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Sunday, February 19, 2017

Learning Languages - A Hint About German


Problem
The German word for clues is
Die Hinweise
How to I remember this?

Answer
The first three letters Hin are like the English word hint. Hint is like hunt.
We are hunting for a hint, a clue.
Hinweise - clue.
We must hunt the HINt (hint) and be W e ISE (wise).
HINWEISE

Another memory aid - it's German die as in the English word die.
Just in case you thought the word meant hint, it doesn't

The cluE is in the last letter hinweisE.

Angela Lansbury, author and speaker. Teacher of English and other languages.

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