“On me”: “Auf mir” or “auf mich” – German personal pronouns in the dative and accusative case Posted by Sandra Rösner on Jul 31, 2013
I received the question whether it is auf mich or auf mir, which are translated as “on me” in English. The good news is that both forms exist in German and thus they are both correct. The bad news is: Both forms are not interchangeable at will. Which form you have to use is dependent…
Germany music and musicians: Eiserner Steg by Philipp Poisel Posted by Sandra Rösner on Jul 15, 2013
It was at a birthday party about two years ago when I first heard a song of a young and very gifted musician. It was his calm but powerful and distinctive voice that pierced my ear gently. Philipp Poisel is a Germany singer-songwriter. He was born 18 June 1983 in Ludwigsburg, which is in Baden-Wurttemberg…
Practice your listening skills with German radio program: hosts tell about a hilarious SOS Posted by Sandra Rösner on Jul 5, 2013
Understanding or listening to spoken language is one of the four major skills when it comes to successful foreign language acquisition. A couple of days ago, I came across the radio sequence below in which the hosts tell about the wireless communication between an American ship and Spaniards. I find the presenters speak rather distinctly…
Dasselbe and das Gleiche – Not the same at all Posted by jan on Jun 26, 2013
A colleague of mine posted this image on our German facebook last week. As it turned out, many people don´t know the difference between “dasselbe” and “das Gleiche”. So we want to give you a little help to understand the meaning of these two phrases. First of all you can see that “dasselbe” and…
Flutkatastrophe in Deutschland – Flood disaster in Germany Posted by Sandra Rösner on Jun 12, 2013
Schweiß tropft von meiner Stirn während ich den sandigen Feldweg entlang laufe. (Sweat is dripping off my forehead as I’m running along the sandy farm lane.) An jeder Stelle des Weges, die ich mit meinen Schuhen treffe, hinterlasse ich eine Staubwolke. (I leave a dust cloud at each patch where my shoe hits the ground.)…
Rock am Ring Posted by jan on Jun 12, 2013
Today I´m going to tell you something about Germany´s biggest music festival called Rock am Ring that took place last weekend at the Nürburgring. Due to its size it already might be familiar to some of you, but trotzdem (nevertheless) in my opinion it´s worth an article about German culture. As every year the line…
Land unter! (Land submerged) Posted by jan on Jun 5, 2013
Hi everyone, yesterday was the first day since weeks that I saw the sun (honestly!). What a strange but totally liberating feeling. Though it is June, the last weeks have been affected by dark grey, cold temperatures and heavy rain. Already in May I wondered if the gulf stream ran dry… Well, it finally seems…