This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. On the 4th July 2006 I founded Angelika’s German Tuition & Translation and started working for myself. At the time I read somewhere that many new businesses fail within the … Read more
Do you know that feeling? You’ve been learning German for a while. Your vocab is pretty good and when you do any listening exercises you understand (almost) everything. Then you go to Germany and very excitedly you try and eavesdrop on conversations ……… and then … you cannot … understand … a word, because the … Read more
German + boring??? Readers of my blog know that I would never put those two words together unless there is the third word, the word ‘NOT’! The lovely people of TranslateShark noticed that as well and they agree with me. In fact, they agree so much, they made an infographic about it, which they then shared … Read more
Don’t you just love YouTube? You can spend hours researching certain topics and you can spend even more hours procrastinating! And every so often you come across a little gem and you have to write a blog post about it. Well, I do, anyway ☺ While doing some procrastinating I mean researching, I came across some … Read more
This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. It’s that time of the year again – nearly New Year’s Eve – and time to make New Year’s resolutions! How could you do this in German?There are several ways … Read more
A few months ago fellow language blogger, Lindsay Dow of Lindsay does Languages, had this wonderful idea of creating an international Christmas song. She spoke about it in a Facebook group and the following video is the result! She decided on the Muppets’ ‘It feels like Christmas’ and a group of language enthusiasts, including me, translated … Read more
Actually, I have no idea how many American actors speak German! I also don’t know how many English actors speak German! As a young child in Germany I thought they all do. Then, as I got older, I found out they don’t. The films get dubbed. I never knew how John Wayne sounded for real, … Read more
Do you like dictionaries? Most people don’t. They are boring to read, but, of course, useful, when you need to look for a word. Have you ever had the urge to read a dictionary? Even, if your answer usually is ‘no’, you may like to look at this one, an online Bildwörterbuch, a picture dictionary. … Read more
Last weekend I went to the official opening of Moonraker Bears, (EDIT 2021, sadly it closed) a local bear shop and hospital. I liked it so much, that I was looking for an excuse to take some pictures for a blog post. Then I remembered that a while ago I wrote a blog post about … Read more
The other day somebody posted a picture with a German word and several meanings. Seeing the picture, my friend Freya reminded me of a game German children play, called Teekesselchen (little tea pot). I did a little research and found out that the game is based on an English book ‘The Book of a Hundred … Read more
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