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In August I visited friends in Ohio and their area is also Amish country.
We visited Behalt, an Amish & Mennonite Heritage Center, and I got to speak German with an Amish man.
I got to speak German with an Amish man!!!
I also learned that:
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most people have no clue about the Amish and Mennonite people.
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most of what we (think we) know about the Amish and Mennonite is incorrect.
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- Category: German culture and food
The German National Anthem is known as the Nationalhymne or Das Lied der Deutschen, "The Song of the Germans."
In today's episode of the podcast for German learners you'll hear:
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the current national anthem
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a bit of its history
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the German National Anthem sung in German (by yours truly!)
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- Category: German vocabulary
When should you use 'arbeiten' and when should you use 'funktionieren'? All the answers are here!
You'll learn these two verbs in the context of wine harvest, too, because it's wine harvest time. Learning to differentiate synonyms in German works really well when you use context.
This way you can easily build a picture in your mind that will help you for all of your German learning.
If it helps, you can even draw yourself a little sketch of a scene you'll hear in this audio.
And yes, stick figures count.
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- Category: German grammar
Knowing how to pronounce hätte correctly in German is one thing. Using it correctly is another.
In today's German lesson you'll learn both how to say hätte correctly and how to use it in a few specific phrases.
Imagine how confident you'll feel knowing exactly what to say and pronouncing everything correctly. This will be a step up for your German.
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This audio and article will take the fear out of using wäre in German. All it means is "would be," but would be has nothing to do with reality. It actually has to do with things which are unreal. Something that isn't true now, but would be nice or would be nuts or would be fantastic.
This grammar topic is known as the "Konjunktiv II." We'll use only the present tense today.
If this is brand new for you, it's best to take it one step at a time. The first step are the very straight-forward sentences (or "simple sentences") in this audio.
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