Deutsch Happen – Idioms – Was du heute kannst besorgen…

German idiom: Was du heute kannst besorgen, das verschiebe nicht auf morgen.
English: A stitch in time saves nine. There is no time like the present.

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Deutsch Happen – German Stereotypes: ordentlich

Short video about the German Stereotype “ordentlich” and its opposite “unordentlich”.

Deutsch Happen das Gesicht – parts of the face

Small video about the parts of the face.

Deutsch Happen – genauso or genau so

An answer on Twitter reminded me of how tricky the German language can be :) . Is it genauso or genau so.

Test Event

Test event for calendar.

der Küchengarten

Beet Umstechen

Beet Umstechen

Der Frühling ist da! Spring has arrived! Therefore I am back in my little kitchen garden [der Küchengarten (m)] and prepare everything to plant some

  • Küchenkräuter (n) – herbs [das Küchenkraut]
  • Tomaten (f) – tomatoes [die Tomate]
  • Paprika (m) – bell pepper [die Paprika]
  • Auberginen (f) – egg plants [die Aubergine]
  • Zucchini (f) – courgettes [die Zucchini]
  • Kartoffeln (f) – potatoes [die Kartoffel]
  • Karotten (f) – carots [die Karotte]
  • Zwiebeln (f) – onions [die Zwiebel]
  • Knoblauch – garlic [der Knoblauch]

and other nice things :) .

Today I started with the preparation of the beds [die Beete (n) - das Beet] and fields [die Felder (n) - das Feld]. Tomorrow I will plant [pflanzen] the first herbs [Küchenkräuter (n) - das Küchenkraut] in one of my two greenhouses [Gewächshäuser (n) - das Gewächshaus].

die Gewächshäuser

die Gewächshäuser

Küchenkräuter

die Küchenkräuter

Some Springtime Vocabulary

Hallo Deutsch Happen Freunde,

I was quite busy for the past couple of weeks with my new project “My Brittany”. This is my private blog where I write about my life here in Brittany. And as spring finally arrived I though I provide you with a list of spring related vocabulary:

der Frühling spring
frühlingshaft springlike, vernal
das Frühjahr spring
der Frühjahrsputz spring-cleaning
die Frühlingsgefühle (pl) spring fever
die Knospe bud
warm warm
grün green
blühen to blossom
die Sonne sun
der Sonnenschein sunshine

If you would like to visit my private blog, here is the link http://www.mybrittany.info. Today, I will start planting some herbs.

Bis bald,

Kirsten

Translating Sentences into German

Today, I received the following email:

HI !!!!
I’m writing because I want to thank you for the videos.
I hope you have time to answer my questions. I just start learning German and I find it very interesting.

My first question is: How can I start writing or making sentences?
I’m from México and I understand all you said but when it’s time to translate, there is the problem, I write my sentence and it doesn’t sounds like it suppose.

Can you tell me what is easier. Write in English and then translate to German or write in Spanish and then translate to German.

And thanks again for your help.

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Peter Fox – Schwarz zu Blau

This is a brilliant song about my hometown Berlin. Peter Fox is a famous artist in Germany and looks back on a couple of successful albums with a band named Seeed. This comes from his first solo album Stadtaffe.

Peter Fox - Stadtaffe

Peter Fox - Stadtaffe

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New Video Series about the 20 most often used Verbs in German

Hi you all,

I am currently working on several projects at the same time. So unfortunately I was too busy to post on this blog on a regular basis.

One of the things is my new basic video series about the twenty most often used verbs in German.

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