Fantastic Features we don’t have in the English Language
Well, of course, you can discuss about it – but these are very exciting thoughts, enjoy!
About German Verbs – a song
Irregular verbs are a challenge in many languages. Most of us remember learning by heart long lists of Latin, English or German verbs: singen – sang – gesungen ; sing – sang – sung; canto – cantavi – cantatum This video features a song with rhymes and rhythm to make learning easier:
Review of Springer: That sounds like Spanish to me!
Bernd FW Springer: Das kommt mir spanisch vor ! Einführung in die deutsch-spanische Kommunikation. (That sounds like Spanish to me! Introduction into the German-Spanish communication.) Munich, iudicium, 2012; 277 pages, 28 euros. Arne has already written a lot on this blog about the importance of culture: About the importance not only of learning the language,…
Anatomy and emotions
We often use metaphors or figures of speech to express our emotions: for example, love is located in the heart … but is this really true for all languages? Farsi is a good example that this assignment of emotions to certain parts of our body isn’t as universal as it seems: „to jigare mani“ means…