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We are happy to announce the resumption of our meetings from Tuesday, 21 onwards. We will meet again, but the location has changed. The meetings now will take place at COFFEE POINT in 224, Friedrichstr., Berlin-Kreuzberg.
Looking forward to see you.
Corona shutdown in Berlin
Posted on: 25. March 2020
Dear Friends,
as you might know by now, the Berlin local government has imposed rules of movement in public, as well as prohibitions. Until April 19, all restaurants, bars and non-essential Shops have to stay closed. This affects our Meeting place at Kori&Fay, too. There is no chance of meeting anywhere, as well, apart from the fact that we won´t take the risk of anybody getting infected at one of our meetings.
Consequently, there won´t be any meetings of Friends International Conversation Group until further notice.
Berlin Friends at ExpoLingua
Posted on: 19. September 2016
Berlin Friends Club will be present again for the second time at ExpoLingua in Berlin on 18/19 November this year. A good chance to meet members and have a conversation as we do at our meetings on Tuesdays in Kori&Fay restaurant. Have an impression by visiting the official website where you can order free tickets.
Berlin Friends at ExpoLingua
Posted on: 17. November 2015
Our Club will be at the ExpoLingua exposition in Berlin. Come and see us and have an impression of what we do!
Chritmas party 2014
Posted on: 25. December 2014
Our Christmas Party 2014: More than 70 members from more than a dozen nations peacefully celebrating with Christmas songs and Indian food
Welcome poster
Our restaurant
The buffet
Sergio and Margaux
Max, noting down the participants
Ralph making a speech
Uwe making a speech
The singing group
Uwe and the singing group
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When you join our meetings you will be amazed: You can meet the world in a Kreuzberg restaurant! These are the nationalities who meet on Tuesdays: US, British, Italian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Georgian, Polish, Syrian, Russian, French, Japanese, Korean, and all of those I have forgotten to mention, and, of course, German, all peacefully united to talk and make friends. So why don´t you join us next Tuesday?
Learning German Part 6
Posted on: 14. March 2014
Hello, everybody,
this is the next summary of German conversation. We will learn about birthdays.
der Geburtstag – birthday
Herzlichen Glückwunsch! – Many happy returns
die Geburtstagsfeier – the birthday party
der Geburtstagsgruß – birthday greeting
der Geburtstagstisch – birthday table for displaying your presents
der Geburtstagskuchen – birthday cake
das Geburtstagskind – the person (not only children!) who has a birthday
Promising that you can do something
Das schaffe ich – I can do that, I will manage
Das klappt (nicht) – I can/can´t manage
Ich schieben,schubsen,bekomme das hin / gebacken (colloquial)
Schieben vs. schubsen
schieben – push
=> Mein Fahrrad ist kaputt, ich muss es schieben
schubsen – push
=> Schubs mich nicht! – Don´t push me
Verbs with prepositions, indivisible:
überreichen: Ich freue mich, Ihnen die Urkunde zu überreichen
Wiederholen: Er wiederholt die Vokabeln
überholen: Das Auto überholt den Lastwagen.
Zum Vergleich: Er geht jetzt weg (Nicht: Er jetzt weggeht) (leave)
Oder: Zieh dir den Pullover über (überziehen) (put on)
Aber: Er überzieht sein Konto – He has overdrawn his account
Wir bereiten das Mittag vor (prepare)
Attention: Indivisible verbs have an own meaning, the preposition has no meaning in itself.
Formal and informal language,
Literarisch: language you only find in books, but not in spoken language
Hochdeutsch: language as spoken in the region of Hannover and on tv and radio
Umgangssprache: colloquial language
Keep on learning and repeating! Lots of success!
German conversation Part 5
Posted on: 3. March 2014
This is another summary of what we have discussed during one of our meetings:
Getränke – drinks
Weizenbier/Weißbier – wheat beer
Saft – juice
Schorle – any juice or wine mixed with water
verdünnen – dilute
ablöschen – deglaze (put water or spirit on a boiling meal)
auflösen – dissolve
aufgeregt – excited => sich aufgegen – get excited
sprechen, reden – speak
eine Rede halten – jold a speech
sich unterhalten – talk to each other
wir haben uns darüber schon unterhalten – We´ve already talked about that
anstehen/sich anstellen – queue up
sich vordrängeln – jump the queue, push to the front
Hinz und Kunz – jeder
Da war Hinz und Kunz da – all sorts of people were there
Ein Ei abschrecken – chill an egg
Achtung:
Ein Ei pellen => die Pelle – eggschell
Einen Apfel/eine Kartoffel schälen => die Schale – skin
Die Haut auf der heißen Milch – the skin on hot milk
jemandem auf die Pelle rücken – (popular) to get to close to sb.
=> Rück mir nicht so auf die Pelle
Schaum – foam
Er schäumt vor Wut – he is furious with anger
There you are! Keep learning and see you again!
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At our last meeting, we had members from all corners of the world: US, Britain, France, Ukraine, South Korea, South Africa, Georgia and Germany. All of us love to get information about foraign countries, their culture, their history and their current situation.
So I learned a lot about Georgia, a lot of facts I did not learn about. Georgia is situated at the Black Sea, south of Russia. It has a great history, starting long before the history of most European states. It has a language and writing of its own which is far different from any other languages and writing. In some cases, when we have to form a sentence, in Georgian language its contents can be skimmed into one word. The letters are totally different from what Latin or Kyrillic letters look like.
While the Soviet Union existed, Georgia was a part of this empire, but regained its independency after the Soviet Union fell apart. Still, Russia is trying to keep its influence, by military and economic means, e.g. by cutting off gas supplies.
If you are as keen on learning more about different nations and conversing in English as I am, why don´t you join us on Tuesdays at Thai Su restaurant in Berlin-Kreuzberg? Everybody will give you a warm welcome.
German conversation part 4
Posted on: 15. February 2014
We have talked about birthdays and non-divisible verbs.
Ich habe Geburtstag – I have a birthday
Ich mache eine Geburtstagsfeier – I have a birthday party
Ich lade viele Leute ein – I will invite many people
Geburtstagskind – birthday child
Alle Geschenke sind auf meinem Geburtstagstisch – all presents are on my birthday table
Ich habe viele Geburtstagsgrüße bekommen – I have got many birthday wishes
Meine Frau hat mir einen Geburtstagskuchen gebacken – my wife has baked a birthday cake
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag – many happy returns
Viel gesundheit und ein langes Leben – the best of health and a long life
Other phrases:
Das schaffe ich / das geht – I can manage that
Das klappt/Das bekomme ich hin, das bekomme ich gebacken (informal)
to kod someone – jemanden veralbern/veräppeln (colloquial)/verarschen (rude)
schubsen – to push until sth/sb falls
=> Die Kinder schubsen sich / Schubs mich nicht um!
in contrast to: schieben – push
=> Sein Fahrrad ist kaputt, er muss es schieben
Push = drücken => die Tür, einen Knopf
Indivisible compound verbs:
überreichen: Ich freue mich, Ihnen die Urkunde zu überreichen (Nicht: über zu reichen!)
Wiederholen: Ich rate euch, die Vokabeln zu wiederholen
Überholen: Das Auto hat mich gerade überholt (nicht: übergeholt!)
In contrast to:
überziehen (Kleidung anziehen): Er hat sich gerade einen Pullover übergezogen / Zieh dir einen Pullover über!
Rule: If a compound verb has an own meaning and the preposition does not indicate a direction, is not meaningful itself, if dividing the verb into two words does not make sense, it stays together.
=> There is no meanig to über zu reichen, but there is one in weg zu gehen (going away).
See you soon with more German phrases!
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