| | Speak German with words you already know! | | Quiz | | Take this quiz. Match the correct meaning of the bolded word with the English word on the right. | | 1.
| Der Film Matrix ist interessant.
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| Sean Connery ist groß und intelligent.
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| Julia Roberts ist sympathisch, lustig und attraktiv.
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| | a.
| pretty
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| movie
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| smart
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1:b 2:c 3:a | | Cognates | | English is a Germanic language. Therefore, many German words have English cognates, or similar meanings. How much of this text can you understand? | | Titanic ist der beste amerikanische Film. Er hat sehr phantasievolle, romantische, tragische und lustige Szenen, ist aber auch sehr realistisch. | | Here is the translation. How did you do? | | Titanic is the best American film. It has very imaginative, romantic, tragic and funny scenes, but is also very realistic. |
| | Practice | | Choose the best answer to complete sentence. | 1 .
You've Got Mail ist ein _____ Film. (You've Got Mail is a romantic movie.) a.
sympathischer
b.
realistischer
c.
romantischer
2 .
Robert deNiro ist _____ Schauspieler der Welt. (Robert deNiro is the best actor in the world.) a.
tragisch
b.
der beste
c.
amerikanisch
3 .
Cindy Crawford ist _____. (Cindy Crawford is pretty.) a.
attraktiv
b.
lustig
c.
tragisch
4 .
Der Soldat James Ryan ist ein _____ Film. (Saving Private Ryan is a realistic movie.) a.
realistischer
b.
aktueller
c.
lustiger
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1:c 2:b 3:a 4:a |
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|  | | | | | | die Flagge flag (pronounce 'dee flah-geh') | | die Szenen scenes (pronounce 'dee tsay-nen') | | der beste the best (pronounce 'dair bes-teh') | | groß big, tall (pronounce 'grohss') | | intelligent intelligent (pronounce 'intelligkent') | | attraktiv attractive (pronounce 'uhtrukteef') | | amerikanisch American (pronounce 'uhmerikawnish') | | romantisch romantic (pronounce 'romuntish') | | tragisch tragic (pronounce 'trawgish') | | realistisch realistic (pronounce 'rayulistish') |
|  | | | Achtung! | | Watch out! Not all German words that look like English words actually mean the same thing. Did you see the words sympatisch, lustig and groß above? Here is a short list of commonly confused falsche Freunde (false friends). | | | sympatisch
-nice (not sympathetic) | | lustig
-fun/funny (not lusty) | | groß
-big, tall (not disgusting) | | aktuell
-currently (not actually) | | eventuell
-possibly (not eventually) |
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