In Germany the second Sunday of May is Mutter Tag (Mother’s day). The only exception is when the second Sunday falls on a public holiday “Pfingstsonntag” in which Mother’s Day is then changed to the first Sunday of May. This year it’s on the 10th of May, which is today! Here are some ideas in German of what to give to your Mum and some vocabulary of what you can say to her,
Geschenke:
Presents:
Die Blumen Flowers
Das Frühstück im Bett Breakfast in bed
Die Karte A card
Der Kuchen Cake
Das Parfüm Perfume
Der Gutschein A voucher
Vocabulary:
Ich habe dich Lieb Literal translation: I have love for you. This basically means “I love you”, but it is used more for families and close friends, rather than in a romantic way. (The romantic sentence would of course be Ich liebe dich).
Danke für alles was du für mich machst Thank you for everything that you do for me
Du bist die beste Mami der welt You are the best Mum in the world
Was würde ich ohne dich tun? What would I do without you?
Geniess den Tag, du verdienst es Enjoy the day, you deserve it
Danke. Photo by Alice Popkorn on Flickr.
Here is a poem written by Anita Menger. Some words are in my vocabulary (above) so see if you can understand it!
Ich pflücke für dich Blumen
und male dir ein Bild.
Sag’: „Mama, hab’ dich lieb!“ –
bin brav und gar nicht wild.
Und obendrein bekommst du
noch einen dicken Schmatz.
Dann drückst du mich ganz fest
und sagst: „Mein lieber Schatz!“
My English translation:
I pick flowers for you
and draw you a picture
Say: “Mum, I love you!” –
I’m well behaved and not at all wild.
And on top of it you get
a fat kiss.
Then you hug me tight
and say “Oh my dear sweetheart!”
…It’s not so poetic in English but at least you know what it means now! What day do you celebrate Mother’s Day where you come from?
Bis bald,
Larissa
