• froh42@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Please read this German sentence aloud:

    Ich suche den Koch.

    (I’m looking for the chef.)

    • troed@fedia.io
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      13 hours ago

      With correct pronounciation it sounds nothing like what people seem to believe though.

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        10 hours 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…

          • MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today
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            5 hours 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.)