Sample translated sentence: Most dialects of English preserve the consonant /w/ (spelled ⟨w⟩) and many preserve /θ, ð/ (spelled ⟨th⟩), while most other Germanic languages have shifted them to /v/ and /t, d/: compare English will /wɪl/ (listen) and then /ðɛn/ (listen) with German will (listen) ('want') and denn (listen) ('because'). ↔ 英语的大多数口音都保留了辅音/w/(拼作〈w〉),或者辅音/θ, ð/(拼作 〈th〉),而其它大多数日耳曼语族成员都发生了从/w/到/v/以及从/θ, ð/到/t, d/的转变:试比较英语will(i/wɪl/)及then(i/ðɛn/)和德语will(意为英文“want”,( 发音))及denn(意为英文“because”,( 发音))。