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| opossum | Thursday 23rd of June 2005 08:47:45 PM |
| muj vs. moje - Howdy, I'm not sure how to enter in the accent marks for Czech, so this may be kind of hard. I'm doing the Pimsleur Czech program, which I like by the way, and I'm at a part where I'm learning 'my.' The two phrases we're learning it with at the moment are: My husband - Muj manzel My wife - Moje manzelka At least I think that is right...? Anyway, the speaker goes over the "my husband" part pretty well, but when they do the "my wife" part they speak it so fast, I can't tell the difference. In fact, if they hadn't said "Did you hear the difference?" I never would have known...well 'never' might not be right, but you get the idea. I've listened to it 4 - 6 times and I still can't hear it. Could someone attempt to provide me with a pronunciation? I think it is something like: muj - Moowee moje - Moowa If this works out, I'll ask about my favorite food...zmrzlina. Thanks! | |
| Neil | Friday 24th of June 2005 12:34:58 AM |
| pronunciation - well, here's an attempt: muj = something like moo yee (with the "ee" at the end cut off) moje = something like more yeah (with the "yeah" pronounced very short). (I realise this is a crass way of describing pronunciation!) Any natives care to comment?? | |
| opossum | Friday 24th of June 2005 05:01:05 AM |
| - Howdy, Well this is a start. More like moo yee not moowee and moo ya instead of moowee Thanks, with luck I'll be in Seattle in July at a Czech round talble type thing at the university and I can ask some of my questions there. | |
| mandark | Sunday 26th of June 2005 09:04:51 PM |
| - I've recorded a sample and saved it as an mp3 (only about 62 kB) - only there's no way to post an attachment on the forum. Have you got an e-mail address to give away on such occasions? můj - Spanish 'muy', only the 'u' lasts longer moje - I'd describe the sound as 'mo-yeh' Does this help? | |
