Tag Archives: vocabulary
Treasury of words – An easy exercise Posted by jan on Mar 27, 2013
I know, I know…learning vocabulary isn´t always fun and sometimes it surely costs some effort to do so. That´s why I don´t want to annoy you. But with this little exercise, you can check your status pretty good. Even if you don´t know all the words! In my opinion this one is relatively easy, so…
German vocabulary: das Auto – car Posted by Sandra Rösner on Jul 4, 2012
When you are on a visit in Germany you may want to take a trip around the countryside. The best way to do so is to rent a car. The following phrases are useful. Ich möchte ein Auto mieten. iH möH-tuh ayn ou-toh mee-tuhn I would like to rent a car. Wieviel kostet…
How to introduce yourself/someone in German Posted by Sandra Rösner on Jun 18, 2012
Introducing someone to another one is always a good way to break the ice. The following phrases are very useful for introducing yourself and others. German Pronunciation English Darf ich mich vorstellen? Mein Name ist … dArf iH miH foR-shte-luhn? mayn nah-muh ist … May I introduce myself? My name is … Kennen Sie…
Translation and vocabulary list: Germany and world religions Posted by Sandra Rösner on Feb 17, 2011
In my previous post I published a German text on world religions. Below you can find a sentence-by-sentence translation of the text. In the vocabulary list I color-coded the words in accordance to their grammatical gender in German. Green = neuter Blue = masculine Red = feminine Das Christentum, das Judentum, der Hinduismus, der Buddhismus…