Angelika Davey's Blog, page 26
September 13, 2020
German writers: Theodor Storm
Theodor Storm (full name Hans Theodor Wolsen Storm was born on 14 September 1817 in Husum, Germany, close to the Danish border. He died on 4 July 1888. He studied law but then became one of the most important authors of 19th-century German Literary realism. At school in Germany we had to read some of his books. I remember reading ‘Der Schimmelreiter’ (‘The Rider on the White Horse’ in English) [...]
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September 6, 2020
How to learn German based on the 4 common language skills
Whether you learn German on your own or you want to add to your class learning, to get the full experience you should practise all four skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing. This is particularly important when you need German for your work or because you will be living in Germany. It’s not quite so important if you are learning German for your own enjoyment and don’t need all four [...]
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August 30, 2020
Boost your German learning in September
Welcome to the September 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 are all designed to help [...]
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August 22, 2020
HABEN & SEIN in different tenses
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. So, as a reminder, here they are conjugated in the present, perfect, imperfect, pluperfect tenses as well as in future I & II. There are six more tenses, but those are a lot [...]
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August 16, 2020
Star Trek for German learners
Are you a Trekki? Have you ever watched an episode in German? Here are 10 quotes from ‘Raumschiff Enterprise’. Can you guess the original quotes? Computerlogbuch der Enterprise. Sternzeit 81316. Captain Kirk. Raumschiff Enterprise auf dem Flug nach … Ich bin kein Zauberer, Spock, sondern nur ein einfacher Landarzt! Beam mich hoch, Scotty! Faszinierend! Volle Schubkraft voraus! Heute ist ein guter Tag zum Sterben! Lebe lang und in Frieden Raum: [...]
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August 9, 2020
How to stay motivated during online learning
How can you stay motivated when learning online? In the classroom, you have a teacher to engage you in the subject and other students to socialise with. When it’s just you and your laptop, you’ll need to take charge of your experience. Fortunately, there are lots of things you can do. Try the following steps to make learning German (or anything else you might learn online) effective and fun. Staying [...]
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August 2, 2020
Boost your German learning in August
Welcome to the August 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 are all designed to help us in [...]
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July 26, 2020
Haben oder sein? That is another question!
‘Ich bin’ or ‘ich habe’ – normally, when you need to decide whether to use ‘sein’ or ‘haben’ it’s because you are writing a sentence in the perfect tense and need to decide whether the verb takes ‘sein’ instead of ‘haben’. This blog post, however, talks about something easier! It’s about the different ways to say that you’re hungry, thirsty, scared, worried or happy, by using either ‘haben & noun’ [...]
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July 19, 2020
How to say “get lost” in German
“How do you say ‘get lost’ in German?” is a frequent question often asked by those who want to know some swearwords. But there is a little more to “get lost”. So, this blog post comes in three parts. Part one covers phrases to use when you are lost. Part two has lots of phrases and idioms which can be a mild or rude way to tell somebody to get [...]
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July 12, 2020
How to plan a virtual vacation in Germany
Planning a holday has become more complicated these days. Airlines are offering fewer flights. Schools are unable to predict when they’ll be open or closed. You may be tightening your budget while you spend more time at home. But taking time off is essential for our mental and physical health. That’s especially true when we’re struggling with stressful situations. Even when borders are closed (which, at the moment, they might [...]
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