In German, the letter "w" is pronounced as a "v," as in "was" or "wehrmacht." Carry this over into your English for a significant impact. Vat this does is start to add a Germanic flavor to your speaking. Use it only vere you pronounce the "w" in English; you vouldn't use it for vords like "write" or "wriangle" but you vould for "we," "webster," "war," and "was."
Rule 1.1: "Wh" is just "v"
For vords vis a "wh" write it simply as "v." "What" is vat, not vhat.
Rule 1.2: No two letter words
For vords like "we" make it "vee." No two-letter vords!
Now vee vill go to the next step.
Rule 2: Pronounce "th" as either "z" or "s"
In linguistics, the "th" phoneme (smallest unit of sound) is an alveolar fricative (sound caused by friction of air) with two sounds: voiced and unvoiced. The voiced "th" is found in words like "this," "that," "another," and "those." The unvoiced version is heard in words like "thing," "pith," and "thought."
Rule 2.1: Voiced "th" is "z"
Using zis rule, "this" becomes "zis" and "that" becomes "zat." Using Rule 1.1: No two-letter words, "the" is "zee."
Rule 2.2: Unvoiced "th" is "s"
Zis is anozer important rule. Zee vord "thought" becomes "sought" and "things" becomes "sings." Are you seeing how zis goes? Getting zee hang of zees sings?
Try to be mindful of zee times ven zee pronunciation is different.
Rule 3: Use "f" in place of "v"
Here vee simply replace all instances of "f" vis zee "v" sound. "Oven" is written and heard as "ofen" and "very" is "fery." Are zere ozer vords zat start vis or contain "v" zat you can sink of?
Gif it a shot!
Rule 4: Vords starting vis "st" and "sp" are changed.
Pay special attention to vords zat start vis "st" and "sp."
Rule 4.1: "sp" becomes "shp"
Zere are some vords zat start vis "sp" like "spin" and "spot." Vords like zees zat start vis "sp" should be typed "shp" so it vould be "shpin" and "shpot," respectifely.
Rule 4.2: "st" becomes "sht"
Zese vords are fery common like "stop," "stay," and "store." Zey vould be pronounced "shtop," "shtay," and "shtore," respectifely. Zere are some shpecific pronunciation for zees vords, as vell, and are cofered in zee next section.
Rule 5: "Sh" sounds contain a "ch" sound
Vis vords zat shtart vis "sh" form your mous so zat you make a "sh" sound at zee same time as a "ch" sound. Zis is written as "sch" and can be applied to Rule 4.2 and Rule 4.3 as vell.
Using zis rule, "shop" is typed "schop" and "shoot" is "schoot" vile "spot" and "store" from our prefious rule can be written "schpot" and "schtore" for more ausentic German flafor.
Rule 6: Gerunds get schpecial attention
In English, a gerund is a ferb ending in "ing." In our German accent, vee vill copy and say zees endings as "ink." In zis example, "ending" is seen and hear as "endink" and "spinning" is "schpinnink."
It adds a fery schpecial touch if you heafily aspirate zee "k" at zee end.
Rule 7: Commands use an explicit "you"
In Englisch, zee imperatif mood of a ferb contains an underschtood "you." For inschtance, "Go to the store" is underschtood as "You go to the store" and "Listen!" is underschtood as "You listen!"
Rule 7.1: Add "en" to command ferbs.
Unless zee ferb already ends in "en" (like listen), vee muscht add an "en" to zee end of zee ferb. Zee command ferb "bring" is "bringen" while "speak" is "schpeaken."
Rule 7.2: Add an explicit "you" to zee command
In our accent schpeak, vee muscht say zee "you" in a command. However, vee use our native German "you": the word "sie" (pronounced "zee"). Using zee ferbs from Rule 7.1, zee command "Bring the book" vould be "Bringen sie book." The imperatif "Pay attention!" is "Payen sie attention!"
Rule 7.3: Add an explicit article in front of zee object of a command
Extendink our Rule 7.1 and Rule 7.2, vee come up vis zis schpecific rule. Use zee German article "das" (translated: the) in front of zee object of zee command. Usink our prefious examples, "Bring the book" is now "Bringen sie das book" and "Pay attention" is now "Payen sie das attention!"
Zee Rule 7 rules are fery fery important for creatink a rich, ausentic German accent.
Here are some optional rules zat you can schprinkle in your emails and schpeach.
Optional Rule 1: Replace hard "c" with "k"
Anywhere you see zee letter "c" that is pronounced as a "k," go ahead and replace zee "c" vis the letter 'k." For inschtance, "article" is "artikle" and "cross country" vould be "kross kountry." Don't do it vis zee soft "c" like found in zee vord "lice."
Optional Rule 2: Use zee "t" sound for vords endink vis a "d"
Ven you see a vord zat ends in "d" like in zee vords "and," "found," and "blind," replacen sie das "d" vis "t." So, "and" is heard and typed "ant" vile "found" is "fount."
STEP 9: CONCLUSION
Zee next schteps for you is to praktice sie das rules as often as you kan. Only after much praktice vill you attain zee schpecial schtatus of "Fluent German Accenter."
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http://m.instructables.com/id/How-To-Type-and-Talk-With-a-German-Accent/?ALLSTEPS
