So many words in German look almost the same and sound almost the same.
A-D
als - all
besser - better
E-K
Eis - ice or ice cream
Fische - fish (remember capital letters for nouns in German, but not in English)
Ich - I
ist - is
garten - garden
Haus - house
Hund - hound/dog
kann - can
katze - cat
Klub - club
L-R
leichter - lighter (pronounce the second vowel, ignoring the e, like George)
mein/ meine - mine
Muss - a must (the capital letter tells you it's a noun and not a verb)
nasen - nose
p f e f f e r - pepper
S-Z
s a l z - salt as in S a l z burg
t o c h t e r - daughter
Zoo - zoo
I stop for a coffee break and review a few German words with a family member of colleague. What is a snack? i m b i s s .
German - English
als - all
besser - better
Eis - ice
Fische - fish
ich - I
ist - is
Garten - garden
Haus - house
Hund - hound/dog
Imbiss - snack
mein/meine - mine
muss - must
Nasen - nose
Pfeffer - pepper
Salz - salt
Tochter - daughter
Zoo - zoo
English - German
all - als
better - besser
daughter - Tochter
dog/hound - Hund
fish - Fische
garden - Garten
house - Haus
I - ich
ice - eis
is - ist
mine - mein/meine
must - muss
pepper - Pfeffer
salt - Salz
snack - Imbiss
zoo - Zoo
Angela Lansbury, English tutor and language teacher.
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