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This business started out 10 years ago this month, in May of 2013. By mid-2015 this was a real part-time job, and now every week I teach two classes, over a dozen private lessons, and since I began teaching German back in 2010, I've taught a total of more than 5,550 hours of German.
Wir feiern heute! Wir feiern heute! We will celebrate today! Wir feiern heute!
In the episode/blog post you'll hear and see 10 of my favorite moments of the past 10 years – meine Lieblingsmomente der letzten 10 Jahre.
Sind Sie bereit? Los geht's!
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For those of you who don't know yet, I (Frau Warner) am also a classical singer and I love the Germanic repertoire. The Bel Canto Chorus here in Milwaukee, along with the Kettle Moraine Symphony, is performing Johannes Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) on May 21, 2023 at 3:00 pm.
If you're unfamiliar with the text, or would simply like to enjoy getting to know the text before the concert (or maybe you simply love music, like I do?!), these videos are for you!
In each video, one per movement for each of the seven movements, I pronounce the text in German and the English is on the right. You will also see single words and some phrases bolded because these are either easy to hear in the piece, they are words you will hear along the way through one of the movements, or they are significant in meaning and in the way Brahms set them to music.
I refer to them as 'anchor words.'
Viel Vergnügen!
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Read more: Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem with the Bel Canto Chorus
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What did we cover in German in 2021?
Really a lot!
From the podcast episodes to blog posts, and in each week of the Weekly German Practice, we covered a huge amount of material this year!
It's good to take a step back from time to time and to 'zoom out' so you can see the big picture.
Once you do that, you'll see exactly how much progress you've made this year, and I hope this episode is helpful.
PLUS you'll hear a run-down of all the countries that listeners to this podcast live in.
It's quite a lot of countries!
You can follow along with the country names, as they're all in German, and perhaps even learn a few new ones!
Then you'll hear your homework for the next couple of weeks, which is the right step to help you prepare for 2022.
Viel Spaß beim Hören!
N.B. While the GermanWithNicole.com Podcast no longer exists, you can still hear all of the audios here on the blog. The audios are available on the blog posts published between August 1, 2021 and October 1, 2024. Viel Spaß beim Hören!
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Frohe Festtage, frohe Weihnachten und kommen Sie gut ins neue Jahr!
N.B. The A1-A2-B1 German Sentence Structure Guide has been retired, as as such, is no longer available.
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It's a 'scary' time of year and to go along with it, here is your Brothers Grimm fairy tale in a video.
You might not know Der Kobold in der Mühle, however it's every bit as eery as the other fairy tales.
What does Kobold mean?
A Kobold is a "house spirit," a German folk being who takes care of household tasks and sometimes causes mischief. Britannica.com has a fantastic description of a Kobold that includes this important information:
"...mischievous household spirit who usually helps with chores...He is temperamental and becomes outraged when he is not properly fed. He sometimes sings to children."
Can you imagine that kind of Hausgeist being your Gute Nacht Geschichte? Creepy! There are different interpretations of what a Kobold would look like and a lot of them are pretty disturbing.
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Read more: Frau Warner reads aloud: "der Kobold in der Mühle" from the Brothers Grimm
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Here is a short exercise for you to practice two separable verbs in German: einatmen and ausatmen.
You may have noticed these two verbs in a blog post earlier this month, and to help you learn them even better, you'll use them in this exercise.
This may be the most relaxing German separable verbs exercise you'll find on the interwebs.
Here are the instructions in German. Scroll down to the flower to read the instructions in English.
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