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Non-English Names Pronunciation
Unfamiliar languages have words that can be difficult for some to pronounce. Here you can find questions and answers on how one might speak a foreign language.
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Basie is pronounced as BAY-see, with the emphasis on the first syllable.
How do you pronounce ohao gozaimasu?
japanese word of ohayu gozaimasu= good morning. It is pronounced oh-high-oh go-zah-ee-mahss.
What are some good Japanese names for girls?
Hinata, Sakura(means Cherry Blossom), Akita, Ren, Namoru, Oraheamai, Machi, Komaki,
Haruka, Michiru, Ichigo(means Strawberry),
Kimora, Zakuro, Leo, Rin, Maki, Misha, Sawasti, Nadeshiko, Miyata, Saionji, Shiuraki,
Mairu, Ringo(means Apple),Nakumaru, Yuki(means Snow), Miyuki, Haru, Haku, Yume
(means dream), Yue (means Moon in Chinese but is good as Japanese name).
Well, that all I can think of!
These are some names I like:
Momoko, Hoshiko, Himeka, Misaki, Suzuna, Shizuku, Yuka, Miku, Haruna, Kaito, Tsubaki (Means camilla),
How do you pronounce 'frithjof'?
'Frithjof' is pronounced as "FRITH-yof" with the emphasis on the first syllable.
How do you pronounce kaikaina?
Kaikaina is pronounced as "kai-kai-na." Each "ai" is pronounced separately, like "kai-kai."
i once asked a young french girl how to pronounce a street named alpine minot, and the way she said it was
"alpin mee-noh",
where al -- as in Alfred; pin --- as in safety pin; minot pronounced as me (me, my, mine), and "not" as in know but without the "w" sound, so that it sounds like "noh".
of course the American and general pronunciation of Minot (North Dakota) as in "Mine + Not" most probably came about because of the dominance of the mining & shipping industries of the time (tying knots) and stayed that way.
Yes. It's a modified version of the Polish name Gawlowski.
The Polish pronounciation of W is the same as an English V.
Foreign names are sometimes spelt wrong in the immigration process and that's how we end up with names like Gavloski.
Lvov is typically pronounced as "L'vohv" with the stress on the first syllable.
How do you say and pronounce the name Kiowa's sweet Spirit?
The name "Kiowa's Sweet Spirit" is pronounced as kee-OH-wuhz sweet SPIR-it.
How do you pronounce szechuan?
Szechuan is an old spelling of what is written "sìchuān" in Mandarin pinyin.
Ignoring the tones, the first syllable "si" (four) is pronounced like the "soo" in "soot." The second syllable "chuan" (river) is pronounced like "chwahn" (aka "chwan" with the "a" as in "father").
It kind of sounds like "soot-chwahn" since the final 't' of soot will be phonetically assimilated into the "ch" of "chwahn" when the two syllables are connected seamlessly in speech.
How do you pronounce Hau'oli la hanau?
Pronounced: How-o-lee Laa Haa-now
Proper Hawaiian spelling: Hau'oli lÄ hÄnau
' : a glottal stop, similar to the sound between the oh's in English oh-oh (pg xvii)
' is actually a consonant (not simply punctuation) called the ‘okina
- stress is placed on the long vowels
- lÄ hÄnau
Source:
Hawaiian dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian
Authors: Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel H. Elbert.
Edition: Rev. and enl. ed.
Publisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c1986.
http://books.google.com/books?id=bHdRhjL9Y9EC&dq=hawaiian+dictionary+pukui&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=bvE649JGSV&sig=FFNRN91gTKMqW7A3uxN40fCAfLM&hl=en&ei=Q4_ASpirJ4LAsgPWl5E7&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
How do you pronounce Guillermo Ochoa?
It is pronounced "Gee-YAIR-mo Oh-CHO-ah." The emphasis is on the second syllable of each name.
Boese is pronounced like "boo-suh." The "o" is pronounced as a long "o" sound and the "e" is pronounced as an "uh" sound.
What is the meaning of the name ghouse?
it means system maintainer of universe, it is specially for ALLAH only, no human could be ghouse even Prophet Muhammad pbuh.
