How And Why To Translate Languages Such As German from the news

I keep reading that a way to learn to speak is to listen to the news. I have been learning German. By accident I clicked on Facebook on a link to a live broadcast of questions about

One suggestion I found on the Facebook polyglots page was to have the German (or other language your learning) news or radio paying in the background when you are doing something else, to get used to the intonation, reinforce the words and constructions you already know, and expand your vocabulary with similar words.

German - English
(note that in German the nouns have capital letters)
aber - but
aus - out
diese Minute - this minute
ersten - first
Bürger - citizens
diese - this
dramatisch - dramatic
gut - good (often used in surnames, as in the English Goodman)
kontakt - contact
kranken - ill/sick (think of the English word kranky)
krankenhause - hospital
Flugzeug - plane (add e on the end for plural)
Flüge - flights
frage - question
frangen - to ask
heute - today
informationen - information
influenza - flu
international - international
Kindergarten - kindergarden
lage - long
Maschine - machine (in German pronounced machine-er)
menschen - people
Muss - must
natürlich - naturally
nicht - not
noch - yet
funfzig - fifteen
Reise - travel
Spektrum - spectrum
sprechen - speak
statistiken - statistics
szenario - scenario
zu - to

I managed to finish the German basic course in Duolingo and I am now on the Spanish.

Useful Websites
www.google.com/search?q=google+translate+english
https://www.wordreference.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/polygotcommunity/
duolingo.com
memrise.com

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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author, speaker, teacher of English and other languages.
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