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French pronunciation

Could someone tell me how to pronounce these 2 words properly in French? Either by writing a phoenetic pronunciation, or by recording yourself saying them or something!
anyway the words are: l'euthanasie and la dignité
loo-than-ay-zee, I think.
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loo-than-ay-zee, I think.


Thanks for that, wasnt sure if it was tan or than?
kimzotic
Thanks for that, wasnt sure if it was tan or than?


it's tan I think, the 'th' sound doesn't exist in French

and la dignite (can't find the special e!) - dig-na-tay
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it's tan I think, the 'th' sound doesn't exist in French

and la dignite (can't find the special e!) - dig-na-tay


I don't think this is quite right for la dignite considering the fact that there is a second i - so more likely dig-nee-teh (I'm half French and this is how I would pronounce it, though I can't think of a time when I've ever had to). The 'tay' sound would be too strong for the last part of the word, and is a very English way of pronouncing it (for example cafe has a relatively soft e sound on the end when said in French, but English people will pronounce it as caff-ay).
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so its loo-tan-ay-zee and dig-nee-teh?
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Loo-tan-a-zee

(*short little 'ah' sound as in 'apple' not 'ayyye' sound as in 'shade')

"dee nyi teh"- there's not "digg" sound in french.

:smile:
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Lolol ! We had so many problems to pronounce euthanasia correctly in English XD.
And here is a MP3 with recorded words on it.

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