First we will know the basic directions in German 4 Directions: die Richtung – directions der Norden – north der SĂĽden – south der Osten – east der Westen – west Now we will get into asking directions for places like railway station, supermarket, busstop etc., Asking directions: Entschuldigung, wo ist …? – Excuse me, …
Today we will see some common day-to-day activities in german. der Tagesablauf – daily routine Um 6Uhr stehe ich auf – I wake up at 6 am. Ich putze meine Zähne – I brush my teeth Ich nehme eine Dusche – I take bath Ich ziehe mich – I change myself Um 7 Uhr frĂĽhstĂĽcke …
holen, holte, geholt – to get Holen Sie tief Atem – Draw a deep breath WĂĽrden Sie mir bitte die Zeitung holen? – Could you go and get the newspaper Now we will jump into the prefixes of the word holen. abholen – pickup Ich hole ein Paket ab. nachholen – to make up for …
This is a continuation of previous blog, if you want to know about temporal prepositions please click here! Akkusativ: fĂĽr – for for how long? A period of time in future Ich bleibe nur fĂĽr drei Tage in Kiel. Mein Freund will in den Sommerferien fĂĽr zwei Monaten reisen. Er hat den Bewerber fĂĽr 17Uhr …
Show the relationship of noun, pronoun and articles to time. It always answers the questions like “when?” and “how long?” In temporal we speak about time period, time span or point of time. It always answers the questions bis wann? wie lange? wann? um wie viel Uhr? ab/seit wann? von wann bis wann? To understand …
What are modal verbs? Six model verbs in German are: können, dĂĽrfen, mögen, mĂĽssen, wollen, sollen. They assist another verb in a sentence. They describe a relationship between subject and ectivity expressed with main verb. Modal verbs refer to verbs that express mood like want to, need to, like to, etc. Meaning of modal verbs: …
When we see an advertisement or a sign board in German we will usually notice some English words. Those words usually won’t mean the same way as in English and often have a totally different meaning. Let’s see some of them! 1.das Handy – mobile phone This is the most common word used everyday. In …
German has its own strange and weird words and phrases. Let’s see some of those interesting weird german words. 1.Ohrwurm – ear worm This word describes the fact of being stuck with a song on our head. Ohrwurm – catchy song. 2.Fernweh – distance pain This describes a situation where you want to be in …
fordern – to demand Beim FuĂźball ist hoher Einsatz und hohes Engagement gefordert Ich fordere eine Erklärung von dir. Die Telekom fordert 100 Euro von mir. fordern conjugation Ich fordere Du forderst Er/es/sie fordert Wir fordern Ihr fordert Sie / sie fordern Präteritum ich forderte Perfekt ich habe gefordert Prefixes of fordern: anfordern – request …
Compound words in German are formed by combining two words mostly nouns. In English compound words appear with a hypen, but in German it appears as a single word. das Zeug – things or stuffs. Das war also interessantes Zeugs Packt das Zeug weg. der Zeuge / die Zeugin – witness Ich war Zeuge eines Kults. Der Zeuge kann sich dann …