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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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How do you say Nunez?

Noon yeth (in most of Spain)

Noon yess (in most of Latin America)

Oyayi o Hele?

Ang Oyayi ay isang awit o kanta na karaniwang ginagamit upang patahanin o idantay ang isang bata para sa pagtulog. Samantalang ang Hele naman ay isang salita na nangangahulugang yakapin o iangat para sa pangangalaga o pag-aalaga. Ang "Oyayi o Hele" ay maaaring maging simbolo ng pagmamahal at pag-aalaga sa isang mahal sa buhay.

How do you pronounce the name Wesche?

Depends on whether it's anglicized or not.

It looks like a German name. By rules of German pronounciation, it would be approximately like this (using English sounds): "VESHeh." But if it's anglicized (pronounced by the rules of sounds and spelling in English), it could be "wesh" or "WESHee."

What does 'Cala boca sapa' mean?

The English equivalent of the Portuguese phrase 'Cala boca sapa' is the following: Shut [your] mouth. The word-by-word translation is the following: 'cala' means 'shut'; 'boca' means 'mouth'. A less literal translation of the phrase into English is the following: Shut up; or Be quiet. The phrase isn't as politely said as it could be. So it isn't the exact equivalent of the politeness in English of 'be quiet'. The literal meaning in English of the Portuguese word 'sapa' is the following: sap [of a tree], narrow trench, or shovel. So it's possible that the speaker is calling the listener a 'sap'. Or the word may be a nickname, or some very localized slang. It also is possible that the word really is 'sapo', which is Portuguese for 'toad'.

How do you say Greece in Greece?

Greece itself is on the Balkan Peninsula.

The two main peninsulas are the Attic peninsula (extending southeast from the Balkans into the Aegean Sea) and the Peloponnesus (also Peloponnese), which was actually made into an island by the Corinth Canal.

How do you pronounce Klimt as in Gustav Klimt?

You are referring to the artist Gustav Klimt. In this case it would be pronounced: cl-im-t which sounds a lot like the name "Clint" except it incorporates an "mm" sound instead of an "nn" sound.

How do you pronounce van in Dutch?

Dutch to English:

Van means 'from'

English to Dutch:

Van (a type of vehicle) means 'bestelwagen' or 'bestelbus' (literally translated: 'orderwagon' or 'orderbus') when referring to a delivery service. When referring to a family type of car it is 'busje' (literally translated: 'small bus')

What does the Portuguese accent sound like?

The average portuguese has evolved mostly in stature over the years.
Our average youth's height as reached 5.8 feet only recently. We can be white, black or maybe brown skinned, black or dark brown haired and either brown or black eyed.

So, average latin-arabic looking I suppose, could look like some asians as well if their forefathers were militaries or seamen, anyway, it depends! It's a complicated race.

How do you pronounce tuyethong nguyen?

The spelling's in some languages seem to side track some readers; such as the English words, "thru" and "through", "Kar" and "Car", "Stephen" and "Steven"...and reader's try to pronounce them differently; because they're spelled differently. The same holds true for Viet spellings: Cities such as Quang Tri, Cam Rahn, Pleiku, and Tay Ninh look difficult...but are pronounced (right or wrong, this is the way GI's pronounced them) as Quong Tree, Cam Ron, Play Koo, and Tay nin.

A GI might pronounce Tuye Thong Nguyen, as "Toy thong Nugion." The Vietnamese name Nguyen is as common as Smith is in the US. Many Vietnamese pronounce "Nguyen" as "No-guy-on."

How do you pronounce teaghlach?

Irish (Gaelic) for "family", pronounced t'yai-lukh (ai = "eye")