A while back I discovered a song by Namika called “Zirkus”. There is a lot one can learn from this song about the German language. Rather than do my usual lyrical analysis one line at a time, I thought I would try a bit of a different style. I’ll take you topic by topic as …
Exmustamus, Cruchifixus, Murisuri, Extraspection, Exmustamus, Cruchifixus, Lumine, Extraspection These eight lines of “Zeig dich” by Rammstein are not actually German. In fact, with one exception, “Lumine”, as far as I can tell, they aren’t even Latin, which is what I originally thought they were. I could make some assumptions based on the Latin words that …
In this week’s lyrical analysis video I talked about subordinate clauses in German with the song “Ich will nur” by Philipp Poisel. This song mostly uses the subordinating conjunctions that I talked about in the post about the song “Traum” by Cro. Since I have obviously covered that already in a very similar post, I …
German Demonstrative Pronouns – Ich will nur – Philipp Poisel Read More »
Did you know you can use the song “Gewinner” by Clueso to learn how to conjugate German verbs in the present tense? In this post I will teach you the basics of conjugation in the present tense in German with the song “Gewinner” by Clueso. As an added bonus you will learn more with the …
Regular & Irregular Verb Conjugation – Gewinner & Verlierer – Clueso Read More »
This week’s German Learning Tip of the Week video teaches you the Perfekt tense in German with Nena’s song “In meinem Leben“. This song is a sentimental look back at the things that Nena has done in her life. It uses das Perfekt with a bunch of different verbs. While listening to this song you …
