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Summer vacation (or summer holidays) are drawing to a close for loads of people in the northern hemisphere.
So what are these called in German?
Das sind die Ferien.
And why is that word so frequently confused with "feiern"?
Because they are so similar.
In this article plus audio, you'll learn how to pronounce these two words, which article you should use with Ferien (it's simpler than you might think), and a couple of example sentences so you can remember which word to use when.
You'll use a bit of rhythm, some repetition, and a fun story to help you keep these two words separate and distinct from one another.
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In this 5th episode of the GermanWithNicole.com Podcast you'll learn what these designations mean for German learning.
You've surely seen this alphabet-number combination on German learning materials and maybe you've seen or taken a German language assessment test and received one of these combinations as a result. “You can take a class at the A2 level.”
But what does it mean?! And why should you care?!
Hint: Understanding these combinations will make your German learning life sooooo much easier. Answers to those questions and so much more today!
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If you mean something, then you mean it, but a word can mean something entirely different from what you think it means. And whatever change occurs in your life means something to you, but it doesn't mean the same thing for me.
You mean something, a word means something, and a change means something for you, but not for me.
To mean, to mean, to mean.
This is actually easier in German. Because there are three different words! Meinen, bedeuten, heißen They're similar, and they are sometimes confusing because they do overlap, and in some contexts you can use them interchangeably because they are synonyms. However I hope that these three examples, all in German, will help you tell them apart better.
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In this audio and article, you'll discover when a good time is to start reading Harry Potter in German. You'll also hear why that's a good time to start it. We'll break down only the first two sentences of the book, both in English and in the German translation, to support this, and we'll have some fun along the way.
Think of this episode like a special map for German learning. ;-)
When should I read Harry Potter in German?
“Now that I've finished chapter three of the German book, I decided to order the first Harry Potter book in German. I'm going to read it in German!” My client's eyes beamed at me through the webcam.
Oy! I choked my reaction down. She just learned to say things like Wiesbaden liegt westlich von Frankfurt and Mein Zimmer ist hell, aber nicht so groß and she has no concept how hard Harry Potter is going to be in German.
I broke the news to her gently...and I promise to be kind to you today, too.
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In Part 1, we explored the three most problematic approaches to learning German.
In Part 2 here today, we'll explore solutions to those three problematic approaches. They're all easier than you think, easily actionable, and will get you further in German than you might have thought possible.
If you're frustrated with German, if you haven't made progress like you wanted, and you just don't know what to do differently, this is for you.
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