Kittilän Köngäs

English translation: Kittilän Köngäs

16:30 Jul 15, 2008
Finnish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Geography / place name in Finland
Finnish term or phrase: Kittilän Köngäs
Would anyone please let explain alphabetically in English how this place name "Kittilän Köngäs" in Finland is pronounced? (i.e. "ki" of "kit", "tti" of "attic", etc.)

Thank you very much.
Minoru Kuwahara
Japan
Local time: 19:07
English translation:Kittilän Köngäs
Explanation:
Kit- as in 'kitty'
-ti as in 'teak', though with a shorter vowel
-län approximately as in 'land', though with a shorter vowel

Kö approximately as in 'fur', though closer to the french 'euh'
ng as in 'driving'
ä as in 'land'
s as in 'rocks'

The stress is as follows:
Kittilän Köngäs
with secondary (lighter) stress on Kittilän Köngäs

Take care to pronounce the double 't' correctly: a slight pause, as though it were two words (or more like a glottal stop) might help: 'Kit-ti'

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Note added at 19 mins (2008-07-15 16:50:38 GMT)
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Sorry, I thought my post would accept bold text! I was trying to highlight the sounds I was referring to :(

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Note added at 21 mins (2008-07-15 16:52:48 GMT)
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Here goes again, though this doesn't make as much sense!

Kit- as in 'kitty'
-ti as in 'teak', though with a shorter vowel
-län approximately as in 'land', though with a shorter vowel

Kö approximately as in 'fur', though closer to the french 'euh'
ng as in 'driving'
ä as in 'land'
s as in 'rocks'

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Note added at 18 hrs (2008-07-16 11:18:45 GMT)
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You're welcome!
The K in Köngäs is in fact pronounced, this is where my attempt at bold highlighting was supposed to come in useful...!
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Astrid Joublanc Mikkonen
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:07
Grading comment
Thanks very much for your help! -
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5 -1Kittilän Köngäs
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Kittilän Köngäs


Explanation:
Kit- as in 'kitty'
-ti as in 'teak', though with a shorter vowel
-län approximately as in 'land', though with a shorter vowel

Kö approximately as in 'fur', though closer to the french 'euh'
ng as in 'driving'
ä as in 'land'
s as in 'rocks'

The stress is as follows:
Kittilän Köngäs
with secondary (lighter) stress on Kittilän Köngäs

Take care to pronounce the double 't' correctly: a slight pause, as though it were two words (or more like a glottal stop) might help: 'Kit-ti'

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Note added at 19 mins (2008-07-15 16:50:38 GMT)
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Sorry, I thought my post would accept bold text! I was trying to highlight the sounds I was referring to :(

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Note added at 21 mins (2008-07-15 16:52:48 GMT)
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Here goes again, though this doesn't make as much sense!

Kit- as in 'kitty'
-ti as in 'teak', though with a shorter vowel
-län approximately as in 'land', though with a shorter vowel

Kö approximately as in 'fur', though closer to the french 'euh'
ng as in 'driving'
ä as in 'land'
s as in 'rocks'

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Note added at 18 hrs (2008-07-16 11:18:45 GMT)
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You're welcome!
The K in Köngäs is in fact pronounced, this is where my attempt at bold highlighting was supposed to come in useful...!

Astrid Joublanc Mikkonen
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FinnishFinnish
Grading comment
Thanks very much for your help! -
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much! I have an additional doubt on the letter combination "Kö", for which you explained "Kö approximately as in 'fur', though closer to the french 'euh'". So I guess the "K" would be almost omitted in ntive Finnish prounciation? Thank you for your help.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Owen Witesman: The first syllable should be pronounced as in "key". IPA "i". This is an important difference. The rest of the explanation is OK.
40 mins
  -> My apologies; I misunderstood your reference to a "long E sound", which I took to mean IPA "long E": as in "hey" and not as in "key". I hope you'll agree that the "i" in "KIttilä" is so short that any difference is hardly relevant in my explanation.
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