One of the easiest words to learn in German is the word for "yes." The word is "ja," which is pronounced "yah." 

The letter "j" in German is pronounced the same as the letter "y" in English.http://www.germanlanguageguide.com/german/pronunciation/easy-consonants.asp The letter "a" can be pronounced as a long sound as in the word "hard." It also has a more difficult pronunciation that is between the sound of the letter "u" in "hut" and the letter "o" in "hot." http://www.germanlanguageguide.com/german/pronunciation/vowels.asp