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| sama_el Diglot Newbie Croatia Joined 5120 days ago 37 posts - 39 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English Studies: German, Latin, Modern Hebrew | Message 1 of 5 13 July 2010 at 10:24am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm having problems with pronouncing the dark schwa ( I believe it's also called the vocalic r ), especially after an R ( the French one ).
How easily could you discern this: unserer - unsere, euerer - euere To me it sounds very similar so I must be doing it wrong. Any tips on how to pronounce the dark schwa correctly? Thank you! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| eumiro Bilingual Octoglot Groupie Germany Joined 5069 days ago 74 posts - 102 votes  Speaks: Czech*, Slovak*, French, English, German, Polish, Spanish, Russian Studies: Italian, Hungarian | Message 2 of 5 13 July 2010 at 2:06pm | IP Logged | ||
The "-ere" is read with the last 'e' somehow accentuated, while the '-erer' is read with a tiny 'a' and 'r' at the end and not so clean like the '-ere'. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| sama_el Diglot Newbie Croatia Joined 5120 days ago 37 posts - 39 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English Studies: German, Latin, Modern Hebrew | Message 3 of 5 16 July 2010 at 9:52am | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you!
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| LangOfChildren Tetraglot Groupie Germany Joined 5222 days ago 82 posts - 141 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Swedish Studies: Mandarin, Japanese, Thai, Russian | Message 4 of 5 16 July 2010 at 11:15am | IP Logged | ||
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You can pronounce '-er' as a short /a/.
unserer -> ['unzəra] (ə being schwa) Lehrer -> ['le:ra] :) This may seem weird, but that's how most people actually pronounce it. Hope this helps. Edited by LangOfChildren on 16 July 2010 at 11:15am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| sama_el Diglot Newbie Croatia Joined 5120 days ago 37 posts - 39 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English Studies: German, Latin, Modern Hebrew | Message 5 of 5 16 July 2010 at 10:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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Is it the standard pronunciation? I used to pronounce it schwa+French R w/o trill, but I presume that's wrong. I checked the IPA vowel chart; the "a" vowel you speak of is slightly constricted. It really is strange. Edited by sama_el on 16 July 2010 at 10:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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