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| syksy | Thursday 25th of November 2004 09:11:52 AM |
| German PHRASES 00 - Click here to see all PHRASE lessons Here I’m going to present the lessons for those among you who want to learn German. If there are any questions, feel free to ask me! :) And if you find any mistakes, please tell me.... this can always happen. ;) Format Used: English Phrase German Phrase ---------------------------------------------------- ALPHABET ALPHABET a /AH/ b /BEH/ c /TSEEH/ d /DEH/ e /EH/ f /EFF/ g /GEH/ h /HAA/ i /II/ j /JOTT/ k /KAH/ l /ELL/ m /EMM/ n /ENN/ o /OO/ p /PEH/ q /KUH/ r /ÄRR/ s /ESS/ t /TEH/ u /UU/ v /VAU/ w /WEE / x /IKS/ y /UEPSILONN/ z /TSETT/ ä /ÄÄH/ ö /ÖÖH/ ü /ÜÜH/ NOTE: (1) Diphtongs German language often uses “Diphtongs”, that means two letters representing only one tone. Here you see the most common Diphtongs and their pronunciation (expressed with the phonetic alphabet): ai [ai] ei [ai] eu [eu] au [au] ae pronounced like the “ä” oe pronounced like the “ö” ue pronounced like the “ü” (2) the German “s” as in English you have the voiced “s” and the voiceless “s” but the difference in pronunciation is heard only slightly so that you can neglect it. ;) More important is the combination of “s” with the consonants “t” and “p”. if the combination “st” or “sp” is at the beginning of a word it is pronounced like “scht” and “schp”. examples: stehen /schtehen/ spielen /schpielen/ in the middle or at the end of the word the two consonants are pronounced separately. examples: Lust /lust/ Wespe /wespe/ | |
