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German Lesson 2: Pronounciation of "ch" and "ß"
15 years ago
Pronouncing the "ch" sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39iHNFLrWQI (sorry for the awful music)
I haven't found a good vid for the "ß" yet, but I'll try to explain, since it's not so complicated.
The letter ß (called sz .. somewhat like ass-tsat) actually is a sound inbetween the German soft s and z. This letter is by no means a B!
There is no capital ß, because it never appears at the beginning of a word.
You can write the ß by holding down the alt key while typing 225 on your numpad.
A thing that is often done in Germany to avoid the letter "ß" is replacing it with "ss". I do not recommend to do that for two reasons:
First - an ß behind a vowel indicates that the vowel is pronounced long while a doule ss indicates that it is pronounced short.
Second - There are words that become totally other words if you replace the ß with ss. For exaple "Maße" (meassure) and "Masse" (mass).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39iHNFLrWQI (sorry for the awful music)
I haven't found a good vid for the "ß" yet, but I'll try to explain, since it's not so complicated.
The letter ß (called sz .. somewhat like ass-tsat) actually is a sound inbetween the German soft s and z. This letter is by no means a B!
There is no capital ß, because it never appears at the beginning of a word.
You can write the ß by holding down the alt key while typing 225 on your numpad.
A thing that is often done in Germany to avoid the letter "ß" is replacing it with "ss". I do not recommend to do that for two reasons:
First - an ß behind a vowel indicates that the vowel is pronounced long while a doule ss indicates that it is pronounced short.
Second - There are words that become totally other words if you replace the ß with ss. For exaple "Maße" (meassure) and "Masse" (mass).
like i do this, you do this, he/she does this
i.e.
__- esta
yo- soy
tu- eres
el/ella- es
nosotros- estamos
vosotros- estais
This is another thing that makes German more complicated than English. You can speak to people in a personal informal way or in a formal way, which requires other pronouns and conjugations. No worries that'll all come when I find the time :3
some of my examples will be in spanish because thats like one of the only languages i know...
my moms side of the family is puerto rican and speak spanish all the time.... so... yeah
thanks ^^
i was just curious
they both mean you
but to is like talking to a friend, usted/ ustedes is for like a teacher or boss or someone
what does hast mean?
is it hate or have?
context "du hast mich"
With this spelling it means "you have me". Later in the song he completes this have sentence and says "Du hast mich gefragt und ich hab nichts gesagt." which means "You have asked me and I said nothing."
"You hate me" would be "Du hasst mich". The pronounciation is the same and the ambiguity is wanted in the song ;3
i can sing the entire song
same with rosenrot
and i can sing most of haifisch
(like my 3 fave songs)
the problem is i cant spell like any of it XD
theres an english version of du hast whare he sings "you hate me"
... the english version sucks... same with engel, another one of my faves