60 things in 60 seconds

Make a list and then do the things on the list.

Make and Do Exercise



found on langweiledich.net

Words

to chop wood: Holz hacken

to mow: mähen

to draw a bath   ein Bad einlassen

to draw a picture – zeichnen

pick flowers -- Blumen pflücken

to unclog the drain (a pipe): (ein Rohr) frei machen/reinigen

to chaperon sb: jdn begleiten/beaufsichtigen, Anstandswauwau spielen

to braid: flechten

to knit: stricken

veggie (vegetable)  patch: Gemüsebeet

bald patch: kahle Stelle (Halbglatze)

take the bins out ---  den Müll rausbringen

to hike – wandern

Hike - Wanderung

Werbung --- The New Germlish.com Jingle

It's Monday again --- and here's something to beat the Monday blues.

An advertisment (advert/ad).

The Germlish.com jingle (Werbemelodie)

Schon wieder TGIF – How time flies!

 Time flies by too fast!

 A few idioms:

Die Zeit vergeht! = Time flies!

Zeit ist Geld = Time is money

Es ist an der Zeit = It's about time

Kommst Zeit, kommt Rat = Time will tell

Nehmen Sie sich Zeit =  Take your time

More Phrases and Idioms

TGIF!

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Someone Made a Testimonial Video!

How cool is this... a testimonial.

On the Phone

The Telephone Call

Is it A or An?

When do you use A and An

a - if the first letter of the following word is pronounced like a consonant

example: a car, a mistake, a university

an - if the first letter of the following word is pronounced like a vowel

example: an apple, an hour,  an ocean

Ein Dankeschön

To all of you that use Germlish.com --- Thank you!

A special 'shout out' to:

Andrea
Gabi
Margret
Brigitte
Nadya
Ursi
Armin
Stefan

Shout out =  a public expression of thanks

English is a piece of cake!

Happy Friday! Have a nice weekend.

TGIF

Germlish =  I wish you a nice weekend.

What you want to say: Have a nice weekend.

The KISS Principle - Halte es kurz und einfach

Warum einfach, wenns auch kompliziert geht?

 

Complicated is complicated. It is confusing. It is NOT effective communication.

 

KISS - Keep It Short and Simple

 

 KISS Prinzip

How do you translate Ziel?

How can you translate Ziel? goal, aim, target

These words are often used to mean the same thing.

But, think of them like this:

Goal
Something that you hope to achieve/reach.

Example: My goal is to build a house next year.

Aim

The thing that you try to achieve by doing something i.e. try to reach a result

Aim is often used with the word project.

Example: The aim of this project is to streamline production.

Target

Something that you try to achieve.

You can measure a target.

Example: Our target is to increase sales by 20%.

The new week !

Another new week

Monday = Yuck! Back to work.

Tuesday = Why can't work begin on this day.

Wednesday = Hump day

Thursday = It's almost Friday.

Friday = TGIF!

Remember: use ON with a day and ON or AT the weekend.  Preposition review

A fun way to learn some verbs

I am a procrastinator. Are you?

For all of us procrastinators.

Are you a procrastinator (Zauderer)?

to procrastinate = aufschieben
To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.

Such and So are words that can be so confusing!

Germlish = We talked about so special topics in our meeting.

What you want to say: We talked about such special topics in our meeting.

So and Such

What they do: Intensify adjectives

So

1. Use so before adjectives that do not have a noun after them, and before adverbs.

The tree is so big (adjective)

He gets up so late (adverb)

2. Use so with many and much

so many + plural noun

There were so many people at the airport.

so much + uncountable noun

Why does gas (petrol) cost so much money?

Such

1. Use such + a/an before an adjective + a singular noun

He is such a nice (adjective) person (singular noun)

2. Use such + (adjective) before a plural noun or an uncountable noun

That guy has such big feet!

We had such a good time at the party.

3. such a lot of + plural noun

There were such a lot of people at the airport.

4. such a lot of + uncountable noun

They had such a lot of work to do.

Practice