"Er spricht Deutsch."

Translation: He speaks German.

[mukeshp]

Sound not clear :"Er" sounds like "Ihr"

[S0R0USH]

Er = sound of "a" in air or "fair" in english

Ihr = sound of "e" ear in english

[marriboo]

I typed in what I heard and its sounded like Ihr (ear) and not air Er. I listened to it 3 times

[S0R0USH]

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 :)

[SubToMeOnYT]

Listen carfully dude

[RatedPGJax]

I get clues from the verb conjugation. If it were "ihr", the verb would be "sprecht"

[christian]

Not really.

http://duolingo.com/#!/comment/82889

[mukeshp]

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.

[jaye16]

this is one of the few times i heard er clearly.

[christian]

I can't confirm that.

[sewiscgal]

http://duolingo.com/#!/comment/82889 link not functioning...

[arda.akkus]

yes yes it does

[ShreyaPand1]

How Do you pronounce spricht/ spreche ?

[DuncanDonutz]

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!

[reject86]

I think of it more as a sound between the English 'sh' and 'h'. Is that a good way of putting it?

[rererererecycle]

How would you say "He speaks Dutch." in German?

[BaSsGaz]

"He speaks Dutch" = "Er spricht Niederländisch" ... "He speaks German" = "Er spricht Deutsch"

[dantealigh2]

How {e} in [sp{e}rche] became {i} in [spr{i}cht]?

[ShireenZaf1]

Ich spreche.
Du sprichst.
Er/sie/es spricht.
Wir sprechen.
Ihr sprecht.
Sie/sie sprechen.

[picklsmasterson]

How would one Say "He Speaks no German" or "He doesn't speak German". Er spricht nicht Deutsch?

[az_p]

Er spricht kein Deutsch.

[Juli-Romero]

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"

[nikipound]

The best way to report that kind of thing is with the flag icon, not the chat icon. The developers are more likely to see reports than conversations.

[jaydayever]

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?

[Donlans]

How to pronounce er? And wir the R es mute right? Does anyone know a video that teaches how to pronounce the German R?

[imlazyaf]

Everything is so hard to pronounce

[Mohamed472428]

Why sprecht is wrong in this situation and the right answer is spricht?

[JTTeske]

Does this mean 'he is speaking German right now' or 'he can speak German'?

[Triston771184]

Made a small typo. Im sure "Germans" instead of "German" even thiugh the rest was right is grounds enough to fail the question. -_-

[Urooj701471]

Whats wrong with my sentence