Ela Wonderland

Origin: German

To any non-Germans out there: 

You can’t just add or take away the dots above ä, ö, and ü willy-nilly. It changes the whole sound of the letter and the meaning of the word!!! Also: “ß” is NOT “B” !!!

“Schwül” (humid) and “schwul” (gay) are not the same! “Scheiße” (shit) and “Scheibe” (slice, disk) are also not the same!!!

Here’s what to do instead:

ä = ae, e.g. Fähre = Faehre

ö = oe, e.g. können = koennen

ü = ue, e.g. Tür = Tuer

Weihnachten war als ich klein war sehr von Rolf Zuckowski (dts. Musiker, vor allem für seine Kindellieder bekannt) geprägt. Besonders dieses Album: "Stille Nächte - helles Licht" (weniger Kinder-auslegt)

https://open.spotify.com/album/2LmMH14BnYYZtJGd7VJbGu?si=-mxY05PKSrGgCkMUIx4tbQ&utm_source=copy-link

Origin: German

arm (adj) dran sein (v) - to be unfortunate/in a bad position/suffering

Arm (n) dran - attached arm

Arm (n) ab - detached arm

dran <—> ab - attached <—> detached

The German TV channel ARD is filming loads of German fairy tales and uploading them for free on their website!

Most of them are just 60 minutes long.

The films are in German with German subtitles and they even offer some versions with audio description and German Sign Language (DGS)!

Here’s a list with links to the films:

“Schneewittchen” (Snow White): film, audio version

“Aschenputtel” (Cinderella): film, DGS version

“Rotkäppchen” (Red Riding Hood): film

“Der Geist im Glas” (The Spirit in the Bottle): DGS version

“Das Märchen von den 12 Monaten” (The Fairytale of the 12 Months): film

“Die drei Königskinder” (The Three Children of the King): film

“Die Sterntaler” (The Star Money): film

“Hänsel und Gretel”: film

“Nussknacker und Mausekönig” (The Nut Cracker and the Mouse King): film, audio version, DGS version

“Der starke Hans” (Strong Hans): film, DGS version

“Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern” (The Little Match Girl): film, audio version, DGS version

“Vom Fischer und seiner Frau” (The Fisherman and His Wife): film

“Das singende, klingende Bäumchen” (The Singing Ringing Tree): film

“Der Meisterdieb” (Masterthief): film

“Das tapfere Schneiderlein” (The Valiant Little Tailor): film, DGS version

“Das blaue Licht” (The Blue Light): film

“Die drei Federn” (The Three Feathers): film, audio version

“König Drosselbart” (King Thrushbeard): film

“Das Wasser des Lebens” (The Water of Life): film, audio version

“Allerleirauh” (All-Kinds-Of-Fur): film, DGS version

“Das Märchen vom goldenen Taler” (The Story of the Golden Thaler): film, DGS version

“Der Froschkönig” (The Frog Prince): film, audio version, DGS version

“Des Kaisers neue Kleider” (The Emperor’s New Clothes): film, audio version, DGS version

“Der Prinz im Bärenfell” (The Prince in the Bearskin): film

“Die kleine Meerjungfrau” (The Little Mermaid): film, audio version, DGS version

“Rumpelstilzchen”: film, audio version

“Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten (The Town Musicians of Bremen): film, DGS version

“Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren” (The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs): film, audio version

“Die zertanzten Schuhe” (The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes): film, audio version, DGS version

“Die Galoschen des Glücks” (The Galoshes of Fortune): film, DGS version

“Der gestiefelte Kater” (Puss in Boots): film, DGS version

“Brüderchen und Schwesterchen” (Little Brother and Little Sister): film, audio version, DGS version

“Die Salzprinzessin” (The Salt Princess): film, audio version, DGS version

“Dornröschen” (The Sleeping Beauty): film, audio version, DGS version

“Das Märchen von der Regentrude” (The Rainmaiden): film, audio version, DGS version

“Helene die wahre Braut” (The True Bride): film, audio version, DGS version

“Hans im Glück” (Hans in Luck): film, audio version

“Der Schweinehirt” (The Swineherd): film, audio version, DGS version

“Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen” (A Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear): film, audio version, DGS version

“Die kluge Bauerntochter” (The Peasant’s Wise Daughter): film, audio version, DGS version

“Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot” (Snow-White and Rose-Red): film, audio version, DGS version

“Die Gänsemagd” (The Goose Girl): film

“Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse” (The Princess and the Pea): film

“Prinzessin Maleen” (Princess Maleen): film, audio version

“Siebenschön” (Pretty-as-seven): film

“Tischlein deck dich” (The Wishing-Table): film, audio version, DGS version

“Das Märchen vom Schlaraffenland” (The Story of the Land of Plenty): film

“Jorinde und Joringel”: film, audio version

(Day 20/50 days of immersion)

There is a ONLINE LIBRARY of German books, magazines, movies and more. It's FREE (and legal I guess since it's the Goethe Institute who's behind it) for people learning German who don't live in Germany (from what I understood at least)!

(You can navigate the site in English too if needed)

It's by the Goethe Institute (them again! If you're learning German you might have already heard of them).

Setting up an account is a little tricky (need to create an account then go to the settings of the account on the Goethe Institute website to "activate" the library on the other website or something) but then you can access the books and other resources... for FREE and LEGALLY?