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[Facts] Pronunciation of Tünde?
I just found this Hungarian name and I like the meaning of "fairy". I was wondering how you pronounce it, though. Thanks!
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All consonants are pronounced the way they are in English. Ü is said as u in French (as in "lune"). The E is not silent, it is pronounced as in "bed".
Budgerigars, ceiling fans, the Times of India are all part of the luggage I brought into the world... Blue Jesus leaked into me; and Mary's desperation, and Joseph's revolutionary wildness, and the flightiness of Alice Pereira... all these made me, too.
(Midnight's Children)
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Thank you. =)
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so... toon-deh?
"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds - Half of writing history is hiding the truth.
- Serenity
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Almost, but not ü is not pronounced as oo in "soon". As English doesn't have a sound like French u (or German ü, as in "über"), I think this is the best approach.
Budgerigars, ceiling fans, the Times of India are all part of the luggage I brought into the world... Blue Jesus leaked into me; and Mary's desperation, and Joseph's revolutionary wildness, and the flightiness of Alice Pereira... all these made me, too.
(Midnight's Children)
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hm, interesting.
"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds - Half of writing history is hiding the truth.
- Serenity
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