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    LEVEL 1 :: LESSON 1 - PEOPLE

    Pronunciation in German
    The table below presents several rules to follow when
    reading German sounds. If you get them right and
    practise, you’ll be able to read German texts without much
    trouble. There are, of course, many exceptions to the rules,
    but those will be explained as we progress though the
    course. At this stage, a few simple rules below should do.

    You see: You say: Examples


    Ä e (as in ‘pet’) Männer, schläft
    Ü y – similar to i (as in ‘stir’) but your über, Müll
    mouth shaped to say a short u sound

    y – mouth shaped to say o (as in ‘pot’)


    Ö können, Öl
    , but say e (as in set)

    Ie i – long i: (as in ‘feed’) liegen, Miete

    Ei ai (as in ‘pie’) mein, sein

    eu oi (as in ‘boy’) Leute, Europa

    äu oi (as in ‘boy’) Bäume, Träume

    sch sh (as in ‘shoe’) Schule, Englisch

    sp (at the
    beginning of a shp Sport, spannend
    word)

    st (at the
    beginning of a sht Straße, Strand
    word)

    s (at the
    beginning of a z (as in ‘zebra’) Saal, sagen
    word)

    z (at the
    beginning of a ts (as in ‘let’s’) Zeit, Zitrone
    word)

    tsch ch (as in ‘child’) Tschechen, Tschüs

    ck k (as in ‘kick’) decken, Ecke

    chs ks ( as in ‘licks’) wachsen, sechs

    h (in the middle Silent, but the preceding vowel nehmen, sehen,
    of a word) becomes lengthened gehen

    ph ph (as in ‘file’) Phase, Philosophie


    Double Pronounced as single consonant Mutter, Anne
    consonant, e.g.
    ss, mm, nn etc.

    –ig (at the end


    eeh(as in ‘lichen’) lustig, zwanzig
    of a word)

    tz, ts ts (as in ‘let’s’) jetzt, putzen

    verkaufen,
    v f (as in ‘fly’)
    verstehen

    ß s (as in ‘mass’) groß, Straße

    When following letters e, i, ü, ö and


    Töchter, Küche,
    consonants, pronounced as sh (shock);
    ch but: Tochter,
    when following letters a, o, u –
    Kuchen
    pronounced as h (hay)

    Like ü, so mouth shaped to say u


    y Symbol, Analyse
    (put), but really say i (be)

    Practice:
    1. Schwester, Stadt, sieben, sitzen, fliegen, beim, seine
    2. Zug, sehen, ändern, Käse, sprechen, Koch, Köche,
    Bach
    3. Becher, über, spießig, Sofa, Sport, Engländer,
    Ägypten, Zypern
    4. laufen, läuft, zehn, zwölf, leben, vier, Spanisch, ihr
    5. Eier, Freunde, fröhlich, Kugelschreiber, Großvater,
    euer
    6. Flugzeug, Deutschland, Jahre, seit, wohnen, Zeit,
    arbeiten
    7. in der Nähe, heißen, Bäckerei, Eule, zweiundzwanzig

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