Angelika Davey 
Learning a language is like going through the four seasons. Spring As a beginner you are excited about the new things you are learning. And just like new buds are emerging in spring you are learning little new words and sentences. Summer Over time your little sentences turn into whole paragraphs. And just like the … Read more
This is another infographic from elearning infographics which, I have to admit, I’m posting mainly for myself (so I can find it easily again). But that isn’t the only reason. In schools I have seen teachers use chunking for language learning. So, have a look and see if any of these tips are any good … Read more
Many of my my German students get those little words ‘als’ and ‘wie’ mixed up. This post is for them ☺ Using als & wie in comparison You use ‘als’ when you use the comparative. And ‘wie’ when something is equal. This is actually the same as in English: Ich bin größer als er. I’m … Read more
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 … Read more
When you look up the verb ‘to stay’ in a dictionary, you get lots of translations, including wohnen, leben and bleiben. What are the differences? Wohnen and leben can mean to live, but also to stay. But then, bleiben also means to stay. Let’s have a look at each verb! WOHNEN First of all, how … Read more
From March 2020 to March 2021 Steven and I had (almost) fortnightly episodes of ‘Ask Angelika’ with an A to Z of German towns. In preparation for the show I found some well and lesser known towns and then some useful, interesting and sometimes silly facts about the towns. Steven read those sentences in German … Read more
If you check your dictionary for the German noun Schrecken, you’ll see that ‘der Schrecken’ means dread, horror, scare, fright etc… And if you have scared somebody in German (I mean, if you want to talk about it in German, the action would be the same as anywhere else ☺) you can use the phrase … Read more
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 … Read more
When I was 4 years old my parents bought their first TV set, black and white with 2 channels. It obviously was a long time ago but I still have two vivid memories. The first memory was about ‘das Sandmännchen’. After I had something to eat in the evenings I was allowed to watch two … Read more
There are actually a lot of similarities between completing a puzzle and learning German. As a toddler you start with a very basic puzzle. In the beginning you find this really hard. But once you’ve worked it out it’s easy peasy. As a beginning German learner, you’ll find speaking in German really hard. But once … Read more
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