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chiklit (Voir le profil) 8 juillet 2006 17:41:03
It seems like if pronounced naturally it would be kon-tsi-gi. But the fact that everything needs to be pronounced in Esperanto seems to make pronouncing words like this much harder than they need to be.
oren (Voir le profil) 9 juillet 2006 02:39:02
chiklit:Hi. I've been having trouble figuring out how to pronounce words like konsciigi. Is it like kons-tsi-igi? or kon-s-ts-i-igi? kon-s-tsi-igi?Yeah, in Esperanto everything must be pronounced, even multiple vowels. So it would be: "kon - stsi - i'- gi" (remember to place the accent on the second to last syllable).
It seems like if pronounced naturally it would be kon-tsi-gi. But the fact that everything needs to be pronounced in Esperanto seems to make pronouncing words like this much harder than they need to be.
To practice that tricky (and somewhat common) combination of "sc," I repeat 'last Sunday' over and over quickly; you get the same sound, and it shouldn't take up two syllables.
-oren
jvp1971 (Voir le profil) 11 juillet 2006 03:29:14
JenniferatLernu (Voir le profil) 3 décembre 2007 14:50:25
oren:To practice that tricky (and somewhat common) combination of "sc," I repeat 'last Sunday' over and over quickly; you get the same sound, and it shouldn't take up two syllables.I just had to bump this thread.
-oren
Oren's suggestion to practice saying 'last Sunday' over and over quickly to get used to teh "sc" sound is brilliant.
I was recently introduced to the word scii and it's not easy to prounouce.
mnlg (Voir le profil) 3 décembre 2007 14:54:37
Filu (Voir le profil) 4 décembre 2007 18:29:48
Ok! The other tricks are probably both cheaper and just as good. It's only because reading this thread made me smile and because I wanted to share this little bit of joy with you that I came over to give my little sidetrack comment.
eb.eric (Voir le profil) 4 décembre 2007 19:28:05
It's easier for me to pronounce it as three syllables, cxi - U - i, avoiding that final cluster. It doesn't sound too different from CxI - uj.
Hmmmmmm
JenniferatLernu (Voir le profil) 5 décembre 2007 01:11:17