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Help[Opinions] Re: Natalia
in reply to a message by Perrine
My favourite girl name and it has been for a few years now.
I pronounce it nah-TAHL-ya if I'm pronouncing it for someone in most Eastern European countries. I pronounce it nah-TAH-lee-ah if they're in Latin or English countries. Obviously that's not a hard and fast rule, but it's a general rule.
The thing about the Russian Natalia is that the pronunciation varies by dialect. But most people say it as almost a mix between the two pronunciations. They would probably tell you they are saying it as nah-TAH-lee-ah, but they say it so quickly that it becomes nah-TAHL-ya if that makes sense. If you google the Russian pronunciation, a few forvo, pronouncename.com, etc links show up.
They all sound the same as this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prvTcZibIRs
I definitely prefer Natalia. They're very different for me. I don't even think of them as related.
I think of Natalie as its own thing and Natalia as being related to Nata and Natasha.
Natalie is a bratty girl I went to school with who was named in the 1980s.
Natalia is a Russian ballerina from any time, timeless.
--☆--
Evgeniy • Vyvyan • Dashiell • Brooklyn • Sebastian • James • Nikita • Silviu • Hadley • Caius
Natalia • Viviana • Gratiana • Eugenia • Maximiliana • Anemona • Valentyna • Daciana • Feodosia • Harmony
I pronounce it nah-TAHL-ya if I'm pronouncing it for someone in most Eastern European countries. I pronounce it nah-TAH-lee-ah if they're in Latin or English countries. Obviously that's not a hard and fast rule, but it's a general rule.
The thing about the Russian Natalia is that the pronunciation varies by dialect. But most people say it as almost a mix between the two pronunciations. They would probably tell you they are saying it as nah-TAH-lee-ah, but they say it so quickly that it becomes nah-TAHL-ya if that makes sense. If you google the Russian pronunciation, a few forvo, pronouncename.com, etc links show up.
They all sound the same as this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prvTcZibIRs
I definitely prefer Natalia. They're very different for me. I don't even think of them as related.
I think of Natalie as its own thing and Natalia as being related to Nata and Natasha.
Natalie is a bratty girl I went to school with who was named in the 1980s.
Natalia is a Russian ballerina from any time, timeless.
--☆--
Evgeniy • Vyvyan • Dashiell • Brooklyn • Sebastian • James • Nikita • Silviu • Hadley • Caius
Natalia • Viviana • Gratiana • Eugenia • Maximiliana • Anemona • Valentyna • Daciana • Feodosia • Harmony
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