Angelika Davey's Blog, page 27
July 5, 2020
German modal verbs without a second verb! Really?
Modal verbs! How much do you know about them? You probably remember a few things things: They are conjugated differently to ‘normal’ verbs. There aren’t many (können, müssen, sollen, wollen, dürfen) They are ‘helping verbs’ as they always come with a second verb. You’ll find that second verb in its infinitive at the end of the clause or sentence. The slides give you a quick introduction again, in case you’ve [...]
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June 28, 2020
Boost your German learning in July
Welcome to the July 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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June 21, 2020
Are you a ‘Muffel’?
Do you know what a Muffel is? Apart from being such a great word what is it? It’s a grouch, a grumpy or sullen person. You can also use ‘Muffel’ to describe people who are indifferent or disinterested in a certain matter. A little bit of grammar: Muffel is masculine, no matter whether the grouchy person is a man or woman and it doesn’t change in the plural. So der [...]
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June 14, 2020
10 German museums you can visit virtually
It’s disappointing when a trip to Germany doesn’t happen, whether it’s because of the Coronavirus or any other reason. But you can still look around German museums. It’s obviously not the same as being there in person, but at least these visits are free. Here are 10 mueums in Germany, where you can take a virtual tour. Deutsches Museum München Choose an exhibition you’d like to see [...]
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June 7, 2020
German composers: Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann (8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He was born in Zwickau and died in a sanatorium in Bonn after a long time with mental health problems. Wikipedia has a detailed account of his life in German and English. If you’d rather read some easier German text, check out these websites. Please note, [...]
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May 31, 2020
Boost your German learning in June
Welcome to the June 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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May 24, 2020
To umlaut or not to umlaut, that is the question
When new studenst learn the German alphabet and come across the umlauts for the first time, they often ask if it matters whether they get the different pronunciation right. The good news is that most of the time the rest of the sentence gives away which word is required. So, even if a German learner pronunces the word without the required umlaut, a German would still understand what is meant. [...]
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May 17, 2020
How to use the German word ‘weiter’
The German word weiter can have quite a few different meanings. It can be the comparative of weit (far/ wide) weiter nördlich further north weiter entfernt further away etwas weiter a little further weiter oben further up weiter unten further down weiter weg further away/ afield Diese Hose ist weiter these trousers are wider It can also mean forward next (computer language) But [...]
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May 10, 2020
Auf dem Bahnhof – at the station
The last time we were travelling by train in Germany we nearly missed our last train. There was an announcement that the train wasnt arriving on the specified platform and that we had to go to a different platform. Unfortunately, the announcement sounded something like:Der Zug von . nicht Gleis . By the time we worked out where the train was, we just had enough time to run to that [...]
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May 3, 2020
Boost your German learning in May
Welcome to the May 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 [...]
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