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Title: pronunciation
Post by: Simon Carroll on 2002-05-14 05:36 PM
how do you pronounce these words:

dolce,
maestoso,
assai,
vivace,
vivacissimamente,
sempre
Title: Re: pronunciation
Post by: Joe Eidson on 2002-05-14 09:00 PM
Here's my attempt at phoenetic spellings. Hope they help...

dolce,
(DOLE-CHEY) [long 'A' sound]

maestoso,
(MY-STO-SO)

assai,
(A-SIGH)

vivace,
(VIH-VA-CHEY) [long A]

vivacissimamente,
never seen this before, probably like this:
(VIH-VA-CHIH-SIS-MA-MEN-TAY) [long A]

sempre
(SIM-PREY)

-j
Title: Re: pronunciation
Post by: Ertugrul iNANÇ on 2002-05-15 01:39 AM
 
Here is how I say them, according to Turkish pronounciation convention:

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Title: Re: pronunciation
Post by: marsu on 2002-05-15 01:01 PM
IMHO!
In French, it sounds like this:
in German, I'd schreiben:
In Spanish, I'd write:
and in English, I'd say
Is it needed in italian too ? ;-> (http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/nwcforum/maito:marsu@europe.com)
Title: Re: pronunciation
Post by: Peter Edwards on 2002-05-15 03:10 PM
The English pronunciation would depend on whether you were trying to speak Italian or use the expressions as imported Italian words into English. The obvious example is 'Piano',
pronounced pee-ah-nno in Italian (short 'o'), but pee-ann-nowe as an English word, or Joanna in American.

So dolce is approximately doll-chai(r) in Italian, doll-chay in English. Then, in the English manner, my-stowe-zoe, ass-eye (short 'a'), vee-va(r)-chay, vee-var-chiss-si-ma-men-tay, semm-pray.

vivacissimamente means as lively as possible

Peter
Title: Re: pronunciation
Post by: Frederique on 2002-05-28 06:24 AM
If you want any word or small sentence pronunciation
look at this site http://www.lhsl.com/realspeak/demo/
and try it. There are 19 languages supported.
This is the best TTS (text to speak) I know and
I use it often.

Frederique
Title: Re: pronunciation
Post by: Yves Grasset on 2002-05-29 09:53 AM
Peter:

Just a little quibble with the Italian pronouciation of piano: in fact, that's pyah-no (2 syllables).

HTH.

Yves
Title: Re: pronunciation
Post by: Bigshot on 2003-07-31 12:41 PM
Sabaoth