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Help[Facts] Re: German pronounciation question
in reply to a message by Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk
In Germany, the letter S is usually pronounced /z/ when between vowels or in the beginning of a word when followed by a vowel (Sara, Lisa). Otherwise it's pronounced /s/ (Sven, Esther).
Svetlana is quite common among people of russian origin and I've always heard it pronounced /s/.
In my experiance, germans are quite good at using the correct pronounciation of foreign names (apart from nasal pronunciations and the French J). I've met Sami, Sydney and Soline and the S was pronounced /s/ by germans.
"zvitlana" would be quite a tongue twister for germans.
Svetlana is quite common among people of russian origin and I've always heard it pronounced /s/.
In my experiance, germans are quite good at using the correct pronounciation of foreign names (apart from nasal pronunciations and the French J). I've met Sami, Sydney and Soline and the S was pronounced /s/ by germans.
"zvitlana" would be quite a tongue twister for germans.
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