Editing Mnemonic (section)

===For foreign-language acquisition===
Mnemonics may be helpful in learning foreign languages, for example by transposing difficult foreign words with words in a language the learner knows already, also called "cognates" which are very common in [[Romance languages]] and other [[Germanic languages]]. A useful such technique is to find [[linkword]]s, words that have the same pronunciation in a known language as the target word, and associate them visually or auditorially with the target word.

For example, in trying to assist the learner to remember {{Transliteration|he|ohel}} ({{Script/Hebrew|אוהל}}), the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] word for ''tent'', the linguist [[Ghil'ad Zuckermann]] proposes the memorable sentence "''Oh hell'', there's a raccoon in my ''tent''".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.professorzuckermann.com/anglo-hebraic-lexical-mnemonics|title=professorzuckermann – Anglo-Hebraic Lexical Mnemonics|website=Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann – פרופ' גלעד צוקרמן|access-date=2019-02-10|archive-date=2019-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011731/https://www.professorzuckermann.com/anglo-hebraic-lexical-mnemonics|url-status=live}}</ref> The memorable sentence "There's a ''fork'' in ''Ma's leg''" helps the learner remember that the Hebrew word for ''fork'' is ''{{Transliteration|he|mazleg}}'' ({{Script/Hebrew|מזלג}}).<ref name="zuckermann1">{{cite journal |last1=Zuckermann |first1=Ghil'ad |year=2011 |title=Mnemonics in Second Language Acquisition |journal=Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics |volume=44 |issue=4 |pages=302–309 |url=https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol44/iss4/21 |author1-link=Ghil'ad Zuckermann |archive-date=2017-08-30 |access-date=2018-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830061136/http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol44/iss4/21/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Similarly, to remember the Hebrew word ''{{Transliteration|he|bayit}}'' ({{Script/Hebrew|בית}}), meaning ''house'', one can use the sentence "that's a lovely ''house'', I'd like to ''buy it''."<ref name="zuckermann1" /> The linguist [[Michel Thomas]] taught students to remember that ''{{Lang|es|estar}}'' is the Spanish word for ''to be'' by using the phrase "to be a star".<ref name="howtomaster">{{cite web|title=How to Master a Foreign Language|url=http://www.buildyourmemory.com/foreignlanguage.php|website=buildyourmemory.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325051730/http://www.buildyourmemory.com/foreignlanguage.php|archive-date=2015-03-25}}</ref>

Another Spanish example is by using the mnemonic "[[Vin Diesel]] Has Ten Weapons" to teach irregular command verbs in the you ({{Lang|es|tú}}) form. Spanish verb forms and tenses are regularly seen as the hardest part of learning the language. With a high number of verb tenses, and many verb forms that are not found in English, Spanish verbs can be hard to remember and then conjugate. The use of mnemonics has been proven to help students better learn foreign languages, and this holds true for Spanish verbs. A particularly hard verb tense to remember is command verbs. Command verbs in Spanish are conjugated differently depending on who the command is being given to. The phrase, when pronounced with a Spanish accent, is used to remember "Ven Di Sal Haz Ten Ve Pon Sé", all of the irregular Spanish command verbs in the you ({{Lang|es|tú}}) form. This mnemonic helps students attempting to memorize different verb tenses.<ref>{{cite web|title=Irregular Spanish Imperatives Made Easy by Vin Diesel|url=http://www.alwaysspanish.com/2013/02/irregular-spanish-imperative-made-easy.html|website=AlwaysSpanish.com|access-date=5 March 2015|archive-date=18 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318063036/http://www.alwaysspanish.com/2013/02/irregular-spanish-imperative-made-easy.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Another technique is for learners of [[Grammatical gender|gendered languages]] to associate their [[mental image]]s of words with a colour that matches the gender in the target language. An example here is to remember the Spanish word for "foot", {{Lang|es|pie}}'','' [pee-eh] with the image of a foot stepping on a pie, which then spills blue filling (blue representing the male gender of the noun in this example).

For French verbs which use être as an auxiliary verb for compound tenses: DR and MRS VANDERTRAMPP: descendre, rester, monter, revenir, sortir, venir, arriver, naître, devenir, entrer, rentrer, tomber, retourner, aller, mourir, partir, passer.

Masculine countries in French (le): "Neither can a breeze make a sane Japanese chilly in the USA." (les) Netherlands (Pays-Bas), Canada, Brazil (Brésil), Mexico (Mexique), Senegal, Japan (Japon), Chile (Chili), & (les) USA (États-Unis d'Amérique).{{Disputed inline|talk=Talk:Mnemonic#Incorrect_example:_Masculine_countries_in_French|date=May 2021}}