German Made Simple: Learn to Speak and Understand German Quickly and Easily (9 page)

K
ln
L
ffel
zw
lf
wir
ffnen
Cologne
spoon
twelve
we open

K
ln ist in Deutschland
(
doitsh
-lant
).

Wir
ffnen jetzt die T
r
.

Der L
ffel ist groß
.

Das Kind z
hlt von eins bis zw
lf
.

von
(
fŏn
) from,
bis
to

Long
. No equivalent sound in English. It is like the French
u
. To make long
, hold lips firmly in the position for
ū
(
;) and try to say
ī
(
eel
). The result will be long
. (See Diagram in
Chapter 1
.)

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