Short lesson that introduced a few verbs, and an important pronunciation tip!

Vocab

• so -> so

New Verbs

• To shine -> scheinen
  • It can also mean “to seam”
  • Example sentences
    • It seams so -> er scheint so
    • The sun shines -> Die Sonne scheint
• To appear/look -> erscheinen
  • It can also mean “to come out”
  • Example sentences:
    • The movie comes out tomorrow -> Der film erscheint morgen
    • The sun appears dim today -> Die Sonne erscheint trübe heute
• To clear up/settle/resolve -> klären
  • Example sentences
    • We must clear it up for him -> Wir müssen klären auf für ihn
    • I hope it is clear now -> ich hoffe es ist jetzt klären
• To explain -> erklären
  • Example sentences
    • Have you explained it to him? -> Hast du es ihm erklärt?

A note on pronunciation

This one affects words that end with an r and where the r follows a vowel, so words like er and der