Angelika Davey 
The German word ‘weiter’ can have quite a few different meanings. It can be the comparative of ‘weit’ (far/ wide) weiter nördlich – further north weiter entfernt – further away etwas weiter – a little further weiter oben – further up weiter unten – further down weiter weg – further away/ afield Diese Hose ist … Read more
The last time we were travelling by train in Germany we nearly missed our last train. There was an announcement that the train wasn’t arriving on the specified platform and that we had to go to a different platform. Unfortunately, the announcement sounded something like:”Der Zug von …. nicht …Gleis ….” By the time we … Read more
Welcome to the May edition 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 act on … Read more
A while ago I told you about all those sentences with ‘schon’. Today we will look at another filler word that is being used in so many different ways: bloß. First of all, ‘bloß’ can be an adjective (with all its appropriate endings before a noun) and mean bare/ nude/ mere/Ich habe mich auf die … Read more
I’d been thinking about writing a blog post with activities for parents and their children to do on a rainy day for quite a while now. So here are 15 fun activities for German learning families on a rainy day or during a lockdown. 1. Play a game. Teach your child the numbers from 1 … Read more
Last week we had our first ever online charity event. Seven people got together for an hour and brought literal translations of German idioms and working out what they meant. Not only did we have great fun, we also raised £165 for this year’s charity. If you also like to donate, here’s the link: School Fees … Read more
In my quest for free resources I came across Storybooks Minnesota. The website’s information says “Storybooks Minnesota is a free open educational resource that promotes literacy and language learning in homes, schools, and communities. Part of the Global Storybooks project, it makes 40 stories from the African Storybook available with text and audio in English, … Read more
Welcome to the April edition 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 can also find further foreign languages. Use the following sentences as a German reading and translation exercise and act … Read more
You’ve probably heard of vision boards, but you’ve probably never made or used one. A vision board is essentially a large poster that you construct to help you achieve your goals. It contains pictures that represent your goals. For example, if you dream of climbing Mount Everest, you might include photos of the mountain, your … Read more
Let’s talk about the lovely German word schon, the one without the umlaut. With an umlaut it turns into ‘schön’, and that’s beautiful, pretty. Without the umlaut it means ‘already’, well, in a lot of sentences, like these: Ich bin schon da. I’m already here. Sind wir schon da? Are we (already) there yet? Waren Sie … Read more
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