[Ads-l] pronunciation of the capital of Ukraine

[Dan Goncharoff]

I am not sure how to explain it, but I would say that what most people get
wrong is the second syllable is not expressed as a full syllable, but as a
second vowel sound following the first: KEY-ev, similar to the car company
Kia, but with a v at the end.

On Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 6:50 AM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> > What do residents of that city say?
>
> Approximately: KIH.yew.
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> On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 5:49 PM David K. Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com
> >
> wrote:
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> > Recently I've heard news media people saying
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> >
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> > 'ki:v
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> > Rather than what I recall hearing heretofore as
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> >
> >
> > 'ki: ev
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> >
> > What do residents of that city say?
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> >
> > Regards to all,
> >
> > David
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