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first

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on you is

that

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to consider

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TO PRONUNCIATION

which follows shows you not pretend to give

German.

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language :

these

does

will

reach

your

ear,

as you listen to the speakers who of the guide as a bridge between

to begin

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10

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you the exact sounds of the your memory and your tongue

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record

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and

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these

lessons.

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sounds.

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father

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a e e

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day

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good

yes

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name man

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bear

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field

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teaches

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morgen

this

deezer kint

child

lang

not sounded)

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dog

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blood

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beautiful

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my grove

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use

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a

few

other pOints

worth

noting

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z

is

pronounced

like

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:

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tsa"it

before

you

starl

:

w v

v :

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:

pronounced like f : A G erman s before t or p sh : Stein: sntain; Spiel:

von:

fan

is

pronounced

like

is

the

at

va'in

beginning

of

a

syllable

is

shpeeL

pronounced

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r

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then

is

always

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even

pronounced,

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it,

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the

imitate

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if

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do

of

pronunciation

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it

justice.

"murder,"

latter.

eim. (alns�)

you

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begin

make

sure you

1

have

read b.

the

introduction.

The

three

first

as

make them

sentence

lessons

easy

as

are

up

broken

possible.

Each

by it.s pronunciation,

is followed

so

as

to

Gertp.an

its translation

and the notes.

Erste

(1.)

Erste

Lektion

means

Lektion

.

Pronunciation 10 " day",

as

e

In "shell")

a!S

in

First

: ayrsre "father"

Le'sson.

lektsiohn, (last

sound)

(ay and

as

e

printed

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In Ger-

sounds

the

Stress

man you must

in "yes"

and

in bold

type.

pronounced "shen",

is

change

it

but

« sIohn »

into

in

fi a's

as in ,"rose"}.

oh

""

1 Der

Tee

ist

gut.

:

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as

in

"dare";

gut as

in

Note

the

goot.

firsl

syllable

the

:

The

capital

tea

lelier

is

in

good ( Tee».

wrillen

2

21st

der

with

zwei

Tee

a

In

gut?

ist

der

ist

der

.

tay

Is the tea good? ""

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letler.

(tsvai:)

Pronunciation

English:

capilal

Tee?

of

{( T ay-

.

nouns are

3

in

{(brule".

Eng Iish

all

as

ist

tay

dh

Tee

goot?

Cerman

: vee ist dh· tay?

Pronunciation

ee as

in

Do

Cfsheep".

NOT

forget

to

pronounce

r

the

iT! der.

English:

4

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ist

What

is the

like)

gut

er ist (and not

Pronunciation:

»,

tea

«

er-rist

do

not slur

over!)

English:

goot. It

is

good.

""

5

Die

T

asse

ist klein.

Pronunciation:

dee

tasse

ist klain.

Eng Iish : The

as

Die

in

cup is small.

((deal";

Tasse

like

Ihc

u

-

NOTE.

a

before

have

a

and

isder In

feminine.

cup :

an open a,

.�omewhal

« sl?y".

in

drei (dra"i) The

gender.

lin!? article

as

at

in ((hut",

with

before

Cerman,

10

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and

noun

die

T asse.

in

your

a

names

remember mind.

noun,

masculine

inanimate

of

it

of tea:

1st

die

T

asse

klein? ist dee tasse

Pronunciation: English:

7

Wie

ist

die

T asse ?

Pronunciation Englis.h

klaln?

Is the cup small?

: vee ist dee

tass'e �

: What is the cup like?

always

der

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6

3 die

objecis

easily,

mOl"e

Think

and

Tee.

8

ist klein.

Sie

Pro·nunciation S before

the

a vowel

: zee ist klain. must

be pronounced

like

z m "zebra." English:

It is smalL

as a difficulty 4

vier

9

def.

(feet)

die;

er,

Sle;

Wle.

: der,

Pronunciation

English

:

The

dee;

(masculine

er,

zee;

vee.

gender),

the

(feminine

;

gender)

Zweite

(2.)

she;

how.

Lektion

Lektion

Z'Weite pronounced

he'.

(second

lesson)

is

tJs

will

tsvalte

lektsiohn.

Z always

be

shawn

always

is

pronounced

and

so in

our

pronunciation.

""

1 T asse

Mein ist

zu

Tee

ist

gut.

aber

meme

klein.

:

Pronunciation

tay

malo

goot,

ist

ahber

tasse

maine

English:

My

tea

tsoo

ist

is

good,

klain.

my cup

but

too

IS

small.

Ich bin gross

2

English

:

und

I am

spoken

quite

German:

and stl'Ong.

: Here we

Pronunc'iation ally-but

tall

stark.

to pronounce

how

what is generas a difficulty in

meet

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ch.

two

'We

after

ch

are the

sounds.

a

dealing

with

vowels

soft

one the

e, i and

and

one,

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a hard

(and

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one.

which

the

arc

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is

5

Here found

diphtongs

ai,

ei, au, eu). First

say

" human"

very

slowly,

taking

care not

to drop

short

untwrit,

ten

several

times.

the h.

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i which

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