16th February, 2010

posted 2 years ago

ichliebeichfliege-deactivated20 asked: I'm currently learning German in school, and I plan to learn it fluently, but there is a constant argument as to how to pronounce 'ich'. Do you pronounce it how it looks, or like 'ish'? Or does it vary in different regions all over Germany?

Danke (:

There are two different “ch” in German. The one that you’re talking about is the “ch” before “bright vowels”: [ç]

e.g. ich [ˈɪç]; möchte [ˈmœçtʰə]

Don’t pronounce it like your English “sh”! An example for an English word that uses the [ç] sound:

“huge” [çuːdʒ]

 

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