Angelika Davey's Blog, page 48
August 7, 2016
Catch Pokémons or learn German? Why not do both!
So …. have you been out looking for Pokémons? Is it interfering with your life? Especially with your German learning? Do you find it’s more important to catch these little creaturesthan to practise your German? Shame on you Don’t you know that you can combine the two? If you are interested in Pokémon Go, then why not read up on it in German? I have found the [...]
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July 31, 2016
25 phrases with “doch”
Anything you can do I can do better I can do anything better than you No, you can’t Yes, I can No, you can’t Yes, I can No, you can’t Yes, I can! Yes, I can! Do you remember this song from ‘Annie get your gun’? Do you know how the song goes in German? Is it the same, with ja & nein? Have a listen Did you [...]
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July 24, 2016
German dialects – Pfälzisch
After having covered low German (see bottom of this post for those three) let’s look at middle Germandialects. As before, there are too many variations to mention them all, so I have chosen three, starting with Pfälzisch, or Palantine German, as it’s called in English. According to Wikipedia “Palatine German or Pfälzisch is a West Franconian dialect of German which is spoken in the Upper Rhine [...]
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July 17, 2016
Duolingo revisited
Nearly three years ago I wrote my first blog post about Duolingoand since then it has been going from strength to strength. But I didn’t realise how much it has changed until I attended a webinar to become a certified Duolingo Educator. One of the things I wasn’t aware of three years ago (probably because I hadn’t done much on Duolingo then) is the [...]
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July 10, 2016
Erm, what’s that thingamajig called in German?
Last week a students asked me what Germans say when they are stuck mid sentence. Do they use words likeum, uh, er? Yes, they do! They sound almost the same but are spelled differently. So when a German says something and then is stuck – just like you are when you can’t remember that German word, or the German word order, or the gender, or, or, or ….., [...]
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July 3, 2016
Happy 10th Birthday Angelika’s German Tuition & Translation!
On the 4th July 2006 I founded Angelika’s German Tuition & Translation and started working for myself. At the time I read somewhere that many new businesses fail within the first 18 months. That was quite worrying for me as at that time I only had one client. I also didn’t really know much about marketing and getting new clients wasn’t easy. But I made my decision and [...]
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June 26, 2016
German dialects – Mecklenburgisch
In this third part of my German dialect series we look at one of the Eastern states in Germany. You may have thought that low German was only spoken in the northwest of Germany, but Niederdeutsch is spoken across the North from the West to to East, with lots of variations in between. So today we look at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the 6th largest state by area [...]
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June 19, 2016
Germany for Beginners – a review
When I started teaching German many years ago and I needed a good grammar explanation I always turned to Hyde Flippo’s pages, because I liked the way he explained things. I bought one of his first books ‘When in Germany do as the Germans do’ (which, sadly, I lent to somebody but don’t remember who) and have been a fan since. So when I had the chanceto preview [...]
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June 12, 2016
Learn 5000 German phrases with this app
Two years ago I wrote a blog post about a new smartphone app that helps you learn German vocabulary.Read here how to learn 6000 German words with this app. Now they have added another app, this time with 5000 German phrases. I downloaded it and tried it out, and I like it. This app, like the first one, is also free, although you have the option [...]
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June 5, 2016
How would you like to learn German?
I often hear people ask ‘How can I learn German?’ or ‘What’s the best way to learn German?’ And then I saw this video: So, a better way to ask is ‘How do you like to learn?’ If you are thinking of learning German but don’t know where or how to start, have a think – Do you want to learn with a tutor? In a group? On [...]
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