Posted by Angelika Davey on Saturday, February 11, 2012,
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I read a great blog post this morning and liked it so much,
I’m copying it! Sharon (thanks for the idea btw) wrote that she got the idea
from Juli who got it from somebody else.
I have no idea who Juli is, but my thanks go to her, too ;-)
So for once you will be reading just about me – hope you can
cope J
Posted by Angelika Davey on Saturday, January 21, 2012,
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Actually, on this occasion, it isn't - It's in his handshake ;-)
German like to shake hands when they meet. If they meet friends or relatives they may hug or kiss, but if it's a business meeting or they meet an acquaintance then they shake hand. It is not uncommon to see a German arrive at a business meeting and shake hands with everybody present. Likewise when they leave.
So, how do you do the perfect handshake?
Well, I have searched high and low for you and have found the answer.
Posted by Angelika Davey on Tuesday, November 22, 2011,
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About two years ago I posted an A to Z of long German compound nouns on twitter - one every day, the German words took up a lot of the 140 characters J For a while I had the whole list on my website, then moved it because I wanted something else. I even saved the list, but then lost it L Well, last weekend I did some PC tidying up and guess what? I found it again. So here it is:
Posted by Angelika Davey on Monday, October 10, 2011,
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Have I got your attention? Did you think, 'Yay, no more those long, long German words'. Or was your first thought 'Oh no, I like those lovely long words'.
Fear not, they are not outnumbered, but they were on Outnumbered!
I have written about German compound nouns before but when I watched Outnumbered on Friday, I just loved young Ben's explanation about them. His word order explanation wasn't bad either ;-) Have a look:
I leave you with Ben's final comment: It's cool being Germ...
Posted by Angelika Davey on Tuesday, August 16, 2011,
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I have just got back from a cruise on the river Danube (die Donau) and although our lovely ship wasn't a steam boat, it did remind me of the famous long German word Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän" - the captain of the Danube steam ship company! Compound words which in English stay as individual words (example birthday card) are usually written as one word in German (so the birthday card is 'die Geburtstagskarte').
Of course, the longer the word is, the harder it is to read, so ev... Continue reading ...
Posted by Angelika Davey on Friday, April 1, 2011,
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Following crisis talks last week about the lack of British translators who cannot translate into more than one language, the European Union decided that foreign language learning has to be made compulsory for all British nationals.
To make it as easy as possible, it has been agreed to start with just one language and with labelling items. So from today, 1st April 2011, all vegetables growing on British allotments MUST be labelled in English AND German!
Posted by Angelika Davey on Tuesday, March 15, 2011,
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I've always said that learning German should be fun and my motto is "Learning German with a smile..." but even I can't compete with the German radio presenter who thought a name was really funny when he read the news.
Did it made you laugh? I'd love to know. PS Not all Germans laugh like this ;-) Continue reading ...
Posted by Angelika Davey on Friday, March 4, 2011,
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As it's carnival season in Germany at the moment, I thought it would be nice to have some extra fun, so my advanced adult group had the pleasure of learning a silly, catchy German song, just the song to sing during carnival. We had so much fun that I recorded it!
If you'd like to sing it, too, here is a - only slightly better than ours ;-) - version with the lyrics.
Posted by Angelika Davey on Monday, February 7, 2011,
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As it’s Valentine’s day in a few days, I thought it’s only a fitting service to offer those who may have a loved one in Germany the opportunity to say a few nice or as some may say, cheesy sentences to them.
So, how to start? Mein Schatz! My treasure! Mein Liebling! My darling!
And then? In deinen Armen bin ich glücklich. - In your arms I am happy. Nur mit dir kann ich glücklich sein. - I can only be happy with you. Du bist süß. – You are sweet. Du bist der Zucker in meinem Kaff...
Posted by Angelika Davey on Saturday, January 15, 2011,
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This is me ( a few years ago!) 'reading' one of my favourite books!
Many of you will have heard about the Struwwelpeter, or the shock-headed Peter, as he is also known - a very famous children's book written by German doctor Heinrich Hoffman in 1844. He was looking for a picture book Christmas present for his three-year-old son but couldn't find anything suitable.
So he wrote his own!
It has always been one of my favourite books, despite all those horrible endings. For example the boy who... Continue reading ...
Posted by Angelika Davey on Tuesday, October 26, 2010,
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It had to happen sometime - Paul, the psychic octupus has died of old age.
So, who was he? Paul was born in January 2008 at the Sea Life Centre in Weymouth, England. His loving parents were very proud of him until they noticed a weird streak in him: he could see into the future. They tried to talk him out of it but he wouldn't stop. Eventually they told him to leave and he moved to the Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany. He spent every spare moment learning German until he thought he was fl... Continue reading ...
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