Re: OT: Afrikaans pronounciation

[Erick T. Barkhuis]

Derek McBryde:

>If anyone who speaks dutch or afrikaans spots this can they please
>help?
>
>I am looking for the correct pronounciation of the original name of
>the zulu song Siyahamba which in afrikaans is "Ons marseer nou in die
>lig van God"
>
>I am guessing the second half is something like "in dee lick fawn
>hot." (I never can pronounce the dutch "G" Sometimes it sounds more
>like a "K" to me ) I would attempt the first half as "owns
>mar-seer noo" but I really don't know.

You can actually hear the pronounciation pretty well from different
speakers here:
http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_tran_example.php
Enter the text, choose Dutch to Dutch, and click "Say it".
I like speaker Laura (Netherlands) best, because she pronounces most
clearly, in a neutral dialect-free Dutch.

--
Erick

[Surreyman]

On 18 Nov, 00:05, Derek McBryde <mcbr...@mcbrydc.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> If anyone who speaks dutch or afrikaans spots this can they please
> help?
>
> I am looking for the correct pronounciation of the original name of
> the zulu song Siyahamba which in afrikaans is  "Ons marseer nou in die
> lig van God"
>
> I am guessing the second half is something like  "in dee lick fawn
> hot."  (I never can pronounce the dutch "G"  Sometimes it sounds more
> like a "K" to me )    I would attempt the first half as  "owns
> mar-seer noo" but I really don't know.
>

> Thanks for your help.
>
> Derek

Pronouncing the g as 'ch' in loch it would be something like "In dee
lich fun Chot"

Surreyman

[Gerrit]

"Derek McBryde" <mcb...@mcbrydc.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:sfr7g5119oktgoinq...@news.demon.co.uk...
> On 18 Nov 2009 06:56:12 GMT, "Erick T. Barkhuis"

> <erick....@ardane.c.o.m> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>You can actually hear the pronounciation pretty well from different
>>speakers here:
>>http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_tran_example.php
>>Enter the text, choose Dutch to Dutch, and click "Say it".
>>I like speaker Laura (Netherlands) best, because she pronounces most
>>clearly, in a neutral dialect-free Dutch.
>

> Wow, what an excellent site. Many thanks Erick

Just remember that Afrikaans pronunciation is not quite the same as Dutch.
The Afrikaners have an accent/dialect.
But if you pronounce it in Dutch an Afrikaner should understand. :-)

Gerrit - Oz