Dear Germanee, Are you wondering how to start learning German as a Beginner? First of all: Congratulations! Being a beginner carries a lot of magic, surprises and – of course! – challenges innate itself. Do you feel that tingling thrill in your tummy, right below your navel? Feel it! Embrace it! Enjoy it! But, never […]

Dear Germanee, October is there. Der Oktober ist da. Have you ever experienced the beauty of golden October in Germany? Or maybe somewhere else in Europe? When I had my daily phone call today with my mum back home, she said: Ich denke, jetzt ist der Herbst angekommen. I believe, now autumn has arrived. Well, […]

Dear Germanee, wie geht es dir heute? How are you doing today? Have you read the previous blog post about fahren? Then welcome, welcome to part 8! Bist du bereit? Are you ready? Let’s get to the 7th letter of the German alphabet, which is the beautiful “G”. We pronounce it like “g” in the […]

Dear Germanee, wie schön, dass du wieder da bist, so great to have you here again. Are you curious to learn a German verb starting with “F”? You’ve seen my previous post about essen, right? Then, welcome, welcome to part 7! Bist du bereit? Are you ready? The f-verb, I want you to learn is […]

Dear Germanee, wie geht es Dir? I hope everything is well at your end. Today, I’m going to continue with the 6th verb of my 26 + 2 series and so we’re getting to the letter “E”. Welcome, welcome to part 6! Bist du bereit? Are you ready? Have you read the d-post, which introduces […]

Dear Germanee, In this series, I’d like to give you a powerful introduction into German language by explaining 26 + 2 verbs, following the main-letters of the German alphabet. Welcome, welcome to part 5! Bist du bereit? Are you ready? The next letter in our German alphabet, following the “C” is … bingo! … the […]

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Dear Germanee, The third letter of the German alphabet won’t come as a big surprise to you: It’s the C. Well, we don’t have many words in German starting with a C. We borrowed most of them from other languages. If a German word starts with C, we’d pronounce it like a K, i. g. […]

Dear Germanee, I hope you’ve already had your breakfast today?!?I’m going to talk about yummy stuff, while introducing you to a German verb starting with B. We pronounce our B similarly to English (bread or banana). The second verb out of 26, the B-verb of my choice is: It comes to you with a bunch of […]

Dear Germanee, In this series, I’d like to give you a powerful introduction into German language by explaining 26 + 2 verbs following the main-letters of the German alphabet. Welcome, welcome for part 2! Woohoo. Bist du bereit? Are you ready? After learning about the most basic verbs sein and haben in part 1, let’s […]

Dear Germanee, In this first series, I’d like to give you a powerful introduction into German language by explaining 26 + 2 verbs following the main-letters of the German alphabet. To exemplify the use of these verbs in our everyday language, you’ll find short dialogues, consistently oriented on naturally spoken German. Followed by short texts, […]