Angelika Davey's Blog, page 44
May 21, 2017
Weg or weg, that is the question!
How can a short German three letter word be complicated? When it has two different pronunciations! The three letters are w, e and g and I often hear people get the pronunciations mixed up. So I’ve made a video for you: In case you want to copy all those words, here there are again: Weg as a noun: Der Weg – path, alley, pathway, alley, journey Der Wegbegleiter [...]
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May 14, 2017
Die kleine Backstube – a new book for anybody learning German
Last week a friend told me about this forthcoming German book ‘Die kleine Backstube’. It is available on amazon as of today, Monday 15th May 2017. Amazon’s description says “The future of the Little Bakery, in the family for 100 years, is uncertain. This is a story of how a young woman follows her passion to try and make something great. It tells of her creativity, hard work [...]
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May 7, 2017
15 Things to find in a German Church
If you have ever been inside a German church, whether for a service or just to admire the building, you might have wondered what some of the things you see are called. The last time I went back to Germany I attended a church service in the church I was confirmed many years ago and where my family is still very active. So, after the service I took [...]
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April 30, 2017
German for Keep Fit Enthusiasts
A few years ago I wrote a blog post called Keep fit or learn German? Why not do both? It was a fun post for beginners who want to keep fit but also learn German. So I found some fun action video which taught some basic German ☺ But what about keep fit enthusiasts who want to do their daily exercises but at the same time keep up [...]
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April 23, 2017
Wir suchen Deutschland – Passau and Munich
Last month Peter and Sabine visited Weimar and Nürnberg, this month they’re off to Passau and München, or Munich, as English speakers call it. Passau Hier oben möcht’ ich immer stehn, drei Flüsse kann man auf einmal sehn: die breite Donau, die Ilz, den Inn. Hier baute man einst Passau hin. Viel Kähne, vollbeladen und schwer, sie fahren bis zum Schwarzen Meer. Passau, a town [...]
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April 16, 2017
A German learner’s story
For today’s blog post I’m pleased to introduce you to one of my newsletter subscribers, Kirsty Major of English with Kirsty, who describes how she turned learning German into working with German. Over to you, Kirsty: How my favourite subject at school became part of my job When I started High School, German wasn’t on my timetable. Half of the school learned French, and the other half [...]
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April 9, 2017
Practise your German with Memrise
I have mentioned Memrise in other blog posts before but feel it needs to have a post on its own, so here it is: According to Wikipedia “Memrise is an online learning tool with courses created by its community. Its courses are mainly used to teach language, but are also used for other academic and nonacademic subjects, including science, music, history, philosophy, and popular culture. [...]
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April 2, 2017
Learn German with Modern Literature
Last year I read an interesting German book called ‘Wilde Jahre in West Berlin’, all about somebody’s time in Berlin during the 1980s. I thoroughly enjoyed the book as it reminded me of some of my youth years despite not having lived in Berlin – and after 1982 not even in Germany. The book is also available in English but I wasn’t interested in that, as for me it had [...]
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March 26, 2017
Wir suchen Deutschland – Weimar and Nürnberg
Last month Peter and Sabine visited Meissen and Leipzig, this month they’re off to Weimar and Nürnberg. Weimar Wo sind wir heute, Peter, sag, an diesem stillen Sommertag! – In Weimar, wo vor hundertfünfzig Jahren Goethe und Schiller heimisch waren. Du siehst vor dir das Goethehaus, hier ging einst Goethe ein und aus, der Dichter voller Ruhm und Glanz. – Ich flecht’ ihm einen Blumenkranz. When [...]
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March 19, 2017
The seasons in German – Frühling
The 20th March is the official first day of spring, so this blog post is about spring with lots of words and phrases. There are three words in German for spring: der Frühling (this is the official word for the season spring) der Frühlingsanfang – beginning of spring die Frühlingsgefühle – spring fever die Frühlingszwiebel – spring onion die Frühlingsrolle – spring roll das Frühlingsgemüse – spring vegetable das [...]
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