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| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Wait, I was going to ask Omega a few things, but this whole matra thing is confusing me - what is it? And does it change the stressed syllable in my name?
Here's me saying my name:
Would that change the way I should write my name in Sanskrit/Hindi/Marathi?  |
 The actual pronunciations seem to be quite different. Phonetically, does Lira sound more like 'Lirah' or does it have a slight hint of "e" like 'Lireh' ? Markus seemed to sound like Mahks or was that closer to Marx ? Do you pronounce the "r" effect while saying Markus ? How would you best write your names in English based on actual pronunciations ? That will change the way your name is written in Sanskrit.
Matra is the straight line and the curve on top. It adds the "e" effect to the letter. The fact that it's drawn on the left or right side of a letter identifies whether the "e" sound is short or long. So in the above pic, the basic letter is "la"...the way you would pronounce it is by taking word "love" (lúv) and dropping the "úv" part of it. That's the "La" and that's the basic letter. Put a matra on the left and you would pronounce it as "li" (short,as in Lira), put it on the right and you pronounce it as "Lee" (long, as in Slylee). The matra can be put on any letter to get this effect. So for a basic letter "ra", you can write "ri" or "ree" and so on.
In my opinion the "u" on top of any letter gives the "eh" sound. I've written "Jenny" correctly the second time. The "u" adds the "eh" sound to "J" so the "Jeh" would actually be the "ja" (the first letter of her name written in Sanskrit) with the "u" on top. But there's a "nee" after the "jeh". You usually drop the 'h' emphasis from "jeh" if there's something after this type of a letter. So you don't pronounce the word as "jehnee", rather, just "Jenee". But for "Lireh", the "eh" is on the the last letter...so you pronounce it fully with the 'h' effect.
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