Family
Meine Familie!
German families are generally small—typically, parents will have one or two children. Parents might be married or unmarried, and same‑sex couples are very common.
Meine Mutter!
German nouns have gender! Some nouns are masculine, like Vater and Bruder, while others are feminine, like Mutter and Schwester.
eine Mutter und ein Vater
a mother and a father
Notice that ein changes form! Words like ein or mein have different endings depending on the gender of the noun they’re paired with.
mein Bruder und meine Schwester
my brother and my sister
I think, therefore...
In English, we say I am but you are. In German, you do the same thing!
Ich bin Karl.
I am Karl.
Du bist sehr groß.
You are very tall.
Meine Schwester ist klug.
My sister is smart.
Never vier!
Here are some more sound differences between English and German!
Vogel
Vogel, Vater (as in “father”)
ei
mein, ein (as in “ice”)
schwach
schwach, Tochter
like clearing your throat
like clearing your throat