Before I started learning German, I expected to find a lot in common with English, but I was a bit disillusioned when I realized that I didn't have the same advanced vocabulary bonus I got with Spanish (e.g. tangible and tangible but in German beruhrbar). I was, however, pleasantly surprised to see some (primarily grammatical) similarities with Spanish. For fun I made a list of similarities. Feel free to make corrections or add on. I know much of this list explains how English is "un-european" more than anything else.
-same word for tomorrow and morning "morgen" and "mañana"
-subjunctive "I want him to go" vs "I want that he goes"
-verb for "to like" gustar and gefallen (yes I know there is also mogen)
-two verbs for English "to know"
-one verb for to do/make
-I have hunger/thirst instead of am hungry
-similar conjugations like the 1st and 3rd being the same in the past tense (imperfect in spanish)
-way of expressing have been phrases "Soy maestro desde hace un año" and "Ich bin Lehrer seit einem Jahr"
-position of the word "ago" "vor einem Jahr" and "hace un año"
-liberal usage of definite articles (though Spanish uses them more)
-gerund is the infinitive
-suffix to mark infinitive rather than a preposition
-some random vocab like funktionieren and funcionar or probar and probieren
-Occasional omission of indefinite articles where they exist in English
I am a teacher
Ich bin Lehrer
Soy maestro
Sé que es posible decir "Llevo un año trabajando como traductor"
Y creo que tambien se puede decir "he sido traductor desde hace un año"
¿Son todos estas construcciones posibles?
¿Qué otros modos hay de decir esto?
2. Estamos emocionados por este año y esperamos que ustedes también.
