Allgemein

kurz                                 –             lange

dick                                 –             dünn

dumm                             –            klug, schlau, intelligent

gut                                   –            schlecht

.
                                               un-…
angenehm                      –             unangenehm

sympathisch                  –             unsympathisch

faire                                –              unfair

Bauer                                         Landwirt

Null-Grad-Grenze                   Gefrierpunkt

Definite and Indefinite Article

„what oder which

-ig ending is pronounced “-ich”

richtig        –          richtich

wichtig       –          wichtich

König         –          Könich

Sp- and St- at the beginning of a word or syllable is pronounced “Schp…”   “Scht…”:

Schtraße, Schprache,  schprechen

the en- ending of a word or syllable is pronounced  “-n”:

machn

the er-ending is pronounced with a very weak “a”

Butter       –      Butta

German Grammar: Verb + Preposition

Adverbs.

The English adverbs – most of them – have an ly-tag: beautifully, thoroughly, hastily.

There are German words ending on -lich. But even they are not adverbs!

The difference between German adjectives and adverbs is Zero: “Die Maschine ist laut” vs “Sie singt laut”.