Hello everyone, and welcome back
in English with Lucy
I have a video statement again
for you today, and this is often asked
I made a video a few months ago
about often incorrectly pronounced brand names
and people are very happy to regularly have wrongly spoken car names
and people are very happy to regularly have wrongly spoken car names
But, I am not a car expert
I passed my driving test a year ago
But I am very intrested in pronunciation
and I have done my research and I am here
to help you, it will help you
with your speaking skills and listening skills
If you want to improve your speech skills and listening skills even further, I really recommend you
If you want to improve your speech skills and listening skills even further, I really recommend you
to start using audiobooks
when you’re reading, so you
behind the pronunciation comes from the words you are reading
The platform that I recommend is audible.com
You can try it free for 30 days
that’s a free audiobook, fantastic,
if you click on the link in the description box
and there are plenty of recommendations
for different levels of English, also noted there
Right, let’s start with the lesson
Okay, I have 10 car brand names in total
Let’s start with the Italian
The first one, this one
Many people call it Alfa Ro-meo
because it sounds like Romeo and Juliet
but it is an Italian brand, so it has to be
Al-fa ro-MEY-oh
So not Alfa Ro-meo, it’s al-fa ro-MEY-oh,
or Alfa ro-Mey-oh
The next, not a very well-known brand,
but I’ve heard it as a Lan-cia,
and it must be lan-cha, lan-cha
Now the next, number three
is a very expensive car brand
and we tend to pronounce it wrong
quite regular
Many people say lam-bor-gini, or lam-bourg-ini
It should be lam-bor-ghee-no lam-bor-ghee-nee
So it’s that ‘bor’ sound
I think we do not have to worry about that
about the rolling r
because not everyone can pronounce it
but we must at least try ‘bor’, lam-bor-ghee-nee
The next, it is not maser-ah-ti, it would
mazz-uh-ra-ti
I think it will be forgiven if you say maser-ah-ti
(laughs)
Okay, the next one, a German car brand
Many people say Aw-di, but
if we want to be like the Germans
we must say ow-dee, ow-dee
The next, another German car brand,
I mentioned this in my brand video
In the UK, we call this Porsche
but it must have the schwa at the end,
it must be por-shuh, por-shuh
The next, another German
This, folks wagon?
In Germany, they say follks-vah-gen
The v makes a ff sound, and the w makes a v sound
Follks-vah gene, follks-vah gene
Okay, the next one is probably the most
complicated that we have on the list today
It is a Swedish car brand
I do not even know what I would call it
I would just try it
Ko-sing-segg, ko-sing-segg, ko-sing-segg sounds nice
It should be kuhn-nig-seg, kuhn-nig-seg
Now the next, we have this one
Many people would call it shev-ro-let
People get confused by that T in the end,
but it is not pronounced, it is shev-ruh-ley, shev-ruh-ley
And the last one, and it is this
I am going to have the most problems with these
because it has the French uh sound
It is this
It is often pronounced as citron or lemon
but it should be pronounced as see-troh-en
But you can also just say cit-roen, see-roh-en
Man, I do not know if I ever did
the French car brands will dominate
but I will just buy the Italian
That said, I have a Mini Cooper
Anyway, that’s it for today’s lesson
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Muah!
(calming music)
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