The Summer Break

The kids are out of school for the summer! It's summer vacation.



Will Smith - Summertime von Keo

Gute Besserung!

Get well soon!  This is what you can say in English to someone that is sick or not feeling well.

Ex: Gabi - Get well soon!

 ill = NOT HEALTHY not feeling well, or suffering from a disease
1. She was too ill to travel. 
sick =   ill (krank)
1. He was off work sick for most of last week.
They provide care for the sick.

2 be sick -  If you are sick, food and drink comes up from your stomach and out of your mouth.
The baby was sick all down his shirt.

3 feel sick - to feel that the food or drink in your stomach might soon come up through your mouth
I was so nervous I felt quite sick.

4 be sick of sth/ to be sick and tired of sth - INFORMAL to be bored with or annoyed about something that has been happening for a long time

I'm sick of people telling me how to run my life.

Anastacia - Sick And Tired

"I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired."



5 It makes me sick. - INFORMAL something you say when you are jealous of someone
She looks fantastic whatever she wears - it makes me sick.

TGIF - Oh Lord, please gib mir meine Language back

What is Denglish?  It's not Germlish!

Denglish is: using both English and German in the same sentence and/or making the English word like German, which has become very common here in Deutschland.

Examples:

• Ich habe ein meeting. 

• Hast du schon die neueste Firefoxversion downgeloadet?

 False Friends

How about trying this short false friend quiz: http://de.bab.la/sprachtest/englische-wort-fallen-in-der-deutschen-sprache

Another Monday with each other

Germlish = We'll see/meet us next week.

What you want to say: We'll see/meet each other next week.


Each other is called a reciprocal (Reziproke) pronoun. It means that two or more people can do (carry out) an action e.g. meet and get the result of that action at the same time.

In English the reciprocal pronouns are each other and one another

* Reziproke Verben verwenden die Reflexivpronomen mit der Bedeutung einander. Dazu gehören zum Beispiel:

• sich kennen, sich sehen, sich lieben, sich streiten, sich einigen, sich treffen
  Beispiel: Wir kennen uns. (= Wir kennen einander.)

Otto Waalkes - "Computer" Technical English

Wortspiel - A Play on Words for a Laugh

A play on words for a laugh...

Die if-Sätze (Bedingungssätze) Typ III

Verwendung

Wenn eine Bedingung genannt wird und diese nicht mehr erfüllbar ist (es ist zu spät)

Bildung

Wir bilden den Third Conditional (if-Satz Typ 3) folgendermaßen:
 if + past perfect simple oder continuous, Satz mit present perfect simple oder continuous

If I had known about this problem earlier, I would have fixed it today.

      past perfect                                               present perfect

Beispiele

 If I had won the lottery, I would have gone on a trip around the world.

 Wenn ich im Lotto gewonnen hätte, hätte ich eine Weltreise gemacht.

If I had studied, I might have passed the exams.
 Wenn ich gelernt hätte, hätte ich vielleicht die Prüfungen bestehen können.

 If you hadn’t turned off the TV, I would have been watching the match.

  Wenn du den Fernseher nicht ausgeschaltet hättest, hätte ich das Spiel angeschaut.

Beachten

1.      Der if-Satz kann auch dem Hauptsatz nachgestellt sein/werden.
Achte immer darauf, wo der if-Satz steht

2.      Kommaregelung: Geht der if-clause voran, so steht an dessen Ende ein Komma,geht jedoch der main clause voran, so wird kein Komma verwendet, denn durch das "if" ist die Abgrenzung eindeutig.

Beispiele

If I had studied harder, I would have passed the test.

I would have passed the test if I had studied harder.

Die Asche meiner Mutter - Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Thank you Gabi!

Anglea's Ashes is a must read book and must see film.
Langenscheit Verlag Buch

"Wenn ich auf meine Kindheit zurückblicke, frage ich mich, wie ich überhaupt überlebt habe. Natürlich hatte ich eine unglückliche Kindheit, eine glückliche lohnt sich ja kaum. Schlimmer als die normale unglückliche Kindheit, ist die unglückliche, irische Kindheit. Und noch schlimmer ist die unglückliche, irische, katholische Kindheit..."
(Frank McCourt /Die Asche meiner Mutter)

How to Improve YOUR English Skills

I am often asked, "how can become more fluent" or "what can I do to improve my understanding" and "how can I feel more confident?"

Well, English is a piece of cake - BUT it is not always easy to do the things you need to do to improve your skills.

It takes:

• time
• practice
• believing you can 

A few TIPS:  KISS

• watch TV series or movies in English (DVD or online) - start with 5 minutes at a time. 
• read an article or a book - keep it simple until you get used to it.
• practice with a friend, a colleague, etc. - say 5 minutes a week to begin

Happy Birthday America! Fourth of July - der Unabhängigkeitstag

Today is the Fourth of July or Independence Day: It's America's 235th birthday.

Independence Day also known as 4th of July is the birthday of the United States of America. It is celebrated on July 4th each year in the United States. It is the anniversary of the day on which the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress - July 4, 1776. The day they announced to the world that the 13 colonies no longer belonged to Great Britain.

Happy Fourth of July!

Sleep, Wake and Get Up

Germlish = My sleeping room is upstairs.

What you want to say: My bedroom is upstairs.

Germlish - I stand up at 6:00 am. 

What you want to say: I get up at 6:00 am.

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schlafen - to sleep

einschlafen - to fall asleep, to doze off, to drift off




aufwachen - to wake (up)

Wecker - alarm clock

aufstanden - to get up

Schlafzimmer - bedroom