Two colleagues are\u00a0looking for some important paperwork in their boss’s office:<\/p>\n
„Karen, can you remember where Mrs. Simson left that contract I asked you about?“<\/em><\/p>\n „I thought she left it on her windowsill…but I’ve got a gut feeling\u00a0<\/em>(Bauchgef\u00fchl)\u00a0that she just took it with her by accident.“<\/em><\/p>\n Karen could have also said,\u00a0„…but my gut tells me<\/strong> that she just took…“<\/em><\/p>\n The word\u00a0gut<\/strong> means\u00a0Bauch<\/em> or\u00a0Wampe\u00a0<\/em>in German. When we’ve got a gut feeling, we mean that we have a strong but irrational feeling that something is the way it is. We can’t logically explain why (using our head) or how we feel about it (using our hearts)- but the feeling is undeniable (unverkennbar<\/em>), just like when you’re hungry and your gut is telling you to eat!<\/p>\n Often in English class, my learners won’t be able to explain why they used a certain grammar form or vocab term, but they have answered correctly thanks to their gut\u00a0<\/strong>feeling.\u00a0Research has even shown that making decisions based on what your gut<\/strong> tells you will often lead to more desirable outcomes!<\/p>\n Also important: when you’re describing your\u00a0Bauchgef\u00fchl<\/em> in English, be careful to only use the singular form. The plural form of the word,\u00a0guts<\/strong>, has a much bloodier meaning: we use this slang term to mean\u00a0Darm, Innereien,\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0Eingeweide.\u00a0<\/em>So watch out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two colleagues are\u00a0looking for some important paperwork in their boss’s office: „Karen, can you remember where Mrs. Simson left that contract I asked you about?“ „I thought she left it on her windowsill…but I’ve got a gut feeling\u00a0(Bauchgef\u00fchl)\u00a0that she just took it with her by accident.“ Karen could have also said,\u00a0„…but my gut tells me […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lingua-franca.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lingua-franca.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lingua-franca.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lingua-franca.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lingua-franca.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.lingua-franca.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1088,"href":"http:\/\/www.lingua-franca.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions\/1088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lingua-franca.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lingua-franca.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lingua-franca.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}