Vowel Movements
All vowels can be either closed or open, give an example of both of these sounds with a vowel of your choice.
[i:] and [I]
[e:] and [E]
[o:] and [ɔ]
etc . . .
What vowels does the umlaut diacritical mark occur over?
"a", "o", "u", and "au"
German has how many diphthongs?
What are they?
Three! [ae], [ao], and [ɔø]
the letters "w" and "v" will sound as what?
ex: zwei and Vöglein
[v] and [f], respectively
Closed vowels in stressed syllables are always what?
long!
The vowel combination "ie" makes what sound?
ex: Niemand
[i]
The umlaut "ä" makes what two vowel sounds?
ex: Mädchen
[E:] and [E]
Pronounce this German word that uses all three diphthongs:
ex: 'Heuaufbe,reitung
[hɔøʔaofbəraetuŋ]
When final in a word, part of a final consonant cluster, or final in a wod stem followed by a consonant, the letters "b", "d", and "g", will sound as what?
ex: Herab
Leid
Tag
[p], [t], and [k], or unvoiced
IPA this sentence on the board:
Dann die schönste Perle sein
[dan di: ʃø:nstə pɛrlə zaen]
If the vowel in the stem is immediately followed by the letter "h" the vowel will be?
ex: Sehen
long and/or closed !
The umlaut "ü" makes what two sounds?
ex: Überfall
[y:] and [Y]
The diphthong sound [ɔø] may be spelled two different ways. What are they?
"eu" and "äu"
ex: euch and Säule
The letter "x" is alwas pronounced as what sound?
ex: Hexe
[ks]
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
Pronounce this selection of German lieder:
If the vowel is doubled in a word stem, the vowel will be?
ex: Meer
Long and/or closed!
The umlaut "ö" makes what two vowel sounds?
ex: Öl
[ø:] and [œ]
When vowels are adjacent but in different syllables, they are pronounced as individual sounds and separated by what?
a glottal seperation [ʔ]
ex:geändert
The letter "h" at the beginning of a word or word stem results in what sound?
[h] or familiar English sound.
Pronounce the following sentence from its written German:
Sieh dann sanft auf mich herab
[zi: dan zanft aof mIç hɛr'ap]
The only vowel sound always found in unstressed syllables is what?
The schwa!
The umlaut "ü" is made with two components. What are they and demonstrate the sound in isolation.
[i] tongue + [u] lips
The vowel sound [ae] can be spelled how many ways?
4:
"ai" as in Mai
"ei" as in Geist
"ay" as in Bayreuth
"ey" as in Meyer
The letter "s" followed immediately by a vowel at the beginning of the word, the resulting sound will be?
ex: sein
[z] or voiced
Pronounce the following sentence from its written IPA:
[balt fi:laeçt ve:t vi: 'vɛstvInt 'laezə]
Bald vielleicht weht wie Westwind leise.