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ookami January 17, 2015 12:53 PM

Link between German and English
 
I'm going to resume my German studies (I went to a German school between 3 and 12 years old)

It's true that, when improving your German, your English also get better? for example at pronunciation?

Danke!

Rusty January 17, 2015 07:46 PM

English has vowel sounds that German doesn't have, and vice versa (umlauted vowels). In fact, English has some short vowel sounds that very few languages share.

German doesn't have the digraph 'th', found in 'the thing that Thomas thought'. The words 'the' and 'that' start with a /ð/ sound, while the words 'thing' and 'thought' start with a /θ/ sound. The word 'Thomas' starts with a /t/ sound.

English got its core words from the same source as German, but I wouldn't say that they are similarly pronounced. The American English pronunciation of the word 'water' has very little in common with its German cognate 'wasser'.
German IPA: /ˈva.sɐ/
English IPA: /ˈwɔtɚ/

In short, I don't think German pronunciation will help you to learn to pronounce English better.

ookami January 18, 2015 11:54 AM

Thank you Rusty!. You have broke the myth I was into. Now the only path left is to... study English pronunciation.

Regards

Premium January 21, 2015 03:01 PM

As Rusty already mentioned, speaking German doesn't get you anywhere with English. Don't hesitate if you want to refresh your German, I'd be glad to help you. ;)

ookami January 21, 2015 06:02 PM

That's a pitty! Thanks for you offer Premium, let me study it for some months and then we talk!

Is your avatar from The Wire show?

Premium January 22, 2015 03:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ookami (Post 153480)
Is your avatar from The Wire show?

Yes, one of my favorite TV-shows out there. :thumbsup::)

ookami January 24, 2015 05:38 AM

I agree!. I've seen toons of series, and The Wire remains as one of the best by far.
Slow and absorbing.


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