Ich lese Flora im Moment Hörbe mit dem großen Hut vor, und sie mag dieses Buch sehr. Sie kennt jetzt fast alle Bücher von Otfried Preußler. 
I am reading Herbie's Magical Hat to Flora right now and she loves it. She has become a huge fan of Otfried Preußler and knows almost all of his books by now.
Ha! You've switched your languages! :) It's good. It causes me to read the German more carefully, rather than rushing through. I usually have questions about how you structure your German sentences . . about the words you choose. Often they're quite different from the way you phrase the English.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a cute book. We've never read it before.
I did! I thought a German book deserved a German entry before the English entry. Yes, I don't always do a word by word translation. There are several reasons for that: Sometimes a German speaker does not express things the same way as an English speaker does, sometimes there is cultural content a German speaker does not quite "get" (especially the older generation) or the other way round, and sometimes I think certain things simply are not interesting for either the English or German readers. So you will rarely find a word-by-word translation here. This is very observant of you!
DeleteThis book is perfect for Flora's age. There is a lot about making "gnome soup," "gnome hats" (always with a detailed materials list), there is suspense and adventure and also you get to learn about nature. It is not one of Preußler's more know books, maybe because it is written for slightly younger children, but is is lovely.
Yes, that is what is so interesting about learning another language: learning how people think in their language! :)
DeleteTrue, but it is hard to figure out.
DeleteEva, do you think in both German and English equally now, or does one predominate?
DeleteI think I do both, sometimes the thinking seems to be "above" language, kind of abstract. But when I get tired or hear too much English, I do think in German :).
DeleteOh, ich erinnere mich daran das Buch als Kind gelesen zu haben, aber ich habe zugleich überhaupt keine Erinnerung an den Inhalt. Da muss ich mal in der Bibliothek danach Ausschau halten...
ReplyDeleteLiebe Grüße und ich wünsche ein feines "Trick or Treat"! :)
In der Bücherei?? Weißt Du noch, wie wir über den Unterschied geredet haben?? Es ist ein schönes Buch für jüngere Kinder. Es hat auch viel über Natur drin.
Deletehaha, ja genau, Bücherei. Es ist so lustig und interessant, wie die Begriffe unterschiedlich verwendet werden. Das italienische "biblioteca" unterstützt die Verwendung im Unterbewusstsein (als Wort für den Ort, wo man Bücher ausleiht) auch noch (also hier bei uns) und ich überlege gerade, dass es im Englischen dann jedoch library heißt, nicht wahr? (also der Ort, wo man Bücher ausleiht). Wenn ich dabei an das italienische "libreria" denke, das ja so ähnlich klingt, aber dann die Bedeutung "Ort, wo man Bücher kauft" hat, ist das für mich verwirrend. Ob ich das jetzt alles nachvollziehbar und nicht verwirrend zusammengefasst habe, weiß ich nicht... Auf jeden Fall, liebe Grüße ;)
DeleteJa, in England und hier ist es "library", egal ob eine öffentliche oder eine Unibibliothek. Auf Französisch ist "librairie" auch ein Buchladen, also so wie im Italienischen. Ich habe übrigens eine ganz nette Italienerin in meinem Deutschkurs.
DeleteDen haben die Mädchen auch geliebt. Weiterhin viel Freude mit Hörbe.
ReplyDeleteDanke schön! Flora sagt immer "Mehr, mehr"!, wenn ich aufhören will, vorzulesen.
DeleteDid my post come through on this? I commented on how you switched your languages, which is good for me I think because it makes me read the German first. Normally, I'm rushing along and don't take the time to do so. These books look very cute!
ReplyDeleteI am glad that you get to practice your German more like this :))!
DeleteI loved this book when I was little and I'd like to read it to my daughter. Do you know where I can buy an English version of it? Or French? Thank you for your help...
ReplyDeleteTry Amazon.co.uk. There are a few listings on Amazon.com, but they are very expensive. You could also try local libraries. Sometimes Ebay has good deals, but I did not see it there for a good price.
DeleteI don't know if there is a French version.
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