Dorothy from Beijing asked me how the "R" in the German pronunciation correct. It's hard to explain. I'll try anyway.
In the south of Germany do you pronounce the "r" rolled. It will sound like in Spanish or Italian. This puts the tongue tip against the teeth and lets out air - so that the tongue vibrates slightly. I myself unfortunately you can not fool - although my mother is from Bavaria and can roll the "R", but I'm not grown up in Bavaria and it was therefore not studied.
In the north of Germany and especially in the High German one speaks the "R" different. Here it is indeed rolled too, but farther back, almost in the throat. I speak it out: rrrrrrrr. This is also the R, as it is pronounced in French.
So if you want to have a perfect German pronunciation, you must learn this second R. But even if you roll the R, you all will understand - and perhaps think you were from Bavaria.
The difference between the two versions I would like to show you yet. Therefore I have brought reinforcements. A friend of mine, Hartmut, can express both variants. I let him say a few words, and now you hear:
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Music you today I picked out specially to match the theme. Because that Elisabeth Lohninger quartet does the song "Do I love you" quite a roll the R! I've found it at the Podsafe Music Network.
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Dorothy from Beijing asked me how the "R" in the German pronunciation correct. It's hard to explain. I'll try anyway. In the south of Germany do you pronounce the "r" rolled. It will sound like in Spanish or Italian. This puts the tongue tip against the teeth and pushes air ...
