Today I continued learning about cognates and more in depth about parts of speech and parts of words. I also learned about similar suffixes that can be recognized with understanding of English.
Lektion 4-Lektion 6
Review of cognates you already know
English-German
Action-Aktion
fraction-faktion
artist-artist
communist-kommunist
reality-ralität
authority-autordät
decorate-dekorieren
plastic-plastik
Some endings are the same; some change slightly
English-German
-tion=-tion
-ist=-ist
-ty=-tät
-ate=-ieren
-ic=-ik
There are always exceptions to the rules but memorizing these patterns will often allow you to recognize and understand new vocabulary.
False Friends; Falsche Freunde
Avoid these pitfalls, or avoid confusing these words with their English versions other as it can be tricky because they mean something different in German/Deutch
English word-means in German-looks like-but really means
actual-(wirlich,tätsachlich-aktuell)-current
also-auch-also-so...
arm-arm-arm-poor
art-kunst-art-(way,sort,know)
I also took my first test of German language knowledge.
It was a quick 20 question quiz where it reviewed my knowledge of cognates, parts of speech and how to properly introduce yourself in German/Deutch.
such as correctly saying I am=Ich heiß or where you are from=Ich komme aus.
The definition of what cognates are was also questioned(words that have the same origin).
It tested my knowledge of Falsche Freunde(Words that have similar origin but different meanings)
It also had a few true or false questions about how some words are spelled and how some sentences should be written in German.
That is it for now. Gut Germatch.
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