How do you know whether ‘sie’ means she or they or You? Do you know the difference? Several students are struggling with this, so the last time I was asked, I promised I would make an infographic. So this one is for you, Lauren 😉 For more information about verb conjugation in the present tense, … Read more
Our little group of primary school children in Calne has been learning about the days of the week. For this we learned the song ‘Die Wochentage’ from Martina Schwarz’ book ‘Hey hey hallo, learn German with songs’ Then we got really brave, made our own version and recorded it. The song follows the same pattern. … Read more
Pseudo Anglicism – A word in a language other than English that appears to be English, but in fact is not. (Quoted from Wiktionary) You have probably heard/ experienced that there are a lot of English words in the German language. But did you know that there are English words in German which do not have the … Read more
Two weeks ago I wrote a blog post about German food words in everyday English when my friend Suzan St Maur told me she got hungry reading my post and where could she buy some German sausages. And, actually, could I write a blog post about where you can buy German food in England. So this post is … Read more
Could you imagine that somebody would patent the word ‘hello’ and you couldn’t sell T-Shirts with it? This is currently happening in Austria with the words ‘griaß di’. Griaß di is a greeting similar to hello or hi. It is used in parts of Bavaria are and also in Austria. Now there were two … Read more
I read a great blog post this morning and liked it so much, I’m copying it! Sharon (thanks for the idea btw) wrote that she got the idea from Juli who got it from somebody else. I have no idea who Juli is, but my thanks go to her, too 😉 So for once you … Read more
EDIT: Sadly, the Saturday School closed its doors due to lack of children. I will keep this post, though. Today was the last day again of another term at the German Saturday School. The four oldest in the group – Cissi, Charlotte, Abigail and Yona – had been doing work on TV programmes this term. … Read more
Actually, on this occasion, it isn’t – It’s in his handshake 😉 Germans like to shake hands when they meet. If they meet friends or relatives they may hug or kiss, but if it’s a business meeting or they meet an acquaintance then they shake hand. It is not uncommon to see a German arrive at … Read more
German Advent Calendar Day 16 In Dulci Jubilo ‘In Dulci Jubilo’ is a Latin Christmas Carol from the 14th century and there are two versions. In Catholic churches the hymn is sung in German and Latin, whereas in Protestant churches the text is only in German. On YouTube I could only find the German-Latin version, … Read more
Last Christmas I gave you my heart ….. well, not really, but I did sent out a tweet on twitter every day as my Advent calendar. As of the 1st December I will post a daily blog entry about a different German Christmas Carol, one for every day until Christmas – my calorie-free Advent Calendar. In … Read more
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