First, let me be honest: I will never forget the gargling at 4:10. Second: a few months ago I spent a few days in a hotel near (Banhof) Friedrichstraße. That is THE German word to be pronounced: once I manage to pronounce Friedrichstrasse correctly, I will pass the R-test. Tschüss!
Melissa Cruz @Deutsch für Euch Being German, I can also see how the water method works. Although, being from Bavaria, I put a bit more emphasis on the trilling...
I guess I never really paid much attention to the letters preceding the "r" in order to decide what pronunciation to use. It just seemed natural to me to say it in the various ways. Maybe I just heard it often enough from my teachers, movies, music, and so on. Great lesson, though. I'll be using this with my students in the fall. Thanks.
in meinem Dialekt gibt es die 2te möglichkeit das r auszusprechen irgendwie nicht. Ich mir fällt zumindest kein Wort ein, bei dem ich es so ausspreche wie sie im Video. Entweder es wird gerollt oder als a gesprochen.
Soft consonants = voiced (b d g) Hard consonants = unvoiced (p t k etc) The difference is whether the vocal cords are used or not -- try to say "p" with vocal cords and you get "b", try to say "d" without vocal cords and you get "t" . That might be easier to remember than lists of consonants. Thanks for your channel, du bist Oberammergau! I mean oberaffengeil.
I have watched many videos on how to do this, but was never able to figure it out until I watched this video. You have done a great job at really explaining how to do it and I am starting to be able to do it now. Vielen Dank!!! :)
It's insane to me that you're a native German speaker, speaking English as a second language (although obviously you speak it constantly), and you're somehow able to do a better English and Australian accent than most American English speakers. Your brain is wired for sound! I share your sound-recreation abilities to a lesser degree and I equate it to my ear for music. You must have an insane ear for music too, amirite??
Thank you :) It's alright, but I struggle with harmonies most of the time. I have no problem with guessing my way through a melody from hearing it and have recreated a few easier songs I couldn't find sheet music for, but recreating second voices is a true pain in the ass to near impossible - it just takes me way too long. Music is definitely one of my more secondary talents; I enjoy it, but I don't have the potential to reach greatness. As you said, my ear is totally with languages. I "feel" a sound in my mouth or get a sort of mental image what my tongue should be doing once I hear it a few times (doesn't mean I don't have to practice). French is my sworn enemy on that so far, though. I have the sounds figured out, but recreating them sends my tongue into temper tantrums :D
Deutsch für Euch Unfortunately, German has several French words like der Ingenieur, der Cousin, das Restaurant etc. And most of them are pronounced with a French accent! Neeeein!!
I am planning on visiting Germany next year and to know some of the basics I just started learning the language... I would just like to thank you a lot for your videos!
You are the best! Finally I've learned how to pronounce R! I tried hundreeds of videos on RUclips, but you are the one who managed to explain in a best way!
als Niedersachse der auch fließend englisch spricht lern ich zwar wohl kaum was bei dir, aber ich seh trotzdem jedes deiner Videos da du echt der Hammer bist ;)
I did practice the water method!!!! But I did it a little different (just a little). I took some water and tried to say de R sound. Then swallowed some water and tried again, then swallowed another little amount of water in my mouth and tried again and like that until I've got no water in my mouth. I think this way works better..
Danke fuer Ihre Videos :) Ich lerne Deutsch in Universitaet in Australien (aber mein grammatik ist nicht perfekte und Ich moechte verbessern). Sie sind sehr hilfreich gewesen. Das stimmt ueber der Australier akzent! Ich war schon funf mal in Deutschland.
I've been having trouble with the more 'throaty' Rs, and just having you describe how its similar to the 'ch' sound was so helpful. I took Spanish for a long time so my Rs tend to trill or come from the front of my mouth when looking at foreign words (but never in English?), so 'moving' the sound to the back of my tongue for German is really challenging.
Thank you so much for this video! I've only been studying German for a month but I because of your phonetics videos I fell more confident in learning German going into 2017! :D
Fascinating, Us scottish folk also roll, or "tap" our R's and we also have the back of the throat fricative like in loch. We also say Care Bear like germans, at least in Glasgow anyway. The glasweigan dialect is full of weird glottal stops and dipthongs
The voiceless velar fricative (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative ) ("ach-Laut"/"ach-sound") is not an "r" sound. See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German
:D Ich bin gerade auf dein Video gestoßen, und ich finde es so lustig wie du versucht anderen unser geniales R zu erklären :) Mach bitte weiter so! Sehr Unterhaltsam
I'm a new sub just found your channel and I love it I took German in middle school but then I switched to Spanish but I always enjoyed it and with the help of your vids I think I'm going to learn it finally great job!!
it's kinda weird to pronounce the 'R' cause I have a speech impediment with 'R's so I have trouble pronouncing it in English and so now learning german I have to get used to a new way! lol! by the way we watch your videos in class and there are very helpful!
Hallo Deutsch für Euch :) Ich unbedeckt gerade Ihren RUclips-Kanal! Was zu sagen: Vielen Dank für die klare, ausgezeichnete und ausführliche Erklärung. Eine große Übung schwer für einen Anfänger Italienisch wie ich! Auf geht's! :) Ich bin bereit, für Gurgeln :) Danke noch einmal! Entschuldigung für mein peinlich deutsch :) Einen Gruß von Sardinien.
Hi, ich finde dein Video super. Kannst du (oder hast du schon) ein Video nur mit Wörtern, die das genau üben machen? Es ist besonders hilfreich, wenn man die Aussprache hört und direekt danach sie wiederhohlt. Danke und Liebe Grüße
You made a comment about not trilling or rolling your tongue when creating an "r" sound, but I've seen other assumed native German speakers do just that. Just like in the case of the "er" version of "r" is it possible some speakers adjust the textbook pronunciation of "r" for the [R] instances.
well done! sehr hilfreich fuer mich! nur eine Sache, we wouldn't so the letter stands after, but rather goes after, or is positioned after. Well done with your aussie accent too.
Thanks the video. Katja. Someone below mentioned the rolling of the R in German. I know that Bavarians and Austrians certainly do this ( albeit not as strong as the roll in the Spanish R). I think some other German speakers roll their Rs ( I saw an interview with Willy Brandt from 1964 on youtube and he gently rolled some of his Rs and he came from Luebeck). The problem is that I find that, while I can pronounce the guttural Rs exactly as you suggest while practising, when I am engaged in a long conversation or reading out a long text, I find that my throat finds it difficult to pronounce the guttural R, almost like suddenly running out of breath. For example, saying "restrukturieren" in the middle of a long conversation. Is it really so wrong to gently roll a R from time to time - is it simply a matter of regional preference, as with the A in British English? Or does a rolling of a R sound weird, unless the person has an Austrian or Bavarian accent? I would be grateful for your thoughts.
I had issues with the german's "r" in the begining of my German class, i still remember one day that my throat was messed Up and i had to use a spray to cease the pain, i still was able to pronunce the "r" better than most of my classmates though XD.
I ordered die Grammatik from Duden. Can't wait until it arrives. You have no idea how hard it was to find that book. Also, I found that book you recommended to me at my library. I had no idea that they keep foreign language books, but apparently they do.
I am especially interested in your pronunciation videos. They helped me to realize the difference between sounds which is not taught properly by my german teacher ^^. Want to say 1000 x thanks to you ^^. PS: I have nearly spit water out on my laptop when try your method for the first time. Anw, It's fun ^^
watching your vidios from Somalia, i wonder whether am learning deutsch or just watching you beautifal creative explaination Du bist lustig, ich liebe dich
i can´t stop watching your videos on a daily basis and im learnin a lot,i just started with Geramn a couple of days ago though.but how come you have a perfect american english accent? have you been to the states? thanks a lot.
In Brazilian Portuguese the "r" can be pronounced differently depending on where you're from. The word for "door" is PORTA, and in my neck of the woods we pronounce it like the american "r" and we are bullied for that! (no one on TV speaks like that, ever! lol). Some Brazilians would pronounce it as if they were Spanish Speakers, rolling their tongues! Last but not least comes the standard pronunciation which is closest to the German "r"...being the one used on TV. Funny thing is that I would have to modify my "Portuguese" to teach the standardized version of it!. =P
I can do the last two r's you explained with absolutely no issues. It's the first one that keeps giving me problems. I don't think I'm putting my tongue in the right place and keep getting various sounds that just don't sound right. I either get a slight rolling or the harsher sound of the second r. And when I put my tongue super far back like you said, it sounds like a cross between a muffled r and a moan. Not really sure how to fix it...
in Turkish we have a very similar sound to that German r. It is ğ. But it is softer than this sound. When you pronounce r in German it is like pronouncing it in Turkish r+ğ. It is also like Paris in French. The French have that sound also I guess. And I have wondered if that sound in French has sth to do with franks being German in ancient times. They became Latin but maybe that r+ğ sound survived.
Huh, interesting. Unfortunately, I never got past "Thank you" and "Hello" in Turkish :D Yep, the Hochdeutsch r is pretty much the same as the French r and it is indeed because of a French influence on the North-West of Germany (where Hochdeutsch came from), not the other way around :)
I just started to see this video to get R, and love at first sight happened, after thousands of year. And this is my first proposal after thousand's year :D
Thank you very much for this educational video. I'm learning German but unfortunately each time I try to better understand the pronounciation of "r" I get more confused. First of all, in three years of German course I didn't learn how to properly pronounce it, since the way I pronounced "Hund" and "Rund" was basically the same. Then here in Baden Württemberg people couldn't understand me trying to say "Reis" and a guy from Bayern told me to pronounce it like this really strong R, which actually hurts my throat and takes me a lot of effort to produce. Then after I trained a lot to do it, a person here from the region told me that the right way to pronounce it would be like vibrating your tongue up and down, in a much easier way to produce. Afterall, which "r" is truly Hochdeutsch? Vibrate or strong R?
I've heard of the word waltersobchakeit, and I was wondering what it meant? Also, I'm new to your channel and it's helped me a lot with my German, so thanks!
Very detailed but very entertaining at the same time. Thanks! Silly anectode and questions: When I first heard how "verkehr" is pronounced, I was surprised, because I thought that would actually be how Fakir is pronounced. You know, the Hausgeräte brand. Is there actually a difference? How do you pronounce Fakir? Maybe with a bit more emphasis on "a"?
Ich bin mit der südlichen Variante der Aussprache des R's völlig zufrieden, da ich in Bayern geboren bin :) Ist auch ein Pluspunkt,wenn man Italienisch und Spanisch lernen möchte. Das gutturale R mag ich irgendwie nicht. Das Zungenspitzen-R-Laut ist viel besser. Franzosen und Araber sollten keine Probleme haben das gutturale R aussprechen. Ich kann es zwar auch (da ich als Kind Arabischunterricht hatte). Aber irgendwie gefältt mir das Zungenspitzen-R viel besser, da ich seit einigen Jahren Spanisch lerne, kommt es mir sehr gelegen. Deine Videos sind echt toll. Weiter so.
after watching/practicing this video like dozens of times, i'm finally getting the hang of it, i even learned how to roll my Rs finally! i still suck at it but i at least have the hang of it =)
Your American english accent is spot-on. You seem to have a very good grasp at proper accents, probably in a lot of different languages too. You could have a lot of fun with it, like speaking as if you were an Australian visiting Amsterdam and telling your friends `the Dutch are funny because they speak like`,well,`however it maybe sounded like to an Aussie, just as an example. Also, as in America, or any of the European countries, there are different accents depending on what part of the country you were in. Same holds true in Germany I suspect? We often sort of make fun of those types of accents, whether we are from there, or not from that area. Like when you said `care bear`, a New Yorker accent would sound like, `key-yuh beeyuh` or if you were from the south like Texas, it would sound like. `car bar` :-)
Du hast eine sehr sympathische Art und Weise wie du deine Lektionen rüber bringst! Respekt! Dennoch habe ich eine Frage, du sagst hier, dass das deutsche R auf verschiedene Arten ausgesprochen werden kann und zeigst dabei die Lautschrift dafür. Hast du hierbei die englische Lautschrift verwendet? Im Deutschen ist [x] nämlich kein R. Es ist ein "Ch" Laut wie in "Dach" (gibt 2). [r]; [R]; [umgedrehtes großes R] und a-Schwa (umgedrehtes kleines a) dürften es nur sein... korrigier mich wenn ich mich habe verwirren lassen Gruß
Nope, das ist die international gebräuchliche Lautschrift. Wie auch im Video erklärt ähnelt eines unserer Rs tatsächlich sehr dem [x]-Laut, daher wird das Zeichen auch für dieses spezifische R verwendet - scheinbar gibt es kein eigenes Zeichen für den minimalen Unterschied zum "echten" [x]. Tatsächlich merken die meisten Deutschen wohl kaum, dass sie 3 Rs benutzen und viele benutzen wahrscheinlich sogar nur 2, obwohl sie keinen sonderlich bemerkbaren Dialekt sprechen. Aber regelgemäß sollte es im perfekten Hochdeutsch diese 3 geben.
Vielen Dank Katja!! :) Diese Videos habe geholfen mich viel! (Correct me if I my sentence is wrong, Bitte!) haha But they have helped me a lot in my current learning of German!
Dir ist schon klar, dass die am Ende alle besser Deutsch sprechen als jeder Deutsche? :o Ich bin ja selber sonen Süd-west-deutscher Sprachverhunzer.. Da fällt dann gerade das R gerne mal unter den Tisch. Entsprechend wirklich super, dass du speziell darauf so viel Fokus setzt. ^.^
Wow, sehr ausführlich, ich bin beeindrückt. Es hilft Speichel am Ende der Zunge zu sammeln :P Aber es klingt oft sowieso lautlos bei mir und der Hals tut weh. Ich kann mich gar nicht vorstellen, wie man den Konsonant bei der Erkältung ausspricht.
Hallo! Die Videos sind toll! Ich finde, dass wenn jemand auf Englisch deutsche Sache erklaert, das macht schoen. :) Auch deine Amercan accent ist sehr ... genau? Warst du einmal in Amerika? Anyway. Ich werde bald in Deutschland (Magdeburg (an der Elbe)) studieren. Ich glaube, dass mein Akzent ein bisschen schlecht ist, aber die Videos wirklich helfen. I'm sitting here in my room, rurrrrrrrring away like a cat, feeling rather silly, but good people like you take the time to help. Ich hoffe, dass ich gute Menschen wie du treffe, wann ich in Deutschland bleiben, das waere schoen, haha
I think I might just pronounce the "r" in 2 way, the French r at the beginning of a syllable, and the softened British schwa sound at the end of a syllable. After watching this video, I think I must have been wrong. Vielen Dank!
That's really not far off, though :) I think that might be the way many people actually do it in coversation. As I said, as long as you don't roll or english, the biggest step has already been taken :)
Katja, how about g in the end of a syllable? sometimes i hear it pronouced like g (obviously), but sometimes.... like ch. e.g from "zwanzig" my friend said it pronouned /tsvantsich/ sorry if my grammar is wrong. i'm a non-english-speaker-who-learn-german-using-english
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First, let me be honest: I will never forget the gargling at 4:10.
Second: a few months ago I spent a few days in a hotel near (Banhof) Friedrichstraße. That is THE German word to be pronounced: once I manage to pronounce Friedrichstrasse correctly, I will pass the R-test. Tschüss!
8001maya Germany is in Europe,duhhhhh!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
No, No. You only have to say, you are from Oberlausitz! My R is native! XD
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No, the real test is pronouncing Bacharach am Rhein!
Ah, the notorious "R" pronunciation. Just the fact that you made a 14 minute long episode about it is a testament to how difficult it really is.
I got an 85/100 in my first german exam! Your videos have something to do with that...thank you!!!
Yay! Very happy to hear that :)
Watching this with earbuds, my mom thought there was something wrong withmy throat and got me a glass of water.
:DDD
Well perfect, I'm sure you immediately practiced the water method with that! ;D
Melissa Cruz @Deutsch für Euch
Being German, I can also see how the water method works. Although, being from Bavaria, I put a bit more emphasis on the trilling...
Still the best and solidest explanation all over the whole internet. 👍
I guess I never really paid much attention to the letters preceding the "r" in order to decide what pronunciation to use. It just seemed natural to me to say it in the various ways. Maybe I just heard it often enough from my teachers, movies, music, and so on. Great lesson, though. I'll be using this with my students in the fall. Thanks.
in meinem Dialekt gibt es die 2te möglichkeit das r auszusprechen irgendwie nicht. Ich mir fällt zumindest kein Wort ein, bei dem ich es so ausspreche wie sie im Video. Entweder es wird gerollt oder als a gesprochen.
This last couple of videos on pronunciation are very helpful. Thanks much, Katja!
got used to making these noises when i studied french! language learning jackpot!
Ouh yeah ;D
It's so fun learn German, you make it ''easy'', Thank u teacher
Soft consonants = voiced (b d g)
Hard consonants = unvoiced (p t k etc)
The difference is whether the vocal cords are used or not -- try to say "p" with vocal cords and you get "b", try to say "d" without vocal cords and you get "t" . That might be easier to remember than lists of consonants.
Thanks for your channel, du bist Oberammergau! I mean oberaffengeil.
I have watched many videos on how to do this, but was never able to figure it out until I watched this video. You have done a great job at really explaining how to do it and I am starting to be able to do it now. Vielen Dank!!! :)
Oh wow, thank you :) That is so great to hear!
It's insane to me that you're a native German speaker, speaking English as a second language (although obviously you speak it constantly), and you're somehow able to do a better English and Australian accent than most American English speakers. Your brain is wired for sound! I share your sound-recreation abilities to a lesser degree and I equate it to my ear for music. You must have an insane ear for music too, amirite??
Thank you :) It's alright, but I struggle with harmonies most of the time. I have no problem with guessing my way through a melody from hearing it and have recreated a few easier songs I couldn't find sheet music for, but recreating second voices is a true pain in the ass to near impossible - it just takes me way too long. Music is definitely one of my more secondary talents; I enjoy it, but I don't have the potential to reach greatness. As you said, my ear is totally with languages. I "feel" a sound in my mouth or get a sort of mental image what my tongue should be doing once I hear it a few times (doesn't mean I don't have to practice). French is my sworn enemy on that so far, though. I have the sounds figured out, but recreating them sends my tongue into temper tantrums :D
Deutsch für Euch Unfortunately, German has several French words like der Ingenieur, der Cousin, das Restaurant etc. And most of them are pronounced with a French accent! Neeeein!!
:D That's fine, adopted words can always be "phonetically adjusted" ;D
I’ve watched a ton of videos explaining how ‘R’ is pronounced but yours is the best! Alles klar!
Most in-depth video on the German R I have watched so far. Danke!
Hello, Katja! I'm Robert!
The 2nd variety of your German would be symbolized in IPA as /ɣ/, the /gh/ guttural (voiced velar fricative) sound.
I am planning on visiting Germany next year and to know some of the basics I just started learning the language... I would just like to thank you a lot for your videos!
This really helped.The German R's are so hard for the American tongue, literally. LOL. You're so fun to watch and to learn from. Danke and God bless.
+Julia Latto
Believe me the American R's are hard for German tongues too. But much harder is the th
You are the best! Finally I've learned how to pronounce R! I tried hundreeds of videos on RUclips, but you are the one who managed to explain in a best way!
Очень рад! :) That is so nice to hear, thank you!
als Niedersachse der auch fließend englisch spricht lern ich zwar wohl kaum was bei dir, aber ich seh trotzdem jedes deiner Videos da du echt der Hammer bist ;)
Great tips, similar to my German teacher.
"Vergeben vergessen und wieder vertrauen" songs help a lot too !
The most complete lesson I've ever seen so far. I really appreciate, this R sound has been driving me f*cking crazy.
This is a complete lesson on the German r, I found everything I need to know about it.
I did practice the water method!!!! But I did it a little different (just a little). I took some water and tried to say de R sound. Then swallowed some water and tried again, then swallowed another little amount of water in my mouth and tried again and like that until I've got no water in my mouth. I think this way works better..
I am amazed by your voice when I heard the turbulence sound created inside your mouth. I just couldn't imagine how to reproduce that!
Danke fuer Ihre Videos :) Ich lerne Deutsch in Universitaet in Australien (aber mein grammatik ist nicht perfekte und Ich moechte verbessern). Sie sind sehr hilfreich gewesen. Das stimmt ueber der Australier akzent! Ich war schon funf mal in Deutschland.
Well, I didn't need my esophagus anyway!
Coz the oesophagus doesn't play role in speaking .
I've been having trouble with the more 'throaty' Rs, and just having you describe how its similar to the 'ch' sound was so helpful. I took Spanish for a long time so my Rs tend to trill or come from the front of my mouth when looking at foreign words (but never in English?), so 'moving' the sound to the back of my tongue for German is really challenging.
Thank you so much for this video! I've only been studying German for a month but I because of your phonetics videos I fell more confident in learning German going into 2017! :D
Fascinating, Us scottish folk also roll, or "tap" our R's and we also have the back of the throat fricative like in loch.
We also say Care Bear like germans, at least in Glasgow anyway.
The glasweigan dialect is full of weird glottal stops and dipthongs
The voiceless velar fricative (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative ) ("ach-Laut"/"ach-sound") is not an "r" sound. See also
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German
Learning German is hard, but fun. Always feel thank you for teaching me really good lessons. Danke Schön!
:D Ich bin gerade auf dein Video gestoßen, und ich finde es so lustig wie du versucht anderen unser geniales R zu erklären :) Mach bitte weiter so! Sehr Unterhaltsam
Wow this is the most understandable and full explanation of the R. I'm no more confused when I hear the R pronounsed in all of these ways)
You have a wonderful love of language - contagious!
I learned that flippin "R" using the water method ! But doing it in 3 steps, each one with less water, until it became a natural reflex.
i am from Austria (so i speak german fluently :)) but your videos still teach me something from time to time like for example grammar rules^^
Cool, I'm glad :)
I'm a new sub just found your channel and I love it I took German in middle school but then I switched to Spanish but I always enjoyed it and with the help of your vids I think I'm going to learn it finally great job!!
Awesome, thank you! :)
it's kinda weird to pronounce the 'R' cause I have a speech impediment with 'R's so I have trouble pronouncing it in English and so now learning german I have to get used to a new way! lol!
by the way we watch your videos in class and there are very helpful!
This is a fantastic video! Thank you very much for the time and effort you put into this.
Very Nicely you are teaching..
your English is very fluent :D and it's really a great channel !! I just found it a couple weeks ago and I'm doing my best to catch up :)
Hallo Deutsch für Euch :) Ich unbedeckt gerade Ihren RUclips-Kanal! Was zu sagen: Vielen Dank für die klare, ausgezeichnete und ausführliche Erklärung. Eine große Übung schwer für einen Anfänger Italienisch wie ich! Auf geht's! :) Ich bin bereit, für Gurgeln :) Danke noch einmal! Entschuldigung für mein peinlich deutsch :) Einen Gruß von Sardinien.
Great channel and you speak really, really good English. You have a subscriber. ; )
the best 'r' sound explanation. thankyou!
Hi, ich finde dein Video super. Kannst du (oder hast du schon) ein Video nur mit Wörtern, die das genau üben machen? Es ist besonders hilfreich, wenn man die Aussprache hört und direekt danach sie wiederhohlt. Danke und Liebe Grüße
You made a comment about not trilling or rolling your tongue when creating an "r" sound, but I've seen other assumed native German speakers do just that. Just like in the case of the "er" version of "r" is it possible some speakers adjust the textbook pronunciation of "r" for the [R] instances.
well done! sehr hilfreich fuer mich! nur eine Sache, we wouldn't so the letter stands after, but rather goes after, or is positioned after. Well done with your aussie accent too.
Thank you for your dedication, it is really helpful. I still sound like I'm in a phlegm releasing frenzy but I'll keep working on it.
I love learning german by u.
Thanks the video. Katja. Someone below mentioned the rolling of the R in German. I know that Bavarians and Austrians certainly do this ( albeit not as strong as the roll in the Spanish R). I think some other German speakers roll their Rs ( I saw an interview with Willy Brandt from 1964 on youtube and he gently rolled some of his Rs and he came from Luebeck). The problem is that I find that, while I can pronounce the guttural Rs exactly as you suggest while practising, when I am engaged in a long conversation or reading out a long text, I find that my throat finds it difficult to pronounce the guttural R, almost like suddenly running out of breath. For example, saying "restrukturieren" in the middle of a long conversation. Is it really so wrong to gently roll a R from time to time - is it simply a matter of regional preference, as with the A in British English? Or does a rolling of a R sound weird, unless the person has an Austrian or Bavarian accent? I would be grateful for your thoughts.
I had issues with the german's "r" in the begining of my German class, i still remember one day that my throat was messed Up and i had to use a spray to cease the pain, i still was able to pronunce the "r" better than most of my classmates though XD.
Very helpful. Thanks Katja!
I ordered die Grammatik from Duden. Can't wait until it arrives. You have no idea how hard it was to find that book. Also, I found that book you recommended to me at my library. I had no idea that they keep foreign language books, but apparently they do.
Haha, awesome! :D Could you remind me what book that was again?
Deutsch für Euch We're bin ich und wenn ja, wie wiele Richard Precht. I asked you about philosophy. Danke. You're awesome!
Oooh right, now I remember. Kein Problem :) Danke!
I am especially interested in your pronunciation videos. They helped me to realize the difference between sounds which is not taught properly by my german teacher ^^. Want to say 1000 x thanks to you ^^.
PS: I have nearly spit water out on my laptop when try your method for the first time. Anw, It's fun ^^
watching your vidios from Somalia, i wonder whether am learning deutsch or just watching you beautifal creative explaination Du bist lustig, ich liebe dich
i can´t stop watching your videos on a daily basis and im learnin a lot,i just started with Geramn a couple of days ago though.but how come you have a perfect american english accent? have you been to the states? thanks a lot.
In Brazilian Portuguese the "r" can be pronounced differently depending on where you're from. The word for "door" is PORTA, and in my neck of the woods we pronounce it like the american "r" and we are bullied for that! (no one on TV speaks like that, ever! lol). Some Brazilians would pronounce it as if they were Spanish Speakers, rolling their tongues! Last but not least comes the standard pronunciation which is closest to the German "r"...being the one used on TV. Funny thing is that I would have to modify my "Portuguese" to teach the standardized version of it!. =P
Você é de SP? :)
Ich bin von die niederlände Du hast mich ein bisschen deutsch gelernt Danke:D
I can do the last two r's you explained with absolutely no issues. It's the first one that keeps giving me problems. I don't think I'm putting my tongue in the right place and keep getting various sounds that just don't sound right. I either get a slight rolling or the harsher sound of the second r. And when I put my tongue super far back like you said, it sounds like a cross between a muffled r and a moan. Not really sure how to fix it...
So many THANKS!!!!
I thought I could be impossible to me but I think I did it, THANKS!
Thank you very much for this tutorial
in Turkish we have a very similar sound to that German r. It is ğ. But it is softer than this sound. When you pronounce r in German it is like pronouncing it in Turkish r+ğ. It is also like Paris in French. The French have that sound also I guess. And I have wondered if that sound in French has sth to do with franks being German in ancient times. They became Latin but maybe that r+ğ sound survived.
Huh, interesting. Unfortunately, I never got past "Thank you" and "Hello" in Turkish :D Yep, the Hochdeutsch r is pretty much the same as the French r and it is indeed because of a French influence on the North-West of Germany (where Hochdeutsch came from), not the other way around :)
Deutsch für Euch these videos are really helpful in learning german to advanced levels. I would like to thank you.
Your videos are always great! Keep up the great work! Thank you :3
I just started to see this video to get R, and love at first sight happened, after thousands of year. And this is my first proposal after thousand's year :D
If you want to confuse: Dialektatlas #113 - Hessisch 1/2
and thats just the difference inside of one german state !?
Thank you very much for this educational video. I'm learning German but unfortunately each time I try to better understand the pronounciation of "r" I get more confused. First of all, in three years of German course I didn't learn how to properly pronounce it, since the way I pronounced "Hund" and "Rund" was basically the same. Then here in Baden Württemberg people couldn't understand me trying to say "Reis" and a guy from Bayern told me to pronounce it like this really strong R, which actually hurts my throat and takes me a lot of effort to produce. Then after I trained a lot to do it, a person here from the region told me that the right way to pronounce it would be like vibrating your tongue up and down, in a much easier way to produce. Afterall, which "r" is truly Hochdeutsch? Vibrate or strong R?
I've heard of the word waltersobchakeit, and I was wondering what it meant? Also, I'm new to your channel and it's helped me a lot with my German, so thanks!
Shawn Moore "waltersobchakeit" isn't a German Word at all. Where/when did you heard it?
Very detailed but very entertaining at the same time. Thanks!
Silly anectode and questions: When I first heard how "verkehr" is pronounced, I was surprised, because I thought that would actually be how Fakir is pronounced. You know, the Hausgeräte brand. Is there actually a difference? How do you pronounce Fakir? Maybe with a bit more emphasis on "a"?
Ich bin mit der südlichen Variante der Aussprache des R's völlig zufrieden, da ich in Bayern geboren bin :) Ist auch ein Pluspunkt,wenn man Italienisch und Spanisch lernen möchte. Das gutturale R mag ich irgendwie nicht. Das Zungenspitzen-R-Laut ist viel besser.
Franzosen und Araber sollten keine Probleme haben das gutturale R aussprechen. Ich kann es zwar auch (da ich als Kind Arabischunterricht hatte). Aber irgendwie gefältt mir das Zungenspitzen-R viel besser, da ich seit einigen Jahren Spanisch lerne, kommt es mir sehr gelegen.
Deine Videos sind echt toll. Weiter so.
5:55 die beste Moment in dem ganzen Channel
You are amazing, thank you :). You should give classes to foreigners in your country, and charge of course.
Öcsém! Ez rohadt jó!
That means I really like this cosy corner of the infinite RUclips. Well done sister! Well done.
This is awesome, thanks.
Viele Grusse aus Stuttgart.
hello katja... thank you so much for making those videos....!
ist es als Deutschlerner besser, das Uvuler zu vergessen oder) , es dann falsch aufzutragen oder gar die vordere Zungenspitze Trill aufzutragen?
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Thank you so much for the videos! :D I'm learning a lot!
I have to learn English well before I can learn German with your videos... Cause I'm a Chinese...
its awesome.... I never hard such good explanation.
Thanks, this was incredibly helpful!!
after watching/practicing this video like dozens of times, i'm finally getting the hang of it, i even learned how to roll my Rs finally! i still suck at it but i at least have the hang of it =)
Your American english accent is spot-on. You seem to have a very good grasp at proper accents, probably in a lot of different languages too. You could have a lot of fun with it, like speaking as if you were an Australian visiting Amsterdam and telling your friends `the Dutch are funny because they speak like`,well,`however it maybe sounded like to an Aussie, just as an example. Also, as in America, or any of the European countries, there are different accents depending on what part of the country you were in. Same holds true in Germany I suspect? We often sort of make fun of those types of accents, whether we are from there, or not from that area. Like when you said `care bear`, a New Yorker accent would sound like, `key-yuh beeyuh` or if you were from the south like Texas, it would sound like. `car bar` :-)
Very well-explained!
Du hast eine sehr sympathische Art und Weise wie du deine Lektionen rüber bringst! Respekt!
Dennoch habe ich eine Frage, du sagst hier, dass das deutsche R auf verschiedene Arten ausgesprochen werden kann und zeigst dabei die Lautschrift dafür. Hast du hierbei die englische Lautschrift verwendet? Im Deutschen ist [x] nämlich kein R. Es ist ein "Ch" Laut wie in "Dach" (gibt 2). [r]; [R]; [umgedrehtes großes R] und a-Schwa (umgedrehtes kleines a) dürften es nur sein... korrigier mich wenn ich mich habe verwirren lassen
Gruß
Nope, das ist die international gebräuchliche Lautschrift. Wie auch im Video erklärt ähnelt eines unserer Rs tatsächlich sehr dem [x]-Laut, daher wird das Zeichen auch für dieses spezifische R verwendet - scheinbar gibt es kein eigenes Zeichen für den minimalen Unterschied zum "echten" [x]. Tatsächlich merken die meisten Deutschen wohl kaum, dass sie 3 Rs benutzen und viele benutzen wahrscheinlich sogar nur 2, obwohl sie keinen sonderlich bemerkbaren Dialekt sprechen. Aber regelgemäß sollte es im perfekten Hochdeutsch diese 3 geben.
You're really amazing! Thank you so much！
Vielen Dank Katja!! :) Diese Videos habe geholfen mich viel! (Correct me if I my sentence is wrong, Bitte!) haha But they have helped me a lot in my current learning of German!
Diese Videos haben mir viel geholfen. ;-)
Ah! haha I still need to work on my sentence structure..
But thank you g0nagall :)
Matteo Kennedy
you're welcome ;-)
这个视频虽然年代久远但它给了我很大的帮助！
At last I can make the sound of German R, I hope so :)
Thank you, You are great teacher :)
Dir ist schon klar, dass die am Ende alle besser Deutsch sprechen als jeder Deutsche? :o
Ich bin ja selber sonen Süd-west-deutscher Sprachverhunzer.. Da fällt dann gerade das R gerne mal unter den Tisch. Entsprechend wirklich super, dass du speziell darauf so viel Fokus setzt. ^.^
Wow, sehr ausführlich, ich bin beeindrückt. Es hilft Speichel am Ende der Zunge zu sammeln :P Aber es klingt oft sowieso lautlos bei mir und der Hals tut weh. Ich kann mich gar nicht vorstellen, wie man den Konsonant bei der Erkältung ausspricht.
Hallo! Die Videos sind toll! Ich finde, dass wenn jemand auf Englisch deutsche Sache erklaert, das macht schoen. :) Auch deine Amercan accent ist sehr ... genau? Warst du einmal in Amerika?
Anyway.
Ich werde bald in Deutschland (Magdeburg (an der Elbe)) studieren. Ich glaube, dass mein Akzent ein bisschen schlecht ist, aber die Videos wirklich helfen.
I'm sitting here in my room, rurrrrrrrring away like a cat, feeling rather silly, but good people like you take the time to help. Ich hoffe, dass ich gute Menschen wie du treffe, wann ich in Deutschland bleiben, das waere schoen, haha
Wollt mal danke sagen - Hilfst wirklich allen auch die es iwie können :) ty
Wow du hast ja wirklich kaum Deutsche "im Publikum"
- Wieso auch?! - stimmt
sry spamgedanken ENTER!
Thank you it was great
I want to know how german people pronounce english R this much easily even they don't have it
The dropping rs things is not something that I've ever really thought about, as a british/german person who drops rs all the time
It was great, but the best part was watching that hat of yours appearing and dissapearing. Cheers
Is that a panda at your right? I love it!
This video really help me, because i'm a spanish speaker and our "r" is stronger :(
Danke für alles!
Your advice do work, but it's quite hard for me to add another sound to the [x] sound, what should I do?
Du bist der beste für mich
I think I might just pronounce the "r" in 2 way, the French r at the beginning of a syllable, and the softened British schwa sound at the end of a syllable. After watching this video, I think I must have been wrong. Vielen Dank!
That's really not far off, though :) I think that might be the way many people actually do it in coversation. As I said, as long as you don't roll or english, the biggest step has already been taken :)
ThX very much! LOL
Would you say that the german r (version 1) sounds like an English R except the tongue up and back?
Katja, how about g in the end of a syllable? sometimes i hear it pronouced like g (obviously), but sometimes.... like ch. e.g from "zwanzig" my friend said it pronouned /tsvantsich/
sorry if my grammar is wrong. i'm a non-english-speaker-who-learn-german-using-english