<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513</id><updated>2012-02-16T19:14:45.956-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Learn German Blogg</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>22</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-4594366720019572254</id><published>2008-01-30T10:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-30T10:57:28.368-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/30 - Achtung vor Falschen Freunden</title><content type='html'>Here are some German words that sound/look like English words, but do mean quite something else (those words are called false friends).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after =  der After (anus)&lt;br /&gt;also   =  also (therefore)&lt;br /&gt;bald  =  bald (soon)&lt;br /&gt;blaze = die blase (bladder, blister)&lt;br /&gt;brief  = der Brief (letter)&lt;br /&gt;chef   = der Chef (boss)&lt;br /&gt;kind   = das Kind(child)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beware of those false friends or you might loose some real friends .-)&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-4594366720019572254?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/4594366720019572254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=4594366720019572254' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/4594366720019572254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/4594366720019572254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080130-achtung-vor-falschen-freunden.html' title='2008/01/30 - Achtung vor Falschen Freunden'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-1516678337437519802</id><published>2008-01-29T09:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-29T09:29:01.175-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/29 - Toll oder Super?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:85%;"&gt;Karen asked me:&lt;br /&gt;Why would I say "Toll!" to mean Super! and can I  also just say  "Super" to mean the same thing?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Karen, they do mean the same thing. I do not feel that they are used differently and I probably use them 50/50.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you have a question? Just ask...&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-1516678337437519802?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/1516678337437519802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=1516678337437519802' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/1516678337437519802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/1516678337437519802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080129-toll-oder-super.html' title='2008/01/29 - Toll oder Super?'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-2226461078375587143</id><published>2008-01-28T11:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-28T11:54:22.314-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/28 - About Germany</title><content type='html'>Did you know that&lt;br /&gt;- Der Begriff &lt;i&gt;Deutschland&lt;/i&gt; wird in dieser Form erst seit dem 17JH verwendet.&lt;br /&gt;- Die tiefste jemals in Deutschland gemessene Temperatur betrug −45,9 °C, sie wurde am 24. Dezember 2001 am &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funtensee" title="Funtensee"&gt;Funtensee&lt;/a&gt; registriert. Die bisher höchste Temperatur betrug 40,3 °C und wurde am 8. August 2003 in &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nennig" title="Nennig"&gt;Nennig&lt;/a&gt; im Saarland erreicht&lt;br /&gt;Die fünf einwohnerreichsten &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropole" title="Metropole"&gt;Metropolen&lt;/a&gt; des Landes sind (Stand: Dezember 2005): &lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin"&gt;Berlin&lt;/a&gt;, 3,4 Millionen&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg"&gt;Hamburg&lt;/a&gt;, 1,8 Millionen&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnchen" title="München"&gt;München&lt;/a&gt;, 1,3 Millionen&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6ln" title="Köln"&gt;Köln&lt;/a&gt;, 980.000&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_am_Main" title="Frankfurt am Main"&gt;Frankfurt am Main&lt;/a&gt;, 650.000&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;- Deutschland ist heute der viertgrößte Musikmarkt der Welt und hat auch die &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popmusik" title="Popmusik"&gt;Pop-&lt;/a&gt; und &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockmusik" title="Rockmusik"&gt;Rockmusik&lt;/a&gt;, durch Künstler wie &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Lindenberg" title="Udo Lindenberg"&gt;Udo Lindenberg&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Gr%C3%B6nemeyer" title="Herbert Grönemeyer"&gt;Herbert Grönemeyer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nena" title="Nena"&gt;Nena&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Bohlen" title="Dieter Bohlen"&gt;Dieter Bohlen&lt;/a&gt; und &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Naidoo" title="Xavier Naidoo"&gt;Xavier Naidoo&lt;/a&gt;, weitgehend beeinflusst.&lt;br /&gt;- Deutschlands &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geburtenrate" title="Geburtenrate"&gt;Geburtenrate&lt;/a&gt; ist eine der niedrigsten weltweit.&lt;br /&gt;- Das Land gehört damit zu den am dichtesten besiedelten Flächenstaaten der Welt.&lt;br /&gt;-  Deutschland ist die weltgrößte Exportnation.&lt;br /&gt;- Der &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalfeiertag" title="Nationalfeiertag"&gt;Nationalfeiertag&lt;/a&gt; ist der &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_der_Deutschen_Einheit" title="Tag der Deutschen Einheit"&gt;Tag der Deutschen Einheit&lt;/a&gt; am 3. Oktober.&lt;br /&gt;- 2006 waren etwa 27 Millionen Deutsche in 89.000 Sportvereinen organisiert. Deutschland ist dritter im &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewiger_Medaillenspiegel_der_Olympischen_Spiele" title="Ewiger Medaillenspiegel der Olympischen Spiele"&gt;ewigen Medaillenspiegel&lt;/a&gt; der &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympische_Spiele" title="Olympische Spiele"&gt;Olympischen Spiele&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;- Als die bedeutendsten deutschen Autoren gelten &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_Goethe" title="Johann Wolfgang Goethe"&gt;Johann Wolfgang Goethe&lt;/a&gt; und &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller" title="Friedrich Schiller"&gt;Friedrich Schiller&lt;/a&gt; sowie die &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCder_Grimm" title="Brüder Grimm"&gt;Brüder Grimm&lt;/a&gt;; im 20. Jahrhundert waren deutsche &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobelpreis" title="Nobelpreis"&gt;Nobelpreisträger&lt;/a&gt; für Literatur &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Mommsen" title="Theodor Mommsen"&gt;Theodor Mommsen&lt;/a&gt; (1902), &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heyse" title="Paul Heyse"&gt;Paul Heyse&lt;/a&gt; (1910), &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhart_Hauptmann" title="Gerhart Hauptmann"&gt;Gerhart Hauptmann&lt;/a&gt; (1912), &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mann" title="Thomas Mann"&gt;Thomas Mann&lt;/a&gt; (1929), &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Hesse" title="Hermann Hesse"&gt;Hermann Hesse&lt;/a&gt; (1946), &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_B%C3%B6ll" title="Heinrich Böll"&gt;Heinrich Böll&lt;/a&gt; (1972) und &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Grass" title="Günter Grass"&gt;Günter Grass&lt;/a&gt; (1999).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information see &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland"&gt;http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-2226461078375587143?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/2226461078375587143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=2226461078375587143' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/2226461078375587143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/2226461078375587143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080128-about-germany.html' title='2008/01/28 - About Germany'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-8834135239055665075</id><published>2008-01-26T09:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-26T09:54:06.423-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/26 - Superlatives are Fantastic!</title><content type='html'>Der &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superlativ"&gt;Superlativ&lt;/a&gt; ist in der &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprachwissenschaft" title="Sprachwissenschaft"&gt;Sprachwissenschaft&lt;/a&gt; die &lt;i&gt;Steigerung&lt;/i&gt; von &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjektiv" title="Adjektiv"&gt;Adjektiven&lt;/a&gt; und &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverb" title="Adverb"&gt;Adverbien&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a sentence:&lt;br /&gt;Das Wetter ist schön.&lt;br /&gt;And here are two ways to express the Superlativ:&lt;br /&gt;Das Wetter ist heute schöner als Gestern. (more nice)&lt;br /&gt;Das Wetter ist heute am Schönsten! (it could not be better)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Unregelmäßige Steigerungen&lt;/i&gt; sind Adjektive, die von der oben genannten Regel abweichen. Unregelmäßig sind&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;gut – besser – (am) beste(n)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;viel – mehr – (am) meiste(n)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;gerne – lieber – (am) liebste(n)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;hoch – höher – (am) höchste(n)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;wenig – weniger/minder – (am) wenigste(n)/(am) mindeste(n) (beide Formen möglich)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Ich spreche gut Englisch.&lt;br /&gt;Du sprichts besser Englisch als ich.&lt;br /&gt;Hans spricht am besten Englisch.&lt;br /&gt;Or, to turn it around:&lt;br /&gt;Du sprichst weniger gut Englisch als Hans.&lt;br /&gt;Ich spreche am wenigsten gut Englisch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-8834135239055665075?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/8834135239055665075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=8834135239055665075' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/8834135239055665075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/8834135239055665075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080126-superlatives-are-fantastic.html' title='2008/01/26 - Superlatives are Fantastic!'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-5928689769162712209</id><published>2008-01-25T09:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-25T09:40:17.583-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/25 - Ja bitte und ja gerne</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Karen from Mishawka &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Indiana&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:State&gt; wrote me the following question:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;I have a question:  if I say "Ja, gerne" could I also say "Ja, bitte"  and have the same meaning? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay Karen, thanks for this interesting question.&lt;br /&gt;The answer is: yes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If somebody is offering you coffe than both answers will fill your cup.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Nimmst Du noch etwas Kaffee?”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;„Ja, gerne / bitte“ or you could just say „gerne“ or „bitte“. All the same.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;If you go into a shop and somebody is offering you help:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Guten Tag, kann ich Ihnen helfen?”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Again, you can say any of the above and will receive help.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope that answers your question.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Stephan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-5928689769162712209?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/5928689769162712209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=5928689769162712209' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/5928689769162712209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/5928689769162712209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080125-ja-bitte-und-ja-gerne.html' title='2008/01/25 - Ja bitte und ja gerne'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-656085094456612253</id><published>2008-01-24T05:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-24T05:53:38.221-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/24 - Das Personalpronomen</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Today I want to present you the "Personalpronomen". Below is a definition and you can find some Online Exercises here:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.schubert-verlag.de/aufgaben/uebungen_a1/a1_kap4_personalpronomen.htm"&gt;http://www.schubert-verlag.de/aufgaben/uebungen_a1/a1_kap4_personalpronomen.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here is what Wikimedia has to say about the "Personalpronomen":&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Die &lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deklination_%28Grammatik%29" title="Deklination (Grammatik)"&gt;Deklination&lt;/a&gt; der Personalpronomina im Hochdeutschen sieht wie folgt aus:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table class="prettytable"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;th align="center" bgcolor="#ffdead" width="80"&gt;&lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerus" title="Numerus"&gt;Numerus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th align="center" bgcolor="#ffdead" width="50"&gt;&lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_%28Sprache%29" title="Person (Sprache)"&gt;Person&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th align="center" bgcolor="#ffdead" width="80"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th align="center" bgcolor="#ffdead" width="80"&gt;&lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominativ" title="Nominativ"&gt;Nominativ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th align="center" bgcolor="#ffdead" width="80"&gt;&lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genitiv" title="Genitiv"&gt;Genitiv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th align="center" bgcolor="#ffdead" width="80"&gt;&lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dativ" title="Dativ"&gt;Dativ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th align="center" bgcolor="#ffdead" width="80"&gt;&lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkusativ" title="Akkusativ"&gt;Akkusativ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td rowspan="5"&gt;&lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular" title="Singular"&gt;Singular&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;1.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;ich&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;meiner&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;mir&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;mich&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;2.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_%28Personalpronomen%29" title="Du (Personalpronomen)"&gt;du&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;deiner&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;dir&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;dich&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td rowspan="3"&gt;3.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;er/der&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;seiner&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;ihm&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;ihn&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;sie/die&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;ihrer&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;ihr&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;sie&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;es/das&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;seiner&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;ihm&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;es&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td rowspan="3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural" title="Plural"&gt;Plural&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;1.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;wir&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;unser&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;uns&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;uns&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;2.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;ihr&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;euer&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;euch&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;euch&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;3.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;sie/die&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;ihrer&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;ihnen&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;sie&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6flichkeitsform" title="Höflichkeitsform"&gt;Höflichkeitsform&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;2.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Sie&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Ihrer&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Ihnen&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Sie&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; [&lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personalpronomen"&gt;http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personalpronomen&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Die englischen Personalpronomen folgen seinen germanischen Wurzeln, obwohl die Sprache selbst für die Nomen keine Deklination mehr enthält. In der ersten Person singular und plural existieren so zwei Pronomen zum Ersatz von Subjekt und Objekt (I, me und we, us), und die dritte Personen singular ist getrennt nach Geschlecht und Sachbezug (he, she, it). Eine Sonderform ist die Möglichkeit, bei unbekannten Geschlecht die belebte dritte Person plural einzusetzen. ('"If somebody took my book, they'd better give it back" &lt;i&gt;= "Falls jemand mein Buch genommen hat, so sollten er oder sie es zurückgeben").&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That was our grammar lesson of the day,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;Stephan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-656085094456612253?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/656085094456612253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=656085094456612253' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/656085094456612253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/656085094456612253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080124-das-personalpronomen.html' title='2008/01/24 - Das Personalpronomen'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-4775371744798131730</id><published>2008-01-23T21:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-23T21:38:15.476-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/23 - Hypochonder</title><content type='html'>Here is a little Gedicht by Goethe. First in English, then in German. See if you can understand it?&lt;br /&gt;“Hypochondriac”&lt;br /&gt;Devil take the human race!&lt;br /&gt;It's enough to drive you insane!&lt;br /&gt;I continually make firm resolutions to stop seeing people and to consign the whole nation to God and to itself and to the devil! And then I have only to see a human face and I love it again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hypochonder&lt;br /&gt;Der Teufel hol das Menschengeschlecht!&lt;br /&gt;Man möchte rasend werden!&lt;br /&gt;Da nehm ich mir so eifrig vor:&lt;br /&gt;Will niemand weiter sehen,&lt;br /&gt;Will all das Volk Gott und sich selbst&lt;br /&gt;Und dem Teufel überlassen!&lt;br /&gt;Und kaum seh ich ein Menschengesicht,&lt;br /&gt;So hab ichs wieder lieb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-4775371744798131730?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/4775371744798131730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=4775371744798131730' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/4775371744798131730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/4775371744798131730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080123-hypochonder.html' title='2008/01/23 - Hypochonder'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-2836065170121773697</id><published>2008-01-22T09:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-22T09:21:31.605-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/22 - Vokabeln zuordnen</title><content type='html'>To help you remember all those words we learned in the last weeks, here is a &lt;a href="http://german-podcast.de/pdfs/Vokabeln_2008_01.pdf"&gt;PDF with some German vocabulary&lt;/a&gt; taken from the last few sessions.  Print it out and try to connect the correct translations. See the last few lessons of &lt;a href="http://www.German-Podcast.de"&gt;German-Podcast.de&lt;/a&gt; for solutions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy connecting,&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-2836065170121773697?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/2836065170121773697/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=2836065170121773697' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/2836065170121773697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/2836065170121773697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080122-vokabeln-zuordnen.html' title='2008/01/22 - Vokabeln zuordnen'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-9042396431755574880</id><published>2008-01-21T11:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-21T11:41:39.974-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/21 - Im Flugzeug</title><content type='html'>Heute präsentiere ich ein paar Vokabeln rund um das Innere eines Flugzeugs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(no) smoking - (Nicht)Raucher&lt;br /&gt;airline - die Fluglinie&lt;br /&gt;airplane - das Flugzeug&lt;br /&gt;window - das Fenster&lt;br /&gt;gate - der Flugsteig&lt;br /&gt;hand luggage - das Handgepäck&lt;br /&gt;life vest - die Rettungsweste / die Schwimmweste&lt;br /&gt;aisle - der Gang&lt;br /&gt;seat - der Sitz&lt;br /&gt;takeoff - der Abflug&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope that words help you on your next trip to Germany .-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-9042396431755574880?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/9042396431755574880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=9042396431755574880' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/9042396431755574880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/9042396431755574880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080121-im-flugzeug.html' title='2008/01/21 - Im Flugzeug'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-6034734158003098631</id><published>2008-01-20T08:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-20T08:16:54.181-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/20 - Du oder Sie?</title><content type='html'>We already talked about this topic in the Podcast but here it is again for those who did not listen to all episodes:&lt;br /&gt;We usually "Siezen" people (grown ups) we do not know:&lt;br /&gt;Wie heissen &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sie&lt;/span&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;Kann ich &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ihnen &lt;/span&gt;helfen?&lt;br /&gt;Was kann ich für &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sie &lt;/span&gt;tun?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are, however, many areas where we use the informal ("Dutzen") version (in sport clubs, at universities, in the mountains, etc.):&lt;br /&gt;Wie heisst &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Du&lt;/span&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;Kann ich &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dir &lt;/span&gt;helfen?&lt;br /&gt;Was kann ich für &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dich &lt;/span&gt;tun?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In general I try to avoid it and let the other person choose how to address me if he/she is older than me. With people I guess to be below 30 I usually just use the informal version (if I am not in a bank that is). This is widely accepted nowadays and maybe I have been too long at a university .-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to know more about it, here is a discussion about it at &lt;a href="http://de.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070505004853AAPEZCA"&gt;yahoo.de&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Euch noch einen schönen Sonntag,&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-6034734158003098631?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/6034734158003098631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=6034734158003098631' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/6034734158003098631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/6034734158003098631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080120-du-oder-sie.html' title='2008/01/20 - Du oder Sie?'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-5494137125034196802</id><published>2008-01-17T00:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-17T00:13:36.856-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/17 - Blutdruck</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Darrell asked the following question:&lt;br /&gt;Is the verb nehmen used when saying"I need to take your blood  pressure"?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="953500808-17012008"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="953500808-17012008"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;"&gt;hier  sind ein paar Beispiele:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="953500808-17012008"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;"&gt;So,  dann wollen wir mal Ihren Blutdruck &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;messen&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="953500808-17012008"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;"&gt;Zunächst müssen wir Ihren Blutdruck &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;messen&lt;/span&gt;, dann &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;nehmen &lt;/span&gt;wir Ihnen noch  ein wenig Blut ab.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="953500808-17012008"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;"&gt;So, in  my opinion, no. I think that we always "measure" the Blutdruck, not "take" it.  We do, however, take blood.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="953500808-17012008"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="953500808-17012008"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="953500808-17012008"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;"&gt;Schönen Gruss aus Luzern,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="953500808-17012008"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;"&gt;Stephan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-5494137125034196802?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/5494137125034196802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=5494137125034196802' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/5494137125034196802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/5494137125034196802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080117-blutdruck.html' title='2008/01/17 - Blutdruck'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-7455000002596913532</id><published>2008-01-16T10:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-16T10:57:28.263-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/16 - Smalltalk</title><content type='html'>Here are some useful sentences to make smalltalk (we use the same word in German, by the way):&lt;br /&gt;Wo wohnen Sie?&lt;br /&gt;Woher kommen Sie?&lt;br /&gt;Was machen Sie denn so beruflich?&lt;br /&gt;Sind Sie schon lange hier?&lt;br /&gt;Wie gefällt es Ihnen hier?&lt;br /&gt;Waren Sie schon mal in den USA, in Indien, in England...&lt;br /&gt;Das Wetter ist heute wieder herrlich / schrecklich!&lt;br /&gt;Lassen Sie mich doch bitte in Ruhe.&lt;br /&gt;Freut mich Sie kennen zu lernen.&lt;br /&gt;Sprechen Sie bitte etwas langsamer.&lt;br /&gt;Können Sie das bitte noch mal wiederholen?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy talking,&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-7455000002596913532?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/7455000002596913532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=7455000002596913532' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/7455000002596913532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/7455000002596913532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080116-smalltalk.html' title='2008/01/16 - Smalltalk'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-2705378788992638049</id><published>2008-01-15T11:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-15T11:56:24.745-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/15 - Reading the News</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;If you are advanced in your German studies, you might want to try to read German newspapers. This can teach you a lot of useful words about sports and politics.&lt;br /&gt;Here are some resources where you can read some of the largest newspapers online:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spiegel.de/"&gt;  http://www.spiegel.de/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nzz.ch/"&gt;http://www.nzz.ch/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zeit.de/"&gt;http://www.zeit.de/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stern.de/"&gt;http://www.stern.de/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.focus.de/"&gt;http://www.focus.de/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or for computer news:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.heise.de/"&gt;http://www.heise.de/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy learning,&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-2705378788992638049?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/2705378788992638049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=2705378788992638049' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/2705378788992638049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/2705378788992638049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080115-reading-news.html' title='2008/01/15 - Reading the News'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-5052034049625809791</id><published>2008-01-14T09:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-14T09:34:07.972-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/14 - Begrüssungen</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="Section1"&gt;Paul send me a sentence he found usefull when he was in Germany:&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;"I travelled to Germany twice in 2007. I’m at the stage where  I can sometimes understand, but I don’t really speak at all.&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;I found this little phrase was good to use when people spoke  to me and in German and I could understand a little, “Ich lerne Deutsch, aber  ich spreche nicht sehr gut“.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;People were impressed and usually responded with “Doch!” Then  when I continued I think they came to realise how badly I speak. Nevertheless it  was a good ice breaker and indicated that at least I was trying to learn the  language.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;Thanks Paul!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Now on to todays lesson: Greetings - Begrüssungen&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Try to say the following greetings in German (solution in the comment tomorrow):&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;1) Hello&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;2) good evening&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;3) my name is...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;4) what is your name?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;5) goodbye&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;6) till tomorrow&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;7) I am from America&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Happy learning,&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-5052034049625809791?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/5052034049625809791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=5052034049625809791' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/5052034049625809791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/5052034049625809791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080114-begrssungen.html' title='2008/01/14 - Begrüssungen'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-8886662255909889466</id><published>2008-01-13T07:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-13T07:04:39.612-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/13 Zahnarzt</title><content type='html'>Here are some words that you will find in todays German lesson:&lt;br /&gt;der Zahnartz - dentist&lt;br /&gt;die Wurzel - root&lt;br /&gt;die Wurzelbehandlung - &lt;a href="http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&amp;amp;p=eL4jU.&amp;amp;search=root"&gt;root&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&amp;amp;p=eL4jU.&amp;amp;search=canal"&gt;canal&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&amp;amp;p=eL4jU.&amp;amp;search=treatment"&gt;treatment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;der Nerv - nerv&lt;br /&gt;der Schmerz - pain (singular)&lt;br /&gt;die Schmerzen - pain (plural)&lt;br /&gt;die Krankenkasse - health insurance company&lt;br /&gt;die Spritze - injection&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-8886662255909889466?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/8886662255909889466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=8886662255909889466' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/8886662255909889466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/8886662255909889466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080113-zahnarzt.html' title='2008/01/13 Zahnarzt'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-5803224614095166747</id><published>2008-01-12T03:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-12T03:30:36.357-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/12 - Wichtige Sätze</title><content type='html'>Here are some important sentences, you might want to learn by heart:&lt;br /&gt;Where is the American embassy?&lt;br /&gt;Wo ist die amerikanische Botschaft?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where ist the hospital?&lt;br /&gt;Wo ist das Krankenhaus?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where is the exit?&lt;br /&gt;Wo ist der Ausgang?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where are the toilets?&lt;br /&gt;Wo sind die toiletten?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In which direction is the bus going?&lt;br /&gt;In welche Richtung fährt der Bus?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where is the staition?&lt;br /&gt;Wo ist der Bahnhof?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do YOU have a sentence, YOU discovered to be very important when you were in Germany? Maybe a little story you want to share with the other listeners/readers? Don't hesitate, mail it to me!&lt;br /&gt;Nur keine Angst, immer her damit!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;br /&gt;stephan@german-podcast.de&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-5803224614095166747?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/5803224614095166747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=5803224614095166747' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/5803224614095166747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/5803224614095166747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080112-wichtige-stze.html' title='2008/01/12 - Wichtige Sätze'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-4175457040639434134</id><published>2008-01-11T10:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-11T10:07:21.016-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/11 - Tierischer Spass</title><content type='html'>How about some animals? Do you know the names of the following animals?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/R4ewKLhaTUI/AAAAAAAACHg/dhxhF-f_ftU/s1600-h/ente.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/R4ewKLhaTUI/AAAAAAAACHg/dhxhF-f_ftU/s320/ente.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154281987486928194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- duck&lt;br /&gt;- dog&lt;br /&gt;- cat&lt;br /&gt;- rat&lt;br /&gt;- horse&lt;br /&gt;- cow&lt;br /&gt;- pig&lt;br /&gt;- goat&lt;br /&gt;- squirrel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Weekend to you,&lt;br /&gt;Euch ein schönes Wochenende,&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-4175457040639434134?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/4175457040639434134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=4175457040639434134' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/4175457040639434134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/4175457040639434134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080111-tierischer-spass.html' title='2008/01/11 - Tierischer Spass'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/R4ewKLhaTUI/AAAAAAAACHg/dhxhF-f_ftU/s72-c/ente.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-8050741959103174244</id><published>2008-01-10T09:56:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-12T05:26:49.812-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/10 Zahlendrill</title><content type='html'>Do you really know your numbers? In German?&lt;br /&gt;Try to say and write every number you encounter today in German as well. That will be a brainteaser .-)&lt;br /&gt;Here are some to get you started. Take a look at the comment tomorrow to see them written.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1&lt;br /&gt;2&lt;br /&gt;5&lt;br /&gt;11&lt;br /&gt;123&lt;br /&gt;56&lt;br /&gt;423&lt;br /&gt;4234&lt;br /&gt;97&lt;br /&gt;105&lt;br /&gt;1057&lt;br /&gt;1.000.000&lt;br /&gt;2.100.300&lt;br /&gt;1.000.000.000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now its up to you to start drilling...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep learning,&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-8050741959103174244?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/8050741959103174244/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=8050741959103174244' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/8050741959103174244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/8050741959103174244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080901-zahlendrill.html' title='2008/01/10 Zahlendrill'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-3778700197907781164</id><published>2008-01-09T07:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-09T07:42:51.733-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/09 - Sich vorstellen</title><content type='html'>Remember &lt;a href="http://german-podcast.blogspot.com/2007/12/055-learn-to-speak-german-sich_2467.html"&gt;German lesson 058&lt;/a&gt;? Try to introduce yourself.&lt;br /&gt;State your name, your hometown and your job. And while you are at it, try to ask questions about those topics (where do you come from, what is your name, etc.).&lt;br /&gt;If you are unsure how to do it, take a look at the &lt;a href="http://testmanager.info/germanstuff/056_German-Podcast_de_Lebensmittel.pdf"&gt;PDF of lesson 058&lt;/a&gt; again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep on learning,&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-3778700197907781164?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/3778700197907781164/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=3778700197907781164' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/3778700197907781164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/3778700197907781164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080109-sich-vorstellen.html' title='2008/01/09 - Sich vorstellen'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-6244350249010091974</id><published>2008-01-08T11:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-08T12:56:41.544-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/08 - Idiom of the Day: "It’s raining cats and dogs"</title><content type='html'>When it rains very strongly we say :&lt;br /&gt;"Es kübelt aus Eimern."&lt;br /&gt;or we might say:&lt;br /&gt;"Es schüttet aus Eimern."&lt;br /&gt;The meaning is the same, "kübelt" is probably more common in the north of Germany.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;br /&gt;stephan@german-podcast.de&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-6244350249010091974?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/6244350249010091974/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=6244350249010091974' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/6244350249010091974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/6244350249010091974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/idiom-of-day-its-raining-cats-and-dogs.html' title='2008/01/08 - Idiom of the Day: &quot;It’s raining cats and dogs&quot;'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-6718119005573081925</id><published>2008-01-07T13:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-07T13:30:29.620-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008/01/07 - Word of the Day - Ausverkauf</title><content type='html'>Ausverkauf = closing sale, sale&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though the Swiss are very discreet in everything and tend to understate everything, when they have Ausverkauf, they really push it. The city is full of large, red signs "Ausverkauf" or sometimes "Sale" and often large percentage sales ("50%").&lt;br /&gt;This might be a sale off at the end of the season, but some shops seem to have those signs on all year long. Especially in the tourist areas, so you might want to compare prices, despite the red signs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-6718119005573081925?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/6718119005573081925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=6718119005573081925' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/6718119005573081925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/6718119005573081925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/20080107-word-of-day-ausverkauf.html' title='2008/01/07 - Word of the Day - Ausverkauf'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093759050028913513.post-2205856323457679834</id><published>2008-01-06T10:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-06T10:41:16.347-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Learn a piece of German Every Single Day</title><content type='html'>Welcome to the Learn German Blogg. This blogg is an addition my &lt;a href="http://german-podcast.blogspot.com/"&gt;Podcast on http://german-podcast.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;. Here you will find a little bit of German every day. A new word, an exercise, something from the news, anything. Think of it as a kind of &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Weihnachtskalender&lt;/span&gt; oder &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Überraschungsei&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;To learn a language, it is more efficient to do a little work each day than to spend countless hours every few weeks. So, make sure to come back to visit every day...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/R4Edw7haTSI/AAAAAAAACHM/zzqluZuNC_Y/s1600-h/fueller.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/R4Edw7haTSI/AAAAAAAACHM/zzqluZuNC_Y/s320/fueller.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152432175137312034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We introduced the Perfekt tense &lt;a href="http://german-podcast.blogspot.com/2008/01/058-german-podcastde-mehr-lebensmittel.html"&gt;in lesson 058&lt;/a&gt;. Here are some more exercises for the Perfekt. Solutions will be posted tomorrow, so don't forget to come back .-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Form the Perfekt with these verbs:&lt;br /&gt;Example: es, brennen&lt;br /&gt;Solution: es hat gebrannt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) sie, bringen&lt;br /&gt;2) wir denken&lt;br /&gt;3) sie (Plural) kennen&lt;br /&gt;4) ich, rennen&lt;br /&gt;5) du, fahren&lt;br /&gt;6) ihr, senden&lt;br /&gt;7) wir, wissen&lt;br /&gt;8) ich, schreiben&lt;br /&gt;9) du, essen&lt;br /&gt;10) sie (Singular), aufwachen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luzern, 06.01.2008&lt;br /&gt;Stephan Wiesner&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1093759050028913513-2205856323457679834?l=learn-german-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/2205856323457679834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1093759050028913513&amp;postID=2205856323457679834' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/2205856323457679834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1093759050028913513/posts/default/2205856323457679834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learn-german-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/learn-piece-of-german-every-single-day.html' title='Learn a piece of German Every Single Day'/><author><name>Stephan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04984246894860981249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/TQEX59ryiJI/AAAAAAAApQ4/yhM4bnJOJfI/S220/2010_01_Chile-1806.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_ObmUyQo5fp8/R4Edw7haTSI/AAAAAAAACHM/zzqluZuNC_Y/s72-c/fueller.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
