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The town in Illinois I live in was originally settled by English and French, then the main influx turned to German immigrants. Growing up as a kid the old timers still spoke German to each other and it was not uncommon to hear the German ch used in English. The English church came out more like shursh. from the old timers and for the young ones the school teachers had to teach the correct English pronunciation. Phrases like ach so were use with the English. Danke for this video. John W.
I find it very interesting how in Welsh we pronounce the harsh sounding 'ch' the exact same way and the softer sounding 'ch' is pronounced like the letter 'll' in Welsh. Many thanks for the video! It helped a lot! Danke.
I was struggling with "Ich." pronouncing the "ch" as "sh: or a "k" (in English). Then I realized that it actually sounds like the first part of Hijo and Hija, the "Hij" part in which the H is silent. (son and daughter in Spanish).
I've been listening to German metal and industrial music even more than usual since I'm trying to actually become fluent in the language. I hear ich pronounced as ish more often than not in music. I have been enunciating the softer ch the way it was explained in the video. I liken it to a cat hiss. My cat is a jerk who loves to hiss and I'll hiss right back lol. I have had that sound down pat for years now, thanks to my kitty. But I digress. I came to this channel to confirm the correct pronunciation. I know that musical artists may pronounce things differently than the standard due to stylistic choice (I'm looking at you, Till) This video is fantastic.
These are really helpful videos. Thank you. I was in my room gargling water and practicing the R. Then we had an afternoon in my class making the R sound. Felt great when I managed to do it. Finally!
I've been learning German and Finnish after taking a DNA test on 23andMe. Finnish pronunciations have been easier for me to grasp, but I've been struggling with the "ch". For me it was always coming out like the English "sh" sound. I really appreciate the video. Subbed!
The harsh CH is actually used in Hebrew as a default letter called "Het" ( Chet/Heth : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heth ) so, for a Hebrew speaking fella it's much easier. Dominik you are the best teacher indeed! Thank you so much =)
That's pretty easy, because these sounds exist in English, too: The German s sounds generally like the English z. In a more official context we use the word "Sie" to say "you". "Sie" sounds equal to the name of the letter z (in American English). But in the end of a word it sounds like an English s. English "ice" and German "Eis" are equal in pronunciation and meaning. To pronounce the German z you just say "ts".
@@chriscrxh, Thanks much. I'm assuming then that in words like "Strasse" the "sh" sound would be used? So when S is followed by a consonant it would be "sh"?
Oh right, I forgot the combinations. You're right. In the beginning of a syllable, "st" and "sp" is pronounced as "sht" and "shp". Only in combination with t and p and only in the beginning of a syllable, i.e. not in "ist" (engl. is). The combination sch is always a sh-sound and a double-s (also the German letter ß) is always a voiceless s as in English. Hope I didn't forget something 😊
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! My son and I have been calling it the soft and hard cat hiss sounds but struggled to form it regularly and when to use them. This explained it in a way we can practice.
This was very helpful, especially the examples of the sounds used in English. The hard CH is the one that i struggle with the most. In the future can you please do the German Z?
being a native portuguese speaker is helping me a lot at learning german cuz we have got the "auch" sound as well, although we don't have something really close to "ich".
Thanks a million - I was constantly getting confused by people having various pronunciations of the soft ch - as in, sometimes it sounded like chsh, as if they were slightly adding a subtle 'sh' to it. I thought it was just dialect, and thanks to you I know know that, thankfully the high german simple ch is incredibly intuitive to me, so I will confidently use it henceforth
While I was listening to people speaking German, I had the feeling that it is sometimes a bit different too. For example in “ich spreCHe”. I hear something between this soft ch you talk about and a “sh”. Like if one was trying to say “sh” with the teeth open, do you see what I mean ? Is it a personal or regional pronunciation or is it that in these cases there is indeed another way to say ch ? Thank you for this video, it confirmed my thoughts. I’m a French Canadian, so I don’t have the feeling that the German R are so hard, except that they are often more like semi-vowels (in the end of syllable) when I would tend to pronounce them fully. I’ll have a look on what you say about that in other videos ! For the CH, as I speak also Spanish I just decided in the beginning of German study that German CH = Spanish J and soft J, and what you explain goes in the same direction. Thanks again.
I was trying to teach my Filipino girlfriend these sounds the other day and basically told her all you did in this video (like the different vowels etc). But that comparison to the word "huge" was really good! All I could think of was to make an English y sound (as in yes) and stop using your vocal chords/whisper it. So yea, great analogy there with huge!
Thank you so much for these videos! Im still fairly new at learning German to get German a1. Ive just started around March. So thank you again for the videos! Very helpful. :))
I know this comment is a bit delayed but thank you so much man. I have been trying to pronounce the soft ch sound for the longest time yet always sounded like the hard version and I was getting incredibly irritated by this but your tip helped immensely, thank you so much!
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm really glad to hear that the tip helped you with pronouncing the soft "ch" sound. Pronunciation can be tricky, but with practice and the right guidance, it becomes much easier. Keep up the great work, and if you have any other questions or need further help, feel free to reach out. Viel Erfolg und Spaß beim Deutschlernen! 😊
I‘m a native Italian speaker and neither ch German sounds exist in my mother language. The hard ch was not difficult at all to learn. The soft ch was another beast. It took me ages until I could pronounce it properly.
Tag, Ich bin Grant und Ich habe Deutsche klasse im schule gern. Mein Deutsch ist einfach, aber diene videos helfen viel. Your channel ist ein anderer teacher für mir. (I did this without any help so I forgot how to spell teacher *male* along with a couple other words)
I was looking for the link to your "How to Pronounce The German R" in your description, but hmm, not there. I'd recommend if you're going to mention a previous video you made. You include it. But all in all. Thanks for the knowledge, you're great!
Are you placing your tongue on the back of your front teeth? I just want to know if during the pronounciatikn if your tongue is lifted or fully touching the back of your teeth on the soft version.
When to use the "soft" whispering version of CH: -When it has the following letters behind E, I, Ä, Ö, Ü, EI, AI, EU ÄU. z.B. "Ich", "Euch". -When it has a consonant behind (except when it has an "S" which could mean it should be treated as "SCH" (case 1) but there are other cases as well like when adding the diminutive "CHEN" (case 2)). z.B. "Durch", "Milch". Case 1: Mensch (SCH). Case 2: Näschen (soft CH). Näs = Nase (nose). Chen = Diminutive. -Normally when it has not letters behind and it also depends on the region (Except when the words are borrowed from other languages, then there applies other cases. z.B. "Chaos", "Christ".). z.B. "Chemie".
If this is too easy: Try Swissgerman, with words like Chuchichäschtli (little kitchen cabinet) or Chäschüechli (little cheese quiche, literally it means little cheese cake, but the swiss cheese cake is not the same as the german and english one). Both have three hard ch (similar to the ch in ach) sounds close together and in the beginning of a word/syllable.
Did you live in Ireland for a bit? I'm American but your accent sounds a tad Irish when you said "You can surely use that harsher sound?" On that note, great video thank you. I was a student in Hessen, Fulda a few years ago, and am finally studying German again. I teach English as a job and hope to move to Germany and work there in the future. Your videos are a great help for someone like me who does not have these phonetic sounds in their native English alphabet.
Fun fact : The hard "ch" is a sound that's not very far from the R. Try doing a long "z", and feel your throat (more specifically, your Adam apple, but it might be harder to find if you're a woman; just try to feel right under your chin in that case) when doing so. There's something vibrating there, right? Now do the same with "s". Now there's nothing. It's what we call voicing. Your vocal chords vibrate for "z", but not for "s". You can do the same exercice for "v" and "f". We say that the one for which your vocal chords vibrate is "voiced", and the one for which your vocal chords don't vibrate is "voiceless". It's more or less what distinguishes the German R (voiced) from the hard "ch" (voiceless). If you do one successfully, try making your vocal chords vibrate, or not vibrate, to make the other sound. (Note : The R after a vowel, at the end of a syllable, is a lot softer; it's actually a bit closer to the way you do it in Received Pronunciation, so it's not quite a proper start to try to do the hard "ch", and vice versa) Good explanations with "huge" and "uggghhh" as examples, though, Dominik. Good job! Never thought of "uggghhh", yet it does work.
//God bless- because a friend and I were arguing how to pronounce each others names, his ended in ich and mine ends in ach so if someone asks me the German pronunciation of my name I say it the harder way. I think Hebrew has the softer Ch sound and my music teacher told us to make it sound like we're hissing like a cat. Not sure if that's similar or not.
If the soft 'ch' sounds like the 'sh' sound in English, is that accepted or is that not quite right? I can't seem to ever make it sound like anything but that
The german language has many ch pronounciations the ch‘s in the words ich, Dach, Buch, Chemie (in Germany) and Chemie (in Austria) are all differently pronounced
Everytime I hear somebody pronouncing Chemie with a "K" in the beginning I feel the strong need to tell him it sounds soooo wrong. I don't do so. But it just sounds weird to me. Same thing with the word China. If I hear that I am like: Hell the word is China! It is not Kina.🤣 I know it is accepted in some German dialects and it is not completely wrong to say it like that. But I would also recommend to stay with the standard German version as Dominik said.
I actually came here specifically because of 99 luftballons, where I could SWEAR that Nena is using a more pre-dental sound than the palatal or glottal version of ch, but I may be mishearing the softer version based on only being familiar with english
I think there is an English language example of the hard 'CH' in the Scottish dialect. For example, how the Scottish pronounce Loch. To me this sounds the same as the German hard 'CH'? Although, I pronounce it as 'lock' (incorrectly) because I'm from the midlands.
I just go by the rule that if a word starts with ch it's soft. All ch's anywhere else in a word is hard. May not be 100%, but it's the best rule I came up with lol
Although Standard German is clearly based on the East Middle German dialects, it is not identical with any one of them; it has accepted and standardized many forms from other areas, notably the Upper German sound pf (Pfund, Apfel) and also large numbers of individual words in the forms of other dialect areas. Because it is the only type of German taught in schools, its spoken form is based to a large extent on its written form; and the spoken form that carries the greatest prestige (that of stage, screen, radio, and so on) uses a largely Low German pronunciation of this written form. As a result, the spoken form of modern Standard German has often been aptly described as “High German with Low German sounds.”
For that sound @3:38 , I'm thinking that a high phlegm level would be advantageous. Therefore, I'll be purchasing some milk🍶 and cheese 🍕 this week to improve my intonation. PS Darn smokers 🚬have a built-in advantage!!😀
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The Guy in Background. I thought it was real
😂😂😂😂
Negan
Omg I thought so until this comment. And the clip is half way through lol
It thought it was Negan from The Walking Dead 😂😂
So disturbing xd
I'm a moroccan berber and my language contains these two sounds so it's pretty easy for me to pronounce them.
Same for me. I'm Indian, and my native language also contain similar kinds of ch variations
I'm berber from Algeria and I can also pronounce them, azul!
باينة صوت الch ساهل نطقه و ماش صعيب
@@riddhimannmukherjee5956Which language in India has these sounds?
It What Word do you use the soft Ch?
Thank you for this video! I have my oral
exams in german next week and this video is perfect!
The town in Illinois I live in was originally settled by English and French, then the main influx turned to German immigrants. Growing up as a kid the old timers still spoke German to each other and it was not uncommon to hear the German ch used in English. The English church came out more like shursh. from the old timers and for the young ones the school teachers had to teach the correct English pronunciation. Phrases like ach so were use with the English. Danke for this video. John W.
Dominik is the best German teacher. He makes learning Deutsch so much fun. God Bless him. 👍🙏👼❤️
Oh my gosh!!! German language is really hard. But this is a very fun way to learn it. You are a good teacher. ☺️
Easy for English speakers with some dedication
@@mushroom11g55 in my opinion for english speakers, the words are pretty easy to learn but it’s hard to speak well
@@jacklfirthyeah, as a guy who almost fluent in English and trying to learn German i have the same problem as you
I find it very interesting how in Welsh we pronounce the harsh sounding 'ch' the exact same way and the softer sounding 'ch' is pronounced like the letter 'll' in Welsh. Many thanks for the video! It helped a lot! Danke.
wow german welsh and english? amazing. i would like to learn welsh too! its on my language list
I *liebe* how they teach us words while teaching us how to pronounce the ch.
You're a really great teacher Dominik. This was really helpful, thank you!
Die Deutscher CH ist wie wenn vielen Meschen schlafen :-0
I spent all the video wondering myself who the man behind Sie was...
I have no idea...😂🤣😂
Wiedersehen!
Danke!👏👏👏👍🌟🥇
That is Negan from The Walking Dead, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
Yes. Really gets my attention, too. Is he going to move?
Wow this video really helped me. Vielen Dank.
I would love if you could make a series of some tough German alphabets and diphthongs
Joe doesn't like you JJ doesn't like you😈😤😤😤😤😣
I was struggling with "Ich." pronouncing the "ch" as "sh: or a "k" (in English). Then I realized that it actually sounds like the first part of Hijo and Hija, the "Hij" part in which the H is silent. (son and daughter in Spanish).
Me salvaste la vida hermos@ desconocid@ 😭😭😭😭❤️
I've been listening to German metal and industrial music even more than usual since I'm trying to actually become fluent in the language. I hear ich pronounced as ish more often than not in music. I have been enunciating the softer ch the way it was explained in the video. I liken it to a cat hiss. My cat is a jerk who loves to hiss and I'll hiss right back lol. I have had that sound down pat for years now, thanks to my kitty. But I digress. I came to this channel to confirm the correct pronunciation. I know that musical artists may pronounce things differently than the standard due to stylistic choice (I'm looking at you, Till) This video is fantastic.
These are really helpful videos. Thank you.
I was in my room gargling water and practicing the R. Then we had an afternoon in my class making the R sound. Felt great when I managed to do it. Finally!
I've been learning German and Finnish after taking a DNA test on 23andMe. Finnish pronunciations have been easier for me to grasp, but I've been struggling with the "ch". For me it was always coming out like the English "sh" sound. I really appreciate the video. Subbed!
The harsh CH is actually used in Hebrew as a default letter called "Het" ( Chet/Heth : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heth ) so, for a Hebrew speaking fella it's much easier.
Dominik you are the best teacher indeed! Thank you so much =)
Thanks once again! Very helpful. How about explaining the German pronunciation of the "S" and "Z" sounds? As in "sommerzeit"? Much appreciated.
That's pretty easy, because these sounds exist in English, too:
The German s sounds generally like the English z. In a more official context we use the word "Sie" to say "you". "Sie" sounds equal to the name of the letter z (in American English). But in the end of a word it sounds like an English s. English "ice" and German "Eis" are equal in pronunciation and meaning.
To pronounce the German z you just say "ts".
@@chriscrxh, Thanks much. I'm assuming then that in words like "Strasse" the "sh" sound would be used? So when S is followed by a consonant it would be "sh"?
Oh right, I forgot the combinations. You're right. In the beginning of a syllable, "st" and "sp" is pronounced as "sht" and "shp". Only in combination with t and p and only in the beginning of a syllable, i.e. not in "ist" (engl. is). The combination sch is always a sh-sound and a double-s (also the German letter ß) is always a voiceless s as in English. Hope I didn't forget something 😊
@@chriscrxh Once again, many thanks! 💛
@@kesmarn just added the combination "sp", which has the same situation as "st".
Your tips about the ch sound in "huge" and "ugh" is a great insight! Thank you!
Please keep this series going. Thank you.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! My son and I have been calling it the soft and hard cat hiss sounds but struggled to form it regularly and when to use them. This explained it in a way we can practice.
You are very welcome! 😊😊❤️
that analogy with the sound made when saying "huge" saved me
This was very helpful, especially the examples of the sounds used in English. The hard CH is the one that i struggle with the most. In the future can you please do the German Z?
I find I do better when I am practicing the sounds inside of words. I feel I'm getting better each day. Vielen dank.
Und ich liebe Schokolade auch 😍
Thank you so much for this video. It's extremely helpful. That said, your facial expressions are priceless
being a native portuguese speaker is helping me a lot at learning german cuz we have got the "auch" sound as well, although we don't have something really close to "ich".
Thanks a million - I was constantly getting confused by people having various pronunciations of the soft ch - as in, sometimes it sounded like chsh, as if they were slightly adding a subtle 'sh' to it. I thought it was just dialect, and thanks to you I know know that, thankfully the high german simple ch is incredibly intuitive to me, so I will confidently use it henceforth
While I was listening to people speaking German, I had the feeling that it is sometimes a bit different too. For example in “ich spreCHe”. I hear something between this soft ch you talk about and a “sh”. Like if one was trying to say “sh” with the teeth open, do you see what I mean ? Is it a personal or regional pronunciation or is it that in these cases there is indeed another way to say ch ?
Thank you for this video, it confirmed my thoughts. I’m a French Canadian, so I don’t have the feeling that the German R are so hard, except that they are often more like semi-vowels (in the end of syllable) when I would tend to pronounce them fully. I’ll have a look on what you say about that in other videos ! For the CH, as I speak also Spanish I just decided in the beginning of German study that German CH = Spanish J and soft J, and what you explain goes in the same direction. Thanks again.
I was trying to teach my Filipino girlfriend these sounds the other day and basically told her all you did in this video (like the different vowels etc). But that comparison to the word "huge" was really good! All I could think of was to make an English y sound (as in yes) and stop using your vocal chords/whisper it. So yea, great analogy there with huge!
Thank you so much for these videos! Im still fairly new at learning German to get German a1. Ive just started around March. So thank you again for the videos! Very helpful. :))
very clear explanation. support from hong kong.
Amazing video, straight to the point!
Thank you very much! :)
I know this comment is a bit delayed but thank you so much man. I have been trying to pronounce the soft ch sound for the longest time yet always sounded like the hard version and I was getting incredibly irritated by this but your tip helped immensely, thank you so much!
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm really glad to hear that the tip helped you with pronouncing the soft "ch" sound. Pronunciation can be tricky, but with practice and the right guidance, it becomes much easier. Keep up the great work, and if you have any other questions or need further help, feel free to reach out. Viel Erfolg und Spaß beim Deutschlernen! 😊
I‘m a native Italian speaker and neither ch German sounds exist in my mother language. The hard ch was not difficult at all to learn. The soft ch was another beast. It took me ages until I could pronounce it properly.
Thanks so much.
Cool series
Tag, Ich bin Grant und Ich habe Deutsche klasse im schule gern. Mein Deutsch ist einfach, aber diene videos helfen viel. Your channel ist ein anderer teacher für mir. (I did this without any help so I forgot how to spell teacher *male* along with a couple other words)
This was really helpful, thank you!! I’m having a hard time with the soft ch sound, but I think the ch sounds like a Spanish J...
After watching this video, it's a lot easier to pronounce. 🤓❤️
Danke schon.
You're welcome 😊
Is there a rule for the softer vs harsher CH? Like when to say which?
I was looking for the link to your "How to Pronounce The German R" in your description, but hmm, not there. I'd recommend if you're going to mention a previous video you made. You include it. But all in all. Thanks for the knowledge, you're great!
hahahaha nice video man this is just what i needed i already knew how to pronounce both but didn't know when to use which. Danke.
This is so helpful thank you
Thank you my son and I are interested in learning German this was very helpful
Are you placing your tongue on the back of your front teeth? I just want to know if during the pronounciatikn if your tongue is lifted or fully touching the back of your teeth on the soft version.
When to use the "soft" whispering version of CH:
-When it has the following letters behind E, I, Ä, Ö, Ü, EI, AI, EU ÄU.
z.B. "Ich", "Euch".
-When it has a consonant behind (except when it has an "S" which could mean it should be treated as "SCH" (case 1) but there are other cases as well like when adding the diminutive "CHEN" (case 2)).
z.B. "Durch", "Milch".
Case 1: Mensch (SCH).
Case 2: Näschen (soft CH). Näs = Nase (nose). Chen = Diminutive.
-Normally when it has not letters behind and it also depends on the region (Except when the words are borrowed from other languages, then there applies other cases. z.B. "Chaos", "Christ".).
z.B. "Chemie".
Does the "root" of the tongue
vibrate when we say the hard version of "ch"?
Awesome! Now do the Nothern Dutch 'ch' and 'g'. I dare you! I DOUBLE DARE YOU!
Could you please make a video explaining how to use the tongue when pronouncing the softer CH? please!!
Ok the good thing is that I'm Persian and we have both strong "R" and harsh "CH" a lottt! so that's already done Amen :)))) Luv U
I can’t believe I can finally pronounce the soft “ch” lol thanks man
I liked the exemples, specially the “UGHHH”! Thank you!
Very helpful Dominik, danke!
Thank you and love both halves of the profile picture too. Love from Georgia.
Good to know. I was tought that ch[ç] was pronouced as ś[ɕ].
If this is too easy: Try Swissgerman, with words like Chuchichäschtli (little kitchen cabinet) or Chäschüechli (little cheese quiche, literally it means little cheese cake, but the swiss cheese cake is not the same as the german and english one).
Both have three hard ch (similar to the ch in ach) sounds close together and in the beginning of a word/syllable.
Vielen dank, you are the best teacher 👍🏼👍🏼❤️❤️
We have the same CH in Czech so it is easy😁
Ja, ich stimme Ihnen zu, am Anfang war es schwer für mich, um CH zu aussprechen.
Did you live in Ireland for a bit? I'm American but your accent sounds a tad Irish when you said "You can surely use that harsher sound?"
On that note, great video thank you. I was a student in Hessen, Fulda a few years ago, and am finally studying German again. I teach English as a job and hope to move to Germany and work there in the future. Your videos are a great help for someone like me who does not have these phonetic sounds in their native English alphabet.
Thank you so much! :) Best of luck with moving here! I've never lived in Ireland but in Australia for about a year.
Heckler and Koch
The soft cat sound?
Fun fact : The hard "ch" is a sound that's not very far from the R.
Try doing a long "z", and feel your throat (more specifically, your Adam apple, but it might be harder to find if you're a woman; just try to feel right under your chin in that case) when doing so. There's something vibrating there, right?
Now do the same with "s". Now there's nothing.
It's what we call voicing. Your vocal chords vibrate for "z", but not for "s".
You can do the same exercice for "v" and "f".
We say that the one for which your vocal chords vibrate is "voiced", and the one for which your vocal chords don't vibrate is "voiceless".
It's more or less what distinguishes the German R (voiced) from the hard "ch" (voiceless). If you do one successfully, try making your vocal chords vibrate, or not vibrate, to make the other sound.
(Note : The R after a vowel, at the end of a syllable, is a lot softer; it's actually a bit closer to the way you do it in Received Pronunciation, so it's not quite a proper start to try to do the hard "ch", and vice versa)
Good explanations with "huge" and "uggghhh" as examples, though, Dominik. Good job! Never thought of "uggghhh", yet it does work.
in the word "sprechen", since 'ch' is right after 'e', does the soft 'k' rule applied here?
Sehr gut!
In Arabic the hard Version of ch is used. This arabic letter خ is the hard ch
//God bless- because a friend and I were arguing how to pronounce each others names, his ended in ich and mine ends in ach so if someone asks me the German pronunciation of my name I say it the harder way. I think Hebrew has the softer Ch sound and my music teacher told us to make it sound like we're hissing like a cat. Not sure if that's similar or not.
If the soft 'ch' sounds like the 'sh' sound in English, is that accepted or is that not quite right? I can't seem to ever make it sound like anything but that
The harder CH is the same to the arabic خ.
Excellent
2:42
That's really helpful
Thank you 😘
You're welcome 😊
The guy in the background is so scary
The german language has many ch pronounciations
the ch‘s in the words ich, Dach, Buch, Chemie (in Germany) and Chemie (in Austria) are all differently pronounced
Everytime I hear somebody pronouncing Chemie with a "K" in the beginning I feel the strong need to tell him it sounds soooo wrong. I don't do so. But it just sounds weird to me. Same thing with the word China. If I hear that I am like: Hell the word is China! It is not Kina.🤣 I know it is accepted in some German dialects and it is not completely wrong to say it like that. But I would also recommend to stay with the standard German version as Dominik said.
HUGE tip!
Vielen dank!!!
Very helpful i couldn't figure out "ich"
Still struggling with Ich, as many other educators try and make it Ish
great tips. i was waiting for the guy in the back to blink lol. prost!
ughhhhhhhhh, I love it
Omgggg that’s so hard! But, I’ll get there. Everyday I come here and try again 😂
Proud of you! :D
I actually came here specifically because of 99 luftballons, where I could SWEAR that Nena is using a more pre-dental sound than the palatal or glottal version of ch, but I may be mishearing the softer version based on only being familiar with english
I think there is an English language example of the hard 'CH' in the Scottish dialect. For example, how the Scottish pronounce Loch. To me this sounds the same as the German hard 'CH'? Although, I pronounce it as 'lock' (incorrectly) because I'm from the midlands.
Say the English word "hole" backwordly.
Helpful and funny :) Thank you!
I love the deutsche language but this s Rrrrrr in german 😭i need to born again to get that 😂😂😂😂 but someday i ll go to get it...Dom Is the best 💕
Dominik this man behind you I thought he was real!
He is!
Can you use the hard sound for Milch. Hard is easy for me lol
I just go by the rule that if a word starts with ch it's soft. All ch's anywhere else in a word is hard. May not be 100%, but it's the best rule I came up with lol
Ch can very much differ on the dialect ;)
the strong CH sounds like the J in Spanish
You know Ed Blake???
I stuggle so hard with this thank you 😅
in czech our ch is the same as the german soft ch
New splatoon character named Acht was revealed today.
Das Video hilft. Ich hoffe, ich werde aus Deutschland leben.
Yeah well I need to tell him I love him ahahahaha
I did it yaahoooo 🤣🥳🥳🥳🥳
Although Standard German is clearly based on the East Middle German dialects, it is not identical with any one of them; it has accepted and standardized many forms from other areas, notably the Upper German sound pf (Pfund, Apfel) and also large numbers of individual words in the forms of other dialect areas. Because it is the only type of German taught in schools, its spoken form is based to a large extent on its written form; and the spoken form that carries the greatest prestige (that of stage, screen, radio, and so on) uses a largely Low German pronunciation of this written form. As a result, the spoken form of modern Standard German has often been aptly described as “High German with Low German sounds.”
For that sound @3:38 , I'm thinking that a high phlegm level would be advantageous. Therefore, I'll be purchasing some milk🍶 and cheese 🍕 this week to improve my intonation.
PS Darn smokers 🚬have a built-in advantage!!😀