6 wichtige Redewendungen mit „stellen“ – So klingt dein Deutsch natürlicher! (Echtes Deutsch 36)

Hello and welcome back to our channel. Today there is another video with Laura and me together. I have again collected some expressions from our everyday life and we will talk about them today. So yes, in case you don't know us yet, we are Laura and Teresa. We are German native speakers and German teachers. And our channel is all about the real, authentic, natural German language. So welcome. And now I would say it starts, right? Yes, let's go. As always, we speak in this video very authentically. Our natural speaking speed in our native language. That means it is ideal for you to train your listening skills. Please don't believe that you have to understand every word. That is not necessary at all. It's about understanding roughly what we're talking about. You are very welcome to activate the subtitles and read along. But be sure to try without subtitles, so that you get used to the authentic German. Exactly. And then I would say we'll start right away, Laura. I have my list with me again, with all the expressions. And this time it's about expressions with places. With the verb to place. Maybe you can first say what places mean at all. To place is an action that you do. So for example, we have a glass here. I could put the glass on the table. So I put it in a vertical position. And position it somewhere. Exactly. That's the difference to lay down, by the way. To lay down is the horizontal. So I can, for example, I can put a pen down. It's horizontal. Or a book. I put the book on the table. To place is vertical. Exactly. Very good. And that brings us to a few phrases. And we'll start with the first one. To put something on your head. If you put something on your head, then it actually has a meaning in the transitive sense. Because you do something completely chaotic. You cause chaos. I was just thinking, for example, of little children who play in their room and really tear all the toys out of the cupboards. And mom and dad come into the room and say, Oh my God, what happened here? You put the whole room on your head. So you caused chaos. Exactly. Turned everything upside down, so to speak. Put it on your head. Exactly. Totally. Or I was just thinking of a situation like this. You put your key somewhere and you don't know anymore, where is the stupid key? And you search the entire apartment and you put the entire apartment on your head. Every drawer, every closet, under the carpet, under the couch and so on. You do a little chaos to find this key. You put the apartment on your head. Putting it on your head actually means always turning something exactly the other way around. I was just thinking of photos. If you take a photo with your cell phone the other way around, then of course it will be shown to you wrong in your gallery. Then you could also say, the photo is now on your head. Yes, exactly. Then it's the position. So it's on your head. Okay, very good. Then it continues with positions and also with a body part, but not with the head, but with the legs. Putting something on your legs. If you put something on your legs, then it usually means that you are organizing something or creating something that may not be natural. Yes. So as an example, you might want to organize a birthday party and you just told your friends, well, we're having a little party, nothing special, we eat cake and coffee and that's it. And your friends come and you have decorated the whole house. You might have organized a band. So you did something totally unexpected. And then you could say, hey, what did you put on your legs? That's incredible. Yes, exactly. Or also the topic of independence. Yes, exactly. When we think about it, for example, we've been doing social media, our channels, for four or five years or so. And if you look at how we started and where we are now, then we can also say, cool, what we put on our legs. So what you just did. So create something, put it on your legs. Yes, exactly, right. So build something for yourself. That actually also applies to all German learners, right? Yes, of course. You start somewhere at zero and now you're somewhere at B2 and you understand our videos. How cool is that? So what did you put on your legs to do that? Absolutely, exactly. Okay, the next expression has nothing to do with body parts anymore, but it means putting someone in the shade. So putting a person in the shade. Okay. So if you put a person in the shade, then this person is in the shade, somewhere in the dark. And you yourself are shining in the sun and get the full attention, so to speak. And everything that is in the shade is dark and you can't see. Yes, exactly. You can only see yourself. Exactly. You can only see yourself standing in the sun and shining and shining. And that actually means as much as you have achieved something that this other person in the shade has not achieved. Yes, exactly. Or that your, for example, some kind of talent. I'm just thinking of Olympia and there are gymnasts. And one person really stands out. She is really the best of the best. And says, well, so her performance puts all the other participants in the shade. So that means the one in the shade, you can't see her anymore because she is so great, because she is so in focus, so to speak. Yes, and because she also gets the full attention from the media and from the audience. Yes, exactly. So in this context, I would say that you do something that is so great that everything else is in the shade, so everything else can be neglected, so to speak. That is putting someone in the shade. Okay. The next expression is something to show off. It fits the topic a little bit. Something to show off. Yes, if you want to present something. So you want to show the other person what you have achieved, what you may have been able to do. Yes, I would say that putting someone in the shade, that it is rather admirable where, on the other hand, putting something to show off is negatively connoted. So that in any case, if you also associate it with that someone is somehow a little pretentious. So I was just thinking of a typical example of cars. Someone buys his fifth car and puts it so nicely polished in front of the front door and all the people who pass by look. But he also demonstrates it very proudly. Yes. Then you could say he's putting it to show off now. You also have to say this show is the German word for show. Yes, exactly. So it's a show. Maybe it's not the reality at all, but you pretend. That's often the case with children or something, that parents or parents-in-law somehow present their child and put their child to the show. Yes. So look at what I can afford, what my child can do or something. Yes, or everyone knows each other from social media. When you scroll through Instagram or something like that, you can see how perfect the life of the other person is. Perfect. And you say, okay, he's already put it to the show a little bit. Yes, exactly. You can definitely put a whole life to the show. So definitely negative. Yes. Yes, exactly. Okay, then the next one is putting something in the room. I'm putting something in the room now. Ah, okay. I know it like this, you say you're putting a question in the room, for example. You mean that you're talking to several people about something, and you want to address a topic and throw this question to the people and say, okay, I'll put it in the room now. What do you say about it? Yes, exactly. It's a bit like when you have a bowl of food, i.e. food for animals, you put it in the room. And so everyone can now access it, so to speak. That's how it's meant metaphorically. There is also the expression throwing something into the room, for example. So that means you make this topic available to everyone and everyone can express themselves, do something with this topic. Yes, exactly. You now put the question in the room. The question, or maybe not just a question, but maybe also some kind of thesis about something, your opinion. You say, okay, I'll put this in the room now and you do what you want with it. Yes, exactly. That's what we do in class, too, that we put a task in the room, so to speak, or maybe a thesis, and then our participants are supposed to discuss it or something. Yes, exactly. Putting something in the room. Okay, and the last expression is putting someone in the way. Or the expression I don't want to get in your way. So that's actually almost literally understood. If I get in your way, then you won't get past me. So I'll stand in front of you and say, hey, you won't get past me. If I'm in your way, I won't let you pass. In what situation would you say something like that? So I just thought, classically, to be honest, of dating situations. So that you ... Two people are dating and there is a third person who may have information or something. And this information is kept by the person, but the third person, and says, I don't want to get in their way now. Go your way. I may keep my secret information for myself. Or maybe also my feelings for me. It could be that a third person is also emotionally involved. And says, okay, no, I don't want to get in your way. I don't want to hinder your happiness. Exactly. I don't want to be a hindrance, a blockade for you. Okay, then I'll repeat again which expressions we had now. So put something on your head. Set up a chaos, bring everything together. Put something on your legs. Create something great. Put someone in the shade. Overtake someone. Put something up for display. Present something arrogant. Put something in the room. Make something available. Or give way to discussion, so to speak. And put someone in the way. Hinder someone. Exactly. Or block or whatever. Yes, very good. Okay, then you can test yourself if you understood everything correctly. We have prepared a few quiz questions again. And otherwise that's it with the video. Thank you very much, Laura. If you liked the video, then we are very happy about a thumbs up. And if you activate the bell, then you won't miss the future videos from us. So have fun with the next videos, if you still have time. See you next time.