Practical German for Fasting

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. Welcome to my next blog post based on our ‘Ask Angelika’ shows with practical or useful sentences you might hear or use yourself in certain scenarios. Today we’re talking about … Read more

Practical German for Carnival

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. Welcome to my next blog post based on our ‘Ask Angelika’ shows with practical or useful sentences or phrases you might hear or use yourself in certain scenarios. Today we’re … Read more

Practical German for a visit to a café

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. Welcome to my third blog post based on our ‘Ask Angelika’ shows with practical or useful sentences you might hear or use yourself in certain scenarios. Today we’re ordering coffee … Read more

Practical German for New Year

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. Welcome to my second blog post based on our ‘Ask Angelika’ shows with practical or useful sentences you might hear or use yourself in certain scenarios. Today we’re looking at … Read more

Setzen, stellen, legen, oder sitzen, stehen, liegen?

Six years ago I wrote a blog post and made a video about the three different German verbs that you might need when you want to say ‘to put’: Setzen, stellen oder legen – oh, I’ll just put it there! As that post was just about the translation for ‘to put’ it was okay, but … Read more

Learn German vocabulary by topic: Obst & Gemüse – fruit & veg

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. Let’s learn some German vocabulary based on a topic. And this month’s topic is one of the fruit and veg boxes I receive every two weeks.You’ll get the vocab plus … Read more

Learn German vocabulary by topic: eine Dachreparatur – a roof repair

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. Let’s learn some German vocabulary based on a topic. And this month’s topic is a roof repair.You’ll get the vocab plus three different ways to practise/ remember the words: with … Read more

Learn German vocabulary by topic: Betten machen – making the bed

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. Let’s learn some German vocabulary based on a topic. And this month’s topic is making the bed.You’ll get the vocab plus three different ways to practise/ remember the words: with … Read more

Setzen, stellen oder legen – oh, I’ll just put it there!

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

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