pronouncing 'Josue'

[mollykins]

How would you pronounce the Portuguese name 'Josue' ? I mention that it's prtuguese because the spanish and portuguese pronounce 'J's differently.

Plus i don't think there are any accents on any of the letters.

Ta. xx

[redman41]

Jo for short, makes it a lot easier

[bednobs]

ho-sway

[boxtops]

Joze u we - there is an accent on the é listen here http://www.forvo.com/word/josu%C3%A9/

[dotty.]

I agree with bednobs, the spanish pronounce Jesus He sues

[mollykins]

Most people were calling him by his characters name, but some said 'Ho-say' (not HOE-zay) which made me confused, then i saw Josue written down and thought that that must be him.

[ABerrant]

zho-zoo-er

[mollykins]

!?!?!?!

[237SJ]

The portuguese don`t pronounce J as H. They pronounce it as J. I have a Brazilian friend who is Luis and it`s pronounced Luiz so I think Boxtops is right.

[mollykins]

I thought the spanish was H and portuguese J.

[boxtops]

Yes molly, which is why I said Joze u we - did you listen to the link from a Portuguese speaker. Josué is not the same as the Spanish José, different name (and that IS Ho Zay)

[ABerrant]

Portuguese J is similar to French J - sounds like the g in beige

[supersuezy24]

For some reason i am now thinking of jose mourinho..

[joggerjayne]

Portuguese Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese sound very different.

Brazilians sound much more clipped and sharp.

The Portuguese speak like they're p!ssed.

So a beer ... cerveza ... is pronounced how it looks by a Brazilian ... but a Portuguese would ask for a "cervaysha"

In other words ... ABerrant is right.

I think you'll be okay if you try to say "Shozay"

[joggerjayne]

Commentators don't like to pronounce "Jose Mourinho" correctly.

"Hozay" sounds Spanish, and is just wrong.

"Shozay" is correct, but sounds pretentious, because it's not a sound that we use in English.

So ... they plump for "Jozay"

[DTCwordfan]

More like Chosey.

[joggerjayne]

Ya, okay.

[pa___ul3]

J is more of a zh sound I'd pronounce it Zhoh-swe (e falo portugues)!

[askyourgran]

Anyone up to doing Spanish lessons on here? I could do with broadening my knowledge. You all sound so professional.

[mollykins]

That'd be good AYG . . .