I would say "loo-min-ooze." The "euse" sound is difficult to explain.
Keep in mind, the SA's probably don't speak French either. I pronounced "pochette" emphasizing the "chette" like I would if speaking French, and I think I caught the SA off guard.
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I would say "loo-min-ooze." The "euse" sound is difficult to explain.
Keep in mind, the SA's probably don't speak French either. I pronounced "pochette" emphasizing the "chette" like I would if speaking French, and I think I caught the SA off guard.
The 'euse' is pronounced like 'erse' in 'converse' without 'R' sound and more lip-rounding
It took me saying "converse" out loud a bunch of times, but I finally got what you mean! haha. When I look at "euse" I just think it's pronounced "euse." I think the sound is very hard to explain to anyone who has never studied French. That's why I just simplified the pronunciation, I realize it's not correct.
I live in France and speak French fluently.
Vuitton = "vwee-taw(n)" (the "n" is in parentheses to indicate it's not a hard N but a soft one, kind of like the n in the word "long". If you take the L and the G off of "long," you have the correct sound for the second syllable.
Hermès = air-mezz. Usually an "s" at the end of a word is not pronouced in French, but in this case, it being the name of a Greek god, it is.
Any other questions about pronunciation I'd be happy to answer!
Vuitton = "vwee-taw(n)" (the "n" is in parentheses to indicate it's not a hard N but a soft one, kind of like the n in the word "long". If you take the L and the G off of "long," you have the correct sound for the second syllable.
Hermès = air-mezz. Usually an "s" at the end of a word is not pronouced in French, but in this case, it being the name of a Greek god, it is.
Any other questions about pronunciation I'd be happy to answer!
You drop the t at the end so it sounds like rah-bA ( like the ba at the beginning of back). with a throaty r at the beginning
Oh dear! I wouldn't trust this site. Unless you really want to hear the North American version pronounced. She is pronouncing the S in Louis for one thing as if it were Lewis. The French would not like that
Can we go back to Ebene please? A couple ladies tried to explain it but I'm still confused. I pronounce it Eh-bean. But is the second e soft, so it's Eh-ben, like the man's name?