Angelika Davey's Blog, page 24
January 31, 2021
Improve your German in February 2021
Welcome to another 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 exercise and then act on them. This [...]
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January 24, 2021
Learn German vocabulary by topic: Betten machen – making the bed
Let’s learn some German vocabulary based on a topic. And this month’s topic is making the bed.You’ll get the vocab plus three different ways to practise/ remember the words: with an infographic, slides and a video. The words das Bett – beddie Betten – bedsdie Matratze – matressdie Matratzen – matressesdas Bettlaken – sheetdie Bettlaken – sheetsdas Spannbettlaken – fitted sheetdie Spannbettlaken – fitted sheetsdas Kopfkisssen – pillowdie Kopfkissen – [...]
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January 18, 2021
HABEN & SEIN in different tenses, part 2
The two German verbs HABEN and SEIN are – just like ‘to have’ and ‘to be’ in English – irregular verbs. But they are also very important in all the other tenses, not just the present tense. A while ago I reminded you how to comjugate them in the present, perfect, imperfect, pluperfect tenses as well as in future I & II. Today we are conjugating [...]
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January 10, 2021
Improve your German with All4, Amazon & Netflix
How can you improve your German with films if your level has gone past children’s cartoons but to watch a film on German TV is still too difficult? You watch it on Amazon, Netflix or (if you’re in the UK) on All4. Why? Because they also have the option of subtitles. Although I can only tell you what’s available at the moment, I hope it will give you the incentive [...]
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January 3, 2021
The many benefits of lifelong learning
Although today’s blog post is very general and is about anything you can learn, please remember that a lifelong German learning is, of course, extremely worthwhile. And all the benefits mentioned also apply to learning German. From the time we’re children, we’re pushed to learn things. By adulthood, most people are somewhat relieved when the learning portion of their lives is over. The problem is, saying goodbye to learning isn’t [...]
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December 27, 2020
Improve your German in January 2021
Welcome to another 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 exercise and then act on them. This [...]
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December 20, 2020
How to learn German with the U3A
A few weeks ago somebody suggested I should write a blog post about pensioners learning German in a U3A group. I know Devizes has a U3A and I vaguely remember that they have or had a German group, but that was basically what I knew. So I googled U3A.U3A stands for University of the Third Age. According to their website “u3a gives members local and national [...]
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December 13, 2020
8 reasons to learn a foreign language
These 8 reasons to learn a foreign language are worth repeating in case you, or somebody you know (please pass it on to them), needs reminders why learning a foreign language is a good idea. Learning a foreign language can be a great way to spend your free time. Its certainly more productive than watching television (unless you watch a film in the language youre learning). Even if you have [...]
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December 6, 2020
Lernen oder studieren? Let’s find out!
Following on to last months post Beibringen, lehren oder unterrichten? Let me teach you! todays post is about the learners instead of the teachers. What do we call the learners in German? Unlike in English, not everybody is a student. Schüler Those who go to school because they have to, (primary and secondary school), are pupils and not students. der Schüler male pupildie Schülerin [...]
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November 29, 2020
Boost your German learning in December
Welcome to the December edition 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 act on them. They [...]
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