English and Modern German

We can see the similarities between English and Modern German through the German prepositions and pronouns. Sometimes the first letters of the German words and English equivalents will be the same, sometimes the sounds will be very similar, and sometimes the number of syllables will be the same. 

German Prepositions

German	English
dies	This
das	That
diese	These
jene	Those
über	Above
nach	After
um	Around
an	At
wegen	Because of
bevor	Before
neben	Beside
zwischen	Between
aber	But
nah bei/ in der Nähe von	Close to
unten	Down
während	During
für	For
von/ aus	From
in	In
vor	In front of
in	Inside
anstatt	Instead of
wie	Like
nahe	Near
neben	Next to
auf	On
auf	On top of
aus	Out
aussen	Outside
über	Over
seit	Since
als	Than
zu	To
unter	Under
bis	Until
oben	Up
ohne	Without

German Pronouns

Personal Pronouns in German
Singular
I	ich
you (familiar)	du
you (formal)	Sie
he, she, it	er, sie, es
Plural
we	wir
you (familiar)	ihr
you (formal)	Sie
they	sie

Direct Object Pronouns in German
Singular
me	mich
you (familiar)	dich
you (formal)	Sie
him, her, it	ihn, sie, es
Plural
us	uns
you (familiar)	euch
you (formal)	Sie
them	sie

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