"ie" is pronounced as a long "e" and "ei" is prounounced as a long "I" .... "w" is pronounced like our "v".... and "v" is our "f"... "ch" is a "kuh"(soft sound) and "j" is our "y"...and "ä" is "ae" then there are the "S" which sound like "Z"  oh, and German "Z"s are our "ts" sound...(I'm sure you'll catch on, this isn't German 101)

 

(der) tag: day

(die) Woche: week

 

Montag: Monday

Dienstag: Tuesday

Mittwoch: Wednsday (really, Mittwoch means midweek, but it's Wednsday still the same)

Donnerstag: Thursday

Freitag: Friday

Samstag/Sonnabend: Saturday

Sonntag: Sunday

 

(der) Monat: month....... (der) Jahr: year

 

Januar: January

Februar: February

März: March

April: April (heh, bet you didn't see that one coming)

Mai (pronounced "My"): May

Juni: June

Juli: July

August (pronounced Owgust): August

September: September

Oktober: October

November: November

Dezember: December

 

I hope this helps all who are curious about this... I just happen to be taking German and like how it sounds, so you have to put up with it.