One day in my German class we had a speaking test and my teacher asked me what the weather was like today. I looked out the window and replied: Die Sonne schneit. She just looked at me and laughed. I meant to say: Die Sonne scheint which means 'the sun is shining' instead of 'the sun is snowing'. In my defence those words sound very much alike ...
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Can't tell you how often I see the letters transposed and READ:Die Sonne schneit . To help students keep it straight for pronunciation, I try telling them it's like saying Die Sonne "shines" but just use a t at the end, instead of s. It helps some of them.
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