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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 pronounce the name nguyen?
Sounds a bit like 'name' but the Ng is like the ng in sing and very difficult for westerners to pronounce correctly at the start of a word. If you can combine the two you will be close, ng-ame. But also depends on tone and any other diacritics e.g. ê ế ề è é ệ
Listen to the correct pronunciation of Miuccia Prada
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How do you pronounce the name lhotse?
It is pronounced loat(as in goat) say. Although often mispronounced loat see.
How do you pronounce Yahshua Mashiah?
In early Hebrew, this name was spelt 'YHWH' without the vowels or vowel indicators of later Hebrew. As a result, its pronumciation is uncertain. Scholars believe that with vowels the name would be spelt 'Yahweh' and pronounced something like YARWAY.
How is the Name Yahweh pronounced? There are diverse transliterations or transcriptions of the name Yahweh. There are diverse pronunciations of this Name that have been proposed. No scholars of the Hebrew language accept and agree upon the pronunciation Yahweh [Yah-way]. It is also said that the Name Yahweh is unpronounceable and ineffable and that the true pronunciation has been lost because of its superstitious disuse.
Note: The word 'Yahweh' is fully Christian English in origin and is based on a misunderstanding of Jewish tradition regarding the pronunciation of the tetragrammaton, the 4 letter contraction of the Hebrew words for "was, is, and will be". The Hebrew letters in question are: yud, hei, vav, hei (YHVH). As for why the correct pronunciation is unknown today, the letter 'vav' has three distinctly different pronunciations (V, OO, OH) and there is no record of which form was used in the tetragrammaton. As to how the English word 'Yahweh' is pronounced, different Christian groups have different pronunciations including Yah-weh and Yah-way. The word itself has never been used by Jews.
NOTE: The above has a couple of misstatements in it.
First - The pronunciation of this sacred name has not been lost. It was simply hidden from public broadcast. The idea that the 6th letter of the Habrew aleph bet is pronounced as a 'v, oo, or oh' is partially correct. In modern Ashkenazic this is true. In the older Hebrew this is not so clear; it may have had the 'w' sound instead of the 'v' sound. And it may have had both depending on the dialect of the speaker. Also, there is records in the three major codices of the Hebrew text that it was pronounced as Yəhowah or Yəhovah.
Second - The last sentence is a complete false statement. At least as late as the middle 1940's fathers taught their sons HOW to say this name of the Creator. Even in the scriptures we have records of it being used as a general greeting and as a method of entering into oaths of great importance and showing that one's statements were to be trusted. In the book of Ruth we see, in the Hebrew at least, that people greeted one another with a blessing using Yəhowah.
4 And see, Bo῾az had come from Bĕyth Leḥem, and said to the reapers, "יהוה be with you!" And they answered him, "יהוה bless you!"(Ruth 2:4 TS98)
16 "And it shall be, if they learn well the ways of My people, to swear by My Name, 'As יהוה lives,' as they taught My people to swear by Ba῾al, then they shall be established in the midst of My people.(Jer 12:16 TS98)
you pronounce Tsukasa Soo-kah-suh. You know, like, mi casa su casa? =) yea, like that.
What is good morning in indian?
There is no such language as "Indian". More than 450 languages are spoken in India. If you are referring to Native American languages, there are more than 700).
How do you pronounce peninsula?
The word 'peninsula' is pronounced 'puh-nin-suh-luh'. Peninsula means an area of land surrounded by water on three sides, except for the isthmus connected to the main land.
How do you correctly pronounce Segenam?
According to those unreliable US-based "baby name meaning" websites, the name Segenam is "Algonquin for lazy"; in fact it is not an Algonquin word but Natick (one of the Algonquian languages).
In Natick you say sə -gə-nam (ə indicates a neutral vowel sound called schwa).
You can actually hear the pronunciation by going to http://www.answers.com/topic/shalom and clicking on the speaker icon next to the Dictionary title.
How do you pronounce the Vietnamese name tham?
The Vietnamese name, Thao is stretched out in the Vietnamese language. It is pronounced, "T-ow." It is hard to pronounce if you are not naturally accustomed to speaking the Vietnamese language.
The likely word is lease (rental agreement, or to rent).
A similar word is leash (dog restraint, or to put on a leash).
How does eckhart tolle pronounce his own name?
It depends on who you ask. When doing a search on the internet for the pronunciation of 'Eckhart Tolle', you will find some that say that his last name is pronounced, 'TALL' (the opposite of SHORT), or you may hear his last name pronounced as 'Tall-e' (same as above but with an 'E' sound on the end). The truth is, his first name is not 'Eckhart' at all, but 'Ulrich Leonard Tolle'. He changed his first name to Eckhart to honor the German philosopher, Meister Eckhart.
For the pronunciation listen to the video at 00:35, listed below under related links.
How do you pronounce 'Santa Claus' in Spanish?
In some Spanish-speaking lands, St. Nick is referred to as Senor Navidad- easily translated as Mr. Christmas. Stop and think, have you ever known of a Spanish person named Nicholas? Domenic, yes, but that is a different saint.
Quel est le code postal de l'angleterre?
Il n'y en a pas - il y des codes postaux pour chaque ville ou localité mais pas pour le pays entier.
How do you pronounce Andrzej Bartkowiak?
According to Answer.com, from a bio of Andrzej Wajda it is (än'jā vī'dä) so the first name Andrzej is (än'jā).
How do you pronounce the name Anthony in English?
Anthony has 32 variant forms: Andy, Antal, Anthone, Anthoney, Anntoin, Antin, Antoine, Anton, Antone, Antonello, Antoney, Antoni, Antonije, Antonin, Antoine, Antonino, Antonio, Antonius, Antons, Antony, Antun, Antuwan, Antwahn, Antwohn, Antwon, Antwuan, Teunis, Thonus, Toney, Toni, Tony and Twan.
