Monday, January 23, 2012

Pronounciation and English translation of these German words?

Hi! I need to know how to pronounce this:



deutsche kinemathek: museum fur film und furnsehen



and how does this translate in English?Pronounciation and English translation of these German words?
Doi-she kin-e-ma-tik: Moo-zay-um foor film oond fairn-sayen



"German Cinematic: Museum for Film and Television"Pronounciation and English translation of these German words?
Deutsche Kinemathek: Museum f眉r Film und Fernsehen



Deutsch - German

Kinemathek - movie archive

Museum - museum

f眉r - for

Film - film

und - and

I believe it is more idiomatic to use the word Fernseher which means television because fernsehen is a verb that means to watch TV. However, it could be that when the F in fernsehen is capitalized, as all German nouns are, it becomes a noun.



Therefore, the phrase means "German Movie Archive: Museum for film and Television"



Detailed pronunciation of each word. The emphasis should be placed on the capitalized syllable.



Deutsche: DOY-che (the e at the end should be pronounced like the ea in the English word "head")



Kinemathek: KEE-nay-mah-tayk (the e's are pronouced like the a in the English word "take" but even brighter as if you are almost saying ee)



Museum: moo-ZAY-oom (e's are pronounced as in Kinemathek)



f眉r: To pronounce the 眉 sound, first say oo. Be careful not to round the lips in when pronouncing European oo's as we often do in America. Then without moving your lips AT ALL say ee through the oo shape.



Film: pronounced as in English but Germans pronounce l's on the tip of their tongue as opposed to many Americans who pronounce it with a relaxed tongue from the back of their throat.



und: pronounced almost like oont. However, the u shouldn't be a perfectly round long oo. Instead, it should resemble the vowel sound in the English word should. Follow that vowel sound with nt.



Fernsehen: FEHRN-zay-en (the e in the first syllable is short and should sound like the vowel sound in the English word air. The e in the second syllablue should be pronounced like a in "take" but very brightly, almost like "ee". The e in the final syllable should be pronounced like ea in "head". Be careful not to say fern-say-yun. There is no yuh sound between the last two syllables.)



To hear all words pronounced by German speakers, type them into dict.cc and click the speaker icon to the right of the word.Pronounciation and English translation of these German words?
German film archive/library: Museum for film and TV.



Do hear it spoken out loud, go here:

http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-speech-interactive-demo.html



Just type in these words (because you'll need the accents)

Deutsche Kinemathek: Museum f眉r Film und Fernsehen

Then choose German from the drop down menu and hit play.

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