Welcome to Berlin Friends Club!
Posted by: lehrergehrke on: 10. June 2009
Berlin Friends Club is a place to meet and make friends internationally in a warm and friendly atmosphere. We meet every Tuesday without fail at 19:30 at Asia Market in Kochstr. near Kochstr. U-Bahn station at the bus stop of M29 bus to the city centre, just around the corner of Checkpoint Charlie. Max, Ralph and the others will give you a cordial welcome.
Our club is non-commercial and non-partisan. There is no entrance or membership fee and no membership application. You just drop in and have a good time. No programme schedule, no chairman. There is only one objective: People making contacts, talking, exchanging information, helping each other out and accepting each other.
For more information, contact Max at maxy@online.de or Ralph at gehrke.blankenfelde@arcor.de.
Schadenfreude, Geisterfahrer and other curious words
Posted by: lehrergehrke on: 8. November 2009
Berlin Friends Club is a place where you can get information about foreign languages and improve your command of English!
So we came across some words which we would like to get straight in both languages:
- Schadenfreude: This is a word which exists the same in both languages. Yes, it is schadenfreude in English, too! Does this mean, that malicious joy is something typically German????
Well, I don´t know!!! - Geisterfahrer: This is rather tricky. LEO dictionary gives the phrase motorist driving against the traffic on motorways, a rather complicated way to express a single word. So does this mean that a single word does not exist in English? Not by all means: A LEO forum tells us that the Daily Mail uses the word wrong-way driver.
- Kinky is an English word, and it denominates that something is abnormal, pervert or the like. It may mean curly, as well. In German, it would mean abnorm, pervers, schrullig, abartig, verdreht, verkorkst. So it has a lot of different meanings, and it can be used in many different contexts.
- For the German word Esskastanie, LEO gives the word chestnut, as well as the word edible chestnut, but in our Friends meeting we also found the word sweet chestnut.
So you can see that at Berlin Friends Club, you can really learn how to express yourself. Hope to be able to welcome you at one of our meetings.
See you then!
Berlin Friends Club, the international location to meet people
Posted by: lehrergehrke on: 6. October 2009
If you want to be international in Berlin, Friends Club is the right place to meet. Last Tuesday, there were people from Turkey, Uzbekistan, India and Germany, about 20 of them. Joining the meeting is the best you can do on chilly, damp autumn days in Berlin. So hope to see you tonight or at any Tuesday at 19:30 in Asia Market near Checkpoint Charly!
Autumn in Berlin – friends meet
Posted by: lehrergehrke on: 14. September 2009
A beautiful autumn day is forecast for tomorrow – the day which is scheduled for the FRIENDS meeting. Make it a point to join us to finish off a beautiful day. We look forward to meeting you!
FRIENDS in the heat!
Posted by: lehrergehrke on: 1. September 2009
What a gorgeous day in Berlin! Although I couldn´t be with you last Tue, I am looking forward to seeing all of you tonight. Warm enough to sit outside and have a beautiful summer´s evening.
Summertime is great for FRIENDS!
Posted by: lehrergehrke on: 23. August 2009
Last Tuesday, we were a bit slow starting, but finally with about 15 of us from different countries. And here´s something you can learn from your FRIENDS: Did you know there are 145 languages in India? And I mean languages, not dialects or accents. Every language has its own language system. All kids learn Hindi and English at school to communicate.
Want more of that or make and meet friends? Join us next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.!
Berlin Friends still meet!
Posted by: lehrergehrke on: 17. August 2009
If you are on holiday, don´t worry. Friends Club is still there! We meet every Tuesday without fail, so make it a point to drop in even tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. to make and meet friends in a warm and friendly atmosphere. Weather is gorgeous in Berlin, and everybody loves to see you!
Dabbawala
Posted by: lehrergehrke on: 13. July 2009
What the hell is that? It´s from Hindi, spoken in India. And we discussed it at our ast meeting, so it is the word of the day!
You can see Dabbawalas only in Bombay. The main problem is that people going to work don´t want to carry their lunch boxes. So their wives get the lunch boxes ready, they are collected by Dabbawalas, who are lunch box carriers. The lunch boxes are marked by colours so that they cannot be mixed up and reach their destination. It is a huge organisation, but it works without using one single letter.
The only problem we could not solve is the question why somebody would need a service to carry lunch boxes instead of taking them along with oneself…
So you see if you join us you don´t only meet the world, you also learn about customs all over the world. You don´t want to miss out on that, do you.
Meet the world
Posted by: lehrergehrke on: 7. July 2009
Meet the world at Berlin Friends! Last Tuesday we had friends from India, Albania, New Zealand, Turkey, the United States and Germany. Wonder how much there will be this time. Take the chance to get to know customs, living standards, and all sorts of more information.
See you then!
It´s going to be interesting!
Posted by: lehrergehrke on: 29. June 2009
Ulla has just returned from a trip to the Baltic states. We are excited about what she has to tell us! Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
Make it a point on Tuesdays
Posted by: lehrergehrke on: 22. June 2009
It is always a highlight for me to get on my scooter on Tuesday evenings to travel 25 km to Kreuzberg, especially when the weather is fine to join Friends Club members (bad weather: take the car!). It gives me the thrill to talk to native speakers and my German friends and practise my English. You can only learn a language by speaking it. there is always something to talk about. So make it a point to join Friends on Tuesday evenings, even if you have to travel a bit!
