Advent Calendar 2017

Advent Calendar 24 – “Merry Crossword Puzzle”

Advent calendar 23 – “Grmn Mssngr Tlk”

A quick look at how German chat talk and slang looks like. *spoiler... it looks a lot like English.

Advent Calendar 22 – “R or no R”

Advent Calendar 21 – “This one is Toast”

Advent Calendar 20 – “The Chain of Compound”

Advent Calendar 18 – “Wormhole Crumbling”

Hey ho, hey ho, welcome back to our German Advent Calendar. A bit late today but let’s merrily open door 18  and see what  we hswoooooooooshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Continue reading… 

Advent Calendar 19 – “What remains”

W… what… what happened? What is that… Where are we? WHEN are we??   Oh my gaaawd… looks like door 18 was a time portal taking us to day 19. Wow… this calendar is getting crazier and crazier. Now you might be like “Wait a minute… I feel like Emanuel is just trying to hide that he skipped one day.” Well, yes, I did skip a day. Is that a crime now?!?! But seriously…  I am SUPER busy at the moment. A few weeks ago, kind of on a hunch, I took this job as a restaurant manager. Not for long, it’s more of a project for a friend to get things organized at that chaotic place. But yeah, the last two weeks were intense and I’ve done several late night shifts already. Don’t get me wrong, I am not complaining :). It’s just … yesterday night I really needed a break and just go out for a few drinks (Raki, this time). And today, the weather was so amazing that I spent the day outside. Anyway, today we’ll talk a bit about what remains when the cake and cookies are eaten. No, I’m not talking about love handles. I am … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/odd-word-out-german/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

Advent Calendar 17 – “Deutschboden”

Advent Calendar 16 – “Katastrophe vor Weihnachten”

  “Catastrophe before Christmas”

Advent Calendar 15 – “Idioms with Ass”

Advent Calendar 14 – “Prefixes – I’m drawing a line”

“Prefixes – I’m drawing a line!”

Advent Calendar 13 – “The Proverbening”

Advent Calendar 12- “I Broke German”

“broke German”

Vocab: pleite, die Pleite

Advent Calendar 11- Practice “viel” vs “sehr”

A quick exercise about when to use "viel" and when to use "sehr". With audio examples!

Advent Calendar 10 – “Odd Word Out”

“logical, easy, German”

Advent Calendar 9 – “Freeze!”

  “Freeze!”  

Vocab: frieren, gefrieren, erfrieren, einfrieren, zufrieren

“viel” or “sehr” – When to use which

"a lot" has two main translations in German: "viel" and "sehr". But they're not interchangeable. Today, we'll find out when to use which.

Advent Calendar 7 – “Cugly and Lazy”

Advent Calendar 6 – “Oftensity”

“Oftensity”

Advent Calendar 5 – “Choose!”

You reach a door. On it is written “5”. The door appears not to be locked. Do you want to a) open door b) go back

The meaning of “von wegen”

"von wegen" is a really nice colloquial way to express disillusionment or disbelief. We'll find out how to use it today.

Advent Calendar 3 – “German no goes”

Advent Calendar 2 – “Hot Headache Accelerator”

“It’s warm, it’s with sugar and it’s not a zebra.”

Advent Calendar 1 – “Let the games be gin”

“Let the games be gin”