Browsing Archive: June, 2011
Posted by Angelika Davey on Thursday, June 30, 2011,
In :
living abroad
Last night I went to a German Stammtisch. If you don't know what one of those is, according to Wikipedia "a Stammtisch ("regular table") is a scheduled informal meeting group at a specially reserved table in a beer hall or other establishment in German-speaking Europe, which can be held on a weekly or monthly basis.The table usually has a polished sheen from frequent use, and is frequently marked off with a sign, banner, or ashtray."
A while ago a German friend started a facebook group Deu...
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Posted by Angelika Davey on Saturday, June 18, 2011,
In :
learn German
I thought it would be nice to let somebody else tell you about learning German, so I've asked guitar tutor Al Summers a few questions. I have been teaching him and his wife Gill in his office in Warminster and he very kindly agreed to answer my questions. How long have you been learning German, Al?I began learning German about three and a half years ago, I think.
Why did you want to learn German?Every few years I study something new. It's something I advise tutors that I teach and mentor, to d...
Ich helfe meinem Papa beim Korrigieren von Hausaufgaben!
I'm helping my dad mark homework!
As a child I always wanted to be a teacher - just like my dad - or an air stewardess, an actress or a dancer. Things didn't quite work out as planned, I suffer terribly from travel sickness, have two left feet and didn't even get the right qualification to train as a teacher. I did study, though, but then I moved to England to get married and start a family.
A few years later I had a phone call from th... Continue reading ...
Posted by Angelika Davey on Saturday, June 11, 2011,
In :
learn German
In part 1 and part 2 we looked at some of those lovely German words which are identical or almost identical to English words. Now, in part 3 we will look at those words which look identical but have a different meaning - our 'false friends'.
False friends alphabet:
die Art - type
bald - soon
der Chef - boss
die Dose - tin, can
eventuell - possibly
die Fabrik - factory
das Gift - poison
das Handy - mobile phone
irritieren - to confuse
die Jalousien - Venetian blinds
die Konkurrenz - (business) competiti...
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Posted by Angelika Davey on Wednesday, June 8, 2011,
In :
learn German
In part 1 we looked at some of those German words which are identical to English words. Now let's look at those that are almost identical but still instantly recognisable.
Here is my 'not bad' alphabet:
der Alkohol - alcohol
die Bluse - blouse
der Charakter - character
das Debüt - debut
der Elefant - elephant
der Fisch - fish
das Glas - glass
das Haus - house
das Insekt - insect
der Joghurt - yoghurt
der Kaffee - coffee
die Lippe - lip
der Markt - market
die Nummer - number
die Oper - opera
der Präsident...
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Posted by Angelika Davey on Monday, June 6, 2011,
In :
learn German
When people decide to learn German, they often feel quite apprehensive about learning all those new words, phrases and grammar. If you feel the same, then let me show you some interesting German words.
I am talking about the good, the not bad, and the ugly German words.
Part 1 - the Good:
You will be pleased to know that there are many German words you already know because they are exactly the same as in English. Some may be pronounced slightly different but if you read them, you'll recognise ...
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