Exploring French German and Spanish by Jacob Steigerwald

By Jacob Steigerwald

This article and workbook serves as an advent to French, German, and Spanish as moment languages. An introductory bankruptcy discusses the relatedness of languages and the interrelationships of the Indo-European language households. The relationships of French, German, and Spanish to English are exhibit in cognate workouts. within the moment bankruptcy, sound process typically and sound construction specifically are defined utilizing the overseas Phonetic Alphabet. person alphabets of the 3 languages also are incorporated. The 3rd bankruptcy offers an advent to numerous geographic and correct names and to denotations of the seasons, months, days, quantity, and expressions of time. standards for selecting to review a selected language are defined in bankruptcy four. In bankruptcy five, the variety of linguistic considering is illustrated through analyzing kinds of corresponding English, French, German, and Spanish idiomatic expressions. similar proverbs also are used to teach cultural transformations expressed in language. The 6th bankruptcy outlines grammatical phrases and elements of speech to be used in language comparisons. the ultimate bankruptcy includes quizzes and a listing of occupations during which overseas language competence should be an asset. A bibliography of over 70 goods is usually incorporated.

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Etc. etc. cent quatrevingt-dix hundertneunzig ciento-noventa deux cents zweihundert doscientos trois cents dreihundert trescientos etc. etc. etc. mille tausend mil mille cent tausendeinhundert mil -cien mille deux cents tausendzweihundert mil-doscientos deux mille weitausend dos-mil trois mills dreitausend tres-mil etc. etc. etc. un million eine Million un million un milliard eine Milliarde mil milliones un trillion eine Billion un million de milliones un quintillion ei:ie Trillion mil milliones de milliones premier (1 er) erste primero deuxiame (2 e) zweite segundo troisiame (3 e) dritte tercero quatriame vierte cuarto cinquiame Mete quinto sixiame sechste sexto Ordinal Numbers ENGLISH OTHER FRENCH GERMAN SPANISH septiame siebente septimo huitiame achte octavo neuviame neunte noveno dixiame zehnte dlcimo ENGLISH OTHER ....

5) Brazil, 6) Australia, 7) India, 8) Argentina, 9) Sudan, 10) Algeria, etc. Other possible comparative arrangements might include data concerning populations. Country a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) Austria Belgium France German Dem. Republ. Germany, Fed. A. 9 52 SUGGESTED EXERCISE; On the basis of the data given above, arrange the countries listed in des cending order, according to x) relative physical size and y) total population. In column z), write the principal language that is spoken in each respective country: x) Relative Size y) Total Population z) Principal 1.

Suggested EXERCISE A. With the help of a gazeteer, or the "Pronouncing Gazeteer" section in Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, try to pronounce the following geographic names authentically: FRENCH GERMAN SPANISH 1) Besancon 1) Aachen 1) Cuba 2) Cherbourg 2) Berlin 2) Guadalajara 3) Lyon 3) Dresden 3) La Paz 4) Marseilles 4) Frankfurt 4) Mexico 5) Montreal 5) Graz 5) Monterrey 6) Nancy 6) Hamburg 6) Panamg T) Orleans 7) Leipiig 7) Paraguay 8) Paris 8) Luzern 8) Puerto Rico 9) Rouen 9) Potsdam 9) Quito 10) Somme 10) Worms 10) Santo Domingo OTHER - -36 6 37 B.

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