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We’ve listened to you! Here finally we are presenting a Rammstein song: Sonne. The German words are quite easy and the song is very repetitive in a way, but it’s still open to a lot of interpretations and speculations. Grammar-wise we will look at some intermediate usages of numbers, and the culture section is dedicated to German school grades.
Listen to today’s song on Youtube. This is a song that should not be missing in any Rammstein fan’s collection, so if you like it, buy it from Amazon.com. International visitors will have to go to 7digital instead.
Peter Schilling’s song “Major Tom” is one of the most popular German songs of the Neue Deutsche Welle movement in Germany. It has even been translated to English and you may have heard it before - if so, you will definitely recognize the chorus, which has a very nice memorable melody. Discover Peter Schilling’s take on the tale of Major Tom, learn a lot of German words related to space (and not just those), understand Germany’s historic contribution to space research, perfect your knowledge of German participles… GermanPod101 helps you improve your German in a fun and interesting way!
Listen to an excerpt of today’s song at Amazon.com. Americans can also buy a legal mp3 of the full song right there; international visitors will have to go to 7digital instead.
Wolfsheim makes alternative music in German. Their title “Kein Zurück” is a pensive song, the perfect outset to explore the German mindset a bit more in this lesson, and give you valuable tips for your vacation in Germany, all while learning more important German grammar and vocabulary.
Listen to an excerpt of today’s song at Amazon.com. Americans can also buy a legal mp3 of the full song right there; international visitors will have to go to 7digital instead.
PUR is an evergreen German band, and while Indianer (Native Americans) doesn’t sound like a likely title for a German song, that should make today’s German lesson all the more interesting! Learn about a part of the German mindset that probably won’t be treated in any other course or lecture. Today’s vocabulary focus will be on words that you’ll absolutely need to understand Western references, plus in the grammar section we will cover the eternal question of when to use which of the German cases.
Listen to an excerpt of today’s song at Amazon.com. Americans can also buy a legal mp3 of the full song right there; international visitors will have to go to 7digital instead.
Category: Intermediate music lessons | 4 Comments »
Grammar: numbers, numbers in arguments, ordinal numbers | Function: analysing a song, making lists | Topic: astronomy, boxing, marks, music, school grades
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