doc: log: de: pronunciation

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+German notes
+============
+
+.. toctree::
+	:glob:
+	:maxdepth: 1
+
+	ch1
+	pronunciation

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+Pronunciation guide
+===================
+
+This, in addition to the tables provided by Colloquial German, should serve as a
+good document for how German pronunciation is like. Of course, you *should*
+always look up the pronunciation in its audio format and/or learn how to read
+IPA table efficiently to improve your pronunciation skills.
+
+This is also helpful to have a, sometimes misleading, sometimes correct guess of
+the word's definition simply by saying them. For example, jung is pronounced
+young and indeed does mean young.
+
+Keep in mind that all German nouns are capitalized e.g., Buch for book.
+
+.. contents::
+
+Vowels
+------
+
+.. note::
+	Keep in mind that I myself don't know most of these words. They're used
+	to simply give an example on how German sounds like in a way. It'd be
+	good if you pick up a word or two from this guide. I don't think you'll
+	be revisiting this page much. Maybe I'll consider updating the tables
+	with better/more fitting examples that you *may* find interesting.
+
+Vowels are either short or long like most languages. They are long when
+
+* They are doubled: Paar (Pair), Haar (hair), Schnee (Snow).
+* They are followed by h: sehen (to look. Sehen is the noun view, notice the
+  capitalization matters!), Jahr (year), Ohr (ear).
+* They are followed by a single consonant: gut (good), rot (red).
+
+They are shower when
+
+* They are followed a double consonant: Bett (bed), Mann (man), hoffen (to
+  hope).
+* They are followed by two or more consonants: sitzen (to sit), ernst (serious,
+  look it up!).
+
+.. list-table:: Examples
+	:header-rows: 3
+
+	* * Vowel
+	  * Type
+	  * English equivalent sound
+	  * German words
+	* * a
+	  * long
+	  * father
+	  * Vater, haben, sagen
+	* * a
+	  * short
+	  * hot
+	  * Vasser, Hand, alt
+	* * e
+	  * long
+	  * may
+	  * See, geben
+	* * e
+	  * short
+	  * let
+	  * Ende
+	* * i
+	  * long
+	  * greet
+	  * Tiger, Universität
+	* * i
+	  * short
+	  * sit
+	  * ist, dick, Mitte, Mittag, Mittwoch
+	* * ie
+	  * long
+	  * similar to here, look up how the following are pronounced.
+	  * Bier, hier, fliegen, liegen
+	* * o
+	  * long
+	  * open
+	  * Sohn, Brot, Segelboot
+	* * o
+	  * song
+	  * Sonne, Sommer
+	  * (none)
+	* * u
+	  * long
+	  * dune
+	  * Blume, Pudel, Handschuh
+	* * u
+	  * short
+	  * bush
+	  * Mutter, und, unter
+