A Flavour of German – Lesson 03 August 29, 2018June 6, 2008 by Coffee Break Languages In lesson 3 of A Flavour of German you’ll learn some interesting colour-themed idiomatic German phrases. Download episode | Subscribe in iTunes | RSS Feed
Cool! Mark’s got an iPhone? Me, too! But I don’t think that Germans normally say “gelb vor Neid sein”. We also say “gruen vor Neid sein” (gruen=green). Reply
Hi Sabrina, Thanks for your comments. Idiomatic uses of the language will change from area to area, and indeed from generation to generation, but I can assure you that Julia is 100% German and worked with us closely on the development of this content. Reply
Cool! Mark’s got an iPhone? Me, too!
But I don’t think that Germans normally say “gelb vor Neid sein”.
We also say “gruen vor Neid sein” (gruen=green).
Hi Sabrina,
Thanks for your comments. Idiomatic uses of the language will change from area to area, and indeed from generation to generation, but I can assure you that Julia is 100% German and worked with us closely on the development of this content.