Osterfilm – Die Hӓschenschule: Jagd nach dem Goldenen Ei

Almost every child knows of the story Easter Bunny – a hare (not a rabbit) who goes around hiding colourful eggs, which the children then have to find on Easter morning. What many people may not know is:  that the Easter Bunny was originally German! There’s an old but classic 1924 German children’s book called…

Das christliche Passionspiel für Oster – The Christian passion play for Easter

The stage in Oberammergau where the passion plays in Germany are performed/ Die Buhne in Oberammergau, wo die Passionspeile in Deutschland wird aufgefuhrt. For Christians, the real meaning of Easter is nothing to do with chocolate eggs or Easter bunnies – it is a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ in the Christian tradition.…

When Interests Collide: Howards Ehrengedächtnis – Goethe

Blue plaques in a fluffy cotton cloud - made by the children and adults around the old house of Luke Howard, the classifier of the clouds. From the Tottenham Clouds website. Luke Howard, classifier of the clouds. 28 November 1772 – 21 March 1864 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), the celebrated German author and poet, was…

Adventure Time, Ich erinne mich an dich)

Video: Adventure Time: Ich erinne mich an dich So I haven't been posting as much as I'd like to, due to being at university studying German, and also due to not exactly knowing how this language-learning blog will go. Now I think I know. Verbs! Reflexive verbs, imperative verbs, modal verbs, verbs in the first…

German Christmas Songs

Yup, its nearly Christmas! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixaIMdY9mHQ&spfreload=10

Pokemon Translation Game- Water type gym

Jumping straight into the water - here it is! https://quizlet.com/146719458/pokemon-translation-game-water-type-gym-flash-cards/ Squirtle, Blastoise and Wartortle (Schiggy, Schlok und Turtok) Squirtle in English is from squirt (to shoot water, such as when Squirtle uses Water Gun) and turtle. The Japanese name ‘zenigame’ literally means pond turtle. In German, ‘Schiggy’ comes from ‘die Schildkrӧte’, a turtle. So clearly…

Pokemon Translation Game!

I made a game called 'Who's That Pokemon - Translation'. It's a game that takes both my interests in Pokemon and languages, and fuses them together. As you probably know, Pokemon was originally a Japanese anime, but is loved across the world. This means that the names of Pokemon often need to be translated into…