Watch the entire series from beginning to end here: th-cam.com/video/6Ka_3Rq8JZ4/w-d-xo.html This series goes with my new e-book "Beginner German with Herr Antrim". With my e-book you get worksheets and answer keys for each lesson along with mp3 files to help you with your pronunciation. Get your copy today: www.germanwithantrim.com/product/beginner-german-with-herr-antrim/
@leoadler4095 Actually, yes, but there is way more involved with German than I anticipated. It's a big language with lots of components. And you need a lot of sources for learning. I also like German with Laura.
@@jonathansfavorites I'm just starting and I find these videos quite useful, tho I am also taking classes in uni, hopefully in about 2 years I will be able to communicate freely because right now I feel lost past a few sentences haha Thanks for the response, I will also check that one out!
@leoadler4095 awesome! You said uni so I'm guessing you are European.. Germany is super helpful to people wanting to learn their language and culture so there are many resources. One I found fun was the Nico movie you can find on TH-cam.
Danke. Been visited more than 10 popular channels teaching German to English spoken people, no one explains more clearer or easier than you did in 10 minutes. Wish to come to your channel earlier but glad that I did.
This takes me right back to my 6th grade German class! We laughed ourselves silly practicing ä, ö and ü! After living in Germany since 1985 it's become second nature, but thanks so much for the memories! PS: I wish I'd had you for my first German teacher!
My friends at the high school told me about you (they take German in your class) and I started watching some of your videos. I am starting to get the hang of pronunciation thank you.
I thought you went WAY WAY too fast. You went to the next topic while I was still thinking about the previous one. Also, not everyone does this in a formal classroom type situation at home. For instance, I like to do it while exercising, which during this time of Co-Vid I do for a couple of hours or more a day. All I hear is you firing stuff at me in English, without my ability to absorb it. We have had so many German tourists, many of them elderly, in Western Canada in the last few decades before 2020 it is almost the second language here in summer, they love the nature, and I work in the tourism industry.
I love this incredibly fast and comprehensive look at the vowels, at the same time if this would be the first or one of the first videos I watched as an A1, I might go running for the hills :)
That's a very nice video! The A sound in "an" is short, though. Also, the long E sound is different from the Ä sound, e.g. spät - ä is pronounced ɛː vs. Weg - long e is pronounced eː. Also, the short E sounds in "essen" are two different sounds: the first one is ɛ, which is exactly the same as the short Ä sound. The second one is the schwa ə, which is, however, not pronounced in this word. In actuality, you can hear only one E sound (that is the first one - ɛ) in this word.
Thanks for the compliment and the additional information. I checked out a few of your videos and I think you are doing some really amazing work. I think you are pointing out pronunciation differences in regions, however. Most people pronounce spät as ɛ in western Germany and Switzerland, but as eː pretty much everywhere else. No matter where you are Weg has the eː sound. To me, this means that the more common pronunciation is that of eː in both words. As for Essen, you are completely correct. There are two different sounds in that word and I probably over simplified the pronunciation tips for this. spät - en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sp%C3%A4t /ʃpɛːt/ (used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) /ʃpeːt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) Weg - en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Weg IPA(key): /veːk/ (standard) IPA(key): /veːç/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial) Essen - en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Essen /ˈɛsən/
My initial observation, being that language creates music, art and culture is that Waltz time informs of our the German values. If the measure has two quarter notes, (consonants) then, there is only room for one more, equal quarter note. If the measure has only one quarter note then there is time for a half note (long vowel). Being that Waltz time was created by Germans, this is a perfect analog. 3/4 Vc or vcc
So much easier to hear the subtleties in these videos. Miene Freunde ist deutsche and he speaks so quickly I never hear what he's saying and then he gets irritated when I can't pick it up 😂 Danke 😊
One of those words reminds me of the first full sentence my boyfriend said to me: "Leg dein Bein hier auf. Bitte." I was utterly confused. I thought 'leg' meant my leg; I had an Atypisch infektion in my ankle and he was helping me with aftercare. The only way I could understand him was to watch what he pointed at. I was really sick too so I might not even have been able to understand English. But he's not fluent in English. He learned it in school but was never allowed to speak it at home. His sister told me their dad hates that the German school system decided English was going to be mandatory and he made a rule that you can't speak English in his house. His dad is 73 and was personally affected by WWII. I mean, something happened to his mother & twin sister. My daughter's godfather is a Vietnam Veteran. He said wars are no matter to be taken lightly because the results affect people for decades. I had no idea what he meant until I met Gustav.
Learn German with Herr Antrim Yeah, pronunciation of vowels n almost all letters in the german alphabet is same as in hungarian! If u wanna hear that Levi, you can find it easily! Ja, die Ausprache der "deutschen Buchstaben" ist eigentlich glech wie im ungarischen ABC!
Very nice series. Maybe even I can learn something new here, lol (native speaker, but ask me anything about grammar and I will just be like "Um... because it just is that way...?"). Just one thing I noticed and maybe it's a regional thing, but when I say "an", I use a short "a". It sounds more like "ann".
Thanks for the kind words. I think "an" might be a regional thing, but it also isn't likely to get confused with something else if you say a short A instead of a long A in that word.
I would argue that ä = e has the same pronounciation. compare sähen and sehen. the pronounciation goes up at ä and down at e. That is a very small diference you don't really need to know, but there is one!
You are correct that there is a subtle difference between ä and e, but you are also correct that this difference is small enough that German learners don't really need to worry about it.
@@MrLAntrim It's really a regional thing and a question of correctness: as a native speaker I sometimes have to force myself to pronounce a correct long "ä", most of the time 'sähen' sounds like 'sehen'.
Hi, the y in typisch doesnt sound like Ü though, it just sounds like short vowel i. And what about the difference between long an short ü, e.g müssen vs Süß?
1. Typisch ist Most definitely pronounced like the ü, as is demonstrated in pronunciation guide in the Duden article about it. www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/typisch 2. You are correct that I left out the bit about long and short umlauts. They are pronounced the same, but with a longer (or shorter) sound and follow the same rules as the other longs vs short sound rules. I just didn't think the difference was big enough to add it to the video. There are some great articles in more detail on this website about them if you want that. joycep.myweb.port.ac.uk/pronounce/vowelae.html
A small correction: There is a distinction between short and long ö, as well as between short and long ü. (short ö = rounded short e, long ö = rounded long e, short ü = rounded short i, long ü = rounded long i) I would assume that you're leaving this out for the sake of simlicity, but you're actually mixing those up in your pronounciations. Grün, über, Typ and typisch should have a long ü (/yː/), not a short ü (/ʏ/). It sounds quite weird otherwise. I'm not shure, but I think you're making an analogous mistake with schön and Löwe. (Though those seem to have the proper length, just not the corresponding quality.)
Please note that you mispronounced the word Mäuse in your video. You pronounced Mäuser which is not even a German word. Correct would have been Mäuserich which is the male mouse.
No. You are hearing something that isn't there. I said "Mäuse" as on the slide. You can clearly tell the difference in the -er vs -e in Häuser and Räuber vs Mäuse. I understand how you might be confused about that, as I did drag out the pronunciation of the -e longer than usual, but this was done to draw attention to the pronunciation and does not have the indicative "R" sound at the end.
you begin the class to said something useless THAT TELL YOU WHAT KIND OF TEACHER HE IS USELESS THE ALPHABET EVEN WHEN YOU DONT USE IT CONSTANTLY ITS GOOD TO KNOW, WHEN YOU SPEEL THE NAME IN A BANK OR PHONE, ETC OF MANY OPPORTUNITIES
Watch the entire series from beginning to end here: th-cam.com/video/6Ka_3Rq8JZ4/w-d-xo.html
This series goes with my new e-book "Beginner German with Herr Antrim". With my e-book you get worksheets and answer keys for each lesson along with mp3 files to help you with your pronunciation. Get your copy today: www.germanwithantrim.com/product/beginner-german-with-herr-antrim/
I have extended family in Germany, and I suddenly feel like learning German. Not sure where to start so here I am. Thank you for your content!
I know these sort of questions generally suck, but did you continue watching these videos? did they help?
@leoadler4095 Actually, yes, but there is way more involved with German than I anticipated. It's a big language with lots of components. And you need a lot of sources for learning. I also like German with Laura.
@@jonathansfavorites I'm just starting and I find these videos quite useful, tho I am also taking classes in uni, hopefully in about 2 years I will be able to communicate freely because right now I feel lost past a few sentences haha
Thanks for the response, I will also check that one out!
@leoadler4095 awesome! You said uni so I'm guessing you are European.. Germany is super helpful to people wanting to learn their language and culture so there are many resources. One I found fun was the Nico movie you can find on TH-cam.
Danke. Been visited more than 10 popular channels teaching German to English spoken people, no one explains more clearer or easier than you did in 10 minutes. Wish to come to your channel earlier but glad that I did.
Thank you very much. That is very kind.
You are definitely an extraordinary teacher! With you, everything is easier. Thank you very much!
Wow, thank you!
This is the most helpful video on the vowel I've come across yet
This takes me right back to my 6th grade German class! We laughed ourselves silly practicing ä, ö and ü! After living in Germany since 1985 it's become second nature, but thanks so much for the memories!
PS: I wish I'd had you for my first German teacher!
You explained the sounds very well. Many thanks🙏🙏
Thank you so much for this lesson! I'm learning both English and German at the same time.
Danken schön !
This is unrelated to the subject of learning German, but I really like yoir voice. It's very calming. I think it's a bonus as a teacher.
Nice explanation
It's what I've been looking for, Thank you
Glad I could help.
now I am happy. Great teacher
I'm currently learning german, and french both are such a wonderful language to learn.
I am a going to the high school he teaches at and taking his class
Lucky! I wish I could take his class... Oh. Right. I teach that class.
My friends at the high school told me about you (they take German in your class) and I started watching some of your videos. I am starting to get the hang of pronunciation thank you.
I thought you went WAY WAY too fast. You went to the next topic while I was still thinking about the previous one. Also, not everyone does this in a formal classroom type situation at home. For instance, I like to do it while exercising, which during this time of Co-Vid I do for a couple of hours or more a day. All I hear is you firing stuff at me in English, without my ability to absorb it. We have had so many German tourists, many of them elderly, in Western Canada in the last few decades before 2020 it is almost the second language here in summer, they love the nature, and I work in the tourism industry.
Sehr stylische Krawatte! Ich liebe es! Fabelhaft!
I love this incredibly fast and comprehensive look at the vowels, at the same time if this would be the first or one of the first videos I watched as an A1, I might go running for the hills :)
That's a very nice video! The A sound in "an" is short, though. Also, the long E sound is different from the Ä sound, e.g. spät - ä is pronounced ɛː vs. Weg - long e is pronounced eː. Also, the short E sounds in "essen" are two different sounds: the first one is ɛ, which is exactly the same as the short Ä sound. The second one is the schwa ə, which is, however, not pronounced in this word. In actuality, you can hear only one E sound (that is the first one - ɛ) in this word.
Thanks for the compliment and the additional information. I checked out a few of your videos and I think you are doing some really amazing work. I think you are pointing out pronunciation differences in regions, however. Most people pronounce spät as ɛ in western Germany and Switzerland, but as eː pretty much everywhere else. No matter where you are Weg has the eː sound. To me, this means that the more common pronunciation is that of eː in both words. As for Essen, you are completely correct. There are two different sounds in that word and I probably over simplified the pronunciation tips for this.
spät - en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sp%C3%A4t
/ʃpɛːt/ (used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
/ʃpeːt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Weg - en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Weg
IPA(key): /veːk/ (standard)
IPA(key): /veːç/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
Essen - en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Essen
/ˈɛsən/
@@MrLAntrim Exactly! I'm happy you like it. 😇
thank you guys. your dialogue ansewered my doubt about ä and e.
I'm watching from Bangladesh
My initial observation, being that language creates music, art and culture is that Waltz time informs of our the German values. If the measure has two quarter notes, (consonants) then, there is only room for one more, equal quarter note. If the measure has only one quarter note then there is time for a half note (long vowel). Being that Waltz time was created by Germans, this is a perfect analog. 3/4 Vc or vcc
Danke! Das ist hilfreich!
Das freut mich. 👍
Thank you so much for this video. Unbelievable that such high quality content is available for free!
Viele danke Herr Antrim
*Vielen Dank
und es freut mich, dass ich dir helfen konnte.
Danke
Danke!
So much easier to hear the subtleties in these videos. Miene Freunde ist deutsche and he speaks so quickly I never hear what he's saying and then he gets irritated when I can't pick it up 😂
Danke 😊
Glad I could help. :)
One of those words reminds me of the first full sentence my boyfriend said to me: "Leg dein Bein hier auf. Bitte." I was utterly confused. I thought 'leg' meant my leg; I had an Atypisch infektion in my ankle and he was helping me with aftercare. The only way I could understand him was to watch what he pointed at. I was really sick too so I might not even have been able to understand English. But he's not fluent in English. He learned it in school but was never allowed to speak it at home. His sister told me their dad hates that the German school system decided English was going to be mandatory and he made a rule that you can't speak English in his house. His dad is 73 and was personally affected by WWII. I mean, something happened to his mother & twin sister.
My daughter's godfather is a Vietnam Veteran. He said wars are no matter to be taken lightly because the results affect people for decades. I had no idea what he meant until I met Gustav.
Leg and Bein could be confusing. My students always mix up Stunden and Student. And of course schon vs schön.
Danke👌
Bitte. 😉
Learn German with Herr Antrim Yeah, pronunciation of vowels n almost all letters in the german alphabet is same as in hungarian! If u wanna hear that Levi, you can find it easily! Ja, die Ausprache der "deutschen Buchstaben" ist eigentlich glech wie im ungarischen ABC!
Super Erklärung, das ist wirklich sehr gut 👍🏻
Danke schön.
Super Aussprache, hätte da nur eine Korrektur: an = kurzes a (wie ab, am); Ahn = langes a
'am', 'an', 'ab', 'in', 'im', 'um' > short vowels
Genau
Am I a horrible person if I'm listening to this channel just because I like the bow?
Thank you!
I think any reason is a good reason. :)
Danke! Alles klar 😂
Ich liebe dich Herr Antrim
Und ich dich auch.
Very nice series. Maybe even I can learn something new here, lol (native speaker, but ask me anything about grammar and I will just be like "Um... because it just is that way...?").
Just one thing I noticed and maybe it's a regional thing, but when I say "an", I use a short "a". It sounds more like "ann".
Thanks for the kind words. I think "an" might be a regional thing, but it also isn't likely to get confused with something else if you say a short A instead of a long A in that word.
@@MrLAntrim It's not a regional thing. The vowels in prepositions are usually short. So the 'a' in 'an' is short.
I would argue that ä = e has the same pronounciation. compare sähen and sehen. the pronounciation goes up at ä and down at e. That is a very small diference you don't really need to know, but there is one!
You are correct that there is a subtle difference between ä and e, but you are also correct that this difference is small enough that German learners don't really need to worry about it.
@@MrLAntrim It's really a regional thing and a question of correctness: as a native speaker I sometimes have to force myself to pronounce a correct long "ä", most of the time 'sähen' sounds like 'sehen'.
Hi, the y in typisch doesnt sound like Ü though, it just sounds like short vowel i. And what about the difference between long an short ü, e.g müssen vs Süß?
1. Typisch ist Most definitely pronounced like the ü, as is demonstrated in pronunciation guide in the Duden article about it. www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/typisch
2. You are correct that I left out the bit about long and short umlauts. They are pronounced the same, but with a longer (or shorter) sound and follow the same rules as the other longs vs short sound rules. I just didn't think the difference was big enough to add it to the video. There are some great articles in more detail on this website about them if you want that. joycep.myweb.port.ac.uk/pronounce/vowelae.html
1. I agree, it's definitefly pronounced "tüpisch", not "tipisch". Check on forvo.com: forvo.com/word/typisch/#de
But: typisch/Typ is pronounced with a long ü, so "tüp(isch)", not "tüpp(isch)"
@@nuvaboy Depends on the region.
@@andyarken7906 fair point. (I'm from Lower Saxony, for reference)
I cant do the ö 😭😭
an wird mit einem kurzem a ausgesprochen
Guten Abend. Ich bin Champa. Ich bin aus India. It's my hobby to learn German.I would love to get someone to practice German as an volunteer.
The difference between in Maßen and in Massen does not exist in Switzerland. The only know drinking beer excessively.
A small correction:
There is a distinction between short and long ö, as well as between short and long ü.
(short ö = rounded short e, long ö = rounded long e, short ü = rounded short i, long ü = rounded long i)
I would assume that you're leaving this out for the sake of simlicity, but you're actually mixing those up in your pronounciations. Grün, über, Typ and typisch should have a long ü (/yː/), not a short ü (/ʏ/).
It sounds quite weird otherwise.
I'm not shure, but I think you're making an analogous mistake with schön and Löwe. (Though those seem to have the proper length, just not the corresponding quality.)
Thanks ya batal
Glad I could help.
Your channel looks great, thank you, subscribe to your channel.
I come from a German background and want to learn my grandparents native language
But in English they ask us to spell all the time.
You must be having different conversations that I am. 🤷♂️
Please note that you mispronounced the word Mäuse in your video. You pronounced Mäuser which is not even a German word. Correct would have been Mäuserich which is the male mouse.
No. You are hearing something that isn't there. I said "Mäuse" as on the slide. You can clearly tell the difference in the -er vs -e in Häuser and Räuber vs Mäuse. I understand how you might be confused about that, as I did drag out the pronunciation of the -e longer than usual, but this was done to draw attention to the pronunciation and does not have the indicative "R" sound at the end.
you begin the class to said something useless THAT TELL YOU WHAT KIND OF TEACHER HE IS USELESS
THE ALPHABET EVEN WHEN YOU DONT USE IT CONSTANTLY ITS GOOD TO KNOW, WHEN YOU SPEEL THE NAME IN A BANK OR PHONE, ETC OF MANY OPPORTUNITIES