Angelika Davey's Blog, page 49
May 29, 2016
German Pocket Puzzles – a review
As you know I am always on the lookout for new German resources, especially resources for students to do as additional practice on top of their lessons. Usually I find and review online resources which are for free or can be topped up for a fee. But not everybody likes practicing some German online. So today’s review is about ErikZidowecki’spuzzle book. Erik’s pocket puzzles are a great revision [...]
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May 22, 2016
German dialects – das Grafschafter Platt
Last month I started telling you about the Hamburger and East Frisian dialects, this month it is another low German dialect, the Grafschafter Platt. This post is possibly more of interest to myself than you, because I spent most of my childhood in Schüttorf, which belongs to the Grafschaft Bentheim and where they speak the Grafschafter Plattdeutsch ….. except I don’t speak it. I don’t even [...]
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May 15, 2016
Happy Birthday Udo Lindenberg
People who have learned German during the 1970s may have come across the German singer Udo Lindenberg. Born on the 17th May1946 he started singing in the 60s in English, which wasn’t successful, but when he started singing in Germanin the 70s things changed. 40 years later I read in a magazine that not only does he turn 70 this month, he also still sings and has a new [...]
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May 8, 2016
7 fun ways to improve your memory while learning German
I saw this beautiful infographic recently about 7 fun ways to improve your memory, but I’d like to add to it. Not only are these 7 fun ways to improve your memory, they can also help with learning German. But first the infographic. Have a look at it, then once you’ve scrolled down, see my additional comments to each point.
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May 1, 2016
Celebrating Mother’s Day and Father’s Day in Germany
Muttertag Since moving to the UK there have been a few occasions where I bought a Mother’s Day card for my mum, but then didn’t send it because I couldn’t find it. Why? In the UK Mother’s Day, or Mothering Sunday, as it’s officially known, is on the 4th Sunday in Lent, whereas Germany celebrates Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May, just like America. So [...]
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April 24, 2016
5 ways to translate the German word ‘man’
Sometimes certain German words have many meanings in English depending on the context in which you use them. For example, the German word man. The German pronoun “man” is used a lot in German. It is one of the false friends because it doesn’t mean ‘man’ (which is ‘der Mann’ in German). Instead it means ‘one’ as in ‘one is not amused’. That sort of ‘one’ isn’t used [...]
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April 17, 2016
German dialects – Hamburgerisch and Ostfriesisch
Do you know that feeling? You’ve been learning German for a while. Your vocab is pretty good and when you do any listening exercises you understand (almost) everything. Then you go to Germany and very excitedly you try and eavesdrop on conversations ……… and then … you cannot … understand … a word, because the people you hear speak a dialect! If this sounds familiar you will [...]
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April 10, 2016
Du or Sie? When to be formal or informal in Germany!
One of the first thing you learn in your German lessons is that the English ‘you’ can be the formal ‘Sie’ (for singular and plural) and the informal ‘du’ (or ‘ihr’ for plural). You’ve learned to ask ‘Wie heißen Sie?’ if you need to ask somebody’s name formally or ‘Wie heißt du?’ if you ask informally. BUT WHENdo you use du or Sie? Two very basic rules: When [...]
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April 3, 2016
The Autobahn Adventure – an infographic about driving on Germany’s motorways
Have you ever driven on Germany’s motorways? Are you planning a first holiday in Germany and want to drive?Are you maybe a bit worried about driving on the motorway, the Autobahn? The people frominsurance4carhirehave made a lovely infographic with everything you need and maybe want to know before setting off. And now you can go “fahr’n fahr’n fahr’n auf der Autobahn”
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March 27, 2016
How to work out when when is wann, wenn or als?
Do you know when to use wann, wenn or als if you want to translate when into German. Wann Wann is used in questions and the meaning is ‘when’ or ‘at what time’. For example: Wann treffen wir uns? When shallwe meet? Wann fährt der nächste Zug nach Berlin? When does the next train go to Berlin? Wann hast du Geburtstag? When is your birthday? Wenn We use [...]
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