Message: "How would you pronounce Benjamine"

How would you pronounce Benjamine

by Grey'sFreak (walterkelly724)

12/28/2008, 1:54 PM

i now it's the french feminine form of Benjamin, but i was wondering if it had a different pronuctiation. thanks in advance

#pronunciation

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- Mackadal (guest) +2

12/30/2008, 1:30 PM

n
baw zha MEEN. THe FRench way. THe n sound is only pronouced nasally.

- lillyanna +1

1/21/2009, 2:52 PM

ben-shaw-mean

- Mackadal

1/23/2009, 8:38 PM

No, that`s wrong. The "n" in "en" and "an" is only pronounced in French if followed by an "ne". Furthermore, the second syllable has a short "a" sound and not a "sh" but rather a "zh", as in Angelina JOLIE.

- Myrthe

12/30/2008, 9:49 AM

I'd say. (I'm Dutch, btw, so this isn't really an English prenounciation)

BEN-sha-mee-nə

- Llewella (penguiny7)

12/28/2008, 6:04 PM

ben-zha-MEEN

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