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Re: of Romanian first names ending in -ie

by Profe Esteban (guest)

6/10/2007, 9:31 AM

in reply to a message by A question regarding pronunciation

I don´t know in Romanian, but in Spanish (language that derives from latin, like romanian), "ie" sounds like "EE-eh": Diego is "dee EH-goh"; Graciela is grah-cee Eh-lah". I can't find in Spanish a name ending in "ie". Hope it helps.

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- Lumia

6/10/2007, 10:52 AM

Yes

According this site http://www.orbilat.com/Languages/Rumanian/Grammar/Rumanian-Pronunciation_and_Spelling.html

the group ie is pronounced [je], just as in Spanish. So, Ilie is pronounced [i'lje] (ee-LYEH), for instance.

- Agata (ADT)

6/10/2007, 9:43 AM

I suspect that it's the same in Romanian.

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