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| Hi everyone. | |
| Welcome to The Ultimate German Pronunciation Guide. | |
| Youve made it to the last lesson! Do you feel more confident about speaking in German now? | |
| In the previous lessons, you've learned all the core elements of German pronunciation. In this lesson, we'll bring everything together and practice making complete sentences in German! | |
| Let's practice! Make sure to practice out loud with this lesson! | |
| You know all the parts and pieces, but can you speak German with a natural accent? | |
| If you've been quiet up until now, be sure to speak out loud with Alisa's examples! | |
| We're making the jump to real phrases that you might use in Germany. Let's go! | |
| How would you pronounce this sentence? Give it a shot! | |
| Das Zebra rennt in den Stall. (The zebra runs into the stall) | |
| Das Zebra rennt in den Stall. {slowly} (The zebra runs into the stall) | |
| The letter Z should be pronounced like the TS sound at the end of the word 'cats'. | |
| What about the German R? Remember that it's pronounced at the throat using the back of the mouth. | |
| Try one more time after Alisa. | |
| Das Zebra rennt in den Stall. {slowly} (The zebra runs into the stall) | |
| pause | |
| Das Zebra rennt in den Stall. (The zebra runs into the stall) | |
| How about this one? | |
| Take a moment to try and figure out how to pronounce this phrase. Remember everything you learned about consonant and vowel sounds! | |
| Das Kätzchen springt sehr weit. (The kitten jumps very far) | |
| Das Kätzchen springt sehr weit. {slowly} (The kitten jumps very far) | |
| Did you pronounce the CH correctly? Remember, you should be using the blade of your tongue to restrict the airflow at the roof of your mouth. | |
| What about the pronunciation of the letter S? Did you get it right? Remember that the letter S turns into a sh sound when it is following a p or t and is the first syllable of a word. | |
| Try once more. | |
| Das Kätzchen springt sehr weit. {slowly} (The kitten jumps very far) | |
| pause | |
| Das Kätzchen springt sehr weit. (The kitten jumps very far) | |
| "Before we move on, are you pronouncing these out loud? If you are, then great! | |
| If not, then you need to be! | |
| Make sure to pratice aloud with Alisa!" | |
| Here's the next one. | |
| Am Straßenrand sitzen ein paar Kinder. (Children are sitting on the roadside) | |
| Am Straßenrand sitzen ein paar Kinder. {slowly} (Children are sitting on the roadside) | |
| When you're unsure where to place the stress, the general rule is the stress the first syllable of a word. Emphasize the syllable by saying it a little bit louder and longer than the following syllable, which as a result, is softened and shortened. | |
| Listen to Alisa and try again. | |
| Am Straßenrand sitzen ein paar Kinder. {slowly} (Children are sitting on the roadside) | |
| Am Straßenrand sitzen ein paar Kinder. (Children are sitting on the roadside) | |
| Here's your final sentence. Think for a while and try saying it out loud. | |
| Wir sind heute ziemlich spät dran, nicht wahr? (We are quite late today, right?) | |
| Wir sind heute ziemlich spät dran, nicht wahr? {slowly} (We are quite late today, right?) | |
| While most of the time, the pitch rises at the end of a question, but if it's a what/why/when/where question that is asserting something, the pitch will fall instead. | |
| Try once more. Wir sind heute ziemlich spät dran, nicht wahr? {slowly} (We are quite late today, right?) | |
| Wir sind heute ziemlich spät dran, nicht wahr? (We are quite late today, right?) | |
| How did it go? Do you feel like you have a better accent than you did at the beginning of this series? | |
| You've reached the end of this series. Do you feel more confident about German pronunciation now? What parts of German pronunciation are still difficult for you? | |
| Good luck as you continue learning German! Bye! |
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thank you for the lesson transcript
favorite phrase is Das Zebra rennt in den Stall.
robert
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I am having trouble downloading the lesson notes. I am wondering whether the problem lies with my computer or is the link not working? Danke!
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Please follow the link for a lesson about stress, rhythm and intonation:
https://www.germanpod101.com/lesson/ultimate-german-pronunciation-guide-9-stress-rhythm-and-intonation/?lp=80
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is there any lesson about the sentence stress? Generally teaching when to pause along the sentence, when to rise and fall amongst words? That is very important, so we know how/when to pause (after a verb) or how to stress the whole sentence when it bears a verb particle that splits away, or even, how to stress longer sentences, with multiple embedded clauses, or longer nouns. It is quite different from English rhythm.