"Er spricht Deutsch."
Translation:He speaks German.
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Er = sound of "a" in air or "fair" in english
Ihr = sound of "e" ear in english
I typed in what I heard and its sounded like Ihr (ear) and not air Er. I listened to it 3 times
Well here's the thing: back when I was super terrible at English, sometimes "ear" sounded like "air" to me, when I was having conversations. When words are pronounced really fast, it's really hard to tell what vowel sound they make when they are in the a, ae, e spectrum of vowel sounds. It's normal to mishear them if this is the first time you're learning but I guarantee you that you'll hear "er" when you get enough practice :)
I get clues from the verb conjugation. If it were "ihr", the verb would be "sprecht"
Thanks for your reply. I know how to distinguish both the sounds but in this case Er sounds like ear and therefore I make a note.
The "ch" in German makes a soft "K" sound kind of. There isn't an equivalent English sound. Try making a "K" and "H" sound at the same time. Try watching some videos on how to pronounce German words with "ch" in them to really get the sound down!
I think of it more as a sound between the English 'sh' and 'h'. Is that a good way of putting it?
"He speaks Dutch" = "Er spricht Niederländisch" ... "He speaks German" = "Er spricht Deutsch"
How would one Say "He Speaks no German" or "He doesn't speak German". Er spricht nicht Deutsch?
Ich spreche. Du sprichst. Er/sie/es spricht. Wir sprechen. Ihr sprecht. Sie/sie sprechen.
The exercise is wrong. I wrote "he speaks English" for the sentence Er sprecht Englisch and the "right answer" is "he talks English". It doesn't have nay logical sense... anyone says "I talk x or y language", we say "I speak x or y language"
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I typed 'He is speaking German' but it told me that was incorrect. Can it not be used as both or does it have to be used in a specific context?
How to pronounce er? And wir the R es mute right? Does anyone know a video that teaches how to pronounce the German R?
Made a small typo. Im sure "Germans" instead of "German" even thiugh the rest was right is grounds enough to fail the question. -_-
I wrote down the correct answer without capital letters and it says it's wrong.