German pronunciation has one rule that nobody puts in the title of their lesson.
But it changes everything.
𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰.
What that means:
every letter makes the same sound every single time it appears.
No exceptions hiding in plain sight the way English hides them.
English: 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.
Same four letters. Four different sounds.
No rule. No logic. No mercy.
German: what you see is what you say.
Every time.
Here are the sounds that trip beginners – solved in one post:
𝟭. 𝗲𝗶
sounds like English 𝘦𝘺𝘦
𝘦𝘪𝘯 (one) — sounds like "ine"
𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯 (leg) — sounds like "bine"
𝟮. 𝗶𝗲
sounds like English 𝘦𝘦
𝘴𝘪𝘦 (she/they) — sounds like "zee"
𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘣 (stayed) — sounds like "bleeb"
𝟯. 𝗮𝘂
sounds like English 𝘰𝘸
𝘒𝘢𝘶𝘧 (purchase) — sounds like "cowf"
𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘯 (brown) — sounds like "brown"
𝟰. 𝗲𝘂 / 𝗮̈𝘂
sounds like English 𝘰𝘺
𝘏𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘦 (today) — sounds like "hoy-teh"
𝘓𝘢̈𝘶𝘧𝘦𝘳 (runner) — sounds like "loy-fer"
𝟱. 𝘀𝗽 / 𝘀𝘁
at the start of a word, pronounced 𝘴𝘩𝘱 / 𝘴𝘩𝘵
𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦 (language) — "shpra-kheh"
𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘥𝘵 (city) — "shtat"
Five rules.
Hundreds of words now readable.
This has nothing to do with talent but purr pattern recognition.
And patterns can be taught.
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