Most Yugoslavian surnames end with "ic". Does anyone know how to pronounce that? I've read it's "ich" ---> like 'itch' or 'ik' ?
2006-07-03 23:09:17 · 4 answers · asked by zailew 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
none of those.
the closest I can explain how to pronounce it (since there is no same sound in English) is t like in nature or the sound you hear in Italian ciao, or Spanish - mucho.
there is a different letter for the ch sound like in church and it is č.
ć is much softer.
English speakers pronounce our names with a ch sound but it is wrong.
2006-07-06 01:00:17 · answer #1 · answered by kamichak 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Itch
2006-07-04 09:02:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
-iÄ or -iÄ
ending is very common in southern slavic surnames, it derives from a diminuitive word, that used to mean something like "son of".
It is pronounced itch (or ich) like in the word "rich"
2006-07-04 07:37:28 · answer #3 · answered by Ymmo the Heathen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-itch
2006-07-04 06:12:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋