Message from @Agamemnon

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2019-09-03 20:53:38 UTC  

Okay going now.

2019-09-03 20:53:55 UTC  

cya

2019-09-03 20:54:10 UTC  

bye!

2019-09-03 20:55:48 UTC  

Alright folks, I've got a language question

2019-09-03 20:56:11 UTC  

I'm a Yank, and I speak English, but I'm interested in language and would love to learn other languages

2019-09-03 20:56:23 UTC  

learn gerrman

2019-09-03 20:56:49 UTC  

I've noticed that most languages, notably German, have a sort of breathy consonant sound at times that I just seem incapable of producing

2019-09-03 20:56:51 UTC  

lots of worthwhile literature and you have several germans learners here

2019-09-03 20:57:05 UTC  

I'm curious how to make that sound, lol

2019-09-03 20:57:13 UTC  

example?

2019-09-03 20:57:18 UTC  

the one in 'nicht'?

2019-09-03 20:57:26 UTC  

Best example I can think of is like the word Admiral

2019-09-03 20:57:30 UTC  

wat

2019-09-03 20:57:40 UTC  

the r?

2019-09-03 20:57:51 UTC  

2019-09-03 20:57:51 UTC  

In German I usually hear it with, like, an "h" sound between the d and m

2019-09-03 20:57:54 UTC  

wanna come vc and practice?

2019-09-03 20:58:08 UTC  

And if I attempt to make that sound I just fail miserably, lol

2019-09-03 20:58:11 UTC  

big poppa shat himself

2019-09-03 20:58:11 UTC  

Can't, at work sadly

2019-09-03 20:58:12 UTC  

germans have their own 'r'

2019-09-03 20:58:17 UTC  

which is somewhat similar to the french 'r'

2019-09-03 20:58:20 UTC  

its guttural

2019-09-03 20:58:56 UTC  

ghoul why didnt you greet our new arival

2019-09-03 20:58:56 UTC  

That one is also hard for me

2019-09-03 20:59:17 UTC  
2019-09-03 20:59:18 UTC  

are they germans

2019-09-03 20:59:27 UTC  

first one is a burger

2019-09-03 20:59:58 UTC  

@rogalik Jawohl

2019-09-03 21:00:04 UTC  

ja heil

2019-09-03 21:00:12 UTC  

It's just generally difficult for me to make breathy consonants without getting tongue tied and just stopping the word in the middle, sounding like I'm hacking up a lougie, or starting a coughing fit.

2019-09-03 21:00:15 UTC  
2019-09-03 21:00:16 UTC  

/deutsch/?

2019-09-03 21:00:28 UTC  

ja, moin

2019-09-03 21:00:30 UTC  

So my attempts to speak other languages always have very English consonants, lol

2019-09-03 21:00:39 UTC  

you dont produce the german r with your tongue

2019-09-03 21:00:44 UTC  

you produce it with your throat

2019-09-03 21:00:47 UTC  

^

2019-09-03 21:00:58 UTC  

SEEE GERMAN RRRR

2019-09-03 21:01:10 UTC  

Hm