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• froh42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  German is my native language , so yes. It sounds a lot different from what you might think if you can’t speak “ch”. But if you’re American…

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  • Cort@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m learning German (slowly), how to you “ch” properly?

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Back of the throat. Like the the J in Juan. Except in German, it always comes at the end of a word/syllable. If it’s at the beginning, it is pronounced like a k (as in Christ/Christian/etc.)

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      • causepix@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Omg. Nobody’s ever been able to explain this properly to me. Also vielen Dank, du hast mir mein deutscher ch-Laut endlich freigeschaltet 😄

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      • froh42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        As a Bavarian (South of Germany) I agree with the Ch at the start of the word being pronounced like a K (Chiemsee starts with the sound K), but with it depends on the region. I start “China” and “Chemie” with K, but a lot of people start it with “sch” (which sounds like sh in English). But that’s really weird for my ears.

        And the father of my ex wife is from Cologne, his “ch” sound quite like “sh” as well. Kirche (church) sounds like Kirsche (cherry) when he says it. Funnily his last name has two “ch”.

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