How to pronounce "Cinque Terre"

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Jan 29th, 2002, 05:15 AM

Dottie

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How to pronounce "Cinque Terre"

Would someone give me the phonetic pronunciation of Cinque Terre please.

Jan 29th, 2002, 05:18 AM

HEY

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SINK TEAR

Jan 29th, 2002, 05:21 AM

umm

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is that "tear" as in paper, or "tear" as in drop?

Jan 29th, 2002, 05:22 AM

teddy

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TEAR as in paper....or could be tare

Jan 29th, 2002, 05:25 AM

xxx

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It would be: sank te-ar (rip not cry) au revoir

Jan 29th, 2002, 05:27 AM

Rex

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Good grief, no! Cheen-kway tehr-ray or Cheen-kweh tehr-reh The final (vowel) syllable for both words is somewhere between English short e ("eh") and English long a ("ay") Best wishes, Rex

Jan 29th, 2002, 05:28 AM

Vita

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chin'kway tar'ay The e's make an english long a sound at in care. Ci and ce produces an english ch sound as in chin and cherry. Qu makes a kw sound as in quick.

Jan 29th, 2002, 05:31 AM

sandi

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sank?! no, cinque (meaning 5) is pronounced "cheenkwa" long "a" at the end. And the "e" at the end of terre is not silent.

Jan 29th, 2002, 05:32 AM

Vita

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Oops, 'i' is pronounced more like a long e as in cheek. cheen'kway

Jan 29th, 2002, 05:41 PM

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wayne

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Now for a little mnemonic: Chink Koay tear Ray. p.s. Koay is an actual chinese surname.

Jan 29th, 2002, 05:49 PM

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observer

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Rex, Vita and Sandy know what they're talking about. The rest of you, why do you bother to post an answer when you haven't the faintest idea what the correct answere is?

Jan 29th, 2002, 06:02 PM

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sank tear (rip rip...) is correct in French. I presume this area has never been French, barring the occasional (Napoleonic, etc.) incursion. So yes, the Italian pronunciation is correct. cheen-kway taihr-eh? Never hurts to ask, never hurts to tell what you've heard. It may be right, may be wrong, but everything you learn is one less step towards Alzheimers... Hasta la vista!