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How to pronounce my name (Jonathan) in French?

jaoverbay_86866
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How to pronounce my name (Jonathan) in French?

Postby jaoverbay_86866 » July 8th, 2018 11:18 pm

Thought it would be nice to know. Do I say Jonathan just like I would in english or some other way

Corie77
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Re: How to pronounce my name (Jonathan) in French?

Postby Corie77 » July 17th, 2018 10:16 am

I think the pronunciation does not change in this case.
I noticed it happens sometimes English name is pronounced in the same way in order to preserve the original sounding of the name.

It is not a case of names like Harry, Henri, Harper, Hector, Hugo etc., because the letter "H" is always unreadable, but I even heard real Frenchs pronouncing these names with "H".

I found a few good resources where you can know more about name pronunciation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa5bbe91wSo
http://www.nancy.cc/2016/05/03/how-to-pronounce-french-names/
http://www.bonjourdefrance.com/index/indexgram.htm

Here there are also a few good french courses dedicated to French phonetics.
https://www.bestadvisor.com/best-french-courses-online
French resources: Bonjour de France / RTS
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