Maja Latawiec

When I was still living in Germany, every weekend I would see the opening of the vegetable and fruit market through my window. It attracted quite a large number of…

A few years ago, when I was still living in Germany, I went with friends to Oktoberfest. They told me that it was the biggest festival of the year and…

As a student of German philology, I spent every vacation in Germany. I wanted to brush up on my language skills, and I always believed that staying in a foreign…

In German we distinguish between two past tenses: Präteritum and Perfekt. The difference in meaning between these tenses is very small. In some cases, they can be used interchangeably (especially…

Mastering the conjugation of German irregular verbs is very important for communication, since they occur very often in the language and describe important actions and states. An interesting fact is…

Anyone who studied the language at school knows very well what irregular verbs are in German. I still remember my first lesson, where I was given a photocopied sheet with…

In this article, I’ll introduce you to the best German movies and show you by my own example that watching movies is one of the best ways to learn a…

Modal verbs (die Modalverben) have the ability to modify the meaning of other verbs in a sentence. That’s where their name comes from – they modulate other verbs. This group…

Modal verbs (die Modalverben) change the meaning of other verbs in a sentence – that’s where their name comes from, i.e. they modulate other verbs. They include können, wollen, müssen,…

Modal verbs (die Modalverben) modify (or modulate) the meaning of other verbs in a sentence, which is where their name comes from. They require a different verb to be at…