Bienentisch Bienenstich or Bee sting cake is a German dessert made of a sweet yeast dough with a baked-on topping of caramelized almonds and filled with a vanilla custard, Buttercream or cream. The cake may have earned its name from its honey topping: according to one legend, a bee was attracted to it, and the baker who invented the cake was stung. Another source cites a legend of German bakers from the 15th century who lobbed beehives at raiders from a neighboring village, successfully repelling them, and celebrated later by baking a version of this cake named after their efforts.

Frage des Tages Heute bin ich fröhlich, obwohl mein Tag ... a) war so stressig. b) so stressig war.

Objective Students will be able to identify which conjunctions are subordinating and which are coordinating.

Conjunctions Coordinating Conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions are used to connect two words, phrases or clauses. The addition of a coordinating conjunction does not affect the word order of the two main clauses joined together. The most common coordinating conjunctions are: aber – but denn – for, because oder – or sondern – but (on the contrary) und - and

Conjunctions Ex. Wir kommen heute nicht, sondern morgen. Machst du das oder machst du das nicht? Ich möchte länger bleiben, aber ich habe keine Zeit. Rainer fährt nicht nach Köln, denn er hat die Stadt nicht gern. Werner bekommt eine Krawatte und Paul bekommt ein Hemd.

Conjunctions Note: According to the new spelling rules of 2006, there usually is no comma before the conjunctions und and oder unless it helps to clarify complex clauses.

Conjunctions After a preceding negation, use the conjunction sondern instead of aber. Ex. Ich gehe nach Hause, aber Elke geht in die Stadt. Ich gehe nicht nach Hause, sondern ich gehe in die Stadt.

Conjunctions Subordinating Conjunctions: are used to connect a main clause and a dependent clause. A subordinating conjunction does not affect the word order in English, but in German it does. In a sentence beginning with the main clause, the main verb (conjugated verb) of the dependent clause appears at the end of the dependent clause or the complete sentence. Clauses are separated by commas.

Subordinating Conjunctions The most common subordinating conjunctions are: als – when bevor, ehe – before bis – until da – since (in as much as) damit – so that , in order that dass – that nachdem – after (having) ob – whether, if obgleich, obwohl – although seitdem – since sobald – as soon as

Subordinating Conjunction solange – as long as während – while weil – because wenn – when, if, whenever

Subordinating Conjunction Ex. Wir gehen ins Restaurant, weil wir Hunger haben. Christa wird ein Fahrrad kaufen, sobald sie genug Geld hat. Ich warte, bis du zu mir kommst. Rudi sprach, wahrend der Lehrer etwas erklärte. Andrea ist gekommen, obwohl sie krank war.

Subordinating Conjunctions Note: Although the two subordinating conjunctions als and wenn have similar meaning, als refers to a single event in the past and wenn refers to an action that is repeated in any tense. You can always say immer wenn in order to emphasize this habitual repetition. Als ich zehn Jahre alt war, bekam ich von meinem Vater ein Fahrrad. Wenn ich nach Hause komme, muss ich meiner Mutter helfen.

Subordinating Conjunctions Note: In a sentence beginning with the dependent clause (the conjunction is at the beginning of the sentence), the conjugated verb of the dependent clause appears at the end of the dependent clause (before the comma) and the inverted word order is applied. Ex. Weil wir hungrig sind, gehen wir ins Restaurant. Sobald du hier bist, essen wir.

Subordinating Conjunctions Note: All question words (wer, wie, wo, was, wann, warum, etc., including wo-compounds) can function like subordinating conjunctions, introducing indirect questions. Direct question: Wer ist das dort? Indirect question: Weißt du, wer das dort ist?