Redewendungen mit "nehmen" – 6 Ausdrücke für den Alltag (Echtes Deutsch 39)

In today's video you will get to know some everyday phrases that are all formed with the verb nehmen. So perfect for you if you want to expand your vocabulary and want to speak a little more authentic German. If you are on this channel for the first time, welcome! We are Laura and Teresa. We are sisters, we are German native speakers and German teachers for over 10 years. Nice to have you here and now we start with the video. Let's go! Just a quick note that you can download a PDF for this video. You can find the link below in the video description. Just click on it and then everything will be explained to you, what you have to do to get your PDF. There you will find all the expressions from this video with explanations and example sentences. So you shouldn't miss that. And now we start, right? With the first expression. All right, okay. The first expression is to hug someone. To hug someone. Okay, so if I say, Teresa, I'm going to hug you now. Then that's not a good sign. No, that's not a good sign. Because that means we have a serious word to speak. So I want to talk to you about something that may have occurred, which has not gone so positively. And now we just need a clarifying conversation. Exactly. So you can actually say that this expression means to ask someone for a conversation, but with the hint that it's about something serious. So that you want to clarify something. Yes, exactly. In whatever sense. Yes, probably or actually always, because something happened, right? So something happened where you say, well, you have to talk about it first. Yes. And there will be a clarifying conversation. Yes, exactly. And that is also formed with dative. So I hug someone and that is also reflective, to hug someone. So that's why we have dative and accusative here. Yes, exactly. Right. Okay. The second expression would be not to take a leaf in front of your mouth. Okay, if I say, Laura doesn't take a leaf in front of her mouth either, then that means that you say everything you think, that you are very honest, that you also address everything that is on your mind. Yes, that's what it actually means. Yes, exactly. You just say straight from what you think. A leaf is either a piece of paper or a leaf from a tree in front of your mouth. So you don't do that, but you can see and speak freely. You speak freely. Yes, exactly. You speak freely without thinking about what others might think. Yes. Would you say that this is a positive expression or also negative? I would actually say it's positive. It depends on the situation. There are also some people where you think, hey, that was a bit rude. So in some situations you should maybe take a leaf in front of your mouth. Yes. But in itself, I would say it's positive. Totally. So I think it's generally ... Honesty is actually something very positive, except it hurts. Yes, exactly. Then you can of course somehow say, she should maybe take a leaf in front of her mouth. But, exactly, normally I would also say positive. Yes. Okay. The next expression is jemandem etwas krumm nehmen. Jemandem, also again the dative of a person, etwas krumm nehmen. What is krumm? Krumm is when something is not straight. So if something is crooked, for example, a classic example, a banana. A banana is crooked. So you did something that disappointed me or that hurt me. You said something that I'm going to take away from you now. So they often say, I'll take the evil from you. I'm a little offended, actually, that you said something like that to me or did. Exactly. I didn't think that was okay. I'll take that away from you. Yes. And then, exactly, there is the dative, as you said, I'll take something from you. Etwas is the thing, so accusative. Krumm. Exactly. Or so, I'll take your statement away from you. Or, I'll take that away from you, in the sense of what you've done, so to speak. Yes. Then we have the expression something, no, or take everything back. So if you say, I'll take everything back. That is, so take something back, means, I want the words that I said, gladly again take back. So, make something retroactive, so to speak. And that is, I would say, only with words, take something back, right? So that you, that you said something, what you didn't mean, where you first, in retrospect, noticed, oh, that wasn't quite right. Then you can say, okay, I want to take everything back. I'll take everything back. I may have been wrong. I thought that would be different. So I'll take everything back. Can you remember a situation where you said something? I'll take everything back. Maybe if you somehow about a person judged too quickly, or so. And only then maybe the story of this person experienced, or whatever. I don't have a concrete situation in my head right now. But I think that would be the most common. That you somehow maybe judge someone too quickly, or judge too quickly about a person or a situation. And then say, okay, I'll take it all back. That was just wrong of me. Yes, I was wrong. Yes. Okay. The next expression is take someone on the arm. Aha. Take someone on the arm. Okay, if I take someone on the arm, then I make fun with this person. So I, how can you put it differently if you say, I'll take you on the arm. So I'm joking with you. Exactly. I'm teasing you. So teasing is a nicer word that you can use for that. Yes, that you make a joke with the person, for example. Yes. Or just make a joke. Yes. Yes, exactly. A joke, I just, I can't think of an example, but I thought with children and then you can do that super often, that you somehow say, I don't know, in the garden there is an elephant or something like that. Okay, it's a stupid example, but I think, I hope you understand what I mean. Then I took the child on the arm. So of course there is no elephant in the garden now, but it should be a joke. Yes. Then I took the child on the arm. Yes, exactly. Right. And you can also say that a little bit outraged somehow. I think he takes me on the arm. Yes. Or he wants to take me on the arm. Yes. So if a person says something that you yourself somehow can't believe that it's true, then you say, he wants to take me on the arm. Yes, He wants to take me on the arm. Yes. Yes, exactly, right. That's right. It can't be, be serious. Yes. Very good. Okay. And we have something else with the body part, and that means that someone, or in the nonsense, not someone, take something on the light shoulder. Take something on the light shoulder. That means that you give a little weight. Can I say that? Yes. So, that you assign something less important than it actually is. I was just thinking, for example, you can't put your health on the light shoulder, or if you're a little cold and still do sports or something, then you can say, he takes his health on the light shoulder. So, maybe also a little that you take something as self-evident or something. Yes. I was thinking about an exam situation. If you write an exam and you think, oh, I don't have to learn that, I can do it anyway. Normally, it's the other way around, but there are also people who say, no, come on, I know everything, I don't have to learn. And then, surprise, you don't pass the exam and of course you're disappointed and say, oh, I think I took it a little on the light shoulder. So, I underestimated I gave it too little weight, yes. Yes, maybe I didn't prioritize it as I should have, so to speak. Okay. Great. Let's repeat the expressions again. Okay. We started with taking someone to the chest. Exactly. Then we didn't take a leaf in front of the mouth. Then taking something crooked to someone. Exactly. Then taking everything back. Taking someone on the arm. And taking something on the light shoulder. Exactly. If some of the expressions were new, then just try to write an example in the comments. Of course, we are also happy about your support if you leave your thumbs up and subscribe to our channel. And yes, don't forget to download the PDF. There you will find all these expressions again and you can read everything. Exactly. And then we look forward to seeing you in the next video. Goodbye.