Stunde 7 Aussprache - Probe 6: R!

Stunde 7 Aussprache - Probe 6: R!

<p>Stunde 7 Aussprache - Probe 6: R!  In the beginning or middle of a syllable, German r is pronounced in the back of the throat (like the r in most spoken French). o To pronounce this r, say the word aha! forcefully a few times. Turn this "h" sound into a threatening growl that comes from the same place in your throat; if you slow it down slightly, you could also think of it more peacefully as the rattling of an engine. Now "tone this down" to make a real r. This r is called the uvular r (or back r) because of the way your uvula vibrates when you make it. Enjoy your uvula  o A fun way to practice this r sound: take a sip of water and gargle it in the back of your throat. Feel your uvula vibrate. o Bavarians actually use a front or rolled r, similar to the trilled r in Spanish - but we'll learn the back r.  At the end of a syllable, the German r changes the preceding vowel to an "-uh" sound [like the "-er" in "father" pronounced with a British accent], or makes it glide into an "-uh" sound, and you hear no r-sound at all! [This also happens if the syllable ends in -e(h)rt or -ährt.] Follow your instructor's model - wiederholen Sie, bitte!  If the r precedes a d, t, n or m sound [or if the word ends in -ar/-aar], bring the back of your throat together as if you were going to pronounce a regular uvular r, but don't actually make your uvula vibrate. Think of this r as a "hint" of the "real" uvular r.</p><p>Radio, rot, Rad, rennen, reisen uvular Brot, drei, Freund r fahren, Nachbarin, ihre (glide:) der, wer, er, sehr, schwer, wert, fährt "-uh" (glide:) wir, ihr, mir, hier, vor, Tür, für sound (just "-uh":) Fenster, Wetter, Zimmer, Computer "hint Bart, hart, dort, Mord, gern, Stern, Wurm, Sturm of r" gar, war, Haar, paar</p>

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