14 verwirrende Adjektive- Nicht verwechseln! (Deutsch B2, C1).

Do you know the difference between seelisch and seelisch, fraglich and fragwürdig, or vertraut and vertraulich? The adjective pairs in this video sound very similar, but you should not confuse them. I am familiar with this software. When I am familiar with something, then I am familiar with it. I know it well and master it. Here in the example I know this software well and can use it. We could also say Are you familiar with the rules of German law? Do you know your way around German law? When you say that you are familiar with a person, then it means that you are very close friends with this person. For example, the two are very familiar with each other. Do you know how they know each other? So I see that the two know each other very well and like each other. This information is confidential. Vertraulich means as much as secret. Here I say this information should not be passed on to other people. Or I talked to my boss in a confidential conversation about my illness. The conversation only took place between me and my boss and he promised me that he would not talk to other people about what we talked about. Lazy animals make very suspicious movements. The adjective suspicious describes that someone does something very calmly. You do not act spontaneously or nervously, but consciously and thoughtfully, without haste. Often it also means that someone does something with caution. Another example. The old woman was very careful on the street. So she was slow and maybe a little careful. We usually describe movements with this adjective, as in the examples, but we could also say something like she chose her words very carefully not to hurt anyone. This means that she did not answer quickly and spontaneously, but that she chose her words carefully and carefully. She paid close attention to what she said. In contrast, let's look at suspicious. Here is an example sentence. It is suspicious that many people today only inform themselves in social media. Suspicious means as much as worrying. Something is causing worries. We describe with this adjective things that can be potentially problematic or risky. Another example. Fewer and fewer children can read and write well. This is a suspicious development. We have to worry about this development. It leads to problems when fewer and fewer children can read and write well. Let's continue with sparing and sparing. The adjective sparing describes a person who wants to use little of something. She deals with resources, money or energy so that nothing is wasted. She lives very sparingly and only spends money for the most necessary. So she only buys what she really needs. Sparing means that something is very little available. She gets a sparing salary. That means she only gets little salary. She doesn't get much money. Or the applause was very sparing. So there was only little applause. What could it mean if I say your apartment is very sparingly furnished? In your apartment there are only few furniture. It is a bit empty in your apartment. More examples and exercises to the adjectives from this video can be found by members of Deutsch mit Rieke as always in the member section. As a member you not only get exercises and quiz questions to each of my videos. You can also download the scripts to the videos and subscribe to the videos as a podcast. You can find more about membership in the video description. His grandmother was a kind woman who always helped him when he had problems. If someone is kind then he or she is very friendly, compassionate and helpful. This person radiates warmth and takes care of other people. And she also forgives quickly when someone made a mistake. My impression is that this adjective came out of fashion. At least I hardly hear it yet. The adjective is valid but very often. If something is valid then it is valid. It is legally recognized and effective. I'm flying to Japan soon. Is your passport still valid or has it already expired? So can you still use your passport? Is it still active? A passport is valid for adults from the age of 24 for 10 years. Then you have to renew it. Another example sentence is You are only allowed to enter the building with a valid company ID. So you need an ID stating that you currently work for this company. Let's continue with artificial and artistic. Both adjectives have something to do with the noun art. Artificial means that something was not created by nature. It was made by humans. Artificial flowers are flowers that did not grow in nature. A human produced them from fabric or plastic for example. Or The artificial light in the office drives me crazy. It is way too bright. Artificial light is the opposite of natural sunlight. The office in this example probably has no windows. That's why you only work with artificial lamps. With artificial light. You can also say about human emotions that they are artificial. Then they are not real but just played. Your laugh always sounds so artificial. It always sounds as if your laugh is not honest. It just plays the laugh. With artistic we think about an artist. It means creative. Her artistic talent is impressive. She has a unique way to work with colors. She has a creative talent. She can paint very well. Or He got a prize for his artistic performance. He was awarded for his work in art with a prize. The adjectives questionable and questionable both have something to do with the noun question. But you should not mix them up. Questionable means uncertain. You say that something is not sure or has not yet been decided. Whether he comes to training today is questionable. When I talked to him, it did not go so well. So it is not certain whether he comes to training. He probably won't come. I have doubts. Or it is questionable whether the company will really fire so many people. So the company has announced to fire many people but it is not certain whether this will really happen. And questionable. We see this adjective in this sentence. It is questionable that the company has fired so many people. When I say that something is questionable then I do not find it right. Often for moral reasons. It does not make a good impression that the company has fired so many people. It is somehow suspicious. Why did the company do that? It did not name a good reason for it. Or he wants to sell me his iPhone for 20 Euro. But that is a questionable offer. This offer is somehow suspicious. Probably something is wrong with the iPhone. Otherwise he would not sell it for such a cheap price. Let's look at the word pair blessed and soulful. The dog sleeps blissfully in my bed. The adjective blessed has different meanings. Here it means very satisfied and overjoyed. Another example is when he held his child in his arm for the first time, he smiled blissfully. So you see here it is about the feeling that you have when you are completely happy and feel really good. Blessed also has a religious meaning. When someone has died and is freed from all worries and all pain and is in paradise then he is blessed. Nowadays this is probably not said so often in this context. But maybe you hear or read a sentence like my grandpa, may God bless him, died already in the 70s. This expression means that one hopes that the deceased has found his peace in the hereafter. There is also a very useful conversational phrase with blessed, namely whoever believes it will be blessed. Here is an example sentence. The boss promised that next year we will all get a salary increase. Yes, yes, whoever believes it will be blessed. This answer means I don't believe that. That will not happen. Let's look at in contrast to blessed the adjective soulful. This describes something that concerns the soul or the psyche of the person. For example, many diseases not only have physical but also mental causes. One could also say many diseases not only have physical but also mental causes. Or after the separation from his wife he was mentally down. So he was mentally very, very bad after the separation. He was very sad and desperate. If you liked this video and you want to learn more about such very similar adjectives, feel free to watch my other videos on this topic. I link them somewhere here and below in the video description. See you next week.