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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 ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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      • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I can’t quite tell if this is sarcasm or not, but either way, I would really recommend watching some YouTube videos on the topic, because pronunciation is a lot easier to communicate verbally.

        Also, as the other commenter pointed out, I overgeneralized my statement and there are certainly words (like China or Chemie) that start with a ch that’s not commonly pronounced as a k (except in some dialects).

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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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      • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Ah yes, of course there’s exceptions, as always. And of course it varies by region and dialect. Should have been a bit more careful.

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