One area of confusion for many beginner German students is the difference between the three personal pronouns "du", "Sie", and "ihr". In this blog post, I will explain the difference between them and how they are used in the German language. German students first encounter the three personal pronouns "du", "Sie" and "ihr" when they learn to conjugate German verbs in the present tense. The standard explanation is that "du" is the so-called informal you, which should only be used for people you're already familiar with, such as friends and family members, whereas "Sie" (also known as the formal ..read more

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As 2022 draws to a close, I'd like to wish everyone a happy 2023 or, in German, a "frohes neues Jahr". Let's hope it will be more peaceful than the last ..read more

Sign up for one of our new German courses with only 5 students per class and learn German taught by an excellent native tutor. Try your first class at £40 for a 90 minute session and then commit to only 5 classes at a time. "The most fun and informative German lessons available" -Kristyna M. There are many reasons to work with us- here are just five. ✅ Our German courses are taught by teachers from Germany with many years of tutoring experience who know how to teach the language properly. ​ ✅ 5 star reviews on Google​ and Trustpilot. ✅ With only 5 permanent students, our courses offer the id ..read more

A new year often comes with new beginnings and resolutions like learning another language. So why not kick off your journey to learn German with learning to say "Happy New Year" in the language. Just like wishing someone Merry Christmas in German, there are several ways to say "Happy New Year" in the language. In this post, I explain the different ways of how to wish someone all the best in the New Year. The most common way to wish someone Happy New Year in German is to say "Frohes neues Jahr!" (Joyous/Happy New Year!) This phrase is used both on New Year's Eve ("Silvester" in German) and wel ..read more

Do you want to learn how to say “please” and “thank you” in German? Then you have come to the right place. In this post, an experienced native German tutor explains the difference between 12 expressions of politeness in German. Thank you= Danke Danke is the most common and simple way to say “thank you” in German. It is the conjugated form of the verb “danken”(to thank) and is used with the -e ending as the short form of saying “I thank you” (Ich danke dir/Ihnen). “Danke” can be used in formal as well as informal settings alike. Be careful, though, as it is a verb that goes with the dative cas ..read more

Every day leading up to Christmas, I post fun facts about the German language. In the first part, I discussed the importance of the German language, in the second why English and German are sister languages, in the third the language’s love for compound nouns, in the fourth, the language’s longest words, and in the fifth, why all nouns are capitalised. Today, I will introduce you to German words that don’t exist in English. One of the most fun features of the German language is its tendency to create extremely specific words that express ideas in a more pointed way than in English or any othe ..read more

Every day leading up to Christmas, I post fun facts about the German language. In the first part, I discussed the importance of the German language, in the second why English and German are sister languages, in the third the language’s love for compound nouns, and in the fourth, the language’s longest words. Today, I will discuss why all nouns are capitalised. If you‘ve ever travelled to a German-speaking country, or read a text in German, you might have been confused to see so many capital letters. That’s because all nouns in German are written with capital letters, whereas in English only p ..read more

Every day leading up to Christmas, I post fun facts about the German language. In the first part, I discussed the importance of the German language, in the second why English and German are sister languages, in the third the language’s love for compound nouns, and in the fourth, the language’s longest words. Today, I will discuss why all nouns are capitalised. If you‘ve ever travelled to a German-speaking country, or read a text in German, you might have been confused to see so many capital letters. That’s because all nouns in German are written with capital letters, whereas in English only p ..read more

Every day leading up to Christmas, I post fun facts about the German language. The first part discussed the importance of the German language, the second why English and German are sister languages, the third the language’s love for compound nouns. Today, I will discuss the longest words in the German language. Owing to the language’s obsession with compound nouns, it’s no surprise that things can get a bit excessive when too many words are put together. This is particularly true for the infamous German bureaucracy. German bureaucrats just love rules and regulations a bit too much and give th ..read more