Anybody who has watched the German Sesame Street – Sesamstraße – will most likely remember the theme song: Der, die, das.Wer? Wie? Was?Wieso? Weshalb? Warum?Wer nich fragt bleibt dumm!Der, die, das.Wer? Wie? Was?Wieso? Weshalb? Warum?Wer nich fragt bleibt dumm!Tausend tolle SachenDie gibt es überall zu sehen.Manchmal muss man fragen,Um sie zu versteh´n.Der, die, das,Wer? Wie? … Read more
Have you ever had a burning question about learning German or about German grammar? Maybe you are using Duolingo and don’t understand why some sentences are what they are but there is no explanation? The first episode has already happened: The questions I answered so far were questions I had answered on Quora before. What is the best … Read more
Unlike the chap in the video, I have not come across anybody who had problems saying “ich liebe Sie”, but sometimes my students struggle with the pronunciation of German nouns with ‘ie’ and ‘ei’ and they often mix them up. And yet, there are two very easy tricks for English speakers. Both are pronounced like the last … Read more
Sometimes certain German words have many meanings in English depending on the context in which you use them. For example, the German word man. The German pronoun “man” is used a lot in German. It is one of the false friends because it doesn’t mean ‘man’ (which is ‘der Mann’ in German). Instead it means … Read more
Do you know when to use wann, wenn or als if you want to translate when into German. WannWann is used in questions and the meaning is ‘when’ or ‘at what time’.For example:Wann treffen wir uns? When shall we meet?Wann fährt der nächste Zug nach Berlin? When does the next train go to Berlin?Wann hast du … Read more
A few years ago a student was talking in German about items on a table. He said:”Ich putze das Buch auf den Tisch und ich putze den Kuli…” I was puzzled by the word ‘putzen’ as it means to dust or clean. Was he saying that he dusted the items? So I asked him and he was surprised … Read more
When you start learning German in weekly lessons with a group or with a textbook on your own, at about chapter two or three you will come across the German alphabet. There are usually a few listening exercises and you get the chance to practise spelling your names or where you come from … and that’s … 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
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
As a regular blog reader you know that I often post about different ways to practise your German, so today I’d like to tell you about another way to improve your German grammar. Let’s assume you have just covered the dative case in your lessons, you’ve done all the exercises but would like some reinforcement … Read more
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