‘Öffentliche Einrichtungen’ came up as a topic when someone asked about the word ‘öffentlich‘. The topic is great for basic vocabulary practice of everything around towns and cities. More advanced groups can check the wikipedia entry: Öffentliche Einrichtung – Wikipedia
Öffentliche Einrichtungen sind z.B.:
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Compound verbs are also known in German grammar descriptions as ‘Trennbare Verben’. They are basically verbs that consist of a base (root) verb and a particle in prefix position. Check post on one specific example: Compound verbs: TEILNEHMEN (A2/B1)
Machen can translate into the English DO or MAKE depending on meaning or context of use. Most often, I would carefully claim, DO is the favored choice.
The distinction between DO and MAKE can cause problems for German speakers learning English, and a very common mistake Germans make is overusing MAKE. Though there is a second word of similar meaning – TUN, the differences between the two are not the same as the differences between DO and MAKE. Here we will focus on MACHEN and ignore TUN for the time being. We will also see how sentences with MACHEN translate into English if the best choice is not a form of DO or MAKE.
Wir wollen gemeinsam einen Zoo oder einen Tierpark besuchen. Da wir alle in Hannover wohnen, fahren wir dort zuerst hin. Es gibt aber noch andere Orte, die wir besuchen können, die in der Nähe sind wie z.B. den Serengeti Park oder den Tierpark in Hamburg.
And their derivations…
In a recent meeting, we looked at the two prepositions NACH and VOR. A class member was confused by all the derivations and how they behaved differently grammatically in sentences. So we looked at several examples and tried to find patterns.
My post The most frequent German Verbs (Part 1) | only takes a grammatical look at some frequent German verbs and classically lists their conjugated forms. However, if you want to internalize words, it is crucial to listen to how they are used in context and notice the other words they frequently collocate with.
As the verb WISSEN is one that recently came up in one of my classes, I will use it to demonstrate what I mean.
This post offers further practice for the German perfect form that we use to talk about the past. It is pattern (grammar) oriented and an addition to the post How to speak about the past – Die Vergangenheit
When it comes to the German verb WERDEN, you will realize that translation to English as an aid to comprehension and learning reaches its limits. In the end, German is not English translated (and vice versa).