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German Oral

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  • 25-03-2006 9:18pm
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    d4gurl
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    Hello! So I have a german oral on tuesday for the Leaving Certificate. It is worth 25% and needless to say I am a tad nervos! I have a couple of questions regarding prononciation:

    I cnt for the life of me remember how to pronounce words like bieten or begriefen.
    Also in relation to the vowels with umlauts any tips on how to pronounce them? If anyone has any german do you mind I could do a quick practice run?


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    galah
    Registered Users Posts: 2,215 ✭✭✭galah


    d4gurl wrote:
    Hello! So I have a german oral on tuesday for the Leaving Certificate. It is worth 25% and needless to say I am a tad nervos! I have a couple of questions regarding prononciation:

    I cnt for the life of me remember how to pronounce words like bieten or begriefen.
    Also in relation to the vowels with umlauts any tips on how to pronounce them? If anyone has any german do you mind I could do a quick practice run?

    bit tricky to explain pronounciation in writing, but I'll try my best..;-)

    "ie" is usually pronounced like "ee" as is "glee". "ei" (as in "begreifen", I assume you spelled it wrong) is more like the English "y", as in "my". The umlauts are really hard to explain, maybe there are some soundbits on the internet somewhere, where you can listen to a native speaker?

    Hope this helps a little - and good look with the oral ;-)


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    d4gurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 902 ✭✭✭d4gurl


    Thanks!I found a great website to help me!the oral is finished thank golly gosh!went wel! cheers x


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    Misty Moon
    Registered Users Posts: 294 ✭✭Misty Moon


    Bit late I know but an umlaut basically puts an "e" after the vowel it's on so for example, schön is schoen. Could also be described as making a softer sound.

    Knowing about the "e" helped me a lot with pronunciation as I often picture words in my head before saying them - not everyone works like that though. I'd probably still have difficulty pronouncing the letters although words are okay. But if spelling a word out and trying to pronounce "ü" it's always hard and I often end up saying "u" first!


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