Angelika Davey's Blog, page 16
September 4, 2022
German painters: Caspar David Friedrich
I can’t paint! My drawings have never gone past the matchstick men stage. So I do what I do better, I take pictures, especially landscape pictures. I love taking photos of the glorous countryside in Wiltshire and, of course, I love paintings that look like photos. And this leads me to today’s post about Caspar ... Read more
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August 28, 2022
Improve your German in September 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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August 21, 2022
German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter J
Following on from last month’s blog post about German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter I, here are those with the letter J: Sei nicht so ein Jammerlappen!Don’t be such a whiner/ sissy! Das ist Jacke wie Hose.That’s six of one and half a dozen of another. Jetzt mach mal halblang!Come off it!/ Hang on ... Read more
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August 14, 2022
Test your German pronunciation with some dinosaurs
How good is your German pronunciation? If you saw an unknown German word, would you be able to pronounce it even if you didn’t know what it meant? Fancy trying it out with the names of some dinosaurs? Have a look at the following names, try to pronounce them in German and then watch the […]
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August 7, 2022
Warum, darum, and other German questions and answers
Whenever my students get asked a question, I usually encourage them to answer in a whole sentence. It helps with formulating sentences, especially when you want to inform somebody without being asked. As an easy example, an answer to the question “Woher kommen Sie?” could be “Ich komme aus England”. If you had that question […]
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July 31, 2022
Improve your German in August 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 […]
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July 24, 2022
German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter I
Following on from last month’s blog post about German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter H, here are those with the letter I: den inneren Schweinehund überwindento overcome your weaker self in die Hose gehento go down the drain ins Gras beißento kick the bucket Immer mit der Ruhe!Don’t panic! Hold your horses! im siebten […]
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July 17, 2022
10 German words that mean ‘to try’
A newsletter I received this morning had the email heading “Want to try something new?” It reminded me of questions from students about which German verb to use when you want to try something. So this post is about the diffferent German verbs you can use for the English ‘to try’ I started by putting […]
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July 10, 2022
7 books with easy stories for German learners
I sometimes get asked for recommendations for books designed for German learners, which students could take with them on holidays. I always fancied writing my own stories but whether that will ever happen, who knows….. So in the meantime I had a look on Amazon to see what’s available. The following links are affiliate links, […]
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July 3, 2022
8 tips to help you learn German
During the week I often listen to a business podcast by Darren Hardy, his DarrenDaily. Although I don’t always agree with him, he usually has some interesting things to say. A while ago he mentioned 8 tips to help you learn. And those 8 tips are brilliant for learners of whatever they are learning, including […]
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