The following six signs caught my eye on my last visit to Germany. There are many more similar signs, but I thought I’d tell you about these six. This sign warns any drivers that children may be on the road. You’ll find these near schools or nursery schools where children might cross, or in areas … Read more
So you’ve been learning dative prepositions and you know that ‘zu’ and ‘nach’ can mean ‘to’, because you’ve been practising lots of sentences, like “Wie komme ich zum Bahnhof?” or “Wir fliegen nach Deutschland.” ……. And then somebody says “Ich bin zu Hause” and tells you that it means ‘I’m at home.’ WHAT??? And you … Read more
In today’s post I’d like to tell you about the three prefixes ein-, aus-, and um-. When added to a verb they change the meaning of that verb. Sometimes the new meanings belong to the same ideas. For example: steigen – to rise, climb ⇒ einsteigen, aussteigen, umsteigen – get on (a train … Read more
This little three letter German word ‘ihr’ is causing many learners problems and I often get asked “which ‘ihr’ is it?”. Grammar books aren’t much help, because they mention ‘ihr’ on the appropriate pages but not together. So, that’s what I have tried to do with this infographic. Ihr can have 5 different meaning, 2 … Read more
As adult learners we sometimes find it hard to keep up with a group of other learners because we want to learn different things or in a different way. That’s why I love the opportunities we have nowadays for teaching ourselves online with all those different resources. Although it takes time to find what suits … Read more
Hey you, how’s it going? A very informal greeting, which in German would be – Na du, wie geht’s? (if you’re talking to one person) Na ihr, wie geht’s? (if you’re talking to more than one) Apart from ‘na, du/ ihr’ there are lots more phrases with ‘Na’. In this infographic I give you the … Read more
If you have ever been inside a German church, whether for a service or just to admire the building, you might have wondered what some of the things you see are called. The last time I went back to Germany I attended a church service in the church I was confirmed many years ago and … Read more
Im, am, um – three little words that can cause so much trouble. I often hear students use the wrong word when they need to use one of the prepositions in (in+dem=im), an (an+dem=am) and um (um+dem=um) when they are used for time expressions. So I made this infographic which I hope will help a bit. … Read more
Anything you can do I can do betterI can do anything better than youNo, you can’tYes, I canNo, you can’tYes, I canNo, you can’tYes, I can! Yes, I can! Do you remember this song from ‘Annie get your gun’? Do you know how the song goes in German? Is it the same, with ja & … Read more
Last week I was sent this infographic about German cakes, made by the lovely people of swissôtel. I tried to write a blog post about it but only managed to drool over those cake pictures. As I can’t leave a ‘call to action’ and ask you, dear readers, to bake me one of those cakes, … Read more
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