Szekesvehervar

English translation: In Hungarian: ["se:kESfEhe:RvA:R], in English, see link

07:24 May 25, 2005
Hungarian to English translations [PRO]
Geography
Hungarian term or phrase: Szekesvehervar
Hallo! Could someone help me with the English pronunciation of this city in Hungary?
Thank you.
flipendo
Local time: 23:06
English translation:In Hungarian: ["se:kESfEhe:RvA:R], in English, see link
Explanation:
You can take a look at the English phonetic transcription, or listen to the English pronunciation at: http://www.answers.com/Székesfehérvár

Using the following coding for the international phonetic alphabet, the Hungarian pronunciation can be transcribed as ["se:kESfEhe:RvA:R], where
" is the accent
s is like in the English word set [set]
e: is like in dress [dres], or the first element of English diphthongs in face [feIs]
k like in kit [kIt]
E open-mid front unrounded vowel, French é
S English sh, as in shoot [Su:t]
f as in fit [fIt]
R is a rolled r, like in Spanish
v like in English very ["veri]
A: like in far ["fA:(r)]


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Attila Piróth
France
Local time: 22:06
Grading comment
thank you, the link has been mostly useful.
Thank you all in any case for your prompt and kind responses. I hope I can sometime help you too,
Eleftheria
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3In Hungarian: ["se:kESfEhe:RvA:R], in English, see link
Attila Piróth
5 +2Székesfehérvár
petra_m
4 +3Try the following...
Leveleki


  

Answers


19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Székesfehérvár


Explanation:
Ok lets see. The correct spelling is Székesfehérvár.
S+z is the the sound 's' like in the word 'see'.
S is pronounced like the sh in 'ship'.
It's hard to explain the difference between é and e, á and a. Somebody??
é is something like 'a' in 'alien'.
e is more like 'a' in 'ash'.
á is pronounced like 'u' in 'up' but there's more accent on it.

I hope it helps :)

petra_m
Local time: 22:06
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  szenmark
2 hrs

agree  Dr. Janos Annus (X): "é" in main or rain (the rain is Spain...) , "e" in enter " , "á" like my, hi, without the y/i sound at the end, "a" the first sound in after, applaus.. I hope I am not totally wrong.
9 hrs
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Try the following...


Explanation:
SEY- (as 'hey!'but with an 's')
CASH-
FA- (as pronounced in the word 'fad')
HEYR - try saying a slightly longer drawn out 'hey' again with an R at the end
AHR - as in saying 'AH' with an R


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Note added at 45 mins (2005-05-25 08:09:25 GMT)
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Sorry - left out the \'V\' before the last syllable ... V-AHR

Leveleki
France
Local time: 22:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Meturgan
28 mins

agree  juvera
2 hrs

agree  Sonia Soros
23 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
In Hungarian: ["se:kESfEhe:RvA:R], in English, see link


Explanation:
You can take a look at the English phonetic transcription, or listen to the English pronunciation at: http://www.answers.com/Székesfehérvár

Using the following coding for the international phonetic alphabet, the Hungarian pronunciation can be transcribed as ["se:kESfEhe:RvA:R], where
" is the accent
s is like in the English word set [set]
e: is like in dress [dres], or the first element of English diphthongs in face [feIs]
k like in kit [kIt]
E open-mid front unrounded vowel, French é
S English sh, as in shoot [Su:t]
f as in fit [fIt]
R is a rolled r, like in Spanish
v like in English very ["veri]
A: like in far ["fA:(r)]




Attila Piróth
France
Local time: 22:06
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you, the link has been mostly useful.
Thank you all in any case for your prompt and kind responses. I hope I can sometime help you too,
Eleftheria

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ilaszlo
8 mins

agree  ERIKA DAVID
3 hrs

agree  Krisztina Lelik
23 hrs
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