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25 German sentences with ‘bloß’

A while ago I told you about all those sentences with schon. Today we will look at another filler word that is being used in so many different ways: bloß. First of all, bloß can be an adjective (with all its appropriate endings before a noun) and mean bare/ nude/ mere/ Ich habe mich auf die bloße Erde gesetzt. I sat on the bare ground. It can [...]

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15 fun activities for German learning parents and children

Id been thinking about writing a blog post with activities for parents and their children to do on a rainy day for quite a while now. As were all stuck at home at the moment its quite an appropriate post. So here are 15 fun activities for German learning families on a rainy day or during a lockdown. 1. Play a game. Teach your child the numbers from 1 [...]

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Let’s have some fun with German idioms & compound nouns

Last week we had our first ever online charity event.  Seven people got together for an hour and brought literal translations of German idioms and working out what they meant. Not only did we have great fun, we also raised £165 for this years charity. If you also like to donate, heres the link:  School Fees for Perfect & Princess If youd like to have a go at [...]

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Read more German stories

In my quest for free resources I came across Storybooks Minnesota. The websites information says Storybooks Minnesota is a free open educational resource that promotes literacy and language learning in homes, schools, and communities. Part of the Global Storybooks project, it makes 40 stories from the African Storybook available with text and audio in English, Spanish, and the most widely spoken languages of Minnesota. Share and enjoy! [...]

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Boost your German learning in April

Welcome to the April 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 can also find further foreign languages. Use the following sentences as a German reading and translation exercise and act on them. They are all designed [...]

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Achieve your German learning goals faster and easier with a vision board

EDIT: I prepared this post a while ago before the corona virus decided to turn our lives upside down. Ive decided to still publish it as it might help somebody to have something to do and / or get some structure into their days while learning something new. If youre struggling to get into a routine at the moment, youre not the only one. Im struggling, too. So lets make [...]

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50 German sentences with ‘schon’

Lets talk about the lovely German word schon, the one without the umlaut. With an umlaut it turns into schön, and thats beautiful, pretty. Without the umlaut it means already, well, in a lot of sentences, like these: Ich bin schon da. Im already here. Sind wir schon da? Are we (already) there yet? Waren Sie schon mal in Berlin?  Have you ever been to Berlin? (Have you already been?) Ich [...]

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25 positive affirmations for German learners

Do you use affirmations? You probably have a lot of negative thoughts when it comes to learning German, like ‘I’m not good enough’, ‘I’ll never understand German grammar!’, ‘I’m useless at learning a foreign language’. Do they sound familiar? Instead, why don’t we change it around and make some positive affirmations for your German learning? Here are 25 affirmations to tell your mind that your German learning is successful. I [...]

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Boost your German learning in March

Welcome to the March edition of the GermanAction for HappinessCalendars. As before, you canif you wish, also print out aPDF version. And if you want or need to, you can see it herein English, where you can also find further foreign languages. Use the following sentences as a German reading and translation exercise and act on them (if you wish) or [...]

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Carnival in Germany

In two day’s time it will be Ash Wednesday (Aschermittwoch in German) and unlike in the UK where everybody eats pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, the Germans don’t use off their eggs, flour and fat, they use off their energy and let their hair down one last time before Lent. Today is what the Germans call ‘Rosenmontag’ (Rose Monday) , which is the highlight of the carnival season. The Tuesday before [...]

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