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DNA sat nav uncovers ancient Ashkenaz and predicts where Yiddish originated (The University of Sheffield)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Apr 2016
... with common and unfamiliar German words ... 'Yiddish is such a wonderful and complex language, which was inappropriately called 'bad German' by both its native and non-native speakers because the language consists of made-up German words and a non-German grammar. 'Yiddish is truly a combination of familiar and adapted German words using Slavic grammar....

43 free online courses you can take this summer to advance your career

Edit Business Insider 14 Jul 2015
New Language. ALISON's free online course is a series of engaging video lessons that introduces beginners to various aspects of the French language. After taking this course, you'll be able to use a range of French vocabulary, understand past, present, and future verb tenses, and become skilled in conversational French. Level ... The lessons in this course build up an overview of basic German grammar rules by using concise grammar tables ... ....

43 free career-advancing courses you can take (and actually finish) this summer

Edit Mashable 05 Jul 2015
Yes, summer is the perfect time to relax and recharge. But, it's also the perfect time to pick up a few new skills ... To make the process easier for you, we did two things ... This class helps journalists and others understand the basics of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and AP style ... German Course for Beginners, Deutsch-Lernen.com. The lessons in this course build up an overview of basic German grammar rules by using concise grammar tables....

Can Politico make Brussels sexy?

Edit The Guardian 18 Jun 2015
That evening Juncker, the president of the European commission, would be meeting in Berlin with German chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras ... Together, Politico and Springer bought and rebranded the 20-year-old European Voice, a trade rag (and former Economist asset) with a top circulation of 19,000; its stories were written mostly with English words arranged vaguely in accordance with German grammar....

'False friends' to be wary of when learning German

Edit The Local 14 Apr 2015
Many English speakers dread German grammar. The most treacherous thing, though, isn’t the grammar but ‘false friends’ - German words that are identical or similar to an English word but don't mean the same thing. ....

German-Turkish comedy takes clichés to task

Edit Deutsche Welle 04 Feb 2015
Just like the word nigger in the US, some young German-Turks have proudly turned the word around, adopting it to identify themselves ... In the movie, which opens in German cinemas on February 5, Sarheimer's archenemy is mosque superintendent Cengiz Demirkan ... "How can all the Turkish brides have gotten an A+ in German? What is this, the grammar brigade from Ankara?" ... German lessons with pitfalls ... Turkish-German happy ending....

Lobsters, rabies and wardrobe malfunctions: stars on their school plays

Edit The Guardian 10 Dec 2014
Michael Ball, front of group aged three, in the panto Mother Goose in Bromsgrove. Photograph. Private collection. Jenny Stevens ... Nina Wadia ... Michael Ball ... By the time I got to wear it, it was a threadbare thing, much hired out since he’d doffed it; but the exceptionally cunning director of the play – a teacher of German grammar with some of the instincts of an impresario – told me not to worry, it would look terrific under the lights ... ....

REAL DOUBTS Stephen Hugh-Jones I got a shock the other day. I’d just written for ...

Edit The Telegraph India 03 Dec 2014
“Most of the so-called rules,” it ran, “are based on the linguistically false premise that Latin grammar is superior to Germanic grammar”— the two great roots of English — “as premised by the so-called grammarians in the 16th and 17th centuries.” This was news to me ... For our basic rules hold sway in both Latin grammar and Germanic grammar, and we give preference to neither....

We will find a practical solution: German envoy on language row

Edit The Times of India 16 Nov 2014
As chancellor Angela Merkel raised with Prime Minister Narendra Modi the issue of dropping German as an alternative to Sanskrit in central schools, the German ambassador on Sunday voiced confidence that a "practical solution" will be found soon ... Will look into German language row ... "If you look at the commonality between Sanskrit and German, both in grammars and words, you see how near we are and that is what we want to foster....

The real fairytales by the Grimm brothers

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 31 Oct 2014
The brothers' grand project, which included writing a history of the German language, a German grammar and also a German dictionary, was to define and fortify German culture and national identity....

Stefan Müller Elected New Member of Academia Europaea (Freie Universität Berlin)

Edit noodls 30 Oct 2014
Stefan Müller, a professor of German grammar and general linguistics at the Institute of German and Dutch Languages and Literatures at Freie Universität Berlin, was elected a member of the Academia Europaea ... Since 2007 he has been a professor of German grammar and general linguistics at Freie Universität Berlin....

How do I become … a cryptic crossword compiler

Edit The Guardian 14 Oct 2014
Most compilers produce puzzles in their spare time, but to do it professionally you’ll need mathematical precision. Deft clues are not enough to create a good puzzle – a compiler needs a mastery of current affairs. Photograph. Jeffrey Blackler/Alamy ... “No one’s in it for the money, but for the love,” says Purcell who speaks four languages and writes French and German grammar books on the side ... Photograph. Westgate ... ....

The fast-track school term in an asylum centre

Edit Swissinfo 15 Jul 2014
There’s a notable difference between the smiling faces of the younger pupils, loudly sounding out their first German words and the older students, diving seemingly reluctantly, and quietly, into German grammar ... There’s a notable difference between the smiling faces of the younger pupils, loudly sounding out their first German words and the older students, diving seemingly reluctantly, and quietly, into German grammar....
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