tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48573241022183053892023-06-20T06:03:00.706-07:00KVN Language Expert OnlineLearn languages with meUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4857324102218305389.post-13627229409448422662022-05-28T06:06:00.001-07:002022-05-28T06:11:20.951-07:00500 Most Common German Words<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>die Leute - people </b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">der Mensch - human, person<br />der Mann - man; husband<br />die Frau - woman; wife<br />das Kind - child<br />der Junge - boy<br />das Mädchen - girl<br />der Freund - friend<br />der Gast - guest<br /><br /><b>die Familie - family </b><br /><br />die Eltern - parents<br />der Vater - father<br />die Mutter - mother<br />der Sohn - son<br />die Tochter - daughter<br />der Großvater - grandfather ...<br />der Schwiegervater - father-in-law ...<br />der Onkel - uncle<br />die Tante - aunt<br />der Bruder - brother<br />die Schwester - sister<br />der Cousin [koozen] - he-cousin<br />die Kusine - she-cousin<br /><br /><b>die Arbeit - work </b><br /><br />der Lehrer - teacher<br />der Fahrer - driver<br />der Arbeiter - worker<br />der Ingenieur - engineer<br />der Arzt - doctor<br />die Krankenschwester - nurse<br />der Verkäufer - seller<br />der Buchhalter - accountant<br />der Maler - artist<br />der Student - student<br /><br /><b>das Land - country; countryside</b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b>Deutschland - Germany<br />England - England<br />Großbritannien - Great Britain<br />Amerika - America<br /><br /><b>das Tier - animal </b><br /><br />die Katze - cat<br />der Hund - dog<br />der Vogel - bird<br /><br /><b>die Stadt - city </b><br /><br />die Schule - school<br />das Theater - theatre<br />die Straße - street<br />der Platz - square; place<br />das Haus - house<br />die Kirche - church<br />der Fluss - river<br />das Cafe - cafe<br />das Hotel - hotel<br />der Garten - garden<br />der Park - park<br />die Bank - bank<br />die Haltestelle - (bus) stop<br />das Kino - cinema<br />die Brücke - bridge<br />die Kreuzung - crossroads<br />der Wald - forest<br />das Кrankenhaus - hospital<br />der Markt - market<br />die Polizei - police<br />die Post - post office; mail<br />der Bahnhof - station<br />das Zentrum - center<br />das Geschäft - shop<br />der Berg - mountain<br /><br /><b>die Wohnung - apartment, flat </b><br /><br />die Küche - kitchen<br />der Balkon - balcony<br />das Badezimmer - bathroom<br />die Dusche - shower<br />die Toilette - toilet<br />der Fußboden - floor (not ceiling)<br />der Stock - floor, storey; stick<br />der Korridor - corridor<br />das Vorzimmer - hall<br />das Schlafzimmer - bedroom<br />das Wohnzimmer - living room<br />die Tür - door<br />das Fenster - window<br />der Schlüssel - key<br />das Bett - bed<br />die Decke - blanket; ceiling<br />das Kissen - pillow<br />der Tisch - table<br />der Stuhl - chair<br />der Sessel - armchair<br />der Kühlschrank - fridge<br />die Couch - sofa<br />der Spiegel - mirror<br /><br /><b>das Essen - food </b><br /><br />das Brot - bread<br />die Butter - butter<br />der Käse - cheese<br />die Wurst - sausage<br />das Öl - oil<br />der Pfeffer - pepper<br />das Salz - salt<br />die Beere - berry<br />der Honig - honey<br />die Marmelade - jam<br />der Pilz - mushroom<br />die Zwiebel - onion<br />die Banane - banana<br />die Mohrrübe - carrot<br />die Birne - pear<br />die Zuckerrübe - beet<br />das Obst - fruit<br />die Melone - melon<br />die Wassermelone - watermelon<br />der Kuchen - cake; pie<br />die Schokolade - chocolate<br />das Fleisch - meat<br />die Kartoffeln - potatoes<br />der Salat - salad<br />die Tomate - tomato<br />die Gurke - cucumber<br />der Kohl- cabbage<br />der Brei - porridge<br />die Suppe - soup<br />das belegte Brötchen - sandwich<br />das Sodawasser - soda<br />das Wasser - water<br />der Kaffee - coffee<br />der Tee - tea<br />die Milch - milk<br />der Saft- juice<br />der Apfel - apple<br />die Trauben - grapes<br />die Orange - orange<br />das Ananas - pineapple<br />die Aprikose - apricot<br />der Zucker - sugar<br />der Reis - rice<br />die Nudeln - noodles<br />das Rindfleisch - beef<br />das Schweinefleisch - pork<br />das Hähnchen - chicken<br />das Kotelett - cutlet<br />die Zitrone - lemon<br />die Erbsen - peas<br />die Bohnen - beans<br />das Brötchen - bun<br />der Fisch - fish die<br />das Konfekt - candy, sweet<br />das Eis - ice; ice cream<br />die Nuss - nut<br />das Ei - egg<br />der Pfirsich - peach<br /><br />die Tasse - cup<br />das Glas - glass<br />der Teller - plate<br />der Löffel - spoon<br />die Gabel - fork<br />das Messer - knife<br />die Untertasse - saucer<br />die Flasche - bottle<br />die Serviette - napkin<br /><br />das Frühstück - breakfast<br />das Mittagessen - dinner<br />das Abendessen - supper<br /><br />das Flugzeug - plane<br />das Auto - car<br />die Straßenbahn - tram<br />der Bus - bus<br />der Zug - train<br />das Fahrrad - bicycle<br /><br /><b>die Zeit - time </b><br /><br />das Jahr - year<br />die Woche - week<br />die Stunde - hour<br />die Minute - minute<br />gestern - yesterday<br />heute - today<br />morgen - tomorrow<br />das Fest - holiday<br /><br />einmal - once<br />zweimal - twice<br />dreimal - three times<br /><br />der Tag - day<br />der Morgen - morning<br />der Tag - day<br />der Abend - evening<br />die Nacht - night<br /><br />der Montag - Monday<br />der Dienstag - Tuesday<br />der Mittwoch - Wednesday<br />der Donnerstag - Thursday<br />der Freitag - Friday<br />der Samstag - Saturday<br />der Sonntag - Sunday<br /><br /><b>der Monat - month </b><br /><br />der Januar - January<br />der Februar - February<br />der März - March<br />der April - April<br />der Mai - May<br />der Juni - June<br />der Juli - July<br />der August - August<br />der September - September<br />der Oktober - October<br />der November - November<br />der Dezember - December<br /><br />der Frühling - spring<br />der Sommer - summer<br />der Herbst - autumn<br />der Winter - winter<br /><br />der Name - name, surname<br />die Adresse - address<br />die Nummer - number<br />der Geburtstag - birthday<br />verheiratet - married<br /><br /><b>die Sache - thing</b><br /><br />der Kugelschreiber - pen<br />das Buch - book<br />das Schach - chess<br />das Telefon - phone<br />die Uhr - clock, watch<br />der Kamm - comb<br />der Fernseher - television set<br />das Bügeleisen - iron<br />die Seife - soap<br />das Radio - radio<br />die Tasche - bag; pocket<br />die Karte - map; card<br />der Koffer - suitcase<br />das Geschenk - gift, present<br />die Kamera - camera<br />der Computer - computer<br />der Film - film<br />die Blume - flower<br />die Vase - vase<br />das Bild - picture<br />das Handtuch - handkerchief<br />der Ball - ball<br />der Luftballon - balloon<br />das Spielzeug - toy<br />die Rechnung - bill<br />der Umschlag - envelope<br />das Papier - paper<br />die Zeitung - newspaper<br />der Brief - letter<br />die Fahrkarte - ticket<br /><br />die Schuhe - shoes<br />der Mantel - coat<br />das Kleid - dress<br />das Hemd - shirt<br />der Rock - skirt<br />der Handschuh - glove<br />der Hut - hat<br />die Jacke - jacket<br />der Schal - scarf<br />die Socke - sock<br />der Pullover - sweater<br />das T-shirt - T-shirt<br />die Kravatte - tie<br />die Hose - trousers, pants<br /><br />was - what<br />welcher - what kind of<br />wer - who<br />wo - where<br />wohin - where to<br />woher - where from<br />wie - how<br />warum - why<br />wann - when<br /><br />ich - I<br />du - you (singular)<br />ihr - you (plural)<br />er - he<br />sie - she; they<br />es - it<br />wir - we<br />Sie - you (politely)<br /><br />mein - my<br />dein - your (singular)<br />euer - your (plural)<br />sein - his<br />ihr - her; their<br />unser - our<br />Ihr - your (politely)<br /><br />aus - from<br />von - of; from<br />zu - to<br />auf - on<br />unter - under; among<br />hinter - behind<br />mit - with<br />ohne - without<br />vor - before<br />zwischen - between<br />in - in<br />neben - near<br />nach - after; to (+ the name of a city or most of the countries)<br />für - for<br /><br />eins - one<br />zwei - two<br />drei - three<br />vier - four<br />fünf - five<br />sechs - six<br />sieben - seven<br />acht - eight<br />neun - nine<br />zehn - ten<br />elf - eleven<br />zwölf - twelve<br />dreizehn - thirteen<br />vierzehn - fourteen<br />fünfzehn - fifteen<br />sechzehn - sixteen<br />siebzehn - seventeen<br />achtzehn - eighteen<br />neunzehn - nineteen<br />zwanzig - twenty<br />dreißig - thirty<br />vierzig - forty<br />fünfzig - fifty<br />sechzig- sixty<br />siebzig - seventy<br />achtzig - eighty<br />neunzig - ninety<br />hundert - hundred<br />tausend - thousand<br /><br />alt - old<br />jung - young<br />neu - new<br />groß - big<br />klein - small<br />hungrig - hungry<br />satt - well-fed<br />gut - good<br />schlecht - bad<br />früh - early<br />spät - late<br />letzt - last<br />nächst - next<br />frei - free<br />heiß - hot<br />warm - warm<br />kalt - cold<br />hoch - high<br />niedrig - low<br />lang - long<br />lange - for a long time<br />leicht - light<br />schwer - heavy<br />dunkel - dark<br />teuer - expensive<br />billig - cheap<br />links - on the left<br />rechts - on the right<br />richtig - right, correct<br />schnell - quick<br />langsam - slow<br />weich - soft<br />hart - hard<br />schön - beautiful<br />aufmerksam - attentive<br />traurig - sad<br />froh - joyful<br />glücklich - happy<br />fertig - ready<br />böse - evil; angry<br />Haupt ... - main, chief<br /><br />schwarz - black<br />blau - blue<br />braun - brown<br />grün - green<br />grau - grey<br />rot - red<br />weiß - white<br />gelb - yellow<br /><br />ja - yes<br />nein - no<br />nicht - not<br />kein - not (before a noun)<br /><br />dieser - this<br />jener - that<br />dass - that (conjunction)<br />hier - here (location)<br />dort - there (location)<br />dorthin - there (direction)<br />hierher - here (direction)<br />jetzt - now<br />schon - already<br />noch - still<br />viele - many<br />viel - much<br />wenige - few<br />wenig - little<br />sehr - very<br />jeder - each, every<br />alle - all, everybody<br />alles -all, everything<br />solcher - such<br /><br />und - and<br />oder - or<br />denn - because, for<br />weil - because, as<br /><br />sein - be<br />haben - have<br />können - can<br />dürfen - may<br />müssen - must (internal reason)<br />sollen - must (external reason)<br />werden - become; for building the future tense<br />leben - live<br />wohnen - live, reside<br />kommen - come<br />gehen - walk<br />fahren - go<br />sehen - see<br />sitzen - sit<br />sagen - say<br />sprechen - speak<br />stehen - stand<br />arbeiten - work<br />brechen - break<br />machen - make<br />tun - do<br />senden - send<br />kaufen - buy<br />schwimmen - swim<br />schlafen - sleep<br />wecken - wake<br />waschen - wash<br />versuchen - attempt, try<br />finden - find<br />bringen - bring<br />feiern - celebrate<br />lächeln - smile<br />weinen - cry<br />kosten - cost<br />lernen - learn<br />lehren - teach<br />schreiben - write<br />wechseln - change<br />fallen - fall<br />hören - hear<br />zeigen - show<br />siegen - win<br />denken - think<br />schließen - close<br />öffnen - open<br />wissen - know<br />kennen - know, be acquaintance<br />singen - sing<br />tanzen - dance<br />fragen - ask<br />sammeln - collect<br />lieben - love<br />malen - draw, paint<br />wählen - choose<br />wollen - want<br />essen - eat<br />trinken - drink<br />geben - give<br />backen - bake<br />kochen - cook<br />schneiden - cut<br />nehmen - take<br />warten - wait<br />danken - thank<br />lesen - read<br />spielen - play<br />antworten - answer<br /><br />Entschuldigung - sorry, excuse me<br />bitte - please<br />keine Ursache - not at all<br />schade - it's a pity<br />auf Wiedersehen - goodbye<br /><br />das Lied - song<br />die Musik - music<br />das Party - party<br />die Größe - size<br />das Geld - money<br />das Glück - happiness<br />der Scherz - joke<br />die Überraschung - surprise<br />das Problem - problem</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><b>das Wetter - weather</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />der Regen - rain<br />der Wind - wind<br />der Schnee - snow<br />der Himmel - sky</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4857324102218305389.post-60636094831066540902022-05-10T23:27:00.003-07:002022-05-10T23:27:25.813-07:00500 Most Common Spanish Words<p> <b style="font-family: verdana;">gente - people</b></p><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />persona - person<br />hombre - man<br />marido - husband<br />mujer - woman, wife<br />niño - child<br />muchacho/a - boy/girl<br />amigo - friend<br />invitado - guest<br /><br /><b>familia - family</b><br /><br />padres - parents<br />padre - father<br />madre - father<br />hijo/a - son/daughter<br />abuelo/a - grandfather/grandmother<br />suegro/a - father-in-law/mother-in-law<br />tío/a - uncle/aunt<br />hermano/a - brother/sister<br />primo/a - cousin<br /><br /><b>trabajo - job, work</b><br /><br />maestro - teacher<br />conductor - driver<br />obrero - worker<br />ingeniero - engineer<br />doctor - doctor<br />enfermera - nurse<br />vendedor - shop assistent<br />contador - accountant<br />pintor - artist<br />estudiante - student<br /><br /><b>país - country</b><br /><br />América - America<br />Inglaterra - England<br />España - Spain<br /><br /><b>animal - animal</b><br /><br />gato - cat<br />perro - dog<br />pájaro - bird<br /><br /><b>ciudad - city</b><br /><br />escuela - school<br />teatro - theatre<br />calle - street<br />plaza - square<br />lugar - place<br />casa - house<br />iglesia - church<br />río - river<br />café - cafe<br />hotel - hotel<br />jardín - garden<br />parque - park<br />banco - bank<br />parada - (bus) stop<br />cine - cinema<br />puente - bridge<br />intersección - intersection, crossroads<br />bosque - forest<br />hospital - hospital<br />mercado - market<br />policía - police<br />oficina de correos - post office<br />estación - station<br />centro - centre<br />tienda - shop, store<br />montaña - mountain<br /><br /><b>apartamento - flat, apartment</b><br /><br />cocina - kitchen<br />balcón - balcony<br />cuarto de baño - bathroom<br />ducha - shower<br />inodoro - toilet<br />suelo - floor<br />techo - ceiling<br />piso - floor, storey<br />pasillo - hall, corridor<br />dormitorio - bedroom<br />sala de estar - living room<br />puerta - door<br />ventana - window<br />llave - key<br />cama - bed<br />almohada - pillow<br />mesa - table<br />silla - chair<br />sillón - armchair<br />nevera - fridge<br />sofá - sofa<br />espejo - mirror<br /><br /><b>comida - food</b><br /><br />pan - bread<br />mantequilla - butter<br />queso - cheese<br />salchichón - sausage<br />aceite - oil<br />pimienta - pepper<br />sal - salt<br />baya - berry<br />miel - honey<br />mermelada - jam<br />seta - mushroom<br />cebolla - onion<br />banana - banana<br />zanahoria - carrot<br />pera - pear<br />remolacha - beet<br />fruta - fruit<br />melón - melon<br />sandía - watermelon<br />pastel - (small) cake<br />tarta - cake<br />chocolate - chocolate<br />carne - meat<br />patatas - potatoes<br />ensalada - salad<br />tomate - tomato<br />pepino - cucumber<br />col - cabbage<br />papilla - porridge<br />sopa - soup<br />bocadillo - sandwich<br />soda - soda<br />agua - water<br />café - coffee<br />té - tea<br />leche - milk<br />jugo - juice<br />manzana - apple<br />uvas - grapes<br />naranja - orange<br />piña - pineapple<br />albaricoque - apricot<br />azúcar - sugar<br />arroz - rice<br />fideos - noodles<br />res - beef<br />cerdo - pork<br />pollo - chicken<br />chuleta - cutlet<br />limón - lemon<br />frijoles - beans</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">guisantes - peas<br />bollo - bun<br />pescado - fish<br />caramelo - candy<br />helado - ice cream<br />nuez - nut<br />huevo - egg<br />melocotón - peach<br /><br />taza - cup<br />vaso - glass<br />plato - plate<br />cuchara - spoon<br />tenedor - fork<br />cuchillo - knife<br />platillo - saucer<br />botella - bottle<br />servilleta - napkin<br /><br />desayuno - breakfast<br />almuerzo - dinner<br />cena - supper<br /><br />avión - plane<br />coche - car<br />tranvía - tram<br />autobús - bus<br />tren - train<br />bicicleta - bicycle<br /><br /><b>tiempo - time, weather </b><br /><br />año - year<br />semana - week<br />hora - hour<br />minuto - minute<br />ayer - yesterday<br />hoy - today<br />mañana - tomorrow, morning<br />fiesta - holiday; party<br />vez - (one) time<br />día - day<br />tarde - evening<br />noche - night<br /><br />lunes - Monday<br />martes - Tuesday<br />miércoles - Wednesday<br />jueves - Thursday<br />viernes - Friday<br />sábado - Saturday<br />domingo - Sunday<br /><br /><b>mes - month</b><br /><br />enero - January<br />febrero - February<br />marzo - March<br />abril - April<br />mayo - May<br />junio - June<br />julio - July<br />agosto - August<br />septiembre - September<br />octubre - October<br />noviembre - November<br />diciembre - December<br /><br />primavera - spring<br />verano - summer<br />otoño - autumn<br />invierno - winter<br /><br />nombre - name<br />dirección - address<br />número - number<br />cumpleaños - birthday <br />casado/a - married<br /><br /><b>cosa - thing</b><br /><br />pluma - pen<br />libro - book<br />ajedrez - chess<br />teléfono - phone<br />reloj - watch<br />peine - comb<br />televisor - TV set<br />plancha - iron<br />jabón - soap<br />radio - radio<br />bolsa - bag<br />mapa - map<br />tarjeta - card<br />maleta - suitcase<br />regalo - gift<br />cámara - camera<br />ordenador - computer<br />película - film<br />flor - flower<br />florero - vase<br />cuadro - picture<br />pañuelo - handkerchief<br />bola - ball<br />globo - balloon<br />juguete - toy<br />cuenta - account<br />sobre - envelope<br />papel - paper<br />periódico - newspaper<br />carta - letter<br />billete - ticket<br /><br /><b>ropa - clothing </b><br /><br />zapatos - shoes<br />abrigo - coat<br />vestido - dress<br />camisa - shirt<br />falda - skirt<br />guante - glove<br />sombrero - hat<br />chaqueta - jacket<br />bufanda - scarf<br />calcetín - sock<br />suéter - sweater<br />camiseta - T-shirt<br />corbata - tie<br />pantalones - pants, trousers</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">mano - hand</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">pie - foot</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">cabeza - head</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ojo - eye</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">lengua - tongue; language</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">nariz - nose</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">boca - mouth</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">oreja - ear</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />qué - what<br />cual - what (kind of)<br />quién - who<br />dónde - where<br />a dónde - to where<br />de dónde - where from<br />cómo - how<br />por qué - why<br />cuándo - when<br /><br />yo - I<br />tú - you (singular)<br />él - he<br />ella - she<br />usted(es) - you (politely, singular/plural) </span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">nosotros - we<br />vosotros - you (plural)<br />ellos/as - they (masculine/feminine)<br /><br />mi - my<br />tu - your (singular)<br />su - his, her, their, your (politely)<br />nuestro - our<br />vuestro - your (plural)<br /><br />de - from; of<br />a - to<br />sobre - on<br />debajo de - under<br />detrás de - behind<br />con - with<br />sin - without<br />antes de - before<br />después de - after<br />delante - in front of<br />entre - between<br />en - in<br />cerca de - near<br />para - for<br /><br />uno - one<br />dos - two<br />tres - three<br />cuatro - four<br />cinco - five<br />seis - six<br />siete - seven<br />ocho - eight<br />nueve - nine<br />diez - ten<br />once - eleven<br />doce - twelve<br />trece - thirteen<br />catorce - fourteen<br />quince - fifteen<br />dieciséis - sixteen<br />diecisiete - seventeen<br />dieciocho - eighteen<br />diecinueve - nineteen<br />veinte - twenty<br />treinta - thirty<br />cuarenta - forty<br />cincuenta - fifty<br />sesenta - sixty<br />setenta - seventy<br />ochenta - eighty<br />noventa - ninety<br />ciento - hundred<br />mil - thousand<br /><br />viejo - old<br />joven - young<br />nuevo - new<br />grande - big<br />pequeño - small<br />bueno - good<br />malo - bad<br />bien - well<br />mal - badly<br />temprano - early<br />tarde - late<br />pasado - last<br />próximo - next<br />libre - free<br />ocupado - busy<br />caliente - warm, hot<br />frío - cold<br />alto - high<br />bajo - low<br />largo - long<br />corto - short<br />fácil - easy<br />difícil - difficult<br />ligero - light, not heavy<br />pesado - heavy<br />oscuro - dark<br />claro - light, not dark<br />caro - expensive, dear<br />barato - cheap<br />a la izquierda - to the left<br />a la derecha - to the right<br />correcto - correct, right<br />rápido - quick<br />despacio - slow<br />suave - soft<br />duro - hard, not soft<br />bonito - beautiful<br />atento - attentive<br />triste - sad<br />alegre - joyful<br />feliz - happy<br />listo - ready<br />enojado - angry<br />principal - main, chief<br /><br />negro - black<br />azul - blue<br />marrón - brown<br />verde - green<br />gris - grey<br />rojo - red<br />blanco - white<br />amarillo - yellow<br /><br />sí - yes<br />no - no; not<br />este - this<br />ese - that<br />aquel - that (further than ese)<br />que - that (conjunction)<br />aquí - here (location)<br />allí - there (location)<br />acá - here (direction)<br />allá - there (direction)<br />ahora - now<br />ya - already<br />todavía - still<br />mucho/a/s - much, many<br />poco/a/s - little, few<br />muy - very<br />cada - each, every<br />todos - all<br />todo - everything<br />tan - so<br /><br />y - and<br />o - or<br />pero - but<br />porque - because<br /><br />ser - be (permanently)<br />estar - be (temporarily), be located<br />tener - have<br />poder - can<br />deber - must<br />vivir - live<br />permanecer - stay<br />venir - come<br />ir - go<br />ver - see<br />sentar - sit<br />decir - say<br />hablar - talk<br />trabajar - work<br />romper - break<br />hacer - do<br />enviar - send<br />comprar - buy<br />nadar - swim<br />dormir - sleep<br />despertar - wake<br />lavar - wash<br />probar - try<br />encontrar - find<br />traer - bring<br />celebrar - celebrate<br />sonreír - smile<br />llorar - cry<br />costar - cost<br />aprender - learn<br />enseñar - teach<br />escribir - write<br />cambiar - change<br />caer - fall<br />escuchar - listen<br />mostrar - show<br />ganar - win, earn<br />pensar - think<br />cerrar - close<br />abrir - open<br />saber - know<br />conocer - know (a person)<br />cantar - sing<br />bailar - dance<br />preguntar - ask<br />contestar - answer<br />recoger - collect, gather<br />amar - love<br />dibujar - draw<br />elegir - choose<br />querer - want<br />comer - eat<br />beber - drink<br />dar - give<br />hornear - bake<br />cocinar - cook<br />cortar - cut<br />tomar - take<br />esperar - wait<br />leer - read<br />jugar - play</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">fumar - smoke</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">crear - create</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">luchar - fight</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />gracias - thanks<br />perdón - sorry<br />por favor - please<br />de nada - not at all, you are welcome<br />qué lástima - it's a pity<br />hasta la vista - goodbye<br /><br />canción - song<br />música - music<br />tamaño - size<br />dinero - money<br />felicidad - happiness<br />suerte - luck<br />broma - joke<br />sorpresa - surprise<br />problema - problem<br />hambre - hunger<br /><br />lluvia - rain<br />viento - wind<br />nieve - snow<br />cielo - sky</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4857324102218305389.post-48878018686728486072022-05-10T06:11:00.002-07:002022-05-10T06:11:25.182-07:00Myth: You certainly need to learn a language in the country<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
When I visited Germany first time in my life, I had already learnt German for two and a half years at my university in Russia.<br />
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One day I was invited there to the birthday party of an old man (he had even been a soldier of Wehrmacht), who made a compliment to me. He said that I spoke German perfectly and he didn't believe that I had never been in Germany before. He just couldn't believe that a person could speak the language so well without learning it in the country of the language. He didn't know that I had been to Kazakhstan and Ukraine before but I couldn't speak their languages at all at that time. Actually this former German soldier couldn't speak Russian either in spite of the fact that he had spent several years fighting on the Eastern front.<br />
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I'd love to have learnt German in Germany, but if it is not possible, the language can be mastered in any other country as well. Textbooks, dictionaries and tutors are available now almost in any country, especially nowadays in the era of the Internet.<br />
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When I learnt German, there was no Internet yet. Now it is much easier to learn languages without visiting the country of the language. You can watch movies in the language you learn, listen to audiobooks and songs in this language, communicate with people who speak this language etc. You can immerse yourself in the language as if you were in the country of the language.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4857324102218305389.post-63666308652648643062022-05-09T05:38:00.001-07:002022-05-09T05:38:15.786-07:00What is your ideal in speaking a foreign language<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/15/17_moments_of_the_spring_dvd_cover.jpg/320px-17_moments_of_the_spring_dvd_cover.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/15/17_moments_of_the_spring_dvd_cover.jpg/320px-17_moments_of_the_spring_dvd_cover.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">
I grew up in the time of the Soviet Union. Our favorite television series in that time was "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen_Moments_of_Spring" target="_blank">17 Moments of Spring</a>". The series portrayed the exploits of Maxim Isaev, a Soviet spy operating in Nazi Germany under the name Max Otto von Stierlitz. He spoke German so well that nobody would guess that he was Russian. The film was so popular in the Soviet Union that city streets were empty during the showing and the crime level dropped almost to zero.<br />
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I was amazed by Isaev's ability to speak German so much that I decided to learn the language exactly on the same level as him.<br />
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That's why later when I didn't try to learn one hundred German words or one thousand or ten thousand, I tried to learn ALL of them. And I didn't try to remember them only until my next test or exam in German, but to remember them forever.<br />
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I think it was my strongest motivational factor that helped me not to be lazy and to derive the maximum benefit from the learning process.<br />
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What is your ideal in mastering languages? A famous polyglot? A singer? A spy like in my case? The better your ideal is, the more motivated you are.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4857324102218305389.post-91186175903339229662022-05-08T06:12:00.002-07:002022-05-08T06:12:53.675-07:00How to instantly improve your language performance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
When I was a student I spent a semester at a university in Germany. There was a female student from Russia whose German was very good. I mean she knew the grammar well and knew a lot of words.<br />
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I also met a Russian guy there who didn't know the German grammar so well and didn't know so many words. But the difference between them was that Germans thought that this guy spoke German much better than that girl.<br />
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How come?<br />
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The girl was afraid of speaking German, of making mistakes or of being seen as stupid. But what she was afraid of actually happened to her.<br />
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The male student wasn't afraid of making mistakes and of being seen as stupid. In spite of all grammar and lexical mistakes he could always put across his ideas.<br />
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So your decision just to speak the language you learn despite all possible errors will greatly improve your language performance in front of native speakers. Such a decision will give a 50% advantage over those who know the language better but are afraid of using it.<br />
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That's how things happen: It's better to speak making mistakes than to stay silent without making any mistakes.<br />
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<b>PS:</b><br />
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This blog is part of my decision to use English in spite of all possible mistakes.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4857324102218305389.post-66334825922101843842022-05-06T06:53:00.000-07:002022-05-06T06:53:00.880-07:00Language Difficulty Ranking<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
If you want to become a polyglot you have to learn as many foreign languages as possible. But it is possible to spend thousands of hours on learning a very difficult language and become just a bilingual person or it is possible to spend the same amount of time on learning several easy languages and become a real polyglot.<br />
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Let's see the view of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) on the difficulty of different languages for English speaking people. The FSI has distingished 4 levels of language difficulty:<br />
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<b>Level 1: Languages closely related to English</b><br />
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Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, French, Italian,<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish<br />
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<b>Level 2: Languages similar to English</b><br />
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German<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
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<b>Level 3: Languages with linguistic and/or cultural differences from English</b><br />
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Indonesian, Malaysian,<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Swahili<br />
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<b>Level 4: Languages with significant linguistic and/or cultural differences from English</b><br />
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Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Khmer, Lao, Latvian,<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lithuanian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Nepali, Pashto, Persian (Dari, Farsi, Tajik), Polish, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Xhosa, Zulu<br />
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<b>Level 5: Languages which are exceptionally difficult for native English speakers</b><br />
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Arabic, Cantonese (Chinese), Mandarin (Chinese), Japanese, Korean</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4857324102218305389.post-8909289660527003042022-05-05T01:58:00.005-07:002022-05-05T01:58:59.321-07:00How to have a breakthrough in language learning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
By the time I went to university I had already been studying German at school for 7 years. However as it is very common in the Russian educational system I didn't speak the foreign language. Even after a year of studying at the faculty for foreign languages I wasn't quite sure whether I could speak German or not. But then something amazing happened.<br />
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We had such a part of our learning process as home reading. Every year we had to read and retell 500 pages of foreign original books.<br />
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I didn't have any German original books and there wasn't any Internet yet. That's why I asked my teacher to give me some books. I got two thick German books from her. I had only two weeks for reading them. So I had to read quite a few pages every day.<br />
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The first days were the most difficult. I came across a lot of new words, which I wrote down and tried to remember. On the first page I saw lots of them. On the second one I saw lots of them again. <br />
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But authors usually have not more than 10,000 words in their vocabulary. So beginning from the fifth or the sixth page I began to see all the same favorite words of the author and fewer and fewer words were unknown to me.<br />
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The miracle happened at the end of the book. The vocabulary of the author had already been depleted and he couldn't give me any new words. He had used them all. I felt that I had mastered the language. I liked that feeling of total understanding of the language.<br />
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It was difficult at the beginning of the book, but the feeling at the end of the book was worth it. </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4857324102218305389.post-21175589832488504352022-05-02T02:53:00.003-07:002022-05-02T02:53:37.478-07:00Studying multiple languages at the same time: yes or no<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
I am passionate about languages. I have loved learning languages as long as I can remember. That's why I tried to learn almost all languages you could only imagine. What was the result? I didn't master even one percent of the languages I had been trying to learn.<br />
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What happened to the one percent of the languages which was mastered by me? Why was I successful in these languages and wasn't successful in other ones?<br />
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I mastered only the languages I studied intensively. It means I learnt every one of these languages so hard that I didn't have any time for other languages.<br />
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Then there was time when I learnt multiple languages at the same time. I got to know some basics of the languages but never reached the level of fluency in them. Moreover I forgot even the basics of the languages as soon as I stopped learning them. The only productive time I had when I was learning just one language at a time.<br />
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Now I try to concentrate just on one language at a time. This time should be at least half a year. It is more than enough to learn at least 3000 words.<br />
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Of course I need some regular time to refresh the languages I have already learnt. I often listen to the radio or watch documentaries in those languages. But my focus is still on the ONE language that I'm learning in this period of my life. </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4857324102218305389.post-10568501133421534562022-04-26T06:27:00.004-07:002022-04-26T06:27:56.796-07:00How to Count the Number of Words You Know in Any Foreign Language<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
It was in 1994.<br />
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I went from Russia to Germany for studying at the Technical University of Chemnitz-Zwickau. It took about 5 days to get there by train. I didn't want to waste that time in the train and decided to calculate my German vocabulary.<br />
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But how could I do it? To take a dictionary and count all the familiar words there it would have been too time consuming. Even my 5 day journey wouldn't have been long enough to look carefully through the whole dictionary. So I found another way.<br />
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I took my Russian German dictionary and counted the words I know only on every tenth page of it. Then I multiplied the result by 10 and got the approximate number of words I know in the German language, the approximate one but pretty close to the exact volume of my vocabulary. It was 6,000 words.<br />
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After 4 months of studying in Germany I went back to Russia and on my way home I repeated the same action with my Russian German dictionary. I counted the words on every tenth page but began doing it from a different page than I had done it before. By that time I had already known 12,000 German words.<br />
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Maybe you know some other ways of calculating your vocabulary? Feel free to criticize my method and to suggest your own one. </span></div>
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