Angelika Davey's Blog, page 19
February 6, 2022
Are you listening? The German verb HÖREN & 20 different prefixes
Last month I wrote a post about the different ways to say ‘stop’ and one of them was ‘aufhören’. This got me thinking about the verb ‘hören’ and how prefixes can or might change the meaning of the verb. Here is the verb HÖREN plus 20 more with prefixes: hören – to listen abhören – […]
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January 30, 2022
Improve your German in February 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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January 23, 2022
German for cat 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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January 16, 2022
Halt! How do you say ‘stop’ in German?
A while ago I read somewhere (sadly I can’t remember where) a question about the verb ‘to stop’ and how to translate it into German. I thought, ‘what a weird question, just look it up in a dictionary’. And then today I looked it up myself and I can now understand why it might be […]
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January 9, 2022
German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter C
Following on from last month’s blog post about German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter B, here are those with the letter C: der Casus Knacksusthe crunch/decisive factor Einen Gang nach Canossa machenTo eat humble pie Die Chemie stimmt!The chemistry is right! Nicht alle auf dem Christbaum habenBe out of your mind Now it’s your turn to try […]
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January 2, 2022
Famous Germans – Konrad Duden
“Konrad Alexander Friedrich Duden (3 January 1829 – 1 August 1911) was a Gymnasium (high school) teacher who became a philologist. He founded the well-known German language dictionary bearing his name Duden.” (Source Wikipedia) I was surprised to see how short the English Wikipedia article about Konrad Duden was. I wanted to know what made […]
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December 27, 2021
Improve your German in January 2022
Welcome to another month (and year) 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 […]
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December 22, 2021
Handschuhe – Gloves
When new German learners learn vocabulary about clothes, they find out that shoes are Schuhe in German. Then, to the delight of many, they find out that gloves are shoes for hands in German – Handschuhe. You probably already knew that! But did you know of all the different types of ‘Handschuhe’? No? Well, here […]
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November 28, 2021
Improve your German in December
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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November 21, 2021
German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter B
Following on from last month’s blog post about German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter A, here are those with the letter B: Red‘ nicht um den heißen Brei herum!Don‘t beat around the bush! Alles in Butter!Everything’s okay! Er macht heute blau!He’s skipping work today! Etwas auf die lange Bank schiebenTo put something on […]
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