How would you pronounce this Italian name?

I have an italian penpal whose name is Irene.


In english, you would pronounce it I-reen, is


it any different in italian and if so, how would


you pronounce it?

How would you pronounce this Italian name?
Eerehneh. In Italian the vowels are always pronounced (even at the end of a word) and are pronounced like this:





a = uh


e = eh


i = ee


o = oh


u = uuh
Reply:I'm Italian, and I have to tell you that Italian language pronunciation is much closer to language writing than English is, so that name has to be pronounced just like is written.


In International Phonetic Alphabet [irene].


Do you know Spanish language? It's the same pronunciation.





To let you understand clearly I'll take a linguistic sound from 5 different english words.


I (gIft), R (Rome), E (stEp), N (Nose), E (stEp).
Reply: Ee-rehneh.
Reply:Ee- rreh-neh