Anyone here speak German? Sprechen Sie Deutsch?

cowshrptrn · Post by **cowshrptrn** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:28 pm

Yeah, i remember my middle school german teacher (who was form Bavaria) pronounce ich hard, i pronounce it somewhere in between ick and ish.

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:10 am

There are basically two pronounciations for "ch", which one applies depends on what other sounds there around, and especially before, it. You have the "light" vowels (and Umlaute) like I, E, Ü, and the "dark" vowels like A, U, O.

When "ch" follows a "light" vowel, it's a dental sound, little more than an aspiration of the vowel, examples: echt, ich, Früchte.

After dark vowels the "ch" is pronounced at the back of your mouth (think of that weird french "r", only that it's voiceless), examples: Macht, Bucht, kochen.

Edit: I looked around and found a page that could interest you, lots and lots of examples for how to pronounce certain sounds in German.
http://www.utils.ex.ac.uk/german/pronounce/

Cynthia · Post by **Cynthia** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:54 am

Guten Tag.

:roll:

Syzygy · Post by **Syzygy** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:32 pm

Ek kan Afrikaans praat. Dis is nie Deutsch nie, maar jy kan die twee vergelyk.

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:46 pm

Das sah mir eher nach Niederländisch aus.

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:53 am

Time to add some humour to the boring language lessons.

Mylittlepuddykat · Post by **Mylittlepuddykat** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:45 am

Cant see it!

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:29 pm

Works for me...

Hier ist noch eins.

johnnyrotten · Post by **johnnyrotten** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:33 pm

*sings* Deutschland, Deutschland, über alles...

Mylittlepuddykat · Post by **Mylittlepuddykat** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:57 pm

Ich habe eine Shule Eltern Abend Heute.

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:29 am

Soll ich noch mehr von denen in's Forum stellen?