[Deborah Sprang]

I think adding {-en} or changing the vowel into an “Umlaut” is used even more frequently.

Examples:

Blume-Blum{en}                                           Haus- HÄuser

Flasche-Flasch{en}                                       Mann- MÄnner

Tür- Tür{en}                                                  Ofen- Öfen

Generally, German plural forms can have the suffixes -n/-en, -e, -r/-er, -s. Sometimes, a word gets a suffix AND the vowel changes (e.g. Kuh- Kühe; Land- Länder). {s} is used for example with Foto-Foto{s}, Kino- Kino{s}.

 

• This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by Deborah Sprang.

[Deborah Sprang]

Hey guys,

here are my thoughts on task number 4 of the homework in addition to the first video and to the great definition Schabnaz  Saba provided earlier.

minimal pair:                                     phonemes:                                     contrasting feature

pit-bit                                                           /p/ vs. /b/                                         voicing

sit-shit                                                         /s/ vs.  /ʃ/                                          place of articulation (alveolar vs. post-alveolar)

knit-wit                                                       /n/ vs. /w/                                         place and manner of articulation (alveolar, nasal vs. labial-velar approximant)

kit-git                                                           /k/ vs. g/                                             voicing

fit-hit                                                           /f/ vs. /h                                               place of articulation (labiodental vs. glottal)

lit-writ                                                         /l/ vs. /ɹ/                                              manner of articulation (lateral approximant vs. approximant)

 

 

 

• This reply was modified 3 years, 12 months ago by Deborah Sprang.

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