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2007-03-01 06:07:43 · 13 answers · asked by idler22 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
bat-eye.
Think of batting your eyelid!
Having seen a few subsequent replies, I would emphasise that the "t" is only pronounced once!
2007-03-01 06:10:50 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
But-eye with the emphasis on the eye. I once knew a boy on our French exchange called Sebastian Bataille! What a funny memory you've triggered!
2007-03-01 14:37:09 · answer #2 · answered by Katrina M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think of the English word 'bat' (or 'but'), followed by the English word 'eye', followed by a sort of 'yuh' sound at the end. The stress is on the second syllable ('eye'). Well, that's how they would say it in carefully spoken educated French. In rapid speech, French people tend to drop the 'yuh'.
2007-03-01 14:37:02 · answer #3 · answered by deedsallan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
bat-eye (two syllables, with closng emphasis on the y).
Allons enfants de la Patrie! Le jour de gloire est arrive! Contre nous de la Tyrannie l'etandard sanglant est leve. Dammit, no acutes on this keyboard. ...Formez vos batallions... bat-I-yoeng.
Bonne nuit!
2007-03-01 16:18:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bat-eye, bat-tie, bataï... stressed on the second syllable !
2007-03-01 19:31:08 · answer #5 · answered by Alambic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'a' is like in 'father', not 'fat'.
The first syllable is open (i.e., ba, not bat).
Stress is on the second syllable.
pronunciation: bah-TIE
2007-03-01 15:41:28 · answer #6 · answered by paladin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caicos Turkey, you got it. That is the best way to put.
2007-03-01 14:38:42 · answer #7 · answered by Bella 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ba-taye
you say an aa sound like in AHH and then a y sound as in you.
2007-03-01 14:25:44 · answer #8 · answered by YouCannotKnowUnlessUAsk 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2007-03-01 14:18:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Buh-tay, stress on second syllable
2007-03-01 14:13:41 · answer #10 · answered by eelliko 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋