Lisa's week: Quick tip of the week – “Popular” false friends – part 2
You might remember my top ten false friends from way back in the series (episode 14). Those pesky little words and phrases in English that sound the same as a word in German but actually have totally different meanings. Well, I thought I’d come back today with another set of 10 top mistaken words.
German - English
1. Kollege - colleague
Hochschule - college
2. Notiz - note
Aushang - notice
3. prägnant - concise
schwanger - pregnant
4. (Werbe)spot - commercial / advert
Pickel - spot
5. kontrollieren - to check / to monitor
beherrschen / steuern - to control
6. Mobbing / mobben - bullying / to bully
angreifen / schikanieren - to mob
7. konsequent - consistent
infolgedessen - consequent(ly)
8. Ambulanz - out-patient clinic
Krankenwagen - ambulance
9. Fabrik - factory
Stoff - fabric
10. Marke - brand
Note (Zeugnisnote) / Fleck - mark
How many of these do you use incorrectly in your day-to-day conversations?
What is Lisa's week?
"We’ve (hopefully) been entertaining you so far with the meaning and background of a weekly English idiom and now we’ve decided to expand that a little to give me the chance to share some details that come my way in my daily life as a Business English teacher. I hope to find weekly tidbits of information and experience to tell you about such as British traditions that I (or we) celebrate, or typical mistakes made when speaking English, or even some of the funny things I come across in my daily life. We hope that you’ll enjoy the insight into the life of a Brit in Germany!"
Episode 1: The Queen's 90th birthday
Episode 2: What did you do last Sunday?
Episode 3: What's the best way to answer?
Episode 4: The sound of London
Episode 5: Not just a last resort
Episode 6: Quick tip of the week: advice vs. advise
Episode 10: Quick tip of the week - Are you watching or just looking?
Episode 11: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Episode 12: Don't forget to take you handy to the public viewing!
Episode 13: Up in the Highlands
Episode 14: Quick tip of the week - "Popular" false friends
Episode 16: Through the tunnel
Episode 18: Quick tip of the week - Rise vs. raise vs. arise
Episode 19: How do you say that?
Episode 22: Can you change a fiver?
Episode 23: Grabbing some "me time"
Episode 24: Typical Mistakes (part 1)
Episode 26: Quip tip of the week - Fell vs. fall etc.
Episode 27: Things that go bump in the night!
Episode 28: Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpower, treason and plot
Episode 29: What's that badge you're wearing?
Episode 31: What are you thankful for?
Episode 32: Where's the larget Christmas Market outside Germany or Austria?
Episode 33: What's behind the door?
Episode 34: The joy of a Christmas cracker!
Episode 35: Does it all fit on the table?
Episode 36: Seeing in the New Year
Episode 37: How are your resolutions going?
26.01.2017