correct pronunciation of Joga?
Dj Phreddy Phred
hello all
whats the corret pronunciation of Joga? Is it ho-ga or yo-ga? Im sure its
nots joe-ga, but who knows. anyone help me out>
fred
Jamie
I assume it's yo-gah, with the accent on the 'yo'...however, there is a
bizarre kind of accent mark above the 'o' that I have never seen before.
Anyone know what that is and how it affects the pronunciation?
Jamie
Whitney67
>hello all
>whats the corret pronunciation of Joga? Is it ho-ga or yo-ga? Im sure its
>nots joe-ga, but who knows. anyone help me out>
>
>fred
>
It is pronounced Yo-ga. But the "g" sounds a little harder then in english. .
.somewhere between a "g" and a "k".
hope this helps!
bless.
-Tom
Whit...@aol.com,
tw4...@alpha.rwu.edu
Gabriel T-Dharmoo
Woohoo! I was right! Sorry, it's just that I got so pissed when I heard
VJs say Joe-ga....yuck!
Zinc
yoga in chinese is 缝仙............
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and u put me up to this: state of emergency......
Zinc
ps. u have to use Big-5 code to view the chinese word.
Quahogs
Jamie wrote:
>
> Dj Phreddy Phred wrote:
> >
> > hello all
> > whats the corret pronunciation of Joga? Is it ho-ga or yo-ga? Im sure its
> > nots joe-ga, but who knows. anyone help me out>
> >
> > fred
>
In Icelandic, the accent is always on the first syllable of a word.
> ...however, there is a
> bizarre kind of accent mark above the 'o' that I have never seen before.
> Anyone know what that is and how it affects the pronunciation?
> Jamie
That accent over and icelandic vowel sort of lengthens it.
But be warned: I am learning Icelandic from a book, and I don't know
anyone else who speaks it, so my knowledge is, for the most part, based
on non-audio sources. However, I _do_ believe I have these two points
correct (although I don't have my book with me).
--Steve
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tar...@imap2.asu.edu
Quahogs (k9...@NOSPAM.skapunx.ml.org) wrote:
: Jamie wrote:
: >
: > Dj Phreddy Phred wrote:
: > >
: > > hello all
: > > whats the corret pronunciation of Joga? Is it ho-ga or yo-ga? Im sure its
: > > nots joe-ga, but who knows. anyone help me out>
: In Icelandic, the accent is always on the first syllable of a word.
Always is a hazardous word to apply to language rules. :).
: > ...however, there is a
: > bizarre kind of accent mark above the 'o' that I have never seen before.
: > Anyone know what that is and how it affects the pronunciation?
: > Jamie
: That accent over and icelandic vowel sort of lengthens it.
Modern Icelandic long vowels share a curious property with English long
vowels in that they tend to become diphthongs and shift their articulation
compared to the short versions. English long 'o' is a good approximation
in some dialects though. Seems to me like I've heard Scotsmen use a
similar 'o'.
Ben
Quahogs
tar...@imap2.asu.edu wrote:
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> Quahogs (k9...@NOSPAM.skapunx.ml.org) wrote:
>
> : In Icelandic, the accent is always on the first syllable of a word.
>
> Always is a hazardous word to apply to language rules. :).
True.... I got this from my book, and it _did_ say that sometimes the
accent is equally on the first _and_ second syllables, which may sound
as if the second syllable is stronger than the first. Anyway, it's
still a good rule of thumb.
Any Icelanders want to comment?
--Quahogs
Kristjan B. Gudmundsson
>tar...@imap2.asu.edu wrote:
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>> Quahogs (k9...@NOSPAM.skapunx.ml.org) wrote:
>>
>> : In Icelandic, the accent is always on the first syllable of a word.
>>
>> Always is a hazardous word to apply to language rules. :).
>
>True.... I got this from my book, and it _did_ say that sometimes the
>accent is equally on the first _and_ second syllables, which may sound
>as if the second syllable is stronger than the first. Anyway, it's
>still a good rule of thumb.
>
>Any Icelanders want to comment?
It's pronounced "yo-ga" with the accent on "yo".
- Kristján Guðmundsson (kri...@islandia.is)
