Tuesday, March 21, 2017

German words of the day - great versions improving


German - English
Basis - basis
beide - both (same initial letter, b; d and t and th sound similar)
beste - best
Bestimmung - purpose (my best plan, move forward)
Erfahrungen - experiences - what you gain when you go out and fare well
Planung - planning
toll - great (wonderful, superb)
Unterschied - difference (think of underlying difference, the letter d, also DIffEr-schIED letters d and i and e)
Verbesserung - improvement (think getting VERy much Better, better is almost the same as besser ing like ing is a condition or state)
Versionen - versions
wir entwickeln - we are developing (think entwining)
Wissen - knowledge (think of wise-ness, wisdom)

English - German
the basis - die Basis
best - beste
Bestimmungen - rules and regulations (their best efforts at seeing we do what we must, go where directed)
great / wonderful - Toll (memory aid - ring the toll bells because it is great, toll the great bell)
knowledge - Wissen
planning - Planung
version - Version

Note the capital letters for German nouns, including those which are not proper names.
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and teacher of English and languages.

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