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Are some of you still here learning German?

I'm thinking about things...

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Roger Cicero | In diesem Moment 

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EFF | Stimme

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Eine Online-Kochshow nur für rohes Fleisch: Mettflix.

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Treffen für Familienväter Ende 40, die an Sommerabenden ungestört Fußball gucken wollen: Mettflix und Grill.

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Silbermond | Leichtes Gepäck

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What does ach der Lieber fraulein mean?

Where did you get this from? It seems to be incomplete and doesn’t make a lot of sense like this, sorry. 

Edit:

Someone just suggested that you might mean “ach du liebes Fräulein” which is a way to express surprise/shock. It sounds a little old-fashioned, though. You can translate it as “my goodness” or “good gracious” etc. 

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german duolingo lady: Er trinkt

me: i didnt hear this better click the Slow Pronunciation Turtle of Shame

german duolingo lady, now with intense judgment and hate in her voice, articulating like im 5 years old: ER..... TRINKT......

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Namika | NA-MI-KA

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Frohe Ostern = Happy Easter

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Book exchange: USA, English

For those who forgot what the book exchange is about, here’s the original post.

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FREE German Learning Resources

1. dw.de (Listening/Reading)

This is Deutsch Welle webpage for Learning German. It is very informative and it has podcasts suitable for different levels.

dw.de podcasts include : Wort der Woche, Alltagsdeutsch, Dialektatlas, Spachbar.

2. Goethe Institut Podcasts (Listening/Reading)

i. Grüße aus Deutschland

ii. Deutsch Baukasten

iii. Wanderwörter

3. Learn German while listening to Radio (over the internet) (Listening)

i. View my post on German Radio.

ii. Listening to Children’s stories from Ohrenbär (rbb) can improve your German too! (Unfortunately there are no texts)

4. Verb Conjugation tables (Writing/Reading)

i. Cactus2000

ii. Deutsch Wörterbuch (iPhone app) - users can look up conjugations offline.

5. For absolute beginners

Head here to learn about writing date, time, colours, country names, etc in German.

6. Dictionary

i. Pons.com

ii. Linguee - iPhone app. It can be used even if you’re offline (no need internet)

7. Watch free videos in German (Intermediate to Advanced level)

i. Euromaxx (no English subs): Living and Culture, Cuisine

ii. Yabla - Good news! There are English and German subs for this.

8. For super-advanced learners (listening/fluency)

i. Klub Konkret (SWR eins plus) - Podcasts in Talk show formats.

ii. Sanft & Sorgfältig (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg Radio eins) - Podcasts on a wide variety of topics. The hosts speak really fast!

9. Der-Die-Das

test yourself: der die das App

10. Idioms/Proverbs/German Vocabulary

This Awesome Tumblr: Germanwordsandmore

11. Zeit Magazin (Advanced learner)

There are articles interesting enough to expose you to more German. There are no translations. You might want to consult the dictionary as you go along.

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person: What time is it?

me: Spargelzeit!!!!!!!!!

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“Oh, you’ve given a very good account of what your party is.” 

Keine Sorge, Frau Petry. 

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Hello! I need to interview a native German speaker for class. Could you publish this ask in case any followers are interested? /// Ich muss einer deutschen Person interviewen. Ich möchte ein Interview über Bildung in Deutschland machen, aber ich kann etwas anders machen. Es würde gut sein, wenn Sie in Uni sind oder Uni graduiert haben. Ich möchte Google Hangouts für das Interview nutzen. Bitte senden mir eine Message, wenn es okay Sie interviewen sein!

Sure! 

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How to Pronounce These Tricky German Words

We chose the most difficult German words we could find and asked people learning German to pronounce them. Here's what happened, with pronunciation tips.

The video shows foreign speakers trying to pronounce a few difficult German words (which is quite adorable). The text and audio recordings explain the correct pronunciation. 

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Ich liebe deinen Blog! What are the cutest compound German words in your opinion? Schönen Tag noch

Thanks! I’m afraid I don’t perceive a lot of German compound words as cute because, as a native speaker, nothing about them sticks out to me until I think about them. 

I really like “Glühbirne” (light bulb / glühen = to glow, Birne = pear). But before I read comments by non-native speakers pointing out how funny/adorable this word is, it was just a completely normal everyday word for me. I never even thought about how literal it is in its meaning.