Yeah, it’s official. I’m a lazy blogger. I don’t even get the job done when someone else is providing the content!
Five days’ worth of words. For you. All for you.
Gewinnen means to win, and it is not separable.
Die Mannschaft hat das Fussballspiel gewonnen. The team won the soccer game.
Einladen means to [...]
That’s the four days edition, since I’m so far behind.
Beissen means to bite.
Der Hund hat den Briefträger gebissen. The dog bit the mailman.
Ganz is whole or entire.
Der ganze Kürbis ist faul. The whole pumpkin is rotten.
Ich hoffe meine Studenten lernen den ganzen Tag Deutsch. I hope my students are learning [...]
“Regnerisches Wochenende” simply means a rainy weekend, and around here, when it rains, it pours. Nonetheless, here are four days’ worth of German words, for your reading pleasure.
Fragen is a verb meaning to ask a question. (Die Frage, or the question, is the related noun.)
Er fragt ihn, wie alt er ist. He asks [...]
Okay, the words from the last three days don’t seem to me to have anything in common (apart from being in German, and new to me).
Zwischen means between.
Ich sitze zwischen meinem Freund und seiner Frau. I am sitting between my friend and his wife.
Suchen is to seek, to search for, to look [...]
My last post was the slow edition, and then my teacher picked langsam as the word of the day! How funny/ironic is that? Anyway, the last 3 days’ worth just for your reading enjoyment:
Langsam, meaning slow, slowly.
Bitte sprechen Sie langsam. Please speak slowly.
Langsam aber sicher. Slowly but surely.
Überqueren is to cross.
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