Jan 13, 2008 03:24
My arms huuurt ;-; who knew doing a french braid in ones hair killed the arms...... fucking girl stuff thingy things. Anyways German Lesson time.
The letters of the German alphabet and the sounds they make:
Symbol Letter Name Sound
A ah ah
B bay buh
C tsay ts
D day duh
E ay ay
F eff fuh (with teeth on the bottom lip)
G gay gaw (in the back of the throat)
H hah huh (lightly)
I ee ee
J yawt yuh
K kah kuh
L ell ull
M emm mm
N enn nn
O oh oh
P pay puh
Q koo quih
R air err
S ess z
T tay tuh
U oo oo
V fow ff (like blowing air between your teeth)
W vay vuh
X ix ks
Y uepsilon ue
Z tset sss
Ä a with umlaut ay
Ö o with umlaut er
Ü u with umlaut ue
ß ess-tset ss (hard s sound like the c in vice)
Note: S sounds like and is pronounced as a z at the beginning of words
for the ue sound make an oh shape with your mouth an say eh
Hope this was ok, I'm just jotting things down how I've learned it and apologize for my rough attempt at putting things down phonetically.
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