German pronunciation PART 4 Consonants

Visit my blog: http://www.free-german-lessons-online... This is the fourth part of my video about German pronunciation. In this video, I try to show you how to pronounce German Consonants. Listen carefully and look at the pictures for the position of your tongue. If you haven't done so far, have a look at the pronunciation of the German Vowels. The German language is a much more phonetically consistent language than English. This means, as soon as you know the rules, you’ll be able to read German texts. Be aware that a lot of consonants differ greatly from English. Even B2-level-speaker make a lot of mistakes, for example of the pronunciation of r. Facebook:   / freegermancourseswithanna   Google+: https://plus.google.com/+AnnaM%FCller... Twitter:   / freegermananna   In this video are the following consonants: ch "[x] after e, i, ä, ü „ich“ ich (I) Milch (milk) München (munich) [ç] after a, o, u: „ach“ Nacht (night) Buch (book) auch (also) noch (yet) [k] in chs and at the beginning of some words sechs (six) Fuchs (foox) Chor (choir) China (china) sch [ʃ] schön (beautiful) Englisch (English) Schweiz (Switzerland) st, sp [ʃp] [ʃt] sprechen (to speak) spät (late) Stunde (hour) r [r, ʀ, ʁ] rolled r, French r, voiced [x] Ratte (Ratte) richtig (right) korrekt (correct) r as a vowel after long vowels: vier (four) ihr (you)der (the) Ohr (ear) in the ending -er Lehrer (teacher) aber (but) besser (better) Computer (computer) in the prefixes er-, zer-, ver-: erklären (to explain) zerstören (to destroy) verstehen (to understand)