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Re: pronunciation of Tjaard
in reply to a message by Lisa
TYAH:RT very close to CHAH:RT, the A is AH, but long (the double aa makes it a long sound, not two syllables). The TY sounds is pronounced more in the front of the mouth than CH. A d at the end is always pronounced as a T.


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So the "aa" is "ah:" and the "d" is a "t", but for the first phonetic "ty"?
For "ch" is "tʃ", but for "ty"?
Can you make me an example for a word with this phonetic, so for me is more simple know it.
I search the real dutch-frisian pronunciation, because probably i use this name for my godson,(i'm french and i don't know the true pronunciation of a dutch o similar name)help me please.
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I'm Dutch, so don't worry you'll get a real pronunciation from me :) "aa" is indeed "ah:"
"d" at the end of a word is a "t"
Good to know you're French, no I can give you a better example then in English:
Tjaard's beginning TJ sound is like the beginning sound of Thierry.
(so that would make the the French phonetic version of Tjaard: Thiart (with the a said a tad bit longer than in French))
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So is like the pronunciation beginning of TIAMAT, tee-ah- or tyah(are the same in english i thinks)? Because for now i found: thia for french, tee-a for eng, tya for dutch, tia for italian and others :) a bit confusing.
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It's not tee-ah because that would be 2 syllables. It's tyah, ONE syllable. Tia also has 2 syllables and is not the exact same thing. I can't really describe it any closer than a sound in between TYAH and CHAH, and a bit closer to TYAH than CHAH. Sorry for the confusion...
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You don't confuse me, internet yes.
Now i know that is a single syllable, thanks for the help :)
The only thing that i don't know is the beginning phonetic sound.
You said a sound in between TYAH and CHAH (sorry for my obsessive question i'm a bit slow to understand), if there is the same beginning sound in a english word, can you see the word in a dictionary and tell me which is?
So i can control the phonetic of the word and is simple for me understand the sound.
Sorry again for my persistent question, is important.
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There is no word in English that starts the same, it's a pure Dutch sound, but CH comes as close as it gets in English and the beginning of Thierry is practically the same as well. I can't explain it clearer right now. I'm currently travelling, but I'm back home the 26th. I can record me saying Tjaard then and maybe e-mail the recording to you? If you create an account you can send me a private message with your e-mail address or you can just reply it to this message if you don't mind that your e-mail is here.
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