Henriette gave me a Mark Twain book for my birthday. It was The Awful German Language. However, it is the story itself, along with the German translation along side the English. So each English page has its German translation on the facing page! This will dramatically increase my reading speed by breaking my reliance on […]
Those who know us here in München know that we’ve not had the best luck with hot water. Despite the other wonderful qualities of our flat the water has been rather fickle. All through the winter the pressure has been just low enough not to trigger the water heater. The result: Waiting for hot water, […]
A friend of mine often says “Ich melde mich” in her text messages. It means “I’ll let you know.” I think it’s odd in its reflexivity: “I’ll let you know” is a reasonable translation, but literally I think it means “I’ll notify me.” But I guess the meaning is “I’ll let you know about me/my […]
I saw this word in a newspaper article wherein one excited-looking middle aged woman was quoted as saying “Die Show muss weitergehen.” So, from that context I suppose it’s obvious that the word means “go on” or “continue.” Lutz mentioned that it is also common to hear it used by police at, say, a crime […]