Following on from last month’s blog post about German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter A, here are those with the letter B: Red‘ nicht um den heißen Brei herum!Don‘t beat around the bush! Alles in Butter!Everything’s okay! Er macht heute blau!He’s skipping work today! Etwas auf die lange Bank schiebenTo put something on … Read more
When you learn a language, one of the trickiest sentences to learn are idioms. They don’t translate literally and if you do translate them, they often don’t make any sense. On the other hand, being able to use idioms in a foreign language is great and fun. So, a while ago Steven and I started … Read more
Do you know what a Muffel is? Apart from being such a great word what is it? It’s a grouch, a grumpy or sullen person. You can also use ‘Muffel’ to describe people who are indifferent or disinterested in a certain matter. A little bit of grammar: Muffel is masculine, no matter whether the grouchy … 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
Regular readers may remember my post about my visit to Moonraker Bears a few years ago: Im Bärenkrankenhaus – at the bear hospital. EDIT 2021: The Bear Hospital has sadly closed. Well, the other day I walked past and noticed fünf Teddybären (5 teddy bears) playing im Schnee (in the snow) but not suitably dressed. … Read more
You’ve been learning German for a while and, although you do enjoy it, you’re getting a bit bored. You’ve tried different resources which helped, but you still think there’s something missing. How about a change of scenery? Take your books, pen, paper, phone with apps – whatever you use – and practise your German somewhere … Read more
As there is talk about a new James Bond film, I thought you might like to test your German with James Bond films ☺ Firstly, do you know how “007” is called in German? “double 0 seven” in German is “null null sieben” Secondly, let’s look at some German film titles. No, not easy ones … Read more
When you want to teach yourself German and start looking for resources, you can find lots of things for reading, writing and listening. What you don’t find so much are resources for speaking. There is a good reason for that as you should practise your German speaking with another person, either with somebody, who is … Read more
Did you do silly things when you were young? The other day I came across this meme on Facebook about a delivery driver throwing a parcel to the door and driving off, which reminded me of my childhood. The text asked whether people remembered doing this as children, ringing the doorbell and running off. Yes, … Read more
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