German Pronunciation - German Vowels

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[@kazuma0037]

0:17 vowels 1:05 a 1:39 training 1:57 a: 2:12 2:26 2:47 3:01 œ 3:21 3:36 e: 3:59 4:13 øː 4:32 4:49 5:04 5:19 5:35 5:50 ə 6:04 6:20 i: 6:35 6:50 7:10 7:25 ɪ 7:40 7:54 8:11 8:25 ɔ 8:39 8:54 o: 9:19 9:35 u: 9:51 10:06 ʊ 10:21 10:39 vowels

[@hizac8492]

Thanks for making all these language videos! They've helped me get a job thanks to my newfound German skills.

[@NoisingCreature]

I feel that when Alisa pronounces the /ɐ/ and /ɔ/ sounds alone, they sound exactly like an /o/, but when she pronounces them inside the words, they sound as I would expect.

[@SiggiNebel]

As a native speaker I would not recommand this lesson. They claim to pronounce different sounds - like the short "a" in Wasser and the long "a(h)" in Bahn (and actually it's not just a matter , but they sound just the same. If I tried to learn it, I'd be quite confused,

[@shishior]

thank you

[@bryanlee5195]

Thanks for pointing it out. I was about to throw my phone in the toilet.

[@edram4051]

I even played /a/ first then /a:/ right away. No difference at all. (I teach languages)

[@JayoKane556]

Ha ha ha I felt the same

[@silverevoker]

Hi wihch lesson do u recommend plz

[@lexicornix7530]

I am sorry but I have to say that this video is very inaccurate. No linguist would recommend this to a beginner. It is good (and should be a given) to use a phonetic notation like IPA but fewer symbols than requierd are used and in the case of [ɐ] something completely different is spoken i.e. [o:]. These two sounds have nothing to do with one another and [o:] isn't spoken in any of the given examples. To give anotehr example, in standard German is pronounced [meːɐ̯] with a closed /e:/ and not an open one (/ɛ:/). The video is well-meant and you can see that a lot of effort went into it but unfortunately the quality is low. Beginners don't know any better and have to be able to rely on the given information to be accurate.

[@FsxTime]

When I saw the beginning of the video I was quite annoyed because [ɐ], [œ], [ə], [ɪ], [ʏ], [ɔ], and [ʊ] were not pronounced correctly. I would also have liked it if they talked about [ɛ:] being pronounced as [eː] by some German speakers. For example you can pronounce Spät and wählen like [ʃpɛːt] and [vɛ:lən] but you can also pronounce it as [ʃpeːt] and [veːlən]

[@frechjo]

Ah thank you so much! I'm a native Spanish speaker, phonemics of Spanish collapse many of this sounds to only five vowels, and the video aims to native English speakers. You can guess my level of confusion!

[@oscarconsuelo3518]

Wouldst thou have any recommendation for an introduction to german phonetics?

[@cangjie12]

'ɐ' is pronounced wrongly here, like 'o' instead; however when she pronounces the words with 'ɐ', she gets them right. How could she ever confuse ɐ and o? They are so obviously different.

[@JCMH]

This video has several mistakes. For 'ɐ' and 'ɔ' the pronunciation is 'oː'; for 'œ' the pronunciation is 'øː'; for 'ə' the pronunciation is 'eː'. Horrible.

[@gaelga]

This is a mess! I am linguist and I know the phonetic alphabet and this is great when it comes to the initial part of the video. My best friend is a German linguist and he told me the sounds and examples are horrible to their "equivalent" sounds in English. It is painfully obvious there is a disconnect between the "equivalent" and the sounds they try to convey. :( VERY CONFUSING.

[@eric9508]

Man you are so fucking handsome

[@narasimha5566]

Thanks madam for your German lesson

[@jenniferb3898]

This confused me. You'd say this soudns like x and then it wouldn't, and then the words won't sound like they contain the sound said for the letter. I'm guessing in some cases you were saying the name of the letter and in some saying the soudn maybe.. but if that's the case that's confusing and tricky to practice.

[@perlis2008]

it's quite hard to distinguish the different between two identical sound for non German speaker. but I'm still enjoy it

[@guywatchingm3m3s]

Very helpful video. I can say that, I guess, English vowels' pronounciation is way harder for a non native speaker (Russian) then German ones for a Russian. That's a bit of relief tho I have a lot to learn to master the accent

[@schnode8367]

What amuses me is the comparisons. They are helpful and all, but with my Liverpool accent, everything is different. Boot = bewt, Took = tuck etc.

[@linguaphile9415]

ɐ = o? Wtf... Many of the sounds are mispronounced.

[@bryenico]

she was talking about the vowel at the end of the word

[@thehammurabichode7994]

Oh cool, a pronunciation guide where things are mispronounced (Door closing)

[@christanehrhart8824]

also symbol for I is incorect at 8:05

[@alexvargas1007]

This is very helpful to me, thank you for your lessons. Danke schön!

[@tienganhthayquyet334]

Thank you so much from Vietnam

[@desiaman7458]

lol why is she saying "ee" after they just said its the vowel in "it" so confusing

[@Germanpod101]

Despina Amanatidis Hallo Despina, Thank you for your comment and question! Could I just doublecheck which part of the video you are referring to? Vielen Dank! Clara Team GermanPod101.com

[@chyapeyenoon1301]

+Learn German with GermanPod101.com Agreed with Despina Amantidis. At 7:36, listen to what she's saying. The German girl totally mispronounces the intended short "i", mistaking it for long "i:" sound. Perhaps it's because it's hard for a regular German speaker to pronounce short "i" alone, without special training. However, this bit of ambiguity on the video can and surely will throw many of the beginners off the right path. Please, re-do the video.

[@louisbothma3165]

+Learn German with GermanPod101.com You do not even come back with an answer. Stop your German 'lessons' and try Hollywood for fame.

[@Murder_Of_Cr0ws]

+Louis Bothma lol wtf? haha xD

[@gaelga]

EXACTLY! TOTAL DISCONNECT. I do not think they are on the same language.

[@muhammadtouzri680]

Thanks for the lesson

[@guilhermesoares8815]

What app do you guys use to edit the video? The effects are cool and intuitive. I'd like to know

[@piturnah4972]

You sir, are a fool

[@christanehrhart8824]

7:41 Is anybody else confused when she says I is "identical to the i in it" and the she straight up says "eeee" like ipa i:

[@SamiNousiainen-j2o]

0:23: List of vowel sounds: No distinction made between short and long vowels in pronunciation. ɐ is incorrectly pronounced as rounded o like sound œ vs. ø: not clear open-closed contrast in pronunciation ə is incorrectly pronounced as e: 2:29: ɐ sounds like o: A bit bad choise of example words, since two out of three contain o: in the beginning even though we are not talking about that sound 3:06: œ Separately it is incorrectly pronounced as ø, but in the example words correctly as œ. 4:27: ø: claimed to be identical to a (with rounding), even though it should have been e: 5:29: "Länge" is incorrectly claimed to be pronounced with long ɛ:, whereas it is really with short ɛ 5:53: ə is incorrectly pronounced as e. "gesund" pronounced with e instead of ə. 6:58: Mykene is correctly pronounced with short ʏ, but the slide is about the long y: 8:08: ʏ is incorrectly claimed to be identical to i: (with rounding), even though it is identical to ɪ (with rounding) 8:37: ɔ claimed to be identical to "ought". That's ok with US pronunciation, but not with UK, in which "ought" has long ɔ:

[@sancochoiberico]

The video is excellent, but you should put in the beegining the two paralele videos of the girl in front of her face la in a side of her face showing the pronunciation

[@el-mehdibenchaib9950]

I struggle with the prononciation, it's not easy to spell the words but I do the best that I can to learn. It's need a constant training to learn something in your life precisely languages.

[@INDBOS]

Hello, when is the other videos regarding German pronunciation coming up?

[@notallthatbad]

This is GREAT! Amazing explanations, and the diagrams really help a lot. Very user-friendly. Bravo!

[@davidkachoui5378]

Are some of the associations to American English sounds incorrect in the video? I believe took and ought have different sounds from the examples used.

[@nurealam1206]

THANKS A LOT, DEAR. BLESS YOU.

[@abas-osman]

help full lessons thanks so much

[@kungfukenny4718]

The last vowel got me. The words threw the sound off.

[@xpchannel2981]

Thank you

[@groverchiri4031]

Es ist interessant,hab dank .

[@marcocisneros4379]

how can I know which sound to make when I read

[@giaphattram872]

Where is the German consonants from GermanPod101?

[@Germanpod101]

Gia Phat Tram Hallo Gia, Danke für den Kommentar! We have some pronunciation guides for consonants too! :) Vielen Dank! Clara Team GermanPod101.com

[@giaphattram872]

Learn German with GermanPod101.com Can you give me the link here to the consonants video? Couldn't find it searching for 'consonants' in your channel. Or is it a paid feature?

[@Jagdcmmdo]

+Learn German with GermanPod101.com DANK!!!! DANK MEMES!

[@dr.mousahadid1323]

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[@zizimyui6605]

your fantastic

[@zyreenlogronio]

what video can you recommend guys? or apps? I want to learn german.

[@Atrusino]

I had a lot of luck with Duolingo for the basics (words, grammar), but I found myself woefully underprepared for actually holding a conversation with it.

[@గమనచంద్రిక]

I am sure this video has so many errors. For better pronunciation and reading everyone should ace these vowel sounds and the IPA symbols. Once familier with these symbols and the sounds it will be very easy to read any text by just glancing at the words in the dictionaries with IPA symbols. It's better to cross check IPA symbols for some sample words and compare the sounds between google translator and the IPA dictionary audio.

[@JCMH]

This video has several mistakes. For 'ɐ' and 'ɔ' the pronunciation is 'oː'; for 'œ' the pronunciation is 'øː'; for 'ə' the pronunciation is 'eː'. Horrible.

[@beatriza9684]

I recommend the Forvo and Word Reference websites instead of Google Translator..

[@hovanskiy]

Danke!!!

[@operaants]

What does the blue dot mean?

[@Andrescg2016]

Du bist toll

[@Germanpod101]

Hallo Andres CG, Thank you for watching and commenting! Vielen Dank! Clara Team GermanPod101.com

[@fluffygirl1356]

The pronunciations for the German words themselves are more or less correct (some minor errors). But the pronunciations for the IPA symbols are completely false. Do not rely on this video.

[@yassinabdelrhman5875]

Good Video

[@notcorrect5744]

Several of the vowels when pronounced alone sound a certain way but then sound different in an actual word, it's confusing :/

[@dmanakell]

half of them sound exactly the same

[@Str953]

where is video number 4???

[@dianwahyusari3231]

this is a gem! so useful!

[@sofijadaudoraviciute622]

txs

[@linguafiles_]

Listening to Alisa is great, but the approximations to English phonemes don't seem to be like what she's saying.

[@docholl93]

The video clearly has some very confusing issues

[@jibriel4918]

wth, is that for real?! how the hell do they hear the difference?! we've got only 7 vowels in Arabic, no need for extras

[@Alex310100]

+fine killer what are the 7 vowels? we only have 6 in Classical Arabic short a, u, i and long ā, ū, ī and in many spoken dialects we add ō and ē so either 6 or 8 vowels.

[@jibriel4918]

are you an arab?

[@Alex310100]

well i already live in the desert but i'm pretty white, psycho haha

[@jibriel4918]

Don't pay any attention to racist people, they are just too dumb to understand that there is no relation between others' race and what beliefs they hold, just too dumb

[@SarionFetecuse]

" too dumb to understand" Have you IQ tested more shown I am dumb? Or are you assuming I'm dumb because I believe you are a filthy arab. "between others' race and what beliefs they hold," Whether you're a muslim or not I care not.

[@roundsout1557]

I find it in my case very helpfull ,im not a total beginer but no way complete, could it b that it depends on where u r at with the language ???

[@nurazizah9875]

THEY ARE SAME :"

[@KikonSketches]

God damn it man I'm already having an issue pronouncing the japanese R after the N sound now I gotta struggle with the German R too 😭

[@joydeeppaul4042]

whats with the alphabet .... i hardly understand ... i studied a differrent form of alphabet in german which is quite similar to english except the 3 umlaute...thats it ,but...this is different.

[@ThiNguyen-do6hr]

awesome video

[@Germanpod101]

Thi Nguyễn Thank you for the comment! Keep on learning German with GermanPod101 :) Regards, Team GermanPod101.com

[@wenyanzhou1584]

your video is awesome

[@phantom700X]

Lisa always she wanna laugh :)

[@jj123as]

kinda feel that the reverse "a" doesn't sound like the same used in those 3 words, is it the pronunciation of "er" or "o" ? and the schwa doesn't sound like the english schwa@@

[@Germanpod101]

Jas on Hallo Jas on, Thank you for your comment and question! It is pronounced "o". Vielen Dank! Clara Team GermanPod101.com

[@linguaphile9415]

Don't listen to them. They seem to have no idea about the IPA. The reverse a is like the er-suffix.

[@luke12346789]

i accidentally spit a sputum on the guy infront of me while trying to pronounce german

[@SuperRamon77777]

I think Alissa/Liza is younger here 💙⚽💚

[@professorracc.9780]

there's no difference between a and a: I can't hear it.

[@poyraztahan]

it's slightly longer i think

[@professorracc.9780]

Doga Tahan I've since learned that it's twice as long, it's a phonemic length thing that happens in protoindoeuropean langauges.

[@professorracc.9780]

Gabrielle Mendoza that's my name, don't wear it out.

[@chakraqi6887]

Korean french Spanish German

[@jemmaj2919]

They really sound the same

[@shamsulanuaraliash8475]

That was hard and I learn already Russian lol

[@marcocisneros4379]

I swear i hear no difference between some sounds😅

[@tsravis]

I did not understand they all sound similar it need slow uttarance

[@jsjb3468]

🌟

[@Magdoulin]

This very confusing I'm Arab So, you know my feeling with all of these vowels :D

[@Deepakkumarofficial]

u r confusing every thing :@

[@roynathan3553]

this girl is so unique and beautiful. who cares about anything when another person can be so pretty and intelligent?

[@Deepakkumarofficial]

same sound again again 1st learn to teach

[@denisdralec1993]

Ouch. This is a terrible video, many inaccurate comparisons and other stuff is confusing too. ..., for example German vowel sounds with two dots above DO NOT have English counterparts. Please do not make comparison with English words, it's ridiculous.

[@abrahammcgregor8181]

a e I o u

[@jetakkuster2171]

Lol

[@jennferley8854]

that so useless and confusing... just learn a e i o u ö ü ä thats it

[@rajanasir3342]

Hallo guten morgen. Wie geht es lhnen? Ich liebe dich...... ...Mich liebst du..... 😍können Sie mir hilfe bitte.....😍 ich liebe dich... 😍 icb bin ledig? Ich liebe dich......😍..ich vermisse dich ........😍............😍

[@ephgm]

Muhammad Yasir Settle down there, Tiger. That's no way to attract a lady. You sound totally desperate.

[@LtXDaFoo]

Allysa is not a very good example, it just sounds like she's saying "Ooo" or "ugh" every single time... And she looks weird AF saying it and as Despina said, the example for "it" was totally wrong. It and Et are NOT the same sound. You should of said the "e" sound in the word "bet"

[@bernardgoetz5199]

Das Lektion war Scheiße!

[@ivanruiz4948]

What's with all the christian words? Hahaha

[@ephgm]

Ivan Ruiz Honestly I'm not 100% sure, but I think a lot of Germans are religious

[@LittleImpaler]

They are doing the umlaut wrong. Ö Ü Ä ß