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Topic: Esperanto

"Francio kaj Italio estas en Eŭropo."

Translation:France and Italy are in Europe.

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3 years ago

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https://www.duolingo.com/DamianGreen
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Is Euxropo pronounced eh-oo ropo or eh- ropo?

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/mizinamo
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"eh-oo ropo", but with a very short "oo". The "eh-oo" together form a diphthong and are just one syllable.

(A bit like how "aŭ" is one syllable, sounding more or less like English "ow" in "how", formed of an "ah" together with a short "oo" sound: "ah-oo" = "ow".)

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/jxetkubo
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The word has got three syllables: Eŭ-ro-po. E and ŭ, which is a half vowel, form a diphthong. It is not E-u-ro-po.

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/mizinamo
mizinamo
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Of course.

I've modified by response to be a bit clearer, hopefully.

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/jxetkubo
jxetkubo
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I think it is not too helpful to give examples in a pseudo-English spelling like -oo- for u, because the pronunciation of the English depends a lot on the speaker’s dialect.

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/MuhammadAr189213
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Especially when English spellings are irregular and not phonemic.

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•1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/DamianGreen
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Thanks, to both of you.

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/AaronKurz
AaronKurz
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Oh this whole old world/ new world division is crap.... it is just soooo confusing :/

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/FelipeMiranda09
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How do you pronounce "ŭ"?

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Reply•1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/JakubK666
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/w/ as in "water". Someone may find it difficult to pronounce "eŭ"

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Reply•8 months ago
https://www.duolingo.com/JamesHusum
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The voice saying this phrase clearly uses the word 'el' before Europo, but the system marks it as incorrect when you are trying to type in what you hear.

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Reply•11 months ago
https://www.duolingo.com/JakubK666
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No, he says "en".

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Reply•8 months ago
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