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Er spricht nur ein bisschen Englisch.

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Er
     n. a person or animal of male gender, a male
     pron. (personal) he.
     pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)).
     pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)).
     pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite)
spricht
     v. third-person singular present of sprechen
     sprechen
          v. to speak (some language, the truth, etc.)
          v. to speak, to talk, to give a speech
          v. to say, to speak (a word, phrase, sentence, prayer, etc.)
          v. to have a pronunciation; to be pronounced (some way)
          v. to pronounce (a judgment, a verdict, etc.)
          v. to say (something)
          v. (Swiss, transitive, officialese) to grant, approve (a loan, funding, etc.)
nur
     adv. only, just, merely, simply
     adv. ever; at all
     adv. however, though
     conj. (chiefly colloquial) but
ein
     art. a, an
     adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something
     adj. (predicative) on
bisschen
     adv. (often with ein) (a) bit; (a) little
     adv. (with kein) (not a) bit
Englisch
     Proper noun. English (language)
     Proper noun. (football, dialectal, parts of western Germany) A children’s game for three or more participants played with one goal. Players try to reduce the goalkeeper’s points by scoring volley goals. Missing th




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