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- Short vowels
- A Mann /man/ "a" as in "must“ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mann#Pronunciation_3
- E Bett 🛏️ /bɛt/ (bed) "e" as in "bet" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bett#Pronunciation_3
- I Mitte /ˈmɪ.tə/(middle) "i" as in "bit"
- O Sonne /ˈzɔnə/ 🌞 "o" as in "lot" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sonne#Pronunciation
- U Mutter [ˈmʊtɐ] "oo" as in "foot" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mutter#Pronunciation
- Long vowels
- a Vater FAH-ter /ˈfaːtɐ/ ah (as in father) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vater#Pronunciation
- e Leben LAY-ben /ˈleːbən/ (life) ay (as in "say")
- i Biene BEE-nuh /ˈbiːnə/ (bee) 🐝 ee (as in "see")
- o Brot broht /bʁoːt/ (bread)🍞 oh (as in "go")
- u Schule SHOO-luh /ˈʃuːlə/ (school) oo (as in "moon")
- Felix the cat visits the farm 😺 🐄🐎🐓
- Felix, der Kater, war sehr glücklich in seinem neuen Heim, dem Sonnen hof, “Endlich habe ich ein Zuhause, wo ich den ganzen Tag draußen spielen kann", jubelte er.
- Kater /ˈkaː.tɐ/ 😺 male cat https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kater#Pronunciation
- war was
- sehr /zeːr/ very https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sehr#Pronunciation
- glücklich /ˈɡlʏklɪç/ happy
- seinem his
- neuen new https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/neuen#Pronunciation
- neu nɔʏ̯/ neu (“oy” as in “Boy”)
- Heim Home
- Endlich /ˈɛntlɪç/ At last
- wo where
- ganzen entire
- Tag /taːk/ day
- draußen outside au ow
- spielen play
- jubelte cheered
- Felix, the cat, was very happy in his new home, the Sonnenhof, "I finally have a home where I can play outside all day," he cheered.
- Eines Tages, als Felix mit seinem Flugzeug spielte, traf er Olga, die Kuh. “Herzlich Wilkommen auf dem Sonnenhof‘, sagie sie, „Ich bin Olga, die Kuh."
- Als when, while, as
- mit /mɪt/ with https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mit#Pronunciation_4
- Flugzeug /ˈfluːktsɔʏ̯k/ airplane ✈️
- spielte played
- Traf met
- Herzlich Heartily
- Wilkommen /vɪlˈkɔmən/ Welcome
- Kuh /kuː/ 🐄 cow https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kuh#Pronunciation
- One day, when Felix was playing with his plane, he met Olga, the cow. "Welcome to the Sonnenhof," she said, "I am Olga, the cow."
- “Ich gebe Milch, Butter und Sahne.
- Was fust du?"
- Dann kam Felix zum Hühnerhaus
- gebe /ˈɡeːbə/ give https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gebe#Pronunciation
- Milch /mɪlç/ 🥛 milk https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Milch#Pronunciation
- Sahne cream
- Dann /dan/ then https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dann#Pronunciation
- “I give milk, butter and cream.
- What are you doing?"
- Then Felix came to the henhouse
- “Ich bin Henrietia, das Huhn“, sagte eine kleine, rote Henne. „Ich lege Eier und ziehe Küken groß. Wer bist du, und was tust du?"
- Huhn /huːn/ chicken 🐓 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Huhn#Pronunciation
- kleine /‘klaɪ̯nə/ little https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kleine#Pronunciation_2
- rote /ˈʁoːtə/ 🔴 red https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rote#Pronunciation_3
- Eier Eggs 🍳 🥚
- Küken /ˈkyːkən/ chicks 🐥 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/K%C3%BCken#Pronunciation
- ziehe Küken raise chicks 🐣
- wer who
- I am Henriettia, the chicken," said a small, red hen. "I lay eggs and raise chicks. Who are you, and what do you do?"
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