#german tips

German text with words from English

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How does the verb stehe works?

The difference between studieren and lernen can be difficult for students of German to understand, especially English speakers. 

Usually, it would be accurate to translate studieren as to study and lernen as to learn. 

Meine Freundin studiert Biologie. My girlfriend is studying biology.

Alex muss lesen lernen. Alex has to learn how to read.

However, in the context of studying a specific chapter, studying for an exam or revising, native German speakers will say lernen instead of studieren.

Ich studiere lerne seit drei Stunden, weil ich morgen einen Test schreibe. I have been studying for three hours because I’m writing a test tomorrow.

Studieren implies both visiting a university or college OR reading/examining/watching something with scrutiny. The following sentence would be a correct use of the latter meaning:

Der Anwalt runzelte die Stirn während er die Akten studierte. The lawyer furrowed his brows while he studied the files.

So a few months ago when I started using Lingvist, I was saving the Grammar Tips on my computer, in case I wanted it offline. There are some really useful stuff, so after I finally have it all in a Google Doc (it’s pretty much copy and paste, I started out with prints but...). So, yeah, I feel that it’s easier to read a Google Doc or search when you need, than come back to the site every time.

Today, I thought I would share with everyone a little German tip I learnt whilst learning German! I think I’m going to make this a thing on here, where I share some of my German tips!

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Tip #1: The first one I want to share is to change your phone’s language into German. 

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How to:

For iPhone: Go to the settings app>general>language & region> device language>select desired language 

For Android:  Go to the settings app>general>language & input > language >select desired language

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The German word for because is weil (pronounced like vile). When you use weil in a sentence, the structure of the rest of the sentence is changed. Instead of ‘subject’, ‘verb’, then ‘object’ it changes to ‘subject’, ‘object’, then ‘verb’. An easy way to remember this is by saying: 

“Weil makes the verb run for miles”

This is a simple way to remember to move the verb to the end of your sentence. Oh and don’t forget to add a comma right before ‘weil’. Here are some examples:

Without weil: Ich lese gern. Bucher sind toll.

With weil: Ich lese gern, weil Bucher toll sind.