Anna Dushime from BuzzFeed Germany wrote a very interesting and funny article about the thoughts that pass your mind when you live in Germany and German is not your first language. 1.In a sentence it is hard to grasp where and when words begin and end Example: Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübertragungsverordnung Lifetime / Via giphy.com 2. […]
Dog weather or monkey heat?German will always make us chuckle with its original association of ideas. For all those metereopathics out there, here are six of the most interesting German sayings (already cited by The Local) on the weather. 1. Das Hundewetter Recalling the English expression “it’s raining cats and dogs”, Hundewetter is the perfect […]
When entering a German course, as much as in everyday life in Germany, the first questions you will find yourself to answer are always the ones about yourself. To avoid finding yourself without words, or struggling to hold the first conversation with native speakers, we have put together ten useful sentences to help you present […]
German is not only the language found on dictionaries and in school. Here is a list of nine words used in everyday life that you won’t find in books. After years of German language courses, you might think that you are ready for the big step: to converse with mother tongue speakers. Yet, when speaking […]
Every language has its own array of tongue twisters that have no purpose beyond than to test our ability to pronounce correctly words that share a similar sound. One of their defining features is their nonsense and impossibility to translate them in a different language, precisely due to the fact that the sound of the […]
Have you studied German, or wish to do so, and think to have reached the finish line with a B2 or C1 level? Think again. Although your efforts will surely pay off, it will be enough to talk with a native speaker to realize the difference between the language you studied on books, and the spoken […]
Learning German might be very discouraging and daunting at first due to its complicated grammar and very strict rules. Having a good teacher and being in the right learning environment is fundamental, and for this reason you should trust the right people and means: after the success of its Summer School, Berlino Schule opens […]
German: not such a foreign language after all. As everyone is aware of, German is not an easy language to learn. Whoever wishes to embark on such an adventure faces a complex grammar, three different genres of gender (masculine, feminine and neutral), along with lengthy words and unfamiliar sounds. To facilitate the learning the process […]
The renowned dictionary for German language Duden, published for the first time in 1880 by Konrand Duden, recently printed its 27th edition. This new publication covers and analyses extensively all the aspects of the German lexicon, including but not only, the grammar, spelling and synonyms. The peculiarity of the new publication stands in its introduction […]
A wide range of German courses are starting at Berlino Schule: intensive, evening and conversation classes. Of course it’s also possible to book private and Skype lessons. Berlino Schule presents its 2017/2018 program of German courses, that is to say from September 2017 to May 2018. There will be many levels and solutions available: morning, afternoon or evening courses, […]