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Pronunciation of "E" vs. "EJ"

от disgustus, 15 ноември 2014

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Език: English

disgustus (Покажи профила) 15 ноември 2014, 19:28:00

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 (Покажи профила) 15 ноември 2014, 20:11:35

You should pronounce it as [e].

BoriQa (Покажи профила) 15 ноември 2014, 20:57:50

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

disgustus (Покажи профила) 15 ноември 2014, 21:48:37

Cool, thanks for the help.

sergejm (Покажи профила) 15 ноември 2014, 22:33:42

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 (Покажи профила) 16 ноември 2014, 10:15:07

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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