Thread: Pravit spricht Deutsch

Out of curiosity(and boredom), I recorded me reading from "Allah ist mit den Standhaften: Begegnungen mit der islamischen Revolution." Although we don't have that many fluent German speakers, maybe someone will be able to give some pointers or make some comments.

http://www.freewebs.com/pravit/moros.mp3

I definetly wouldn't call myself a fluent German speaker, (two years of high school German, nope) but that shure sounded much better than my German. Maybe if I get around to it i'll post some recordings of me in German or later Russian. (if I get confident enough, heh )

Apart from slurring quite a bit, it sounds really good. But I'm no German, of course. I should post a sample of my German as well. Anything you can do...

I think it sounds good too. From time to time it seems as though you

Ah! That's very good! Yes, I must admit that I have a problem with speaking too quickly and occasionally tripping over words. If anyone's interested, I recorded it speaking more slowly and clearly:
http://www.freewebs.com/pravit/gerslower.mp3

Besides that, I tried reading something else(the letter I got about my trip) in a more "official" voice.
http://www.freewebs.com/pravit/german1.mp3

I find it strange, however, that I sound more high-pitched when I speak German normally.

@Jasper: I'm sure you can do a better German accent than I can, but I'm interested in hearing anyway.

@TheCardinal: Please do!

Hallo Pravit,

deine zweite Aufnahme (gerslower) ist deutlich besser als die erste.
Du neigst dazu, Konsonanten zu verschleifen.

"siebzig" klingt etwa wie "siebsig" es mu

Danke, Starik!

Ja, ich habe ein wichtiges Problem mit Verschleifen! Hoffentlich kann ich das w

Ja Pravit, ich meine, da

Ah, danke Starik! Es ist ja gut, dass du dich wieder mit Russisch besch