a few questions after our recent holiday

[tribalelder]

Seen recently on Facebook reporting on the Gorge at Sallykent:D

[sunnyd]

:D

[Scunner]

Apologies if the owner is a member here but Cenk and I were crying at a villa owner's website which describes Hisaronu as being "at the base of Balbag Mountain"

[stoop]

I've seen Cocoa Calis a few times as well  

[Scunner]

And "Koco Beach" I've seen - sounds more like the Bahamas

[tribalelder]

And how many people have coming to to Calais.....vive la difference:D

[yasemin3]

Yes - if you originally speak with a silent 'r' as in southern English accents. Or if you say 'it' with an English accent. As I said, this would not be the case for Scots, Irish or Welsh and some people from Northern England. It is a simple fact. My family, who are from Ankara, would not put an 'r' at the end of Gulukbasi. My advice was meant to be friendly, not to take anyone's opnion down. Please feel free to pronounce as your accent allows, just as I would. The main thing when speaking another language is that you can be understood. I do hope no one else took offence at my advise, it was not my intention.

quote:Originally posted by sunnyd

ok here we go.... tashyaka and gounlookbasher (as the i is without a dot)
Yasemin3... the i without a dot is not pronounced as the i in it... it has an er sound. The i with a dot is pronounced as the i in it!!

[sunnyd]

quote:Originally posted by sunnyd

Calis (won't show up using the correct Turkish letters) .... pronounced Chalersh.
The i without the dot is roughly sounded like the er combination in some English words eg.. lett'er' speak'er'
It comes from the back of the throat, with the tongue pressed to the bottom of the mouth and is a quick sound.

The er is the sound of the i without a dot. as the er at the end of speak'er'
The i in Gunlukbasi does not have a dot on it.
I was stating that the i in 'it' is the sound of the i with a dot.

I didn't take offence....  

[yasemin3]

Thanks for that Sunnyd. For all who want to learn how to pronounce words, just learn the Turkish alphabet from somebody Turkish and you will then understand how to pronounce every word for yourself. It is so important to understand the difference between front and back vowels and then you'll be chatting away. It's great to see people taking an interest in the language.

[sunnyd]

correct the easiest way to learn how to pronounce the letters of the alphabet is from a Turkish person. That is how I first learnt to speak Turkish 10 years ago.