Angelika Davey's Blog, page 15
November 13, 2022
Ideas for German Christmas biscuits
This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. I know we’re only in November but soon it’s time to get all your baking equipment out and do some Christmas baking. So, here are some videos and website suggestions ... Read more
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November 6, 2022
Setzen, stellen, legen, oder sitzen, stehen, liegen?
Six years ago I wrote a blog post and made a video about the three different German verbs that you might need when you want to say ‘to put’: Setzen, stellen oder legen – oh, I’ll just put it there! As that post was just about the translation for ‘to put’ it was okay, but ... Read more
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October 30, 2022
Improve your German in November 2022
Welcome to another month of the German Action for Happiness Calendars. As before, you can if you wish also print out a PDF version. And if you want or need to, you can see it here in English, where you also find further foreign languages. Use the following sentences as a German reading and translation exercise and ... Read more
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October 23, 2022
Angelika’s awesome online German courses
Special offer during launch week: Use the coupon code LAUNCH to buy any course for half price. Coupon code expires on Monday 31 October. Welcome to Angelika’s online courses for German learners 😃 You are in the right place if you want to improve your German but don’t have the time or money for regular ... Read more
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October 16, 2022
German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter L
Following on from last month’s blog post about German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter K, here are those with the letter L: eine Leiche im Keller habento have a skeleton in the closet eine lange Leitung habento be slow on the uptake den Löffel abgebento kick the bucket Ist dir eine Laus über ... Read more
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October 9, 2022
Berliner, Hamburger, Frankfurter – people or food?
This is a fun post, with a little serious grammar explanation. Do you remember your German lesson where you learned how to say that you’re English, Spanish or…?You would have learnerd to say ‘Ich bin Engländer/ Spanier’ if you are a man or ‘Ich bin Engländerin/ Spanierin’ if you’re a woman. Yes, you would also ... Read more
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October 2, 2022
Improve your German in October 2022
Welcome to another month of the German Action for Happiness Calendars. As before, you can if you wish also print out a PDF version. And if you want or need to, you can see it here in English, where you also find further foreign languages. Use the following sentences as a German reading and translation exercise and ... Read more
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September 25, 2022
German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter K
Following on from last month’s blog post about German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter J, here are those with the letter K: die Kirche im Dorf lassento not get carried away einen Kater habento have a hangover den Kürzeren ziehento draw the short straw einen Kloß im Hals habento have a lump in ... Read more
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September 19, 2022
A visit to a German cemetery
Whenever I go home to Germany I always go to the cemetery where my dad and grandmother are buried. The last time I took some pictures about things you’ll find or might find in a German cemetery. Alte Grabstätten. Old burial plots Grabstätten. Burial plots, usually for several family members. Ein frisches Grab. A fresh ... Read more
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September 11, 2022
Schauen? Sehen? I just want to look!
Look! Did you see that? As an English speaker you wouldn’t think twice about when to use ‘to look’ or ‘to see’. You just know. But when it comes to learning German, do you use schauen or sehen? Or even kucken or gucken or kieken? First of all, sehen is used when you talk about ... Read more
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