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Stuttgart Posted by jan on May 24, 2010
Today I want to introduce the city of Stuttgart to you. I guess a lot of you didn´t even hear the name because when you think of Germany, your thoughts are obviously connected to Berlin, Hamburg, München (Munich), Frankfurt and maybe Köln (Cologne ). But for me being born and living the biggest part of…
Same same but (sounds) different – Part 3 Posted by jan on May 5, 2010
Today there´s the third and last part of words that are the same in both languages. Finally we´ll see the letters R to Z. There are not much left, although there are a lot of words that are not exactly but almost the same. But this is another story. As always, don´t forget that the…
Same same but (sounds) different – Part 2 Posted by jan on Mar 19, 2010
Hi everybody. Here´s the second part of words that are the same in both languages. Today we go on with the letters F to P. But don´t forget: The pronunciation is different in most cases!
Same same but (sounds) different – Part 1 Posted by jan on Feb 9, 2010
Did you know that there are a lot of words in German that are exactly the same in English? Yes there are! Of course the pronunciation is different from time to time, but the meaning and spelling are mostly the same. I decided to come up with a little series about this topic, so I´ll…
Die Mauer muss weg! (The wall needs to go!) – The anniversary of the German unification is coming closer Posted by holger on Feb 2, 2010
Anybody who has an interest in German culture and history remembers the pictures on TV about the wall coming down. I myself was one of the lucky ones who were able to go to Berlin in the winter of 1989 and collect a piece of the Berliner Mauer (the Berlin Wall). We saw the East…
Dative Case Posted by Transparent Language on Aug 18, 2009
The dative case is used to indentify indirect objects. Indirect objects ask ‘for whom’ or ‘to whom’. Example: Alexander gibt seinem Freund 200 Euro. Alexander gives his friend 200 Euros. In this case ‘seinem Freund’ is the dative Here is the dative of the definite article. Dative masculine: dem Dative feminine: der Dative neuter: dem Dative plural…
The Accusative Posted by Transparent Language on Jul 29, 2009
The accusative case marks the direct object in a sentence. The direct object is the person or thing doing the receiving. Here are the accusative forms for the definite article: Masculine (den) Feminine (die) Neuter (das) Plural (die) Here are the indefinite forms: masculine (einen) feminine (eine) neuter (ein) plural (keine) You might see some…