Angelika Davey's Blog, page 17
June 28, 2022
Improve your German in July 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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June 19, 2022
German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter H
Following on from last month’s blog post about German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter G, here are those with the letter H: jemandem Honig ums Maul schmierento butter someone up Hummeln im Hintern habento have ants in one’s pants das Handtuch werfento throw in the towel Danach kräht kein Hahn.Nobody cares two hoots about […]
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June 12, 2022
German for crochet lovers
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. How do you practise your German when you’re no longer a beginner? One way is to incorporate the new language into daily tasks. And even better, combine your love of […]
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June 5, 2022
How the German word Schein can create some pretence
Last month I told you about lots of German words ending in -schein: How the German word Schein creates something special I told you that ‘schein’ means appearance, but could also mean shine. And at the end of that post I wrote: Der Schein trügt.Appearances are deceptive. This leads us nicely to words beginning with […]
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May 29, 2022
Improve your German in June 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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May 22, 2022
German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter G
Following on from last month’s blog post about German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter F, here are those with the letter G: Auf keinen grünen Zweig kommenGetting nowhere Noch grün hinter den OhrenWet behind the ears Sich grün und blau ärgernTo be extremely angryEinem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul.Don’t look a gift […]
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May 16, 2022
Sing in German with your child with help from BilinguaSing
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May 8, 2022
How the German word Schein creates something special
The German word Schein can mean appearance in English, which means it can give an appearance to a piece of paper, making it worth more than a piece of paper would be. Welcome to the list of compound nouns which seem to be just a piece if paper, but with ‘schein’ added are worth keeping! […]
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May 1, 2022
Improve your German in May 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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April 24, 2022
German for knitting lovers
How do you practise your German when you’re no longer a beginner? One way is to incorporate the new language into daily tasks. And even better, combine your love of German learning with your hobby! I have already written posts for those who like trains, cycling, sewing, playing the guitar, chess or tennis, or want […]
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