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GrammarPoints

TheFocusofThisLessonisGermanConsonantSounds.

Introduction

SomeoftheGermanconsonantsareparticularlychallengingtoproduceforforeigners.Acommon

exampleisthepronunciationoftheletter-r,astherearedifferentwaystopronouncethisconsonantin

German.Oneofthe-rconsonantssoundsliketheRussian[r]sound—thevibratedrolling[r](alsocalled

atrillsound),whichyouwillhearinsouthernregionsofGermanyalot.Peoplehaveoftenimitated

thissoundandmadefunofthesoundinmovies.

Inordertore-establishalltherespectthattheletter-rdeserves,aswellastoteachyoualltheother

Germanconsonantsounds,weveputtogetheraveryhelpfulconsonantsoundpronunciationguide.As

youmayalreadyknow,theGermanalphabetiscomposedoftwenty-sixlettersandfourextraletters

thatdepictfortyspeechsounds,ofwhichtwenty-fiveareconsonantsounds.Today,wewilllookatthe

nineteenbasicconsonantsounds,whicharedividedasfollows:

1.Plosives:[p],[b],[t],[d],[k],[g]

2.Fricatives:[f],[v],[s],[z],[h],[?]

23.Affricates:[ts]

4.Approximants:[j],[l]

5.Trill/Vibrants:[r]

6.Nasals:[m],[n],[?]

Butbecausethisclassificationisquitecomplex,fortheaudiolesson,wedistinguishedbetween:

1.-rsounds(fricativeandvibrant):[r],[?]

2.Basicfortis-lenispairs(voiceless/voicedpairs):[p-b],[t-d],[k-g],[f-v],[s-z],and[