One of the first songs German children learn is ‘Alle meine Entchen’, as it’s a very easy song. In fact, it’s so easy, you can sing along with it, even if you don’t speak any German. A close English translation (to make it fit the song) would be: All my little ducklings, (are) swimming in … Read more
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 🙂 For a while I had the whole list on my website, then moved it because I wanted something else. I even saved … Read more
Did you hear about the Englishman and his French dog? Apparently, the dog will only react to French commands spoken with a French accent, so his owner had to learn French. So, just in case you ever get a German dog who doesn’t know his woof woofs from his wau waus, here is a list … Read more
So, you’ve started learning German and it’s going well. You even understand that there are three words for ‘the’, der, die and das. No problem you think, and you have learnt that the German word for cookie is ‘der Keks’. And then you find this video on youtube and you hear ‘Ich esse den Keks’. … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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