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So I have the trip set up for May 2007. Can someone tell me how to pronounce Namibia so I don't sound like a complete idiot. As usual just my $.02 Paul K | ||
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Nuh mi bee uh, accent on the "mi," (mi as in "mit"). SCI, NRA Life Member Warm trails and blue skies! | |||
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Bless you. That was what I was thinking but couldn't find a site to verify it. As usual just my $.02 Paul K | |||
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Nuh mib e uh. Just make something up! ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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Nu-mu-biah-uh-hu-uh ????  You gringos are completly crazy....  L | |||
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And your point is? And as for crazy, who is thinking about selling a Mauser 10.75x68!!!  | |||
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I'm glad you asked... www.m-w.com Is Webster's dictionary online... click the little speaker icon and it will pronounce the word for you... even some foreign stuff.  | |||
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Namibia One entry found for Namibia. Main Entry: Na·mib·ia Pronunciation: n&-'mi-bE-& Variant(s): or formerly South-West Africa or 1884-1919 German Southwest Africa Usage: geographical name country SW Africa on the Atlantic; until 1990 a territory administered by South Africa which captured it from Germany in World War I capital Windhoek area 318,321 square miles (824,451 square kilometers), population 1,511,600 - Na·mib·ian /-bE-&n, -by&n/ adjective or noun | |||
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Better yet, pronounce Windhoek!  ~Ann   | |||
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Having hunted there for a month, I'm surprised that no one has suggested: "Heh'-vun!" As for the capital, it's "Vin'-took". Although, "Wind-hook" is probably more common these days. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Ann, Tha's a good one ! When I was there I thought they were refering to another city  It was something like VINDHOK which means corner of wind of something similar. And Charles...maybe I'm not so crazy... L | |||
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Pronounce Gaborone (the city in Botswana) or Lesotho (the country). Regards, Terry  Msasi haogopi mwiba [A hunter is not afraid of thorns] | |||
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Try this one Onseepkans, yes it is a town. Life is how you spend the time between hunting trips. Through Responsible Sustainable hunting we serve Conservation. Outfitter permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/73984 PH permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/81197 Jaco Human SA Hunting Experience jacohu@mweb.co.za www.sahuntexp.com | |||
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Don't know how to type phonetically but Gabarone is pronounced Ga buh rone or Gabs for short. Pandamatenga is a good one. Bloemfontein also. Johanesburg(sp?) would be a good one if not so well known. | |||
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A friend runs a Hi Fi store. He told me one customer called and asked to listen to a hi end system on the phone  | |||
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Windhoek directly translated "Wind Corner" "Windhoek Lager" probably is the best beer around! Cheers | |||
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OK how about Hluhluwe. | |||
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Imfalozi? Modimole? THE LUCKIEST HUNTER ALIVE! | |||
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windhoek - vind-hook with emphasis on a 'harsh' -d almost like a 't' but not quite! Hluhluwe - the 'hl' in zulu is pronounced by pressing your tongue into the top front of the roof of your mouth and making a 'kind of hiss' sound. Most people with no training or lessons in zulu as non-mother tongue speakers simply pronounce it like an english 'sh' (as in 'show'). In other words, phonetically spelled shlushluwe. This not quite correct, but perfectly accpetable! (my 5 years of Zulu lessons is paying off!) | |||
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Strangely enough, I was married in Ouagadougou (wah-ga-dou-gou), my wife is from El Kouif (Algeria) my children were born in Djibouti and lived the first few years of their lives in Djibouti and Antananarivo (Madagascar) and I spend a lot of time in places like Lokichoggio (Kenya), Mbanza Ngungu (Congo)and Ampasimanolotra (Madagascar). I know my alphabet soup better than most. By the way, two of my favorite name places are Bimbo (just south of Bangui in the Central African Republic) and Pussy (a village on the road between Albertville and Moutiers in France). _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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Just remember that W sounds like a V, V sounds like F, and D sounds like d when in the middle of the word, but if it's at the end it's prounounced as a T. Visser in english equivalant would be Fisher. I just purchased another CD book combo from Amazon. The Colloquial Afrikaans is very good, the other one is very good for practice. I bought a couple of translation dictionaries also. I'm starting to go through the written excercises now. Am still enjoying learning the language. Did you get the link for the pics? | |||
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It is pronounced VIN DOAK ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith  | |||
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That dictionary is pretty cool. I went to the Makgadikgadi Pans in October and had no idea how to pronounce it. Once you hear it, it's easy to pronounce. Now spelling it is a little harder.  | |||
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Four people died in the state of Washington in 2005 trying to prounounce the name of the town Puyallup. Two from fights and two from being horribly tongue tied. One was in stable condition until he tried Humptullips. The doctors said it was just too much strain on his heart after what it had gone through. Washington folk are an easy lot to confuse. | |||
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How about this one: OkandukaSeibe. It's the place I'm booked for in '07 in Namibia for 14 days. I don't know if the last part is pronounced "See Bee" or "Sih Bee". Just a quick thanks to Robert Johnson and Atticus for posting Dirk's info so I could get in touch with him. I can't wait for the hunt! I'm going to try for Kudu, Gemsbok, Hartebeest, Mtn. Zebra, Burchell's Zebra, Springbok, Impala, Blesbok, Warthog, Duiker, Steenbok, Klipspringer, Damara Dik-Dik, Jackals, Baboons and maybe Eland and Leopard. _______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | |||
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Since you are going to Namibia, you might want to learn a little Herero in case you have one as your tracker. mopane - omatati (because everything will be next to a mopane tree) elephant - onjo lion - ongaeama leopard - ongua kudu - omarago gemsbok - undono springbok - omenya zebra - ongoro Now for the tough ones: eland - ongarangombe ardvark - ombangimbangimba "...Africa. I love it, and there is no reason for me to explore why. She affects some people that way, and those who feel as I do need no explanation." from The Last Safari | |||
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Jorge400 thanks for the Herero lesson. Got anymore? I would really like to try and learn a little bit so I could make friends with the trackers. _______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | |||
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Try this one in Afrikaans: tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskiedfontein. Translates to: two buffalo killed with one shoot fountain. | |||
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I have another half dozen or so animal names in my journal. If you are hunting in the northwestern portion of the country, there is a greating they all use in the morning. I could not find it last night, but I will try to dig it out this evening. "...Africa. I love it, and there is no reason for me to explore why. She affects some people that way, and those who feel as I do need no explanation." from The Last Safari | |||
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I kept trying to get "hyena" down since the big topic of discussion was usually whether the fresh tracks were leopard or hyena. I understood it there but did not get it into my long-term memory. And since you taught everyone some English I could get by with "good morning" instead of actually learning something. The real problem I had was that a week or so after you left I found myelf speaking broken English with some Afrikaans mixed in -- mostly grunts and ja's on my part. When I realized what I was doing I went back to speaking complete sentences. I did almost teach Gert some Spanish curse words, but I managed to stop myself first. No need to corrupt him! | |||
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I'm pretty sure I have herero for hyena since it came up a lot when we were out. Especially when pre baiting for you. I'll post it tonight. I had to laugh after teaching Eliah and Matthew so say "get-it bo'" after each time Thorsten would have to really goose the Landcruiser to get it out of the riverbed. Next time, I'm going to leave them asking "how's yur mommer an em?" "...Africa. I love it, and there is no reason for me to explore why. She affects some people that way, and those who feel as I do need no explanation." from The Last Safari | |||
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It's a classic, but somehow I think it will be a new one for them...  | |||
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Here's what else I have: hyena - ombungu (Sound familiar Charles?) giraffe - ombahe jackel - ombanje ostridge - ombo impala - onguetoo There is a greeting that might come in very helpful. I'm can't remember exactly how it goes, but it is a 4-part greeting where one says the intial greeting and the one you are greeting repeats it to you. Then you say the second part of the greeting which the person also repeats. My notes are somewhat unclear, but I believe the intial greeting is "mirra" and the second greeting is "kitego". I'm sure I have butchered the spelling or the greeting alltogether. Maybe Vaughan Fulton will see this and clarify. "...Africa. I love it, and there is no reason for me to explore why. She affects some people that way, and those who feel as I do need no explanation." from The Last Safari | |||
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In Texas we have a town spelled Mexia but its not pronounced that way. And, then there's Refugio. I guess we speak a foreign language too! | ||
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Texas Hunter, I know EXACTLY what you're talking about. Mexia is actually pronounced "Meh-Hee-Uh" and Refugio, you'd think it was missing an "r" in there somewhere the way you pronounce it. For everyone who doesn't live in Texas, just change the "g" in Refugio to an "r" and you should be alright. _______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | |||
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Thank you sir! | |||
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What about "Hwange"? | |||
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