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One of the main reason to say that German is not all that much hard to learn because, German and English originate from the same language families and share more similarities between them
Both German and English are from Indo-European languages that start from the Germanic family of languages. About 40% of the vocabulary is similar to English vocabulary, which is a good start for native English speakers!
German patterns are easy to recognize, the pronunciation and grammar are also easier than you might think.
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English and German are Cognates
Cognates are words that are pronounced similarly in two different languages which also have similar meanings. English and German share a lot between them
English and German, are the two most widely spoken West Germanic languages. Since they both are developed separately but they are from the same ancestor origin and they both have a large number of cognates.
Thus, learning the basics of German is a whole lot easier! Without knowing German, you can probably think what the English equivalents are for several months.
Realize that 80% of the most common words in English have Germanic origins. These include the most basic used expressions. For instance, “I have” and “ich habe” are both similar to pronounce.
If we see the phrases “what is that?” and “was ist das?”, the connections are the same. There is a little difference between the two phrases except for sounds that have developed one way in English and slightly different in German..
To start decoding the German words, a few simple tricks are there. For example, sometimes the English word similar of a German word can be created by changing pf, ff, or f into a p, as Pfeffer (pepper), offen (open), and helfen (help).
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German pronunciation is easy
It is much easier to pronounce words that are phonetically in German than in English. In English, letters often change the sound without any logical explanation in German it is not like that
The best way to learn German pronunciation is by starting to learn the alphabet. Once you have learned each letter, you will be able to pronounce almost every word easily
The most difficult letter to pronounce is the trilled ‘R’ but even this sound is pretty acceptable with a little practice. There will be no pressure to get the start in the beginning, keep working on it you will start to feel more natural eventually.
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