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Offline Tash

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pronouncing 'kije'
on: March 14, 2005, 09:45:39 AM
i figured since prokofiev's lieutenant kije is one of my most favourite pieces on the planet i should learn to pronounce the kije properly so someone please tell me how to say it thankyou! :)
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Re: pronouncing 'kije'
Reply #1 on: March 14, 2005, 11:31:08 AM
Quote from: tash on March 14, 2005, 09:45:39 AM
i figured since prokofiev's lieutenant kije is one of my most favourite pieces on the planet i should learn to pronounce the kije properly so someone please tell me how to say it thankyou! :)

'J' like ZH--something like in "Joe", but without slight 'D' in the beginning. Does it make sense?
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Re: pronouncing 'kije'
Reply #2 on: March 15, 2005, 06:54:52 AM
ok...is the 'i' a short or long sound?
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Re: pronouncing 'kije'
Reply #3 on: March 15, 2005, 03:37:31 PM
I always figured it was said like "key-jay" but with as much Slavic accent as you can muster.

The real question is 'left-enant' or 'loo-tenant'  ;)
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Re: pronouncing 'kije'
Reply #4 on: March 17, 2005, 01:28:55 AM
Quote from: tash on March 15, 2005, 06:54:52 AM
ok...is the 'i' a short or long sound?

It is short, with emphasis on "e", which is also short.
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