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about '' sterre '' and '' ster ''

by sonteen (guest)

10/30/2004, 9:01 PM

STERRE f
Usage: Dutch
Derived from Dutch ster meaning "star".

in want to know " ster " is sound like ?

it's like " caster " , " sister " , or something

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- Miss Claire +2

10/31/2004, 9:12 AM

If Dutch is like German, it would be shter (like stair, but with "sht" instead of "st"). If not, see Anon's answer. :)

- Anneza (guest) +1

10/31/2004, 11:17 PM

No, you don't get the shp- and sht- pronunciations in Dutch. Sterre has the vowel in English , twice, so it's more or less ster-re. Each syllable gets an R sound! And although the first syllable has the main stress, both are emphasised, more than would be the case in English.

And Afrikaans is different again - don't get me on to that!

- Indy (Indigo)

11/1/2004, 7:31 AM

ditto that

- Anon. (guest) +2

10/31/2004, 2:10 AM

Ster sounds almost exactly the same as English 'Stair'. Sterre is STAIR-ruh.

- Indy (Indigo) +1

11/1/2004, 7:48 AM

You're right, but you need to roll the R a bit more..our Dutch R is a hard, rolling r, with your tong more to your palate than with a usual R (normal like the R in Robert (first r), but now more!)

Our language is hard..hehe

- sonteen (guest)

11/4/2004, 4:24 AM

ahh it's very hard to understand *----*

so the truth is i'm thinking to make a character name

and " Kasterre " is come out

i think it's pronounce like " Caster "

and after i read for an answer it's must be Castair-ruh ?

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