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Question:Hey all, I'm in a play next week where i play a german soldier, i have to speak a mix of german lines and english lines spoken in a german accent...
i cant get my head round how to pronnounce them?
they are:

Mercy mister Mercy!
You.... wish to know...where I was born?
I....I....Do not tell you

any help will be greatly appreciated!

danke! josh xxx


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hey all, I'm in a play next week where i play a german soldier, i have to speak a mix of german lines and english lines spoken in a german accent...
i cant get my head round how to pronnounce them?
they are:

Mercy mister Mercy!
You.... wish to know...where I was born?
I....I....Do not tell you

any help will be greatly appreciated!

danke! josh xxx

Are you good at mimcry? If so listen to the Cabaret CD or the Producers and mimic all das germans unt get David Allen Sterns acting with an accent German cd.

There are some stock German rules I can tell you
V pronounced like F but sometimes like W many germans say Wary instead of Very some say Fary it is a ver regional accent
W pronounced like V

All the hard consonants ae stressed, the S is very sybellant.

I will try to spell it phoenetically

Yoo Vish to know vere I vass born?
I I doo nott tell yoo.

just say this the way it is. In an American accent. Try to make it sound passionate.

Merceh mistah Mercieh!
You.... vesh to nou...whea I was boarn?
aih..... aih.... Do nout tel youu

Thats what happens to me when I visited Asia and Europe. I live in America.
There are many accent types. This is just basic German, not for someone who lived there for years.

just change the w's to v's. Bitte.