Table of Contents Introduction to German 4 Book Guide 5 Let’s Learn German 6 Phrases to Know 22 Colors 23 Numbers 23 Index 24 To Learn More 24 boots die Stiefel DEE SHTEE-ful
Introduction to German Where Is German Spoken German is spoken in Germany Austria Switzerland Belgium Liechtenstein and Luxembourg How It Differs from English The German language uses the same alphabet as English But it has one letter that doesn’t exist in English The ß is called sharp S It is a double s sound In German all nouns begin with a capital letter even if they are in the middle of a sentence It looks like this Die Katze ist im Haus The cat is in the house Umlaut Some vowels appear with two dots ä ö ü This is called the umlaut It changes the pronunciation of the letter or the meaning of the word For example Vogel means bird but Vögel with an umlaut means birds You can speak German too Let’s learn
Book Guide This book follows Ben during a typical day He speaks German We will learn what his family members teachers and friends are called in German We will also learn the German words for common items we see and use every day There are three labels for each word The first is the English word The second is the German word The third is how we pronounce or say it The stressed syllable is in uppercase English flower die Blume DEE BLOO-muh pronunciation German
