Meet Barnaby! He is the star of a new book (more about it at the bottom) and he loves to cook. Barnaby knows that good soup, like a good language, cannot be rushed. This simple recipe warms the heart and teaches you essential kitchen vocabulary. Put on your tweed jacket, grab a spoon, and let’s … Read more
With black ice (Glatteis) causing chaos across Germany at the moment, one small German word is everywhere: glatt. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. It doesn’t just describe icy roads, though. In German, glatt can mean … Read more
Those of you who have been reading my blog posts for a while – or have had lessons with me – know that I always encourage German learners to celebrate the positive things, like I wrote in this post Celebrate your German knowledge Today I am suggesting another way of encouragement. You could even add … Read more
Although I am the one who is writing this blog post, the inspiration comes from Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is probably also the shortest post I’ve ever written. My partner Steven Healey and I like finding out what AI can do for us, and he surprised me last week with a PDF of my journey … Read more
Last week I received the weekly newsletter from Jono Hey from Sketchplanations, which was about animal collective nouns. In English we have a lovely variety of animal collective nouns, you most likely have heard quite a few of them. It made me wonder if they are just as funny in German. They are if you … Read more
While on holidays in Germany last month we spent a few days in Hamburg. There something caught my eyes (apart from the wonderful sights we explored): the bins! No, not the rubbish that people put in them, nor the stickers or graffiti that was on some of them. It was the different sayings I found … Read more
If you are a frequent reader of my blog posts you might remember my German pronunciation posts How to pronounce the vowels in German, How to pronounce German words with ‘ei’ and ‘ie’ or Test your German pronunciation with some dinosaurs Today I came across a video I made a while ago, which was fun … Read more
This is a very brief introduction to the German nominative case with definite articles. The video is a sample lesson from my online course German grammar – the four cases where you can find out much more. Every sentence, whether in English or in German, has at least a subject and a verb. For example … Read more
Are you in the holiday (or vacation) mood? The German word for holiday is ‘Urlaub’, and just like there are lots of different ways to spend your holidays, there are just as many German words for it. And – you’ve guessed it – you can write the type of holiday plus the word ‘Urlaub’ as … Read more
You have learned the German alphabet and are pretty good a spelling words, but how do you pronounce the letters when they are part of words (and not part of the alphabet)? My video (which is part from my online course The German ABC – a complete guide to German pronunciation explains in great details … Read more
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