In Spotlight 6/19, we present the language to talk about weekend activities. Here, you can find the German translations for this issue’s Picture It.
- to take a napein Nickerchen machentake a nap
- to go hikingwandern gehengo hiking
- to go runningjoggen gehengo running
- to go clubbingin die Disco gehengo clubbing
- to do the choresdie Hausarbeit erledigendo the chores
- to eat outessen geheneat out
- to mow the lawnden Rasen mähenmow the lawn
- to walk your dogmit dem Hund Gassi gehenwalk your dog
- to wash the cardas Auto waschenwash the car
- to go window-shoppingeinen Schaufensterbummel machengo window-shopping
- to visit relativesVerwandte besuchenvisit relatives
What do you do at the weekend?
I travel a lot in my work, so I prefer to to spend one’s weekends at homeseine Wochenenden zu Hause verbringenspend my weekends at home. My wife and I love gardeningGärtnern, Gartenarbeitgardening, and we to get some exercisesich etwas bewegenget some exercise that way. Walking our dog keeps us fit, too. In winter, we like to to have friends overFreunde einladenhave friends over to to play board gamesBrettspiele spielenplay board games. I spend all week in a tiny office, so I need to to get outrausgehenget out at the weekend to to blow away the cobwebssich auf andere Gedanken bringenblow away the cobwebs. I go on long hikes with friends who share my love of the outdoorsdie freie Naturthe outdoors. Sometimes, we to cook over a campfireüber einem Lagerfeuer kochencook over a campfire and to sleep under the starsunter den Sternen schlafensleep under the stars. My son and I are keen supporters of our local football team. We never miss a match, be it at home or away. to experience the atmospheredie Stimmung erlebenExperiencing the atmosphere in the stadium makes up for all the stress and boredom I suffer in my job. My friends and I go clubbing every Saturday. I never get home until the the small hoursdie frühen Morgenstundensmall hours. On Sundays, I have a to have a lie-inausschlafenlie-in, and then it’s time to to tackle the choresdie Hausarbeiten in Angriff nehmentackle the chores. I often get the Sunday blues, to fret about sth.sich sorgen, sich aufregenfretting about the week ahead and wishing it was Friday. Do I get out much at the weekend? Not really. My boss makes me to toil and slavesich abschuftentoil and slave all week, so I need to to restsich ausruhenrest. And anyway, there’s nowhere to go: the village pub closed last year. I take long naps and to play on one’s gaming consoleauf seiner Spielkonsole spielenplay on my gaming console.
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