun, S. 14, N. 3.
=gentleman=, how to render, S. 88, N. 2.
+=gern(e)=+, adv., denotes liking, S. 20, N. 2.
=Gerund=, the. How to render, S. 1, N. 3; S. 34, N. 10. Preceded by a possess. adj. and a prep., how to render, S. 161, N. 21.
+=giebt=+ (+es+) = the matter is, S. 63, N. 9; = there is, there are, S. 82, N. 7.
=go=, to, how to render when = to travel, etc., S. 233, N. 4.
=going= (to be — to), how to render, S. 67, N. 2.
H.
+=Hafer=+, not used in the pl., S. 22, N. 1.
=have=, to, rendered by +müssen+, S. 62, N. 4.
=head= = +Haupt+ in elevated diction, S. 127, N. 8.
=home= and at home, how to render, S. 63, N. 8.
=Hyphens= required to show the connection between compound nouns that have the last part in common, S. 71, N. 2.
