Author Archive | Michael Cristiano

Dative Pronouns in German

Dative pronouns are everywhere in German—you need them to talk about a lot of everyday topics, like asking for …

Do you have Tomaten auf dem Augen (tomatoes on your eyes) when it comes to your German food vocabulary?…

Streaming services like Netflix provide us with access to movies and shows from all over the world. This means we …

Knowing some animal vocabulary in German is infinitely useful for talking about nature, the world at large and even interactions …

Alexa has some surprising abilities. A generation ago, who would’ve thought that a digital personal assistant (read: practically a robot…

There are certain words and phrases that every language uses on the daily. If you can learn these cool German …

What comes to mind when I say “German language”? Is it castles, Biergärten (beer gardens) and pretzels? Or is it …

The best way to learn German is by practicing efficiently and intelligently—not just studying a lot. That’s exactly what …

Many German expressions have layers of meaning beyond the literal definitions of their words. “Tomatoes on the eyes”? What’s that …

GermanPod101 has carved a name for itself in the German language learning community with its combination of audio and video …