2. Pause or go back/forward Pause or go back/forward Feel free to pause this recording at any time or go back to any point of the recording. Simply use the following “Screen-O-Matic” buttons: Press button to pause Press button to start Sliding bar to go forward or backward in the recording

3. The German letter “z” is pronounced like the English “ts” as in lotsfitscats Remember, wherever it comes in a word, even at the beginning: z = ts

4. printprints Prinz Prinzessin tsetse fly - Tsetsefliege

5. Listen to the following words and repeat them after me: Kerze Salz Herz Schwanz

6. Listen to the following words and repeat them after me: Zimmer ZeltZiege ZeitungZeppelinZug

7. Sometimes you will see the letter combination “tz”. This is pronounced exactly the same as “z”, i.e. like the English “ts” tz = ts

8. Listen to the following words and repeat them after me: KatzeSchnitzel plötzlich suddenly Witz joke Hitze heat

9. Exceptions A few foreign words such as: Quiz

10. SeileZeile summ!zum sink!zink seheZehe seitZeit sosoZoo SZ

11. Listen to this children’s rhyme and repeat after me: Zicke, zacke, zecke zecke, zicke, zacke zi, za, zaus du bist raus!

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