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| R.j. |
Hellooo, German speaker,
I've been teaching myself German for the past weeks (barely on Present Tense: e, en, st,t, t, en;yes yes, I'm slow), and I came across the word "weg;"
My questions is: is the word's pronunciation "vek" or "veeg" or "veek?" I know if a vowel is followed by "1" consonant, it's long; and short if it's followed by "2;" am I right about that? :toothless
BUT! I went to www.forvo.com for the pronunciation and I was given two pronunciations, both of which are the first two I mentioned. Is the word pronounced just one way, or is it interchangable?
And the same question for the verb "gehen" in the third person/second person plural, "Geht." Is it pronounced "Geet" or "Geyt."
Realllly appreciate an answer! |
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| d-miurge |
vek
get (with a "e" a bit longer than the English pronunciation of "get") |
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| R.j. |
| quote: | Originally posted by d-miurge
vek
get (with a "e" a bit longer than the English pronunciation of "get") |
Thanks! |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by d-miurge
vek
get (with a "e" a bit longer than the English pronunciation of "get") |
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| d-miurge |
| quote: | Originally posted by R.j.
Thanks! |
:)
As long as you don't teach yourself to understand Tokio Hotel's lyrics it's ok. |
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| Lira |
Weg has a short vowel when it means "away" and a long vowel when it means "way": that's why you were given two pronunciations.
(I may have mixed up the meanings, but you get the idea) |
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| R.j. |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Weg has a short vowel when it means "away" and a long vowel when it means "way": that's why you were given two pronunciations.
(I may have mixed up the meanings, but you get the idea) |
Ah! :D So the confusion begins. I read about this sort of thing in Mark Twain's "The Awful German Language." :D I kind of see his essay as a sort of primer. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by R.j.
Ah! :D So the confusion begins. I read about this sort of thing in Mark Twain's "The Awful German Language." :D I kind of see his essay as a sort of primer. |
Nah, German is not that hard. I'm pretty sure it's got something to do with stress (nouns tends to have the main stress in languages such as German/English), and writing systems are far from perfect in any language.
If you can write in English, the writing (with the Latin Alphabet) of most other languages must be a piece of cake :p |
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by R.j.
Ah! :D So the confusion begins. |
Lira is right, of course. But it's easy to tell the two apart, since "der Weg" (the way) is written with a capital W. |
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| boris_the_bear |
meine name ist Shuttheup. ich liebe sranz-muzik. ja ja ja:p
i used to study Deutsch a long time ago. then I gave up |
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| n3lly |
So if you're talking about 'which way' you'd pronounce it 'veyg' instead of 'vek'..
Welcher Weg soll Ich gehen. (which way should i go)
Ich gehe weg heute. (I'm going away today)
Probably have mistakes in there. It's been 14 years since i lived in germany. |
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