Build-Your-Brain: Word of the Week

 

HOUND

pronounced: "HOW-nd"

 In English, a hound refers to a type of dog that howls.

For example, a beagle is a type of hound dog.  Many dogs have hound as part of their name, such as basset hound or coon hound.

I recently went on a trip to Sweden. I can not speak Swedish (yet) and had to use some detective skills to understand signs. 

Readers usually find language interesting and have good vocabularies.

If you are a good reader and know the word 'hound' means a dog, can you think about what this sign means? Many languages share similarities.

 

 

 

No, I can not read this sign, but it is about dogs being on a leash in the park.

In Swedish, hund means dog. Can you find the 2 words in the sign that refer to dogs?

Hundar means 'dogs.'

Hunden means 'the dog.'

I hope I can learn Swedish because I have many ancestors who were Swedish.

It would likely be easier for you to learn languages, if you are young, than for me because I am old.  I am grandma age!

I know speaking languages is hard for me, but I might be able to learn to read Swedish. 

I wonder how you would say "hound dog" in Swedish.

Would you say "Hund hund"? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Those Toes

 Those Toes

long whiskers

little chin

those toes

 

 pointy teeth

sharp claws

those toes

 

pink nose

yellow eyes

those toes

 

twitchy tail

soft fur

those toes

 

soft belly

purring cat

and

those toes

 

 

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