Hi, I've been practicing how to say the word "green" in German but I just can't seem to be able to say it correctly. It sounds like something between an "oo" and an "ee". How do I pronounce it? Also, the "r" in the following words is giving me a bit of trouble as I'm not sure if it's rolled or the sound is ommitted or changed into an "h". - Rot - Brot - Gross Thanks, Omar

[quo]*Quote from * omarcloma Hi, I've been practicing how to say the word "green" in German but I just can't seem to be able to say it correctly. It sounds like something between an "oo" and an "ee". How do I pronounce it? Also, the "r" in the following words is giving me a bit of trouble as I'm not sure if it's rolled or the sound is ommitted or changed into an "h". - Rot - Brot - Gross Thanks, Omar[/quo] it's a little hard to explain in writing but i'll try. to pronounce grün try putting the word "grew" with the last part of "moon" together, so like (grew +oon) as for the "r" accent it's kinda held in the back of your mouth. a mix between a sort of rumble sound and rolling your "r" but in the back of the throat. like trying to clear your throat when something is stuck in the back if you know what i mean. just keep listening to the mega audio portion of the megagames and and the bonus lessons for food and color or any other audio you have where you can clearly hear the sounds and keep practicing! it's not a typical english sound and may take some practice to get, like i said the closest i can think of is that sound made when trying to get something unstuck in the back of your mouth/throat. hope that helped even if its just a little :)

The problem is that I've not been able to play the audio so that I get to know the peonounciation and so I thought of asking for the written pronounciation

I don't think that will work very well for you. You really have to get the audio working or listen to someone who can speak German. Sorry, but I don't think you will ever be able to speak well without hearing it and practicing it many times.