<p>This comprehensive guide to mastering the German language presents often difficult-to-master information, such as verb tenses, in the approachable <i>Complete Idiot's Guide®</i> format.</p> <p>Readers will discover useful travel-themed chapters, dealing with everything from shopping, renting cars, and making a phone call, to visiting a doctor, going to the post office, and banking. With information on the essentials of German grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and conversation, this new edition also includes a supplemental CD with nearly an hour of listen-and-learn exercises that can be used either with or without the book.</p>