Deutsche & Asks

[ann41811]

I have to questions:

1. How to pronounce the word : Deutsche?

2. When you read the following sentence: he asks me a question, do both S on the word asks are voiced? or is there another way to read it?

Thanks in advance.

[corum]

I have to questions:

1. How to pronounce the word : Deutsche?

2. When you read the following sentence: he asks me a question, do both S on the word asks are voiced? or is there another way to read it?

Thanks in advance.

1. Dauitse (ts like cheese)

2. Pronunciation of asks - pronounce asks correctly in English.

[corum]

listen at 0.11:

YouTube - Hape Kerkeling Live! - Deutsche im Ausland

And watch this through. Funny.

1:11 -- hilarious

[Linguist__]

Just to clarify from your initial post, there are no voiced consonants in 'asks' at all. Both 's' are voiceless alveolar fricatives /s/.

[bds51]

Hello Ann...
Pronounce Deutsche [doy chuh] It should be two syllables because of the 'e' at the end which is pronunced like a schwa. If there is no 'e' at the end, it's pronounced [doych].
bds