Re: Uusisuom language (Online lesson)
| From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 29, 2001, 17:58 |
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Daniel44 wrote:
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>Thanks for helping me try to clear this up.
>
>'y' is pronounced like 'oo' in 'bOOt'. It is perhaps more rounded than the
>Finnish version. Just make the lips into a perfectly round shape and make
>the 'oo' sound. The german 'u' is a fair approximation.
>
>'u' is pronounced like the 'oo' in 'tOOk'. This would seem to correspond
>with the 'y' sound in Finnish.
>
>Apologies for any misunderstanding and many thanks. Lesson Three will be
>available online tomorrow and I will post it here when it is ready.
Now you're making me REALLY confused. The Finnish sound written {y} is not
even close to the vowel in English "took". The former is front, the later is
back. The usual way to explain to English-speakers how to form the Finnish
/y/ is to pronounce "ee", but with the lips rounded as for "oo".
Andreas
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