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Just a question
How do you pronounce the name Ylva?
YOOL - va or ILL-va or....?
*-_Always look on the bright side of life_-*
*Esma*
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Hi Esma,The Swedish pronunciation is almost like ILL-VAH, but the Y is pronounced like a mixture of a short i-sound as in "fish" and a short German ü or a short French u. The stress is on both syllables!/ Satuhttp://www.nordicnames.de/
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App. like ILL-vuh, but I can't really say how to pr. the letter Y in Swedish."What's that black thing under Hitler's nose?"
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