Today, we’re looking at the German verb ‘fangen‘ (to catch). It’s irregular and gets conjugated as follows: The perfect tense goes with ‘haben’ and the past participle is ‘gefangen’, and in the imperfect tense it’s ‘ich fing’. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything … Read more
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 will cover sentences you might hear or need to say in a taxi. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence … Read more
If you are a regular reader of my blog you will have read posts about verbs and how different prefixes change the meaning of the original verb. You might have read Today’s post is a little different as I have a list of verbs that change their meanings by adding the prefix ‘ver’. All those … Read more
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 will cover sentences you might hear or need to say at a bus station. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few … Read more
The German verb stellen means to lay/ put/ place, just like the verb legen which I covered in this post. It gets conjugated as follows: The perfect tense goes with ‘haben’ and the past participle is ‘gestellt’, and in the imperfect tense it’s ‘ich stellte’. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll … Read more
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 will cover sentences you might hear or need to say at a train station. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few … Read more
Are you in the holiday (or vacation) mood? The German word for holiday is ‘Urlaub’, and just like there are lots of different ways to spend your holidays, there are just as many German words for it. And – you’ve guessed it – you can write the type of holiday plus the word ‘Urlaub’ as … Read more
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 will cover sentences you might hear or need to say at an airport. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence … Read more
Let me shower you with lots of ‘Blumen’ words. The German word for flower is ‘die Blume’ (plural ‘die Blumen’), so every word ending with ‘…blume’ is also feminine. Here are some flowers that, like some of the English words, end in flower: Other types of ‘Blumen’: Then there are many words beginning with ‘Blume’. … Read more
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 will cover sentences you might hear or need to say when talking about pregnancy or childbirth. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get … Read more
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