Mesaĝoj: 14
Lingvo: English
erinja (Montri la profilon) 2010-januaro-12 17:08:21
Hispanio:ĥ sounds like when Saint Niclaus is laughing: jo jo jo, happy ChristmasThis is a great explanation for Spanish speakers, but not effective for English speakers. For us, Santa Claus says "ho ho ho", with a regular h, no ĥ sound.(more or less).
I normally describe ĥ in terms of the Scottish word "loch", or the composer "Bach". Or "ch" in the Hebrew toast, "l'chaim". Or the Yiddish word "chutzpah". Most Americans will recognize at least one of those.
Vilinilo (Montri la profilon) 2010-januaro-13 01:42:16
languagegeek (Montri la profilon) 2010-januaro-13 16:19:29
Hispanio:o sounds like in the word compact.Not really for most English speakers. For many Americans, the o in compact is closer to Esperanto "a". For o, think of how a New Yorker would say "awe" and take off the little "uh" sound at the end, or how they would say "all" and then take off the "l".
English vowels vary so much between accents and dialects, it's almost impossible to make a one-to-one correspondence between an English and Esperanto vowel. One has to be very specific as to what variety of English one is referring to.
ceigered (Montri la profilon) 2010-januaro-14 08:11:29
languagegeek:Compact if you speak British, Australian, New Zealand, South African, European, Scottish, or Welsh English thenHispanio:o sounds like in the word compact.Not really for most English speakers. For many Americans ........
(of course, population wise that's only about half of English speakers).Do Americans even have a pure-o sound in their dialect? (either /o/ or /ɔ/)