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"?