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How to use the present tense and a time phrase to talk about the future in German

Let’s talk about the future!I have written about the future tense before. In my post How to use ‘ich will’ and ‘ich werde’ when talking about the future in German and also in my post How to say New Year’s resolutions in German Today I show you another easy way to talk about the future ... Read more

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Sowie oder so wie?

Last month I wrote a blog post about indem & in dem and how to work out when you write indem and when in dem. Today’s blog post tells you about sowie and so wie. sowie (plus, as well as) Here are some examples: In the following three sentences you could also have used und ... Read more

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Improve your German in October 2024

Welcome to another month 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 also find further foreign languages. Use the following sentences as a German reading and translation exercise and then act ... Read more

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Practical German for German schools

This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. Welcome to my next blog post based on our ‘Ask Angelika’ shows with practical or useful sentences you might hear or use yourself in certain scenarios. Today we’re looking at ... Read more

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Want to learn German? Don’t give up!

Do you like reading fables? Then read on – and find out afterwards what it has to do with learning German. The Chipmunk And The Ice Cream FableA story about the importance of not giving up on your dreams. Alfie the Chipmunk has always wanted to taste strawberry ice cream, but his village has no ... Read more

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Which German nouns take an e or umlaut & e in the plural?

This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. When my students come across German gender for the first time, and they’re learning whether a noun is masculine, feminine or neuter, they often despair. Then after a while they ... Read more

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Improve your German in September 2024

Welcome to another month 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 also find further foreign languages. Use the following sentences as a German reading and translation exercise and ... Read more

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Indem oder in dem?

So you’re reading this German text and come across a sentence like this one ‘Sie verbessert ihr Deutsch, indem sie jeden Tag Vokabeln lernt‘. And then you read ‘In dem Textbuch findet sie viele Vokabeln‘. And you think “Is there a spelling mistake or why is there an ‘indem’ and an ‘in dem’?” Well, it’s ... Read more

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Practical German for Holiday Accommodation

Welcome to my next blog post based on our ‘Ask Angelika’ shows with practical or useful sentences you might hear or use yourself in certain scenarios. Today we’re looking at the different types of German holiday accomodation. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything ... Read more

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The Feynman technique for German learners

The following text about the Feynman technique has been taken from https://sketchplanations.com/feynman-... (Thanks Jono) Further down you can read my thoughts. Richard Feynman was one of the great scientists of the 20th century, making significant contributions to physics and other related fields. Part of what made him stand out was his gift for teaching. He ... Read more

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