Londres - the French word for "London". How to pronouce?
2007-04-29 22:14:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
LONDRES
2007-04-30 02:26:45 · answer #1 · answered by Dios es amor 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sad to say that both the previous answers are somewhat misleading. The first answer actually correctly describes the SPANISH pronunciation of the name (which is spelt the same as the French form but which sounds very different).
To pronounce the first part, say the word "lawn" but instead of prnouncing the "n" pronoun it through your nose (you can try saying "lawn" whilst pinching your nose to get an idea of what it should sound like).
As for the second part: first, forget the "s" - it is silent! The "Frenchy r" mentioned in one of the replies is NOT pronounced by touching your top teeth with your tongue - your tongue should be nowhere near your teeth to pronounce a French r, it is more like a gurgle at the back of the throat. The variety of "r" where you touch your tongue with your teeth (known as a rolled or trilled r) exists only in a few rural dialects of French and is universally made fun of!! In fact, a standard English r would sound better than a rolled "r" in this case. So the second syllable will sound a bit like "dress" without the "ess" - so the word should sound something like:
LAWN(g)-dr - or even more approximately, like "laundry" without the last "y"
2007-04-29 22:36:53 · answer #2 · answered by GrahamH 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You could almost get away with pronouncing it "loaned". Just add a touch of "r" at the end.
I'm wondering where everyone who's answering is from. I don't get any sense of "lawn" or "rhymes with "con"" in the pronunciations I've heard of "Londres" but then I'm from Quebec and Switzerland.
2007-04-29 23:16:30 · answer #3 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
londr(e)
the optional weak (e) is often pronounced
2007-04-30 05:00:34 · answer #4 · answered by Choran 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's better to hear the spoken word to really get it.
2007-04-29 22:26:33 · answer #5 · answered by Afi 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The "Lon" is how it looks, it should rhyme with con. And the "dres" part would rhyme with gray, imagine it written like dray.
2007-04-29 22:19:39 · answer #6 · answered by dawn h 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
give the ten points to Graham..... he had the best answer to your question.
2007-04-30 12:07:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wrong!
The lon is like 'con'
But the dres is like "dRer"
The 'R' is a Frenchy r. As in your tongue touches your top teeth
2007-04-29 22:23:37 · answer #8 · answered by viet_forever_more 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
'Lon' like in 'laun'dry + 'dre' like 'druh' + silent 's'
2007-04-30 00:44:11 · answer #9 · answered by Blossom 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋