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Just as waiter and waitress correspond to different genders, all professions in German have a masculine and feminine version. The feminine ones end with ‑in!
der Kellner, die Kellnerin
the waiter, the waitress
You are German student!
You are your profession! In English, we say I am an actor, but in German, you just say I am actor.
Ich bin Schauspieler.
I am an actor.
Meine Mutter ist Professorin.
My mother is a professor.
What’s mein is dein!
Remember how mein goes with masculine nouns and meine with feminine ones? It’s the same with dein and deine.
Dein Vater ist Lehrer.
Your father is a teacher.
Deine Mutter ist Ärztin.
Your mother is a doctor.
Shh! It’s time to listen!
You will hear the sh sound whenever you see sch, or when a word begins with st‑ or sp‑. Can you hear it?
schön
schön, Schüler (as in “shoe”)
später
später, spielen
starts with “sh”
starts with “sh”
Stern
Stern, Student
starts with “sh”
starts with “sh”