eyesmadeofcoal asked: hi! I just wanted to let you know about a pretty cool site [well, it is in my book] that gives you a panoramic view of most major German cities. it's also interactive! :D
http://www.panorama-cities.net/

Thank you for sharing this great website! :)

Anonymous asked: is there any good online classes? I have a bit of knowledge of German from high school German 1 but, i want to expand my grammar and vocab thanks :)

Unfortunately I don’t know about any good online classes.

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justinw1995 asked: Before school let out for the summer, I would sit in German class and routinely ask "Wo ist mein Pferd?!" and see the confused expressions on my classmates' faces, just for the laughs.
Are there any other easy-to-remember, one-syllable words in German that would prove interesting in conversation?

Why would you ask “Where’s my horse?” LOL. That’s hilarious and doesn’t make any sense ;) Anyway… there are tons of one-syllable words in German… of course it depends on the conversation which ones you wanna use, so I’m not sure I can “recommend” any. But if you want to talk more about animals, some of them are one-syllable words ;) e.g. der Hund (dog), die Maus (mouse), die Kuh (cow) etc.

piratesandindians asked: Hallo! Was ist der Unterschied zwischen 'antworten' und 'beantworten'? Veilleicht braucht 'antworten' ein Akkusativobjekt? Gibt es andrere Wörter wie das? Auch in welcher Stadt wohnen Sie? Ich bin nur neugierig. (Wenn Sie das schon sagten, tut es mir leid.) Ich wohnte in Salzburg, und mag es wann Sie über den Süden sprechen....und hoffentlich war mein Deutsch verständlich! Tschüß!

(Hi! What's the difference between 'antworten' and 'beantworten'? Maybe does 'antworten' require a direct object? Are there any other words like this? Also, what city do you live in? I'm just curious. [If you've said this already, I'm sorry.] I lived in Salzburg and like it when you speak about the south...and hopefully was my German understandable! Bye!)

First of all - thanks for asking in German but also translating your question to English!

The difference between “antworten” and “beantworten” (both translate to “reply” “answer” “respond”) is very difficult to explain. But you’re almost right ;) it has something to do with the object.

“beantworten” takes an accusative object. e.g. “Ich werde deine Email morgen beantworten.” = I’ll reply to your email tomorrow. or: “Diese Frage ist schwer zu beantworten.” = This question is hard to respond to.

“antworten” takes a dative object and also needs a preposition: e.g. “Ich werde morgen auf deine Email antworten.” “Es ist schwer auf diese Frage zu antworten.”

You also use “antworten” for direct speeches e.g. “Ein Kaffee, bitte”, antwortete sie. = “One coffee please”, she answered. So “antworten” also works without an object.

There are similar verbs e.g. arbeiten / bearbeiten; zahlen / bezahlen; kämpfen / bekämpfen etc.

I live in Nürnberg by the way :) Salzburg is a beautiful city :)

rykru asked: I know that "Es gibt" and "Es gab" used for "there is/are" and "there was/were" - but what is the common way to say "there will be..." Es wird ..{}.. geben?

Exactly right! :) “Es wird… geben.”

hotvvheels asked: My wife is German, now what?

Holy crap. ;) Always be on time and keep everything in order. Hehe. ;)

drmcmuffin asked: I am on my Basic Elementary German.

Can you give some tips on how to learn articles of nouns? Are there any patterns you know?

I’ve recently posted some gender hints for nouns. PART 1. PART 2. PART 3.

However, there’s no real pattern you can rely on completely. Most of the time you’ll have to learn the articles by heart. *sigh*

johnaaay asked: Do you know any german websites that has disney movies dubbed? I'm trying to get back into learning german. (:
Oh, and I love your banner on top of your blog. It's really cute XD

Unfortunately I don’t! But if you stumble upon something, please let us know :) (oh and - thank you :))

jmaticirony asked: I'm watching the German version of the children's language show Muzzy and they keep using "Ich bin hungrig." However, I've always been taught to use "Ich habe Hunger." Is there much of a difference? I have never heard the former said in any of my German classes.

Both is correct. But “Ich habe Hunger” is used more frequently :)