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
It’s the start of a new school year and you are wondering whether you should buy some of my online courses to improve your German. Well, here are 10 methodologically questionable reasons to ignore my courses 😉 If I have just described you, then you know why you absolutely shouldn’t buy any of these German … Read more
Last month I wrote a blog post about indem & in dem and how to work out when you write indem and when in dem. Today’s blog post tells you about sowie and so wie. sowie (plus, as well as) Here are some examples: In the following three sentences you could also have used und … Read more
Do you like reading fables? Then read on – and find out afterwards what it has to do with learning German. The Chipmunk And The Ice Cream FableA story about the importance of not giving up on your dreams. Alfie the Chipmunk has always wanted to taste strawberry ice cream, but his village has no … Read more
So you’re reading this German text and come across a sentence like this one ‘Sie verbessert ihr Deutsch, indem sie jeden Tag Vokabeln lernt‘. And then you read ‘In dem Textbuch findet sie viele Vokabeln‘. And you think “Is there a spelling mistake or why is there an ‘indem’ and an ‘in dem’?” Well, it’s … Read more
“Do as I say, not as I do!” You have most likely heard this saying lots of times, but why is it the title of my blog post? Well, I have fallen foul of my own rules! Whenever students tell me that their German isn’t good enough or that they are struggling I tell them … Read more
As German learners start to learn more and more vocabulary, they learn that ‘questions’ are ‘Fragen’ and the verb ‘to ask’ is ‘fragen’. So when they want to say ‘asking questions’ they say ‘Fragen fragen’. That’s not how we say it in German (although if you said it, people would understand you). Asking questions in … Read more
Feeling a bit stuck when it comes to learning German?Here are 10 ways to improve your learning: ☑️Don’t compare yourself to othersWe all learn differently and some of us may have had a language learning advantange. Don’t compare yourself to them, only compare yourself to yourself from yesterday or last week or last month etc… … Read more
The other day I came across ‘six tips to get started at the gym’ and thought that these tips are actually just as relevant for German learners than for gym goers. Whether this is your first experience in the gym or in a German class, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and a little intimidated. How … Read more
“How much German should I learn before I visit Germany?” This is a question I get frequently asked and my initial thought always is “How long is a piece of string?” If I had to answer with one sentence, I would say ‘as much as possible’, whereas others would say ‘You don’t need any German, … Read more
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