A long time ago, when I first asked my German friend Chris “what’s the deal with small talk in Germany?” he replied, “it’s too much for us” and “German small talk is a nod of the head.”
I laughed at …
Imagine your body is the German language.
Your organs are the four major language skills (speaking, listening, writing and reading).
Your blood is German vocabulary, with the blood vessels being prefixes, phrasal verbs, collocations and word order.
But to keep …
German words are legendary.
Their length can be epic. Their consonant combinations, mind-boggling.
Freundschaftsspiel (friendly game).
Lebensabschnittspartner (current companion).
Fahrvergnügen (pleasure found in driving).
Before we hop on die Autobahn (the highway) of German learning, let’s take a look at …
“It was Professor Plum, in the billiard room, with the candlestick!”
Do you remember playing Clue?
The name of the game was figuring out whodunnit, but it was fun just to move around the board and take those secret passageways. …
Pepper, chili powder, Italian herbs, tamarind, salt and ginger.
Do you know what these seasonings have in common?
You can use them all year round! And just like the seasons we all experience, they come and go in our …
A stethoscope and a white coat do not a doctor make.
And fluency in German isn’t just about knowing how to say “Danke” or “Sprechen Sie Deutsch?”
In fact, there’s much more that goes into specializing in medicine—and mastering the …
Everyone likes a go-getter. And the benefits of saying “yes” are well documented.
Saying “yes” leads to more opportunities, more rich experiences and more surprises in life. It’s exciting to find out what’s behind the next door and be involved …