Your help would be much appreciated... What does "Lass dich umarmen" mean? Danke!
It literally means “Let yourself be hugged”, which would then usually be translated to “hugs (and kisses)” when found at the end of a letter (:
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Your help would be much appreciated... What does "Lass dich umarmen" mean? Danke!
It literally means “Let yourself be hugged”, which would then usually be translated to “hugs (and kisses)” when found at the end of a letter (:

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Hallo :) Wiesst du, wie man ein "Pen Pal" findet? I've just started learning German this year and I think a pen pal would be incredibly helpful. So, in case my sentence didn't make sense, where can one find a pen pal? And what's a "pen pal" auf Deutsch?
Hallo!
Auf Deutsch heißt pen pal Brieffreund/-in und hier findest du den Link, den du suchst (:
Hey there!
Dessen and deren can only be used when referring to the possession of a object (not subject) and, like you've mentioned, is usually used to make the "possessor" of something less ambiguous.
Here's a short explanation with examples:
dessen/sein und deren/ihr
Die rückweisenden Genitivformen dessen und deren können wie sein und ihr vor einem Nomen stehen:
Sie begrĂĽĂźte ihren Bruder und dessen/seine Freundin. Wir sind mit der Kommission und deren/ihrer Arbeit zufrieden.
Dabei können dessen und deren sich nicht auf das Subjekt des Satzes beziehen:
Maria traf zusammen mit deren Freund ein.
Es muss sich hier um den Freund einer anderen, vorher genannten weiblichen Person handeln. Da Maria das Subjekt ist, kann nur ihr sich auf sie beziehen:
Maria traf zusammen mit ihrem Freund ein.
Deshalb können dessen und deren verwendet werden, um gewisse mehrdeutige Sätze eindeutig zu formulieren:
Herr MĂĽller geht mit Anton und seiner Schwester weg. Herr MĂĽller geht mit Anton und dessen Schwester weg.
Im ersten Satz kann es sich um die Schwester von Herrn MĂĽller oder die Schwester von Anton handeln. Im zweiten Satz handelt es sich eindeutig um Antons Schwester, weil dessen sich nicht auf das Subjekt des Satzes, Herr MĂĽller, beziehen kann.
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If used as mentioned above (i.e. only when referring to a object of the sentence), it is grammatically correct and I'm not sure why your German friends would correct you. Perhaps they were confused about who the "possessor" is and not you :)
hallo! als ich an der uni war hab ich deutsch studiert. ich wohn jetzt in japan und habs n bissn schwer gefunden, mein deutsch zu üben (also im real. seit 4 monaten hab ich gar kein deutsch gesprochen!) die blogs, die du da am neben hast, sind eher fürs lernen (oda so scheints). ich brauch was fürs üben... wärs möglich hier ne gruppe oda was zu machen? also was mit webcams oda so damit wir deutsch richtig sprechen können? wer würde dran teilnehmen?
Hallo!
Danke fĂĽr die Idee! Ich schreibe jetzt auf Englisch weiter, damit jeder das verstehen kann.
Here’s a website where you could practice your “real-time” German. Simply list German as a language you’re learning (and your fluency level) and Livemocha will help you find native speakers to chat with:
http://livemocha.com/
You could also search for German tandem partners in Japan, though I honestly don’t know
how many Germans there are living in Japan (or the city you’re living in now specifically)
how many of them are looking for tandem partners
Another option is to look for a German Stammtisch in Japan, pop by, and mention your interest in practising your German. I’m sure someone would love to help :)
Are there any FYDers interested in the idea of practising their German with other FYDers? If there’s enough interest, I’ll try to get something up and running :)
Hi there! I wonder if you could help me out by signal boosting a survey? I am looking for American participants who spent time in Germany as an exchange student. The project is about exchange students and bilingualism, and the study is here: bit (.) ly/17g26zu - it should take about 20 minutes. I need responses by Wednesday 4/10. Danke schön! I really appreciate it!
Sure thing :) Sorry for posting this a little late!
American exchange students in Germany - click here to do the survey!

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Huge confusing with "Diese" and "Das", when and how to know using them in context ??
Hey there!
It’s actually not that confusing and very similar to English :)
“Dies” corresponds to “this” and “das” corresponds to “the/that”. Here are some examples to help you:
Dieser Dom wurde 1469 erbaut.This cathedral was built in 1469.Der Dom wurde 1469 erbaut.The cathedral was built in 1469.Â
Diese Schriftstellerin ist sehr bekannt.This author is very famous.Die Schriftstellerin ist sehr bekannt. The author is very famous.Â
Dieses Buch ist sehr interessant.This book is very interesting.Das Buch ist sehr interessant.The book is very interesting.Dieses Buch hier ist zwar interessant, aber das da finde ich noch interessanter.This book here is interesting, but I think that one there is better.
Other common phrases:
dies und das / dies und jenesthis and that
dies, das und anderes / dies, das und jenesthis, that and the other
bald dies, bald dasone moment this, the next (moment) thatÂ
im Dies- und Jenseitsin this world and the nextÂ
all dies / dies allesall (of) thisall das / das allesall (of) that
Hope that answered your question!
I'm doing A-Level German, and I'm not satisfied with my progress in German throughout the five odd years I've been studying it :') Was empfehlen Sie, um mein Deutsch dramatisch zu verbessern? Vielen Dank! :-)
Hey there!
Different people learn differently so, unfortunately, I can’t tell you how you could improve your German dramatically without knowing your learning methods so far.
What I can tell you, though, is how I improved mine - by immersing myself in the language as much as possible. More tips can be found here :)
Hope to have helped!
Can you please explain the german word order? :) love this blog btw, it's been a huge help.
Hey there! Glad to know FYD’s been helpful :)
I did a post on German syntax a while back that you may find helpful, click here to see it!
Another thing German teachers love to teach when it comes to sentence structure is TeKaMoLo.
What on earth is that?
Temporal - wann?
Kausal - warum?
Modal - wie?
Lokal - wo?
All it really means is that you’re supposed to structure your sentence so that it answers the “Wann? Warum? Wie? Wo?” in that order. Even after learning German for 6 years I still refuse to think of it as TeKaMoLo; I simply remember “wann, warum, wie, wo” - that’s easier for me.
How TeKaMoLo is used …
Ich bin gegangen.I went.
Now let’s add a little more information to this sentence:
gestern Abend (temporal - wann)
wegen des langen Tages (kausal - warum)
sehr erschöpft (modal - wie)
ins Bett (lokal - wo)
What would the order for the above information be?
For the most neutral-sounding sentence, it should be:Ich bin gestern Abend wegen des langen Tages sehr erschöpft ins Bett gegangen.I went to bed exhausted last night because of the long day I had.As you can see, it follows the TeKaMoLo rule:gestern Abend (1 - temporal/wann)wegen des langen Tages (2 - kausal/warum)sehr erschöpft (3 - modal/wie)ins Bett (4 - lokal/wo)
However, it’s not wrong if you choose to move one element to another position (the rest must follow the order); the emphasis of the sentence will simply change:
Gestern Abend bin ich wegen des langen Tages sehr erschöpft ins Bett gegangen.Think: Last night and not any other night, I went to bed …
Wegen des langen Tages bin ich gestern Abend sehr erschöpft ins Bett gegangen.Think: Because of the long day I had and not because of anything else, I went to bed …
Sehr erschöpft bin ich gestern Abend wegen des langen Tages ins Bett gegangen.Think: I didn’t just go to bed, I went to bed utterly exhausted.
Ins Bett bin ich gestern Abend wegen des langen Tages sehr erschöpft gegangen.Think: It was to bed that I went exhausted and not anywhere else.Note: This particular construction sounds a little strange here, probably due to the lack of context.
Hope that helped! Feel free to ask if something’s unclear! :)