4 terms in different Swiss German dialects Posted by Sandra Rösner on Jan 25, 2013
Recently, I met a woman from Switzerland. We talked about the different regional dialects of German and Swiss German. Among other things, she gave me some examples in order to realize how differently Swiss people talk. Of course, I do not want to withhold my newly acquired knowledge about Swiss German. Cake – der…
Meinem, deinem, ihrem, unserem, etc.: German possessive pronouns in the dative case Posted by Sandra Rösner on Jan 21, 2013
In two of my previous post, I have already written about possessive pronouns in the nominative case and possessive pronouns in the genitive case. Now, I would like to continue with the third case or dative case. In general, the dative case shows possession. That is, when you want to use a possessive pronoun in…
Dividable verbs – trennbare Verben Posted by jan on Jan 16, 2013
Although January already is in the middle: Happy new year to all of you! I hope you had some nice Christmas days and a good start in 2013! For me it all began with moving to another apartment. That´s why I was a bit silent the last weeks… I want to start with an exercise…
German Christmas tale: Der Weihnachtsstern, pt. 2 Posted by Sandra Rösner on Dec 29, 2012
Als Ottar sich darüber klar war, dass es der Stern der Weisen sein musste, den er sah, wurde er so aufgeregt, dass er das Holz einfach fallen ließ, durch die Hoftür hinauslief und die Richtung einschlug, die der Stern wies. Er versuchte, den Kopf so weit wie möglich in den Nacken zu legen und…
German Christmas tale: Der Weihnachtsstern (pt. 1) Posted by Sandra Rösner on Dec 21, 2012
It’s only four days to Christmas and maybe some of you are full of Christmas stress. I’d like to invite you to calm down a little bit by listening to a Christmas tale, of course, in German. The tale is about the star of Bethlehem and the idea what Christmas should really be: a time…
Leise rieselt der Schnee – The snow is fluttering softly? Posted by Sandra Rösner on Dec 20, 2012
It was only last week that I had severe difficulties to get my car from the parking space in front of my house – that high was the snow. After I had tried it a couple of times, I decided to leave the car behind and walk instead. But walking wasn’t easy either. Have you…
German possessive pronouns in the genitive case Posted by Sandra Rösner on Dec 12, 2012
Sometimes, German can be a tough language. This is also true when it comes to possessive pronouns. Possessive pronouns are the parts of speech, which indicate that something or someone belongs to something or someone else. For example, you can say: “This is my brother.” – “Das ist mein Bruder.” “This is your book.” –…