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German self-taught with phonetic pronunciation
The Simple Yowels are : a, e, i, o, u, they are always pronounced ah, ay, ee, oh, oo, and never change their sound.
Compound or Modified Yowels are indicated by two small points (") : —
a (ae) pronounced as a in fate ; phonetics used are a, ae, e, at. d (oe) ,, like u in such ; phonetic is oe.
u (ue) ,, like the French u ; phonetic is eu. It may be produced by holding the lips in a circular shape as for whistling and sounding eu as one sound.
The last two have no exact corresponding sound in the English language — let a native pronounce it, and the sound will easily be caught ; the same with the German ch, It is always soft, and resembles the Scotch and Irish ch.
The Diphthongs: —
an, phonetics ou, au, as in house, Maus (mouse) mouse.
ei, } -, ,. • . (me/in (mine), mine,
ai } phonetic * as in mine
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