There is a finnish sportsman Joona Puhakka. How is his name pronounced?
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There is a finnish sportsman Joona Puhakka. How is his name pronounced?
Thank you.
I hate trying to write Finnish phonetically in English, so I hope cyrillics are ok:
Ёна Пухакка (yes, it's that easy)
Stress is on the first syllable.
Kiitos :)
(I like his dives :wink: )
But
Йо-она.
йо=ёQuote:
Originally Posted by Adept
But isn't "oo" long vowel in Joona, shouldn't it be Йоона then?Quote:
Originally Posted by EmDii
Gah, yes, I suppose. :)
You see, we call ё "joo" in Finnish.
I would say Ёна the same way as Joona, but I suppose that could be different for a native Russian speaker.
I was, however, trying to make a transscription, not to transliterate.
Would there be a difference in pronunciation of, say, "Joona" and "Jona"?Quote:
Originally Posted by EmDii
Yes. The "o" in Jona would be shorter than "oo" in Joona.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alware