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Pronunciation of "E" vs. "EJ"

من disgustus, 15 نوفمبر، 2014

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لغة: English

disgustus (عرض الملف الشخصي) 15 نوفمبر، 2014 7:28:00 م

Hi, folks; I've got a pronunciation question for you. I've been reviewing my Esperanto pronunciation and something I've hit on in listening to podcasts and videos is that with the letter "E" speakers switch between "eh" (bEd) and "ej" (hAY.)

I hear speakers saying "EJ" more often at the end of a word and it seems like the purpose is to differentiate the "E" from an "A" adjective ending.

Is this just a stylistic difference? Should I stick to pronouncing my E's as bEd, or is there a good reason to change the pronunciation for clarity?

Fenris_kcf (عرض الملف الشخصي) 15 نوفمبر، 2014 8:11:35 م

You should pronounce it as [e].

BoriQa (عرض الملف الشخصي) 15 نوفمبر، 2014 8:57:50 م

disgustus:Should I stick to pronouncing my E's as bEd...
Yes, stick to it.

disgustus (عرض الملف الشخصي) 15 نوفمبر، 2014 9:48:37 م

Cool, thanks for the help.

sergejm (عرض الملف الشخصي) 15 نوفمبر، 2014 10:33:42 م

You can prononce ‘e’ example as French ‘é’, ‘è’, ,‘ê’, but not as ‘ej’ - this is an error, I think this can make misunderstanding.

sudanglo (عرض الملف الشخصي) 16 نوفمبر، 2014 10:15:07 ص

melo - badger, mejlo - mile

The e ej contrast is rare Esperanto, but you should try to make the contrast clearly audible.

Tray bonay, instead of tre bone, not a good idea, unless you want to put on an English accent in Esperanto.

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