One of the first thing you learn in your German lessons is that the English ‘you’ can be the formal ‘Sie’ (for singular and plural) and the informal ‘du’ (or ‘ihr’ for plural). You’ve learned to ask ‘Wie heißen Sie?’ if you need to ask somebody’s name formally or ‘Wie heißt du?’ if you ask … Read more
Last Saturday I went shopping in Swindon, or to be more precise, I tried to do some shopping until I saw a shop sign: “du” “A German word – how exciting!” And that was it, I was hunting for German words! I found: Schuh (shoe) klein (small, little) in Calvin Klein two words in Austin Reed: aus … Read more
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