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My catalan is a bit rusy, can anybody help me with a pronunciation guide to say Fa Goig!?

Thanks in advance.


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In Catalan, -ig has a tch sound, as in "match." (as in puig, passeig, boig...)

So, as I remember, this would be pronounced:

fah gohtch
 
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Actually in Catalan -ig has a -dge sound as in fudge. The correct pronunciation is "fa godge" go- as in god and -dge as in fudge.


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Isn�t that just a very subtle change of pronunciation though? Here in the Canaries "yo" is used an awful lot, and the pronunciation changes depending on who you are talking to - from a really hard "y" as in yolk, to a "j" as in jolly, to almost "sh" or zsh!!!! It is really quite difficult to write down a sound!!!


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well, the best bit of advice would be "don't say it at all!!!" Red Face :jeje:

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but then again, any word that remotely sounds like the word "fudge" is O.K. in my book!


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