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d deh
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f eff
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o oh
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End Sounds
b
d
g
p
t
k
in the final position of words
Weib /vipe/
Bad
/baht/
Tag
/tock/
ie
ei
/eeh/
pronounced
/aih/
Die
ie Sonne scheint.
ei
=
eu äu /oy/
&
neu, läuft
au = /ow/
Haus
prechen
Sh
leS
z en
AutoSs
Die Zeit
Z
sounds like
/ts/
As in “Tse tse fly”
Der Reiz
sounds like “dare rites”
Pronounce both consonants
Pfeife Kneipe
Psalm Zwanzig
Using only one syllable
No silent letters
Sounds like
‘could’ - D + N
Pronounce the ‘L’
Cognates and Stress-shift
English
ar-ticle
per-son
flex-i-ble
sys-tem
ha-bi-tu-al
German
Ar-ti-kel
Per-son
flex-i-bel
Sys-tem
ha-bi-tu-ell
Shift the stress to the next syllable.
To view another presentation on pronunciation:
Aussprache.ppt