The difference between “jeder” and “alle” can usually be boiled down to “every” versus “all”. “jeder” means each of the individual items referenced are included, while “alle” refers to the entirety of the group. When trying to say “every other…
German Verbs with Fixed Prepositions Don’t Exist German verbs with fixed prepositions don’t exist. In this lesson I will explain why some people think verbs with fixed prepositions exist, how this myth originated, and what you should really learn instead.…
Hallo, Deutschlerner. In dieser Lektion werde ich euch die Geschichte von Rapunzel erzählen. Da jeder diese Geschichte schon kennt, habe ich etwas besonderes für euch geschrieben. Diese Version des Märchens wurde im Präteritum geschrieben. Diese Geschichte hat mich immer verwirrt,…
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…
I may be a proponent of technology in the classroom, but physical flash cards are still the way to go for vocabulary review. Today I’m going to run down my ultimate guide to using physical flash cards to review vocabulary.…