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Would you like to learn more German?
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Of course, there are many more than 5 reasons, however here are 5 of those reasons to read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
I read it several years ago, and several of my clients have read it, and they keep recommending it to their spouses and friends.
It is one of the very few books I have read which moved me so deeply I had to stop reading at some moments and cry or simply take in the words. There is a vivid memory I have, sitting in my zero-gravity chair on the balcony beneath the Lindenbaum in a previous apartment, and the wave of an emotion that swept up in me at one particular point in the book, and it moved me so deeply in part because I read it in German.
Die Bücherdiebin.
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Die Uhr means "the watch."
Die Schweiz means Switzerland.
Coincidence?
I think not.
In seriousness, though, I grew up with the preconception that all Swiss watches were extraordinarily expensive. Sehr teuer.
Then I discovered this Swiss watch company and discovered that you CAN buy a high quality, Swiss watch for under $500.
Ausgezeichnet.
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- Category: German culture and food
Giving a tip in German is ein Trinkgeld geben or simply Trinkgeld geben.
It's different from the US, and in this episode you'll learn:
- how much to tip for a coffee
- how much to tip for an inexpensive, sit-down lunch
- how much to tip for a nicer dinner out
And you'll learn what to say when you give the tip.
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- Category: German vocabulary
This month clients in the group classes and private lessons are learning about Austria. They have access to an online lesson with typical Austrian phrases and expressions and we also had a Konversationskurs, a Conversation Class, all about Austria.
Here you get to learn some of what my clients have learned about Austria this month, including how to pronounce Österreich.
Vokabeln:
Österreich = Austria
das Bundesland, die Bundesländer = states
Austria's states: Vorarlberg, Tirol, Salzburg, Oberösterreich, Niederösterreich, Wien, Burgenland, Steiermark, Kärnten
Bordering countries: Liechtenstein, Deutschland, Tschechien, die Slowakei, Ungarn, Slowenien, Italien, die Schweiz
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Ope! Almost forgot to tell you this important thing about greetings in the Germanic cultures.
Although we have loads of people with German heritage in Wisconsin, and Charlie Berens has taught us the brilliance of the phrase "Tell your folks I says hi," here, this custom doesn't require as many elements as in the Germanic countries.
There, in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, it's different. And it's important. It's an important cultural custom that gets overlooked frequently if you don't know what to look for.
This is called Grüße bestellen (giving regards/"Charlie says hi"), and that's what you'll learn today.
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