[kj] Thread attempt one: Poll

[Lennonka]

Perhaps "ň" reads like in "nuclear". The "d" is soften in a similar way.

Legrační : ))

2008/7/11 Lennonka <lennonka at gmail.com>:


> Well, that's quite a problem : )) I speak Czech and he speaks Slovak but I

> can't speak Slovak - the pronunciation is a greater problem, the Slovak

> language is much softer than Czech, and I dunno how can I transribe it for

> you.

>

> Let me try:

>

> Hello ... ahoj [ahoy]

> Goodbye ... dovidenia [doviďeňya]

> Yes ... áno [a:no]

> No ... nie [ňye]

> Thank you ... ďakujem [ďakuyem]

> That's funny ... To je legrační [to ye legratchni]

> That's witty ... To je vtipné [to ye vtipne]

> That's interesting ... To je zaujmave [to ye zauymave]

> Sorry, I got excited ... ... ... (I don't know how they say this...)

> ... Sorry ... prepáč [prepa:tch]

>

> Explanations:

> 1) ":" means traditionally "the previous vowel is long"

> 2) the last vowel is always pronounced

> 3) "y" reads like in the English word "yes"

> 4) ň and ď read soft; perhaps [ny] and [dy] in a very compact way

> 5) "tch" reads as you're used to like in the word "patch"

>

> I would love to hear you speaking Slovakian, Brendan : )))

>

> Ask her to teach you more, hihi.

>

> 2008/7/11 Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>:

>

>   You have to hook a brother up with some suave Slovakian words Lenn, come

>> on, I need to impress, the chiselled jaw on it's own may not be enough

>> (unlikely as that sounds).

>>

>>

>>

>> I'll invite her out to dinner tonight, so I need to know how to say:

>>

>>

>>

>> Hello

>>

>> Goodbye

>>

>> Yes

>>

>> No

>>

>> Thank you

>>

>> That's funny

>>

>> That's witty

>>

>> That's interesting

>>

>> Sorry I got excited, that will wipe right off

>>

>>

>>

>

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With love & peace
Lennonka
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