Angelika Davey's Blog, page 39
May 13, 2018
3 useful German prefixes: ein, aus, um
In today’s post I’d like to tell you about the three prefixes ein-, aus-, and um-. When added to a verb they change the meaning of that verb. Sometimes the new meanings belong to the same ideas. For example: steigen – to rise, climb ⇒ einsteigen, aussteigen, umsteigen – get on (a train …), get off, change (transport) bauen – to build ⇒ einbauen, [...]
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May 6, 2018
German for hay fever sufferers
Do you suffer from hay fever? If you do I’m afraid learning German will not help you cope with it, although if you find it does, please let me know! If, however, you are on holidays in Germany and find you’ve left whatever you use for your hay fever at home, you’ll need some vocabulary to help you buy some. Most importantly, in English you would ask the [...]
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April 29, 2018
15 quirky ideas to learn German in May
Are you always on the lookout for some quirky German learning ideas? How about 15 ideas for May? According to Kleiner Kalender (English version: Cute Calendar) each day of the month is also a special – and sometimes worth celebrating – day. I’ve picked 15 of those days to give you some fun ideas for practising your German – enjoy! 1 May May Day – Maifeiertag Make [...]
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April 22, 2018
Practise your German grammar with the Digitale Schule Bayern
On my hunt for free online resources I came across the Digitale Schule Bayern and in particular the German resources from Suzanne Schaefer She has a huge variety of resources, originally aimed at school children, but she hopes that others also find them useful. Of course, we do! Each category has some grammar information plus PDFs to print out and online exercises which [...]
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April 15, 2018
How to be vague in German
At some stage in your German learning, you will come across words with the prefix ‘irgend’ – actually, quite a few of them! And they all mean something vague. Let’s have a look at some of the easy ones: irgendetwas – something, anything Was wirst du essen? Irgendetwas! What will you eat? Something (but right now I have no idea what it will be, I’ll find something in [...]
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April 8, 2018
50+ fascinating language facts – an infographic
Another one of those lovely elearning infographics with 51 interesting language facts, including three facts about German which you may or may not know: The first printed book was in German.→ And many more afterwards. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could read some of them in their original language? German is the most spoken language [...]
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April 2, 2018
How to compare learning German with DDP Yoga
For months my son had been nagging me to do some yoga and each time I declined because I had tried it before and found it extremely boring. But he kept on talking about DDP Yoga. For those of you who don’t know it, DDP Yoga has been developed by Diamond Dallas Page (American semi-retired professional wrestler, fitness instructor, motivational speaker and actor.
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March 25, 2018
14 quirky ideas to learn German in April
Are you always on the lookout for some quirky German learning ideas? How about 14 ideas for April? According to Kleiner Kalender (English version: Cute Calendar) each day of the month is also a special – and sometimes worth celebrating – day. I’ve picked 14 of those days to give you some fun ideas for practising your German – enjoy! 1 April April Fools’ Day – Aprilscherze [...]
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March 18, 2018
How to plan your German learning with Trello
Do you use Trello? Maybe for work or planning your shopping, or maybe you haven’t heard of it? Trello is a task management app. It looks like a board filled with post-it notes, sorted according to tasks. Most boards have three lists: To-Do, Doing and Done (although you can change that and rename them or add to them). As you start and then complete [...]
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March 11, 2018
32 ways to learn faster – an infographic
In one of the latest eLearning newsletters I found the following infographic. It has 32 tips for learning in general, but they are also useful for German learners in particular. Some of them are more useful to advanced learners, whereas others are perfect for beginners. I’m not suggesting that you should apply all of them, but have a read through and pick some of the tips to make [...]
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