Pronunciation of place names in California, USA

[albertino]

Martinez
Pacheco
Contra Costa

By the way, is there any online pronunciation dictionary that I could seek help from? Thank you so much.

[albertino]

Originally Posted by albertino

Martinez
Pacheco
Contra Costa

By the way, is there any online pronunciation dictionary that I could seek help from? Thank you so much.

Oops~ Can any American teachers here give me some hints? Thanks again.

[konungursvia]

In terms of those words and their particular letters, there is little difference between Spanish and English: [mar 'ti nez] [pa 'tʃe ko] ['kon tra kos ta] will do, even with an English accent.

[Raymott]

Originally Posted by konungursvia

In terms of those words and their particular letters, there is little difference between Spanish and English: [mar 'ti nez] [pa 'tʃe ko] ['kon tra kos ta] will do, even with an English accent.

Really, I could have sworn it would be 'martinez. So things are not always as obvious as they first appear!

[Dawood Usmani]

By the way, is there any online pronunciation dictionary that I could seek elp from? Thank you so much. Yes, there are free online pronouncing dictionaries. Try these.
Dictionary.com
Free online Dictionary of English Pronunciation - Pronounce English words correctly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary

Hope these benefit you....

[Raymott]

Originally Posted by konungursvia

In terms of those words and their particular letters, there is little difference between Spanish and English: [mar 'ti nez] [pa 'tʃe ko] ['kon tra kos ta] will do, even with an English accent.

Apparently Martinez, Oregon is /'martine/.
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