Angelika Davey's Blog, page 7
August 4, 2024
The gender of German compound nouns
I have written about compound nouns before in posts like Lost German compound nouns found after long search, Handschuhe – Gloves or Are you a ‘Muffel’? but I wrote them to show you the variety of compound nouns. In this blog post I’m going to answer the question: How do you determine the gender of ... Read more
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July 28, 2024
Improve your German in August 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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July 21, 2024
Famous Germans – Otto Waalkes
Image credit: Frank Schwichtenberg “Otto Gerhard Waalkes (born 22 July 1948), also known as simply Otto, is a German comedian, actor, musician, writer and comic book artist. He became famous in the 1970s and 1980s in Germany with his shows, books and films.” (Quote Wikipedia) My friends and I loved him in the 70s. As ... Read more
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July 14, 2024
Practical German for parkrun
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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July 7, 2024
Cookies for German learners
Do I need cookies to learn German?Of course you do, the more chocolate they have, the better your German will be 😉 Sorry, this blog post is not about those cookies you can (and should) eat, these are the ones you read about when you’re about to access a website, webpage or blog post. You ... Read more
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July 3, 2024
Improve your German in July 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 (often a little late). Use the following sentences as a ... Read more
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June 23, 2024
Practical German for Gardening
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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June 16, 2024
Do as I say, not as I do!
“Do as I say, not as I do!” You have most likely heard this saying lots of times, but why is it the title of my blog post? Well, I have fallen foul of my own rules! Whenever students tell me that their German isn’t good enough or that they are struggling I tell them ... Read more
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June 9, 2024
Famous Germans – Theo Lingen
“Theo Lingen (10 June 1903 – 10 November 1978), born Franz Theodor Schmitz, was a German actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1929 and 1978, and directed 21 films between 1936 and 1960.” (source Wikipedia) Fancy reading about him in German? Here is the German Wikipedia page about ... Read more
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May 30, 2024
Improve your German in June 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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