Benutzerprofil von Alan

You could put that on a German coin - Merkel when she thinks about Laschet .....
 

“I was reading a book – ‘The History of Glue’ – I couldn’t put it down.”

“I was in the army once and the Sergeant said to me: ‘What does surrender mean?’ I said: ‘I give up!'”

“I went into a shop and I said, ‘Can someone sell me a kettle?’ The bloke said ‘Kenwood?’ I said, ‘Where is he?'”


“I was having dinner with my boss and his wife said, ‘How many potatoes would you like, Tim?’ I said ‘Ooh, I’ll just have one please.’ She said ‘It’s OK, you don’t have to be polite.’ ‘Alright,’ I said, ‘I’ll just have one then, you stupid cow.’


“I’ve decided to sell my vacuum cleaner — it was just collecting dust.”

Well done, Yoli,  That's a very decent result.  Here's one more bit of silliness - Mr Men titles.

I have three quizzes but I'll share the advanced version with you, as you would find the earlier ones too easy.

https://wordwall.net/resource/6242031

Ah yes, we go to Reading for shopping purposes,  I particularly like the Oxfam Bookshop, as it specialises in foreign language items.  But Oxford is just as close and is more picturesque besides offering all the big shops that Marlow doesn't have.

Alan

Nice to hear from you Yoli.  You need to organise a regular activity using Zoom.  Most people seem to have discovered how to use it during the Lockdown.

Maybe a little Lesezirkel.   Find a short story that you can read in a group in 20 minutes and that leaves 20 minutes for a discussion and a chat.

Or a simple discussion group.  There's always something in the news to talk about. 

How many people are regulars on here?  If you are a regular - make a comment if you would like to have a Zoom meeting?  I suppose I could organise the first one

If you want a bit of fun in the meantime - try this quiz involving English proverbs.  I created it for my group of German learners in England but it would work for you too https://wordwall.net/play/5942/385/436

Alan

There was a young lady of Riga
Who went for a ride on a tiger
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside.
And a smile on the face of the tiger

puella Rigensis ridebat
quam tigris in tergo vehebat
externa protecta
interna revecta
sed risus cum tigre manebat

 

Hello, I'm Alan and I live in Marlow, a small town on the Thames between London and Oxford.  I am a member of the U3A - The University of the Third Age, which is very like your Seniorentreff.

U3A groups exist right across the country and senior citizens get together to form interest groups.  We used to meet in person until March 2020 when Covid struck.  Since then we have been meeting on Zoom, but people are beginning to organise their face to face meetings again.

You can look at this page, if you want to get an idea of what we do in Marlow : https://u3asites.org.uk/marlow/groups         Every town organises its own meetings and some are more organised than others !

I am the Convenor for the local German conversation group which meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month,  but I also organise a Lesezirkel for members up and down the country from Scotland to Cornwall.  We meet on Zoom twice a month and read a short story by a German author and then discuss it.

I have about 30 members, so we have to have two sittings.  Usually about 10 people are able to join us on each occasion.

Well, that's my introduction.  Please feel free to reply and comment.
 

Und der Grund, warum 'Audi'  Audi heißt, ist sehr interessant.

Noch ein Beispiel - eine beliebte Patrone für mehrere Pistolensorten heißt 'Parabellum'  von dem Sprichwort
'si vis pacem, para bellum'

Übrigen der dritte Film in der John Wick Serie heißt auch 'Parabellum'