When you learn German, after a while you know what to say when you are ill. As that topic still comes reasonably early in your learning journey, the sentences are normally straight forward, like Ich habe Kopfschmerzen (I have a headache) or Ich habe Halsschmerzen (I have a sore throat), just like I wrote in a blog … 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
Dasselbe? Das Gleiche? It’s all the same to me! Or is it? Sometimes you want to say that things are ‘the same’ and you look it up in the dictionary and find these translations: derselbe, dieselbe, dasselbe and more and also der Gleiche, die Gleiche, das Gleiche and more. Looks bad enough to tear your hair … 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
Today is World Teacher Day! It’s been celebrated every 5th October since 1994. “According to UNESCO, World Teachers’ Day represents a significant token of the awareness, understanding and appreciation displayed for the vital contribution that teachers make to education and development.” (quote Wikipedia) So I thought, today is a good day to look at … Read more
A few weeks ago a student asked me what the difference is between the verbs reden, sprechen and sagen. If you look those words up in the dictionary you’ll find: reden – to talk, to speak, to say sprechen – to talk, to speak, to say sagen – to say, to speak Hmm, that’s useful, … Read more
EDIT 2019: The programme needs updating, so you cannot register at the moment. Have you ever come across an interesting article online which wasn’t in your native language but you really wanted to know what it was about? Or, have you read an article in a foreign language, understood most of it but would have … Read more
I’ve been using Linguee for quite a few years now and also have been recommending it to my students as I find it a great online dictionary for my computer and smartphone. So I was very excited when I received the following press release from them: Linguee.com: The World’s Fastest Dictionary Linguee.com: The World’s … Read more
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