Today I have learned only a few words of German.
Anfanger - beginner - I think of the word amateur which is similar first two letters and last two letters
Besucher - visitor (think first letter B and V are similar, voiced and unvoiced, or ordinary and emphasised, and placed adjacent in alphabets such as Hebrew) last syllable er/or so v..or/er = visitor
Bürger - citizen (burgher) somebody in a burgh or borough or city. I only just realised that citizen comes from the word city, just as Bürger comes from Burg
Feind - enemy, opposite of friend although similar spelling. (I think of fiend - the vowels are reversed.)
Gast, Gäste - guest / visitor, guests/visitors
leute - people (I think of people loitering)
Mitglied - member (Notice the M starting Mitglied and Member. In the German it is a capital initial letter for a noun. I have used the capital M in the English just to draw attention to the letter M.
Nachbar - neighbour (both words start with N and the last syllable is b-r
nur - only (Notice the N in Nur and oNly)
Publikum - audience
toll - terrific, fantastic, great,
Angela Lansbury, English teacher and language teacher.
Anfanger - beginner - I think of the word amateur which is similar first two letters and last two letters
Besucher - visitor (think first letter B and V are similar, voiced and unvoiced, or ordinary and emphasised, and placed adjacent in alphabets such as Hebrew) last syllable er/or so v..or/er = visitor
Bürger - citizen (burgher) somebody in a burgh or borough or city. I only just realised that citizen comes from the word city, just as Bürger comes from Burg
Feind - enemy, opposite of friend although similar spelling. (I think of fiend - the vowels are reversed.)
Gast, Gäste - guest / visitor, guests/visitors
leute - people (I think of people loitering)
Mitglied - member (Notice the M starting Mitglied and Member. In the German it is a capital initial letter for a noun. I have used the capital M in the English just to draw attention to the letter M.
Nachbar - neighbour (both words start with N and the last syllable is b-r
nur - only (Notice the N in Nur and oNly)
Publikum - audience
toll - terrific, fantastic, great,
Angela Lansbury, English teacher and language teacher.
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