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Does German Use Silent Letters? Posted by Constanze on Feb 28, 2018
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Guten Tag! In today’s post I’d like to discuss German silent letters with you. There are many silent letters in the English language, such as the h in hour, the c in muscle, the first d in Wednesday, and the e on the end of practically every word (name, like, love, breathe), to name but…
Language Listening Lesson – Die Gute Schokolade! Posted by Sten on Feb 22, 2018
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Back with an LLL – a Language Listening Lesson. A Language Listening Lesson (Triple L) consists of a German text, with translation and audio file to listen to it. That is the idea – you listen to it and with only that information answer the questions. The text presented today is information from Die Gute Schokolade (The…
Should I Roll My Rs In German? Posted by Constanze on Feb 21, 2018
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Guten Tag! Today’s post is all about a question many German language learners encounter at one point or another, and that is: Should I roll my Rs when I speak German? And if I am supposed to, how do I physically do it? The rolled R is a stand-out feature of the German language for…
6 German Language Christmas Songs Posted by Constanze on Dec 13, 2017
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Guten Tag! It’s 13. Dezember and almost time to say Frohe Weihnachten. To get into the spirit, today I wanted to share some German Weihnachtslieder (Christmas songs) with you. Not only is it fun for language learners to learn songs in other languages, but songs are actually a brilliant way to improve language proficiency; because…
How To Remember What German Letters Sound Like Posted by Sten on Feb 2, 2017
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Recently, a reader of the blogs commented that it is difficult to remember what German letters sound like. Really, it is, just like most about learning a language, all about Übung (practice). Übung. How do you say that? Sounds like a good word to start with! How to pronounce Übung Ok. That is Übung. I am sure, when you listen…
A Few German Words You Can’t Go Without Posted by Sten on Sep 24, 2016
Who doesn’t like travelling? I think we all do! And we all want to make a good impression on the natives. A good way to do that is by speaking some of their words! If you are a beginner in German, and you just want to have some short, but important words, then look no…
Sport in German Posted by Larissa on Nov 23, 2015
As a fitness trainer, I teach my classes in German. I once taught a class in English as a woman requested it (she was going to England for holiday and wanted to brush up on her English). As I taught it I realised how hard it was to translate the class back into English, even…