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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