Angelika Davey 
Welcome to another year 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
EDIT 2024: The links may or may not work at the moment, as u3a is moving to a different website and not every branch has moved yet. Once it’s done I will check the links again. A few weeks ago somebody suggested I should write a blog post about pensioners learning German in a U3A … Read more
These 8 reasons to learn a foreign language are worth repeating in case you, or somebody you know (please pass it on to them), needs reminders why learning a foreign language is a good idea. Learning a foreign language can be a great way to spend your free time. It’s certainly more productive than watching … Read more
Following on to last month’s post Beibringen, lehren oder unterrichten? Let me teach you! today’s post is about the learners instead of the teachers. What do we call the learners in German? Unlike in English, not everybody is a student. Schüler Those who go to school because they have to, (primary and secondary school), are … Read more
Welcome to the December 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 … Read more
Have you ever asked yourself the following question?“When do I need to use a comma in German?” You might not because you think it’s the same as in English. And you wouldn’t be completely wrong. The comma in German is often used the same as in English … but not always. The following video is … Read more
Image credit: AxelHH Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher and conductor. He was born in Hanau near Frankfurt and died in Frankfurt. Despite a prolonged decline in his physical health, Hindemith composed almost until his death. Wikipedia has more information about him in English and … Read more
When you look up ‘to teach’ in a dictionary, you will find several translations: lehren, unterrichten, beibringen. How do you decide which verb to use? Generally speaking, they are interchangeable.I can say ‘Ich lehre Deutsch, ich unterrichte Deutsch, ich bringe Deutsch bei’But there are subtleties in the usage. LEHREN Lehren is a regular verb and … Read more
Welcome to the November 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
Last week I told you when to write das or dass, and when you might still see daß: Das, dass or daß? That’s the question! Today’s post is a follow-up about when German words need the ‘ss’ or ‘ß’. Although ‘daß’ is now spelled ‘dass’, doesn’t mean that the ‘ß’ is obsolete. But the rules … Read more
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