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How to Say ‘She speaks English and only a little German.’ in German

Sie spricht Englisch und nur ein bisschen Deutsch.

zee shprikht ENG-lish oont noor ine BISS-khen doytch

[zee shprikht ENG-lish oont noor ine BISS-khen doytch]

🇩🇪 In Germany: It's worth mentioning this early. Many Kitas have multilingual children and staff who will adapt, sometimes using a few English words or gestures at first.

Phrase Breakdown

Sie spricht Englisch

zee shprikht ENG-lish

She speaks English

The 'sp' in 'spricht' sounds like 'shp'.

Example

Sie spricht Französisch.

She speaks French.

Words in this phrase

Sie

[zee]

She

A pronoun used to refer to a female person or object known to the speaker.

Example

Sie ist sehr stilvoll.

She is very stylish.

spricht

[shprikht]

speaks; is speaking

Form of 'sprechen' (to speak); used on the phone to say who is calling.

Example

Hier spricht Anna Müller.

This is Anna Müller speaking.

Englisch

[ENG-lish]

English

The language English.

Example

Sprechen Sie Englisch oder Deutsch?

Do you speak English or German?

und nur ein bisschen Deutsch.

oont noor ine BISS-khen doytch

and only a little German.

'Nur ein bisschen' means 'only a little'. Pause briefly before 'und'.

Example

Ich esse nur ein bisschen.

I'm only eating a little.

Words in this phrase

und

[oont]

and

A conjunction used to connect sentences or elements in a sentence.

Example

Und ich freue mich.

And I am happy.

nur

[noor]

only; just

Limits the meaning to one thing.

Example

Nur dein Getränk sieht so unbeaufsichtigt aus, nicht dein Charme.

Only your drink looks so unattended, not your charm.

ein

[ine]

The indefinite article 'ein'.

Example

Ich brauche ein Auto.

I need a car.

bisschen

[BISS-khen]

little bit

Used to ask for a small amount of something, such as milk or sugar.

Example

Nur ein bisschen Milch, bitte.

Just a little milk, please.

Deutsch

[doytch]

German

The German language; written with a capital letter as a noun.

Example

Deutsch ist eine schöne Sprache.

German is a beautiful language.

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